Example sentences of "was grant a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fifty four year old retired five years ago after being named Champion Jockey twelve times , but was granted a new licence last week . |
| 2 | In a debt reduction agreement ratified by the Council of State on May 1 , 1989 , Paraguay was granted a new period of 20 years , with eight years ' grace , for the payment of its $436,000,000 debt to Brazil . |
| 3 | The defendant dock company , a wholly owned subsidiary of a port authority , was granted a long lease of part of a disused naval dockyard and applied to the plaintiff local authority for planning permission to develop the land as a commercial port . |
| 4 | If a player was granted a good fixture , if the weather held fair , and if the player was popular with the supporters , a good sum might be raised . |
| 5 | In recognition for her endeavours on behalf of women , she was granted a civil list pension of £75 a year in 1913 . |
| 6 | With four others : Petiver , Dare , Bromwich and Jones , he was granted a 21-year lease of the Garden , though no official record of this arrangement exists . |
| 7 | The new rules came in after Treasury solicitors agreed to settle the case of a German law student who was granted a judicial review of the Government 's refusal to reimburse EC students ' tuition fees . |
| 8 | In that case the defendant had made her home with a tenant of a private sector house for three years and continued to make her home with the tenant when he was granted a secure tenancy of a council house . |
| 9 | The school later moved to Gower St , was granted a royal patent , and eventually became the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . |
| 10 | He was granted a royal warrant in 1873 . |
| 11 | In 1991 , the College was granted a Royal Charter , recognition , we believe , of our contribution and status in the world of management development . |
| 12 | In tandem with the IMF credit , Romania was granted a structural adjustment loan worth $400,000,000 from the World Bank . |
| 13 | PRETORIA ( AFP ) — Three blacks sentenced to death on murder charges were hanged yesterday while a white man , condemned for rape , was granted a last-minute reprieve . |
| 14 | In 1627 he was granted an extra £10 p.a. for his ‘ extraordinary service and charges in sorting , ordering and digesting ’ the contents of the Westminster treasuries . |