Example sentences of "was give [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I refer the Minister to the specific case of the Amoco Montrose platform — now , thankfully , closed — which was given dispensation for nine years although it was known that the accommodation facilities did not meet the fire regulation standards that apply to platforms . |
| 2 | McCaulay , Mann , O'Donovan and McClelland were each placed on probation for 12 months ; Donaghy was given probation for two years and Dempsey was ordered to carry out 200 hours community service . |
| 3 | In addition to answering Questions and the handling of all departmental business in the Commons , the Parliamentary Secretary was given responsibility for legal aid and the development of legal services ; relations with the Land Registry and Public Record Office ; some budget and resource matters ; and equal opportunities and women 's issues outside the judicial context . |
| 4 | Gosatomnadzor , the regulator which was given responsibility for civil and military materials last June , has been refused access to some military inventories . |
| 5 | Bernardino Cardoso , hitherto Minister of Planning and International Co-operation and a close associate of the President , was given responsibility for foreign affairs in the new 16-member Cabinet . |
| 6 | He was found to have an ear disease and was given surgery for this . |
| 7 | The consequence of excommunication for Jacob was economic isolation : he was forced to give up his trade ( also shoemaking ) and was given redress for this when he petitioned the Long Parliament in 1640 . |