Example sentences of "was given a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He may have reassured himself of the contnuing power of his charisma during recent tours of the south , where he was given a rapturous welcome .
2 David introduced her to the warden , then they made their way to the residents ' common-room where Rachel was given a rapturous welcome by her new friends , in particular by a young Down 's syndrome woman called Belinda whose delight at seeing her again was only too apparent .
3 He was given a rapturous reception by a flag-waving crowd of 5,000 when the result was announced shortly after midnight .
4 Last year , Dowling was given a three-week ban , together with Peter Scudamore , after the pair were involved in a barging match at Newbury .
5 Reformed junkie Davies , who has served two prison sentences , met stunning Fiona Brown , 28 , when he was given a two-year probation order for theft .
6 In our report on the verdicts of the Giacometti fake trial in The Art Newspaper No. 15 , February 1991 , p.3 we incorrectly stated that Mr David Bernstein was given a two-year jail sentence and fined .
7 At her trial she pleaded guilty , and was given a two-year prison sentence suspended for two years .
8 The world economy was given a deflationary jolt .
9 FUN-LOVING Lady ‘ Bubbles ’ Rothermere was given a fizzing funeral yesterday — with Frank Sinatra 's recording of New York , New York .
10 He was given a three-year driving ban .
11 Each sub-system of the model was given a decimal code so that an audit trail could be established for the subsequent detailed analysis .
12 Holden , 48 , of Lyme Close , Knowsley , was given a nine-month sentence , suspended for two years , after admitting three specimen theft offences and asking for 48 others , spanning six months , to be considered .
13 Desmond McAteer was given a two year suspended prison sentence at the city 's Crown Court when he admitted attacking his rival involved in the love triangle with his wife .
14 Yesterday she was given a two year probation and ordered to pay £1,000 compensation , after admitting three specimen charges amounting to £1,252 and asking for 27 similar offences to be taken into account .
15 He was born Femão de Magalhães , and the Portuguese — ‘ he is ours ’ , they insist — rarely care to acknowledge that he renounced his citizenship after a row , pledged his allegiance to King Charles I — later to become the Emperor Charles V — and was given a new name : Hernando de Magallanes .
16 His sister died , and to avert evil influences the boy was given a new name : Sukarno , or Karno .
17 Thus in eighteenth-century Europe the traditional typology of monarchy , oligarchy and democracy , originally formulated by the Greeks , was given a new sense in the writings of Montesquieu by the contrast between ‘ Oriental despotism ’ and the monarchies of Western Europe , which was further developed by Adam Smith , Hegel and later economists and historians , and played a considerable part in the formation of Marx 's conception of the Asiatic mode of production ; one main feature of the contrast being the ‘ progressiveness ’ of Western societies as against the ‘ immobility ’ of Asiatic societies .
18 For Christmas the following year , the month after the Armistice , Artemis was given a new doll .
19 A man has made medical history by having four organ transplants.In two operations he was given a new heart , two lungs and a kidney.It was the first time in Europe so many organs had been replaced successfully.Richard Barnett reports :
20 A MAN of 35 who was given a new liver in the world 's first baboon-to-human transplant has died 71 days after the historic op in Pittsburgh , USA .
21 Kelly , of Gainsborough Avenue , Maghull , was given a new liver in an operation at Kings College Hospital a week ago .
22 The compound was given a new number and the biological data declared secret .
23 All Souls was given a new roof oversailing the upper parapets , throwing water directly on to the lower aisle roofs .
24 However , her needs were totally ignored in that she was given a new posting to Aldershot — home of the Parachute Regiment .
25 As I happened to discover casually ( not a great discovery ) , the same pamphlet was given a new frontispiece and a new tit ] e in 1747 .
26 When the day came , Grégoire was carefully prepared : he was given a new haircut ; George himself supervised his washing procedure , which was inclined to be haphazard .
27 DALIAN ATKINSON was given a new role at Villa and responded with two stunning strikes as they laid claims to the Premier League title .
28 Sarah was given a new apron to wear for work and an embroidered handkerchief for herself , a very pretty one with lace round the edge which was much too good to use .
29 With this interest in the western hemisphere went a renewed interest in the East : in 1657 the East India Company was given a new charter and put on a much more durable basis .
30 A hospital spokeswoman said it was very pleased with the progress made by Philip O'Rourke , from Donegal Town , who was given a new kidney in an operation on Tuesday night .
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