Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] given to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Andrew Williamson Trust Lecture was given to a packed house by Sir Edward Heath , and the Robbins Lecture was given by Professor Sir Frederick Holliday , a former Deputy and Acting Principal of the University . |
| 2 | In a referendum on Aug. 19 popular approval was given to a new constitution drafted by the National Forum , a multiparty conference dominated by the opposition Comité des forces vives formed in mid-1991 . |
| 3 | But — and here 's the point — second billing was given to a young Austrian lad of 17 who had just won the title of Junior Mr Universe . |
| 4 | Martin Burns of the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers ' Union alleged that catering facilities were being run down and warned that jobs would be lost if the in-house contract was given to a private firm . |
| 5 | A National Salvation Front ( NSF ) took power , its Council , represented by an Executive Bureau , assuming legislative authority , while executive responsibility was given to a new provisional Council of Ministers . |