Example sentences of "that [art] [noun sg] was give [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The Court of Appeal is not bound to follow a decision of its own if it is satisfied that the decision was given per incuriam .
2 He said that the land was given in 1962 as a charitable gift by Mr Ina Clayton , a metal merchant , to be used ‘ solely ’ as playing fields for the benefit of local inhabitants .
3 Inevitably the Communists were blamed , but it was whispered that the order was given by a prominent member of the government .
4 The best that can be achieved then , assuming that the guarantee was given after 11 April 1978 , is a CGT loss claim of £10,000 under s 136(4) ( 11 ) , CGTA 1979 .
5 They hold that the revelation was given through the cultural medium of one particular time , and that while the message may remain the same ( for example that one should love one 's neighbour ) this may require a different expression in a different age .
6 Trinidadian government lawyers had argued that the pardon was given under duress and therefore was invalid .
7 In addition , Sotheby 's London Chief Executive Timothy Llewellyn explained , ‘ We have a notarised statement by a previous owner of the painting , Alexander Kozlenkov , given in the Land of Berlin and dated 26 January 1990 , that the picture was given to his late father , a colonel in the Soviet Army , by a German family who lived in the Schlossmuseum , in gratitude for helping them obtain food during the occupation .
8 He is resentful that no aid was given to him — another villager was given 3,000 rupees to repair his house because , says Kirtana , he knew the local member of the Orissa state parliament .
9 One of the printed conditions of sale in the auction catalogue was that no warranty was given in respect of any animal sold .
10 It 's ridiculous to suggest that this or any other police force ignores bomb warnings.The IRA 's claim that a warning was given in this case is just not true .
11 David Scott was not one of the more successful county politicians , and perhaps his attitude is a little too pure for the real world of eighteenth-century politics , but it represents , even if in an exaggerated form , the general political maxim that the politician performs friendly services for his friends without haggling over a bargain , or even implying that an understanding existed which might suggest that a vote was given for services rendered , or as in this case , for services which might be performed at a future date .
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