Example sentences of "it was given the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was given the trade mark , ‘ Indral ’ and the generic , or chemical name , propranolol . |
| 2 | Even before it was given the food , the dog began to produce saliva in response to the appetizing smell . |
| 3 | In fact , its success was such that it was given the ‘ unique honour ’ of being made the secretariat to the Intergroup on Animal Welfare — an all-party committee which discusses welfare issues . |
| 4 | It was not a directly elected body , though it was given the right under the Treaty to draw up proposals for direct elections . |
| 5 | Established in 1963 it was given the task of finding ways to review and reform the curriculum by encouraging change within the schools themselves . |
| 6 | It was given the authority to send William Mingay to Manfield Orthopaedic Hospital at Northampton for ‘ re-education of the muscles ’ for a period of three months , the cost not to exceed £2 per week . |
| 7 | A Grand Jury in California handed up indictments against two officers of Symantec Corp alleging that they stole trade secrets from Borland International Inc after a six-month investigation by the district attorney 's office of Santa Cruz County , California into the allegations that a Borland officer brought confidential company material with him when he left Borland to join Symantec ; Symantec says that last it hired an independent law firm to look into the charges , and it was given the opinion that there was no crime committed and that none of the items constitute trade secrets . |
| 8 | Not far up the road here is the town of Bagnères-de-Bigorre , a spa known to the Romans and envisaged by Napoleon I as the ‘ capital ’ of a Pyrenean confederation of health resorts — for a while it was given the title , which it can never have begun to merit , of ‘ the Athens of the Pyrenees ’ . |
| 9 | In 1945 it was given the royal accolade and since 1954 it has had its headquarters in Croydon , although the College of St. Nicolas ( latterly at Addington Palace ) closed in 1974 . |
| 10 | I in the past th Granville mentioned these letters that used to work their way down from on high which might have just been a , a bit of a twinkle in somebody 's eye with no money at all to spend on physical work but even so it was given the same status within the R C E's organization of five or ten years ago a a as an investment item was , it was almost authorized . |
| 11 | It was given the go-ahead in 1977 with construction starting in 1984 . |
| 12 | The spokesman said the Council of Mayors of Arab Towns and Villages refused to accept the Bosnians even after it was given the text of a message from the vice president of Bosnia approving the flight . |