Example sentences of "who was given [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Gould , not Lear , who was given credit for the concept of an illustrated ornithological work of this nature . |
| 2 | Ealdred 's kinswoman could have been Abbess Aethelburh , daughter of a local lord , Aelfred , who was given Withington in Gloucestershire in the 770s ( CS 217 : S 1255 ) . |
| 3 | Robert Ratcliffe , who was given office in Sheen ( Surrey ) by the queen , can be identified with the Woodville interest . |
| 4 | Robert Ratcliffe , who was given office in Sheen ( Surrey ) by the queen , can be identified with the Woodville interest . |
| 5 | The announcement followed a visit to Libya by the agency 's Director-General , Hans Blix , who was given assurances by Kadhafi that Libya was not trying to produce an atomic bomb . |
| 6 | Significantly , it was a Scottish Lord Chancellor , Lord Mackay of Clashfern , the son of a Highland railwayman , who was given charge of reforming the legal profession in England and Wales . |
| 7 | The government rejected the highest offer , fudged the auction rules , then accepted a revised offer from the third-highest bidder , who was given 26% of the bank 's shares . |
| 8 | Another study of a mass murderer is The Killer Department ( Orion , April , £15.99 ) by Robert Cullen , who was given access to the police files on Russian psychopath Andrei Chikatilo , also the subject of Hunting the Devil : The Search for the Russian Ripper ( HarperCollins , £14.99 ) by Richard Lourie . |
| 9 | Mr O'Shaughnessy , who was given custody of Ryan when his marriage ended 10 years ago , said : ‘ My sister and grand-daughter are buried there . |