Example sentences of "was given [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same sale the top price of £11,700 was given for a twelve-piece Ring 's Pattern set of table cutlery in an oak canteen which was made in Sheffield in 1931 and £950 for a George IV coffee pot of panelled baluster form decorated with acanthus leaf motifs made in London in 1825 , probably by Joseph Angell . |
| 2 | A bolus of L-[1-C]leucine ( 4 g/70 kg body weight , 19.4 atom % ) was given at a constant rate in 200 ml 0.9% saline over 10 minutes . |
| 3 | The latest goal to Brann was given on a dubious penalty in overtime and there should probably have been given a free-kick for handling — for — Lyn just before the last Brann goal — the ref admitted this after seeing the whole situation on video-tape . |
| 4 | It was given as a personal gift to Tran Van Lung by the father of the present emperor , Khai Dinh . " |
| 5 | The cause of death was given as a combined overdose of barbiturates and alcohol . |
| 6 | In this respect , there were many at the meeting ( including me ) who felt the least we should be demanding of the industry and the regulators ( the DTI ) was that only the very highest environmental standards currently practised internationally ( the Norwegian oil field was given as a good example ) would be acceptable for operations in Cardigan Bay . |
| 7 | In this respect , there were many ( including me ) who felt the least we should be demanding of the industry and the regulators ( the DTI ) was that only the very highest environmental standards currently practised internationally ( the Norwegian oil field was given as a good example ) would be acceptable for operations in Cardigan Bay . |
| 8 | Timing of ursodeoxycholic acid dose — The low dose ursodeoxycholic acid was given as a single bedtime dose because of the reported superiority of this timing of administration for reducing biliary cholesterol supersaturation . |
| 9 | 19ff ) ; one of the earliest attested acts of faith centred upon the near sacrifice of a human being ( Isaac , son of Abraham ) , replaced at the last moment by a substitute ram which was given as a burnt-offering ( Gen. 22 ) ; and the first redemption of the embryonic nation Israel involved the smearing of the blood of the Passover lamb on the doorposts and lintels of the Hebrews ' homes in Egypt as a sign to the Angel of Death to leave them in safety ( Exod. |
| 10 | Martin Burns of the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers ' Union alleged that catering facilities were being run down and warned that jobs would be lost if the in-house contract was given to a private firm . |
| 11 | A National Salvation Front ( NSF ) took power , its Council , represented by an Executive Bureau , assuming legislative authority , while executive responsibility was given to a new provisional Council of Ministers . |
| 12 | In a referendum on Aug. 19 popular approval was given to a new constitution drafted by the National Forum , a multiparty conference dominated by the opposition Comité des forces vives formed in mid-1991 . |
| 13 | But — and here 's the point — second billing was given to a young Austrian lad of 17 who had just won the title of Junior Mr Universe . |
| 14 | The Andrew Williamson Trust Lecture was given to a packed house by Sir Edward Heath , and the Robbins Lecture was given by Professor Sir Frederick Holliday , a former Deputy and Acting Principal of the University . |
| 15 | In addition to the emergency grants to individuals and small teams , the foundation has also given $500,000 to the Komarov Botanical Institute in St Petersburg for the preservation of one of the world 's largest herbaria , Some $80,000 was awarded to a popular science magazine Chemistry and Life and $4,000 was given to a special high school in Moscow that maintains high standards for teaching physics and mathematics . |
| 16 | Intravenous fluid ( Ringer 's lactate ) was given through a lateral ear vein at a rate which maintained stable vital signs . |
| 17 | The full breakdown of the figures was given in a parliamentary written answer on 3 December . |
| 18 | What happened in the Jerusalem Church took place against the background of Pentecost — a time when the Holy Spirit was given in a remarkable way , so that in Jerusalem thousands believed and were baptised . |
| 19 | Inevitably the Communists were blamed , but it was whispered that the order was given by a prominent member of the government . |
| 20 | The USA , France , Venezuela and Argentina denounced the coup and demanded Aristide 's return to power , a demand echoed by the Organization of American States ( OAS ) , despite the re-affirmation at its June assembly of its traditional position of non-intervention if proof was given by a new government that it had gained control of its internal affairs [ see p. 38286 ] . |
| 21 | That was not my figure ; it was given by a senior Soviet spokesman at a conference in Vienna that I attended with other Ministers of the Interior at the beginning of this year . |
| 22 | For the one-dimensional case this number was given by a binomial distribution . |
| 23 | The Directors already have a general authority to allot the unissued shares which was given by a special resolution passed on 20 November 1986 and is valid until November 1991 . |
| 24 | Albrecht was given from a reduced sentence because she had turned state 's witness . |
| 25 | Then later in that year a composer already associated with the Barberini , the great monodist Luigi Rossi , was invited to Paris ; the best Italian singers were engaged , Torelli prepared expensive spectacles , and Rossi 's L'Orfeo was given before a small and highly select audience on 2 March 1647 . |