Example sentences of "were given [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a few works which I would have loved to have borrowed but which were simply too fragile to travel , and there were works which were prohibited by reasons of the terms under which they were given to a particular collection , the Barnes Foundation , for example . |
| 2 | Evaluation by pre-structured interviews Pre-structured telephone interviews were given to a random sample of students who had taken part in the undergraduate course in information retrieval . |
| 3 | In certain areas no figures were given for a good many parishes , even the values of some livings being omitted . |
| 4 | And in the city 's claim for a grant , figures for the Newtown and Ladywood districts were given as a shocking 514.61 crimes for every 1,000 people living there . |
| 5 | These agents were given in a total voluem of 1.5 ml , a 0.5 ml bolus injection , followed by a continuous infusion of 1 ml over a one hour period . |
| 6 | Holly saw the confusion of the guards ' officers and NCOs , the way that instructions were given in a frantic pitch and confronted by the sullen amusement of the zeks . |
| 7 | The figures that I quoted were given in a written answer to a question that I put down about the cutbacks in regional preferential assistance . |
| 8 | Details about the alleged incident were given by a prosecuting lawyer at Belfast Crown Court in the trial of three Londonderry men . |