Example sentences of "was granted [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was too young to be awarded a pilot 's certificate , but on November 16 he flew the Farman under the watchful eyes of Royal Aero Club observers and was granted pilot 's certificate No 368 . |
| 2 | Through the efforts of Indian Inspector General John O'Neill , Joseph was granted permission to visit Washington with Yellow Bull and veteran interpreter Arthur Chapman , to meet President Hayes . |
| 3 | The row began in 1985 when Mr Phillips was granted permission to resite the gates at the entrance to the mile-long lime avenue nearer to the house . |
| 4 | Melrose was granted permission to return to play the amateur code by the New South Wales Rugby Union after an eight-month dispute where Melrose threatened to take legal action . |
| 5 | And , despite the fact that the movement was then extremely suspicious of any outsiders , let alone sociologists , I was granted permission to study the Unification Church on my own terms ( independent funding , a complete list of the membership and access to all members ) — albeit after a lengthy period of negotiation . |
| 6 | The Finance Minister , Wolde Mariam Girma , was granted permission to resign on Dec. 3 . |
| 7 | Middleton was granted £100 to enable him to furnish his house . |
| 8 | The father , a South London cab driver , attacked the children when he was granted weekend access to see them after his eight-year marriage broke up . |
| 9 | The first written record of golf at St Andrews dates back to 1552 : golfers ' rights were protected when the Archbishop of St Andrews was granted rights over the rabbit warren . |
| 10 | The company was granted rights to use the microcode in its Am386 parts under a separate ruling in a different case , although that , too , is under further challenge from Intel . |
| 11 | King George VI had lost the title of ‘ Emperor of India ’ when that continent was granted independence in August 1947 , but was delighted at the birth of a grandson , in 1948 , by Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip , and named Charles — destined to become Prince of Wales . |
| 12 | That 's what you 'd expect from some of the bitter old farts who used to fill the magazine with self-indulgent whimsy about lawnmowers and the ex-colonial buffers who let their subscriptions lapse when India was granted independence . |
| 13 | ‘ Then you 'll also know that Zimbala has been a one-party state since it was granted independence by the French forty-five years ago . ’ |
| 14 | A British colony until 1970 , when it was granted independence , Fiji is a mixture of imposed Western values and indigenous traditions ; of native Fijians and a majority Indian population which migrated to the country in the last hundred years . |
| 15 | Indifferent editing has allowed numerous errors including structural formulae inconsistent with rather informal polymer nomenclature , paragraphs being repeated and a statement advising the reader that ‘ recently , ammonium zirconium carbonate was granted FDA approval for use as a component of paper and paperboard in contact in good ’ — whatever that is supposed to mean . |
| 16 | By 1368 he was also described as ‘ the Bishop 's Mason ’ and was granted lands by Bishop Thomas Hatfield [ q.v . ] . |
| 17 | In December 1991 the local authority was granted emergency protection orders in respect of both boys and placed them with foster parents . |
| 18 | The new aircraft passed all certification tests and on August 26 , 1938 was granted ATC-659 . |
| 19 | By an order dated 31 October 1989 , made in possession proceedings in the Edmonton County Court the plaintiff , Hassan Haniff , was granted possession of a dwelling house at no. 36 , Ferndale Road , London N.15 against the defendant , Susan Robinson , such possession to take effect on 28 November 1989 . |
| 20 | Thorsen , of Grimstad , Norway , was granted £100,000 bail until June 18 . |
| 21 | But Lupus shrewdly submitted to Charles , gave up the offending Aquitaine leader , and was granted peace . |
| 22 | This is , presumably , why Lockheed found it necessary to ensure that it was granted contracts around the world by offering financial inducements to decision-makers in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 23 | The widowed queen was granted Stirling castle as a residence , but when she tried to take her son there the Keeper of Edinburgh Castle held on to him until she contrived to smuggle him out . |
| 24 | The AS 350B was granted CAA certification in 1978 . |
| 25 | In December 1280 Master James was granted letters of protection for seven years , probably the estimated time for completing the works he took over in 1278 . |
| 26 | On 19 October 1550 he was granted letters of denization and he is listed thereafter in various City parishes , the last being St Bride 's in the ward of Faringdon Without , where he was described in 1571 as ‘ Haunce , pictorer , a denizen , borne in Anwarpe , came into the realm about xxviii yeres past , Douch ’ . |
| 27 | Sgt Smith was granted leave , during which he returned to Sheppey . |
| 28 | On 10 October 1366 he was granted £6 13s. 4d. a year for life on account of his long service and a small house by the palace for keeping his tools and moulds , and in 1368 and 1370 he had grants of the pesage of wools at Queenborough , Kent . |
| 29 | Geoffrey of Monmouth began the Hengist in Lincolnshire legend by stating that Hengist was granted land in Lindsey , in Lincolnshire , where he built a fortress called Thranceastre which was later associated with Castor . |
| 30 | ( Bavaria was granted derogations on beer duties , for instance . ) |