Example sentences of "[was/were] issued " in BNC.
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| 1 | When these pictures were issued they were indeed contemporary because they were based on the evils of the day . |
| 2 | When British Telecom was privatised , shares were issued both in the US and the UK ( and other jurisdictions ) . |
| 3 | The bonds were issued seven months ago . |
| 4 | No warnings were issued to consumers because earlier advice from the Department of Health about the dangers of salmonella and the importance of cooking eggs thoroughly , was felt to be sufficient , the ministry said . |
| 5 | On this day : the Battle of Hastings was fought , 1066 ; Mary , Queen of Scots was tried , 1586 ; Marie Antoinette was tried , 1793 ; bread riots took place in Hyde Park , 1855 ; Oxford degrees were first conferred on women , 192050-pence coins were issued to replace the 10-shilling note , 1969 . |
| 6 | In April the Smolensk Party advised the Roslavl' cell that contributions to the Famine were tailing off in the Roslavl' area , so two new directives were issued : first , to collect another famine tax , with every twenty town-workers or employees supporting one hungry child , and every five peasant households contributing for one hungry adult ; second , to hold agitational meetings in all trade-union branches and at village skhod meetings . |
| 7 | The government and the TUC were now committed to a concordat to bring inflation down to 5 per cent over three years , while new TUC guidelines were issued over picketing and the operation of the closed shop . |
| 8 | Hand guns were issued to all personnel guarding the convoys of lorries . |
| 9 | A limited number of these vouchers were issued each year . |
| 10 | A senior partner of the defendants endorsed the articled clerk 's advice : the wife later went to other solicitors , and proceedings were issued claiming damages for negligence against the defendants in handling the financial provision side of her divorce . |
| 11 | Operational Requirements for the V-bombers were issued in 1946 with an in-service date of the mid-1950s , as required by the Government 's Ten-Year Rule . |
| 12 | Prohibitions were issued to prevent the Admiralty from dealing with any case that the Common Law Courts could deal with . |
| 13 | Very few licences to take or kill badgers causing damage to crops or stock were issued in practice . |
| 14 | But as the intervals between successive Forest Eyres lengthened , special commissions of oyer et terminer were issued to the Justices of the Forest and others . |
| 15 | Numerous other licences were issued — to hawk , fell and sell woods , plough up pastures , enclose small parcels of land on the forest wastes and build houses thereon , cut turf and peat , and to operate a brick kiln . |
| 16 | Similar commissions were issued to the Forest officers of Shotover and Stowood in January 1640 , and of Windsor Forest in June 1642 . |
| 17 | THE requirements for applying to run Britain 's new Channel 5 were issued yesterday . |
| 18 | The bonds were issued under a number of different jurisdictions , including Switzerland , Germany , France and the United Kingdom . |
| 19 | Perhaps the most famous weapon of the Franks was the sword : Frankish swords were in great demand across Europe for their balance and temper , and a number of restrictions were issued by Charlemagne controlling their export . |
| 20 | Most dramatically , 500 of them were issued with potassium iodate tablets to counter the effects of radioactive iodine . |
| 21 | Having failed to get voluntary agreements from all the residents , compulsory purchase orders on the properties were issued , with classic insensitivity , just before Christmas 1988 . |
| 22 | To add to the atmosphere , chocolate rations were issued at midnight . |
| 23 | Bedmakers in Cambridge colleges were issued with stout gloves to protect their hands from the sharp sedge as they lit the fires in undergraduates ' rooms . |
| 24 | Guns were fired at the police , causing injuries to several officers and reporters , and the forces were issued with CS gas and plastic bullets , although these were not used . |
| 25 | Thirdly , it was claimed that no general warrants were issued . |
| 26 | Thereafter , warrants were issued for only two months , though they could be renewed for one month at a time in the case of those issued to the police , and six months at a time in the case of those issued to the security services . |
| 27 | He and one brother , with pale skins , counted as whites , John said , but their siblings with darker skins were issued with passes as blacks . |
| 28 | In the following year box respirators with Lambert 's granules , together with charcoal , were issued to the troops , and continued in use throughout the war . |
| 29 | This latter is illustrated by the fact that until recently operating licences were issued more or less indiscriminately to any company that wanted to set up a sawmill . |
| 30 | As the war drew near , and gas masks were issued , an official came to my Grandad 's house to fit him and his housekeeper with the right sized masks . |