Example sentences of "[that] [was/were] [adv] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is quite obvious now that if there was more to Monica 's missing Wimbledon in 1991 than the shin splints that were eventually given as the reason , she is not going to tell us . |
| 2 | If the Minister admits that monumental errors were made that allowed those profits to accrue to companies that were almost given the assets of the National Bus Company , he must tell us what will be inserted in the legislation to prevent those errors from being made again . |
| 3 | Because there was relatively little detail given and there were generally so few junctions remembered correctly , no attempt was made to analyse the types of information that were actually given in the descriptions , specifically , no attempt was made to classify details as central or peripheral . |
| 4 | I hope that the hon. Member for Clydebank and Milngavie will feel able to withdraw his amendment and accept that the Government have fulfilled the undertaking that was freely given as a result of our deliberations on this matter . |
| 5 | In this vein Malinvaud ( 1983 ) writes : ‘ [ T ] he Walrasian equilibrium … is appropriate for long-run economic analysis , because in the long run prices are actually flexible and play the role that was traditionally given to them . ’ |