Example sentences of "was give [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1773 a London eccentric , James Cox , a goldsmith with premises off Fleet Street , was given permission by an Act of Parliament to disperse a collection of curiosities which formed a small museum he ran . |
| 2 | In 1947 he was given permission by the Fourth International to form an independent Labour Party entry group . |
| 3 | Later on , the squadron was given permission by the King to have its own squadron badge and each member was presented by the Commanding Officer with a personal copy of it . |
| 4 | The culture of the minorities of indigenous people that was given providence at the assembly . |
| 5 | When he was given work at a lathe that rounded and spiralled chairs ' legs he took no advice from the foreman , and instead watched the man next to him to study the working of the machine . |
| 6 | There is no specific reference to his serving Gloucester until after the duke 's accession ( when he became an esquire of the body ) , but his brother John was given land by the duke , which implies a close connection . |
| 7 | There is no specific reference to his serving Gloucester until after the duke 's accession ( when he became an esquire of the body ) , but his brother John was given land by the duke , which implies a close connection . |
| 8 | Janlori Goldman of the American Civil Liberties Union was given space in the New York Times to contest Sessions ' argument : |
| 9 | This claim was given credence by the DLP 's use in July of its legislative majority to enact 26 bills in defiance of normal legislative procedure . |
| 10 | Joseph , of Bow , east London , was given probation at the Old Bailey yesterday for attempted robbery . |
| 11 | Mr Lucas said Michael worked for Bond Corporation for around five years and was trusted so greatly he was given responsibility for the security of international VIPs who visited Western Australia during Bond 's America 's Cup defence three years ago . |
| 12 | Two years later , Brooke was given responsibility for the Kent coast from Dover to Whitstable , with the task of preventing any communication between the French and their English sympathizers . |
| 13 | A new Ministry of Commerce , Industry and Co-operatives led by Richard Kaijuka ( hitherto Minister of Energy ) was given responsibility for the development of import substitution and the promotion of exports . |
| 14 | For six years or so the CNAA had moved with caution — indeed , only one of its officers , Francis Hanrott , had any previous experience involving contact with teacher education , and he was given responsibility for the various levels of negotiation . |
| 15 | The promotional side of the event this year was given edge by a visiting delegation of senior decision-makers , including energy ministers and heads of state oil companies , from nine countries where oil and gas activity is expanding , including Azerbaijan , Kazakhstan and Colombia where BPX has interests . |
| 16 | was given leave by an overwhelming majority of the House of Commons ( 228 votes to 17 ) to introduce a Bill which would have imposed a requirement of reasonableness where a mistaken belief in consent was alleged . |
| 17 | In November , Edward was given sight of a letter from Haushofer — he signed it ‘ A ’ — written to the duke . |
| 18 | Wade Smith was given salesman of the year in January and promptly left to set up shop on his own . |
| 19 | Here I need mention only that my work at the Staff College and the Royal Military College in Baghdad put me under suspicion of espionage , and that had the pro-Nazi rebellion of Raschid Ali of May 1941 ( during which I was given protection in the American Embassy ) been successful , I should have fared badly , as it was surmised much later that I was on the rebels ' hit list . |
| 20 | It was Gould , not Lear , who was given credit for the concept of an illustrated ornithological work of this nature . |
| 21 | In 1988 a High Court judge was given charge of the list . |
| 22 | When he returned home he was given employment as a personal companion to an Austrian count , who took him to Vienna and Constantinople . |
| 23 | On his return he was given custody of the honour of Arundel . |
| 24 | National Power was allocated 70 per cent of the power plant , but was given control of the nuclear programme . |
| 25 | Active in committees and a frequent speaker , he was given office as a commissioner of the Ordnance Office in May 1664 . |
| 26 | She 'd beg , borrow or steal the money for the shoes , and if she was given notice at the store when she insisted on having the afternoon off , well , so be it . |
| 27 | The depositor also signed a letter addressed to B.C.C.I. , whereby B.C.C.I. , was given notice of the ‘ absolute ’ assignment in question . |
| 28 | To them was given dominion over the world , and all the created beauty of earth was theirs to hold as regents and stewards of God 's kingship . |
| 29 | ITN was given access to the camps seven days ago after the leader of the Bosnian Serbs , Radovan Karadjic , challenged journalists to see for themselves that prisoners were well treated . |
| 30 | Another study of a mass murderer is The Killer Department ( Orion , April , £15.99 ) by Robert Cullen , who was given access to the police files on Russian psychopath Andrei Chikatilo , also the subject of Hunting the Devil : The Search for the Russian Ripper ( HarperCollins , £14.99 ) by Richard Lourie . |