Example sentences of "[was/were] give of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Examples were given of machinery overturning on land undermined by badger workings ; a horse and rider both suffering broken bones when the horse put a foot through the roof of a badger tunnel ; a nine-month-old calf breaking its neck when it fell into a sett ; a young lamb trapped in a sett ; extensive damage to spring grazing pastures by badgers grubbing for worms ; wheat crops flattened and eaten or soiled by badgers ; and numerous examples of TB in dairy herds close to large badger populations known to be infected with TB . |
| 2 | Examples were given of regular meetings or occasions which enabled workers to identify and keep track of people in the community , regardless of whether they had the status of an active case . |
| 3 | No details were given of the glycaemic control or other metabolic parameters of the two groups of diabetics studied ( Davis et al , 1982 ) , and it is difficult to account for these findings . |
| 4 | This same point was made earlier during the discussion of general applications , and examples were given of how it can assist with such things as planning , exploring relationships , putting particular aspects of an organisation into context , etc ; in other words , using it as a basis for creative thinking and logical deduction . |
| 5 | Did this affect the image Tanzanians were given of their own country ? |
| 6 | In response to a question in Parliament in 1984 , figures based on a 10 per cent sample were given of the comparative success rates of different types of representation . |
| 7 | In rural areas villagers had been detained and their houses had been burned in connection with land disputes , names were given of people held for up to 10 years without charge , and many who had been detained spoke of beatings in prison . |
| 8 | In evidence presented to the commission in the first few months , details were given of irregularities in the handling and documentation in Antigua of the shipment of arms from Israel and their discovery in Colombia . |
| 9 | No details were given of the date of execution . |
| 10 | In accounts that were given of first meetings we find that the situation is often important as it is usually mentioned . |
| 11 | For example , in the course of the only natural conversation that occurred on the topic of rape , the following account was given of how rape is evaluated : |
| 12 | An example was given of the type of index entry items that could be supported by the system : |
| 13 | The evaluation could also be regarded as being of the summative type , in that information was given of the functioning of a nearly finalized course . |
| 14 | Quotation was £24 for the four pages based on our 48-hour requirement , no indication was given of delivery charges . |
| 15 | A warning was given of ‘ the grave consequences for Pakistan if military bases to be used for aggression against the Soviet Union and other peace-loving countries are created on its territory ’ . |
| 16 | No warning was given of this . |
| 17 | Notice was given of two outside courses taking place during February . |
| 18 | No warning was given of the attack on the mailer ; they just did it , with messy consequences . |
| 19 | This hundred name petition against the dump concludes that not enough notice was given of the plans . |
| 20 | Irene left the court when evidence was given of her son 's last moments . |
| 21 | It was just on a minute on page seventy-nine , I think we want to get the support of local M Ps , one a has I think , has been just indicated , is contradictory , it might be better to say , ‘ although the document indicated that local authorities would be expected to undertake extra , an extra , or extra duties , the resources needed are , no indication was given of how there would be extra resources , or something like that , you see it 's contradictory at the moment , it says there 's no indication of the role , and then says that they would need resources , and actually if you look through the document , you will see from time-to-time it is indicated what local authorities are expected to do , for instance recycling of litter and the lot , and I think that that might be actually picked up by M P's and say , ‘ Well , what actually have you , do you mean to say ’ , well , what we 're really saying , are we not , that here is an indication of things that we 're expected to do , but as usual , of course , the government has n't indicated what erm where the resources were coming from . |