Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] given to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An inscribed silver salver was given to previous league secretary John Pritchard who retired after four seasons in the job . |
| 2 | When attention was given to individual children it became clear that a far more effective way of viewing the disabled was not in terms of handicap but in terms of personal need . |
| 3 | In so far as attention was given to foreign affairs , there was a powerful inclination to test out the potential of the United Nations . |
| 4 | New powers for speedy land assembly , for plan making and the control of development were given to local authorities , consummated subsequently in the Town and Country Planning Act . |
| 5 | In this study , when only histamine was given to nude mice , increased vascular permeability mediated by intercation with histamine 1 receptor may have led to an enhancement of xenograft growth due to increased diffusion of nutrents etc , in addition to direct proliferative effects by a histamine 2 receptor . |
| 6 | In the county areas , however , responsibility for elementary education was given to non-county boroughs with a population exceeding 10,000 and urban districts with a population in excess of 20,000 . |
| 7 | A much larger proportion of resources was earmarked for social development , and less emphasis was given to encouraging manufacturing investment by means of fiscal incentives . |
| 8 | More money was available for State development projects and an emphasis was given to science-led growth . |
| 9 | Publicity was given to academic investigations whilst journals and organizations attempted to direct film-going by informing potential audiences as to which films they should attend and which ignore . |
| 10 | The flats were sold on 125-year leases and priority was given to first-time buyers . |
| 11 | One of the chief criticisms of much topic work done in the past was that insufficient consideration was given to historical objectives , and that the needs of history were sometimes submerged . |
| 12 | Between November 1981 and November 1983 , encouragement was given to unemployed men over the age of 60 to withdraw from the labour force by offering to pay them the long-term rate of supplementary benefit if they agreed not to register as unemployed . |
| 13 | A taxable disturbance allowance was given to existing home owners . |
| 14 | There came to exist in Roman as in Greek portraiture a visual code in which expression was given to moral qualities . |
| 15 | Morley took up her evenings but daytime was given to voluntary work . |
| 16 | Greater credence was given to quantitative data , judged ‘ representative ’ , to be obtained by a questionnaire administered to a large number of gypsies . ’ |
| 17 | This option was given to working wives in 1948 and withdrawn in 1978 but women who had already chosen to pay the reduced rate were allowed to continue , provided they did not take more than a two-year break from employment after 1978 . |