Example sentences of "who was given the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This trip included a newly qualified doctor , who was given the trip as a birthday present , a curator from the V & A , a City solicitor , a pianist and a colonel in the UDR . |
| 2 | Sancho , ruling in Castile , at once began to extend his territories , assisted by Rodrigo , who was given the title of Ensign , a position which automatically gave him command of the army . |
| 3 | It moved to the then co-ordinator of security and intelligence in the Cabinet Office , Sir Antony Duff , who was given the right of direct access to Mrs Thatcher and encouraged to override the JIC 's supporting machinery and voice his concerns at the highest level when a potential emergency was sensed . |
| 4 | Even the Arabs in the Ministry of Health office in the hospital had n't really been briefed , and the poor man who was given the job of meeting our needs nearly had a heart attack when I showed him a copy of the list I had sent out to his head office weeks ago . |
| 5 | KILLED : Leslie , who was given the car as a gift |
| 6 | For instance the regional treasurer , who was given the Friem and Claybury brief while still a deputy , had ‘ a personal commitment , having visited the hospitals and realised the urgency of getting people out of these awful places ’ . |
| 7 | The effect of these grants was to place most of south Wales under Despenser 's influence ; only the Earl of Arundel , who was given the lordship of Chirk , could rival him in the Marches . |
| 8 | Consigned for sale by Alexander Klee , grandson of Paul Klee who was given the painting by Kandinsky in exchange for one of his own , it is a sketch for ‘ Composition VII ’ of 1913 , now in the State Tretyakov Gallery , Moscow , and widely considered the artist 's most innovative painting of that year . |
| 9 | Most important was the inclusion of U Tin Tut , no longer in the ICS , who was given the vital Finance ministry . |
| 10 | He replaced Sam Skinner who was given the largely ceremonial post of chairman of the Republican National Committee . |
| 11 | Lord Lyons , who was given the Paris embassy in 1867 , has been called " the first major British diplomat who owed his appointment to professional rather than political considerations " . |
| 12 | Another award-winning garden by the Pershore College of Horticulture based on the mythological King , Midas , who was given the power to turn everything he touched to gold ; though this treasure is n't worth much — it 's concrete sprayed with gold paint . |
| 13 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |