Example sentences of "[pron] be granted a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only group of workers to achieve shorter hours by legislation were the miners , who were granted an eight-hour day in 1908 after forty years ' campaigning . |
| 2 | In recognition for her endeavours on behalf of women , she was granted a civil list pension of £75 a year in 1913 . |
| 3 | The new rules came in after Treasury solicitors agreed to settle the case of a German law student who was granted a judicial review of the Government 's refusal to reimburse EC students ' tuition fees . |
| 4 | More important , they were granted a plenary indulgence which freed them from the terrors of purgatory and hell , and held out to them the promise of eternal life in heaven . |
| 5 | With four others : Petiver , Dare , Bromwich and Jones , he was granted a 21-year lease of the Garden , though no official record of this arrangement exists . |
| 6 | In that case the defendant had made her home with a tenant of a private sector house for three years and continued to make her home with the tenant when he was granted a secure tenancy of a council house . |
| 7 | He was granted a royal warrant in 1873 . |
| 8 | In 1627 he was granted an extra £10 p.a. for his ‘ extraordinary service and charges in sorting , ordering and digesting ’ the contents of the Westminster treasuries . |