Example sentences of "had given [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had been intended as a warning shot across the government 's bows has sunk a government that had given Poland a year of political continuity , maintained budgetary austerity against populist opposition and taken the first steps on two essential reforms that now go into limbo . |
| 2 | Doubtless these were given too little weight because it was reasonable to expect that tidal forces of the Sun had given Mercury synchronous rotation . |
| 3 | In such discussions Zuwaya generally assumed that they had given offence unwittingly , and that malign actions were always done by others , requiring Zuwaya to pursue justice . |
| 4 | It is not surprising either to find that English visitors were hostile ; the notable point is that their real venom was unleashed not in the period before 1560 , when England and Scotland were nourishing their long-standing enmity , but afterwards , when they were officially allies , and particularly once the unthinkable and shameful had happened , and Scotland had given England a king , in the person of James VI in 1603 . |
| 5 | The capture of Calais by Edward III in 1347 had given England virtual control of the Straits . |
| 6 | The ‘ eminent doctors ’ had given evidence in the trial to the effect that it was acceptable to ‘ invoke a regime of starvation and sedation to quickly speed the demise of the handicapped child . ’ |
| 7 | A Mr Ashton had given evidence to the Inquiry and quoted a third party , who appeared to criticise its works . |
| 8 | Chief Inspector Buchanan had given evidence tersely , in a dry tone . |
| 9 | In another case , the Court of Appeal held that a prosecution had been properly discontinued when a defendant had taken out a private prosecution for perjury against a witness who had given evidence against him at committal proceedings . |
| 10 | Perhaps the most serious incident was where several M.P.s deliberately identified an officer of the security services who had given evidence in court under the name Colonel B. The court had warned that any attempt to name the officer would be a contempt of court . |
| 11 | Held , allowing the appeal , ( 1 ) that the appropriate means of achieving fairness to an accused with regard to disclosure to the defence of material in the prosecution 's possession was a matter to be determined by the particular legislature , executive and judiciary concerned ; that although the Jamaican practice , particularly in relation to inconsistent previous statements , would normally be an acceptable means of achieving such fairness it did not extend to every situation in which fairness required the prosecution to make material available to the defence ; that where the prosecution intended a witness 's evidence to be based on his statement to the police and to deviate significantly from his deposition , the prosecution was under a duty to supply the defence with a copy of the statement before the trial ; and that , therefore , since the deceased 's husband and sister had given evidence inconsistent with their statements , and important testimony had been adduced from them which had not been foreshadowed in their depositions , the failure to disclose their statements to the defence constituted a material irregularity ( post , pp. 161H — 162A , B , B–C , 165C–E ) . |
| 12 | When Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Everett had given evidence , prosecuting counsel , after consulting those instructing him , said he would offer no further evidence . |
| 13 | Feelings she 'd believed anaesthetised had given evidence of being very much awake . |
| 14 | The soldier told Belfast Crown Court he was aware that a forensic scientist had given evidence maintaining a bullet fired by him ( Clegg ) entered the rear of the vehicle and struck Miss Reilly . |
| 15 | Critics of the administration 's policy claimed that some Haitians who had fled the country a second time , after being repatriated in 1991 , had given evidence of persecution in interviews to UN officials . |
| 16 | On Feb. 20 Rubio had given evidence to the economic commission of the Congress of Deputies . |
| 17 | Puddephat had given evidence , saying Melanie Gandell had been one of his brightest students , and he had gone out of his way to encourage her academically as a result . |
| 18 | Earlier a drugs worker had given evidence relating to general drugs policies but Sheriff Archibald Bell QC said it was n't the court 's job to listen to critisism of government agencies , local authorities or individuals who were n't represented . |
| 19 | It was the first time Sheila Stroud from Staunton in Gloucestershire had given evidence in her trial at Bristol Crown Court . |
| 20 | In Copenhagen 's biggest selling daily newspaper Ekstra Bladet , Bartram claimed the Rangers ' boss had given players strict instructions intimidate the opposition . |
| 21 | On Oct. 1 it was announced that the President had given Theodor Stolojan , formerly the Finance Minister [ see p. 38207 ] , the responsibility of forming a new broad-based coalition government . |
| 22 | Whereas the Supplementary Benefits Scheme had given grants to people to cover essential items , such as cooking utensils , the Fund replaced this with loans . |
| 23 | Lords Forte , Taylor ( of the construction giant Taylor Woodrow ) , Weinstock , King , Edwin McAlpine , Matthews , Vinson and Sieff had also coincidentally been associated with companies which had given money to the Conservative cause . |
| 24 | A German tourist we met there , who had come tourist class from Cuzco , told us how she had given money and pens at each stop to the children who crowded the carriage windows . |
| 25 | And Horsley had given money to miners ' families during the 1984–5 strike . |
| 26 | Sagawa 's chairman , Kiyoshi Sagawa , said on Feb. 13 that the company had given money to 280 politicians for use in " hiring secretaries " . |
| 27 | ‘ Why , ’ she said sweetly , rising and picking up her clothes , and her bag , now empty of the articles which she had given J. D. O'Connor , ‘ tonight I am going to turn in early , read and rest — such a change after all I have done since this time last week . |
| 28 | Sudanese radio reported on June 25 that the interim administration in Ethiopia had given SPLA forces based there a deadline ( unspecified ) before which they had either to disarm or to leave Ethiopian territory . |
| 29 | But when the woman she had given Cara 's card to hove into view her heartbeats steadied , for the person who accompanied her was not male but was a pinafore-clad woman of about the same age who , duster in hand , had obviously been brought away from her cleaning duties . |
| 30 | In the event , although both Charitable Trust and Council had given assent to the first advert on the policy agreed , they baulked at the second wave of recruiting , and sought to change the basis of our agreement . |