Example sentences of "[was/were] give on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Free rides were given on the eleven cars , which represented all types then in service . |
| 2 | Lectures were given on botany and chemistry ( subjects not covered in the London College at that time ) . |
| 3 | Lectures were given on agriculture , rural economy , and medical jurisprudence ; Sewell considered the latter subjects worth adopting in London . |
| 4 | They were given on the express condition that they will never be played . |
| 5 | Several versions of the classifying 3-D shapes task were given on various occasions but there are insufficient results to give any meaningful statistics . |
| 6 | All chemotherapeutic drugs were given on four consecutive days at four week intervals for a total of six months or until there was evidence of tumour progression . |
| 7 | Articles were placed in the press chronicling the joys of country life ( and — as will be shown — fruitless attempts were made to demonstrate that the rural environment was having a positive effect on the children 's health ) ; talks were given on the radio to parents ; special posters were printed ; and it was arranged for the Queen to visit certain schools in November to publicise the scheme . |
| 8 | All treatments were given on consecutive days ( weekends excepted ) . |
| 9 | Gran Gelato Ltd v Richcliff Group Ltd held that misstatements by a landlord 's solicitors in replies to inquiries could not result in an action ( of negligence ) against the solicitors , but that such replies were given on behalf of the landlord . |
| 10 | I fear that does not even begin to address our concern the assurances which were given on the last occasion about the Home Secretary 's attitude by the Noble Earl Lord which will no doubt be repeated later this afternoon , will of course hold good only for as long as Mr Howard is Home Secretary . |
| 11 | But then the property was not given to her ; it was given on the face of it to the trustee . |
| 12 | The grandest exposition of the Grand Iranian Design was given on November 14th , 1986 , just after the operation had been disclosed . |
| 13 | The Arkleton Lecture was given on 5 June 1979 by Professor J.M.M.Cunningham , Director of the Hill Farming Research Organisation , Penicuik , Midlothian . |
| 14 | But most importantly , no information was given on the location of recurrence of the disease which may have been of prognostic importance . |
| 15 | Tritsch Tratsch was given on the same programme , being hailed with delight for its humour and for the sparkling dancing of Poole and Luyt as ‘ two brisk young sailors , and Renée Feller as the sprightly object of their affections ’ . |
| 16 | The documents the court sent out were difficult to understand and no guidance was given on completing it . |
| 17 | A further official assurance was given on the total number of troops , but the public preferred to believe its own eyes . |
| 18 | The one case in which the legality of nuclear weapons use has been pronounced upon directly is the Shimoda Case in Japan , in which judgment was given on 7 December 1963 . |
| 19 | Advise was given on how to colour the legs with substances such as cold tea , coffee , gravy browning , cocoa powder etcetera with the seams drawn in with pencil , crayon or burnt wood or cork . |
| 20 | Guidance was given on the conduct of the interviews and a list of questions was provided to assist the tasks of reviewing the work of the teacher and setting targets . |
| 21 | Judgment was given on the substance of the case in the following terms , at pp. 682–683 , picking up the point that I have already mentioned : |
| 22 | From what I was given on him it was very easy to construct something from his guilt , his sense of self-degradation . |
| 23 | An indication of what was to follow was given on 12 June when Roberto Agramonte , a moderate who was in favour of conciliation with the United States , was replaced as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by radical nationalist Raúl Roa . |
| 24 | A forcible demonstration of Castro 's changed attitude was given on 21 October when he ordered the arrest of his former companion-in-arms , the charismatic Major Huber Matos , Commander of Camaguey Province ( an area where there was significant resistance to the new regime ) , who had resigned his commission in the Rebel Army in protest at the increasing Communist influence in the revolution . |
| 25 | According to one rabbinic tradition ( preserved in Midrash Tanchuma 26 ) when the law was given on Sinai , ‘ the ten commandments were promulgated with a single sound , ’ yet it says , ‘ All the people perceived the voices ’ ( Exod. 20:18 ) . |
| 26 | Royal assent was given on 3 March , and , along with the new bishops of Norwich and Coventry and Lichfield , he was ordained priest on 9 March and consecrated as bishop on 10 March by the archbishop of Canterbury , Boniface of Savoy [ q.v . ] . |
| 27 | Of course , the Prince himself has not yet been spoken to , but his secretary , Chang Shih-sen advises me that the copies he was given on his last visit are gone . ’ |
| 28 | The first of these reports was given on July 2 by Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov , who was heard in what the Independent of the following day described as an atmosphere of " chilly disdain " . |
| 29 | An assurance that the army would not be involved in the election and would respect an opposition victory was given on Oct. 22 by Brig. |
| 30 | The order for the arrest of Boldin , Varennikov and Shenin ( also people 's deputies ) was given on Aug. 22 . |