Example sentences of "[was/were] give as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although more than half earned up to £24,000 , with a further 17 per cent getting more , low running costs were given as the main reason for their choice . |
| 2 | The choice of the first ( ‘ Shakespeare 's Sister ’ ) and the timing of the second ( ‘ That Joke Is n't Funny Anymore ’ ) , already available on ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ , coupled with a lack of airplay were given as reasons for their failure . |
| 3 | The band played ‘ Auld Lang Syne ’ and cheers and counter cheers were given as the ferry pulled into midstream … . |
| 4 | And in the city 's claim for a grant , figures for the Newtown and Ladywood districts were given as a shocking 514.61 crimes for every 1,000 people living there . |
| 5 | Most often only the problems of the children were given as the significant handicaps to placement . |
| 6 | These policies of tax forgiveness have the added advantage of making the sharing of risk between companies and society less visible than would be the case if all assistance were given as direct subsidies in identifiable budget items . |
| 7 | Both these numbers were given as part of a short questionnaire about their driving histories . |
| 8 | All injections were given as a 200 µl bolus of neuropeptide Y ( Peninsula , Belmont , CA , USA ) dissolved in sterile 0.9% saline containing 0.1% dog albumin ( Sigma , St Louis , MO , USA ) or the carrier alone as control . |
| 9 | Construction faults , equipment failure and inadequate training of staff were given as the major causes of incidents . |
| 10 | Parking problems and noise in the mainly residential area around Darlington Memorial hospital , where the development would have taken place , were given as the main reasons for dismissing the appeal by Surrey-based Bioplan . |
| 11 | Neither the instructors nor the other students knew anyone 's real name , or even what they were giving as their name . |
| 12 | 19ff ) ; one of the earliest attested acts of faith centred upon the near sacrifice of a human being ( Isaac , son of Abraham ) , replaced at the last moment by a substitute ram which was given as a burnt-offering ( Gen. 22 ) ; and the first redemption of the embryonic nation Israel involved the smearing of the blood of the Passover lamb on the doorposts and lintels of the Hebrews ' homes in Egypt as a sign to the Angel of Death to leave them in safety ( Exod. |
| 13 | In Chapter 5 the equation for a straight line was given as : y = mx + c where m is the slope and c is the point where the line cuts the y axis . |
| 14 | The final tally was given as six killed , eighteen wounded and five missing . |
| 15 | He was helping with the ‘ Vic-Wells ’ charity costume ball in January 1947 and Adieu was given as part of the entertainment there . |
| 16 | The important points for the surname study were that his name had been spelt both as Fortereshey and Forsteresheigh , as well as Forsey and , perhaps most significantly of all , the name of the estate itself was given as Forstereshey . |
| 17 | The official cause of death was given as suicide by hanging and internal haemorrhaging respectively . |
| 18 | The position of the centre of the error circle was given as , ( ) . |
| 19 | The only knight there , Sir Henry Clinord of Carieton , was assessed at a wretched £8 in moveables , although his income was given as £80 a year . |
| 20 | As the income of the much smaller Missenden Abbey was given as £160 , compared with £262 net in 1535 , its goods may have been worth much more than the £140 assessed . |
| 21 | However , the bishop of Worcester normally paid £10 , while at Feckenham the fee was given as no less than £14. 16s. 10½d. , but this perhaps included services in connexion with the forest administration . |
| 22 | Though the official death toll was given as 22 , it is widely believed to have been far higher and Xinjiang television showed footage of troops mutilated by knives , corpses floating in cesspools and burnt-out vehicles . |
| 23 | Responses of the type 0.4 = ¼ were given by around 13 per cent of pupils to most of the questions where a decimal was presented , but 2.3 was given as ⅔ by 45 per cent of pupils . |
| 24 | Forty years later , just such a hawk-moth was discovered and to commemorate Darwin 's prescience , it was given as part of its scientific name the words forma predicta . |
| 25 | The first reason is that the apparent consent or refusal was given as a result of undue influence . |
| 26 | His occupation was given as manufacturer of industrial components . |
| 27 | It was given as a personal gift to Tran Van Lung by the father of the present emperor , Khai Dinh . " |
| 28 | In this respect , there were many at the meeting ( including me ) who felt the least we should be demanding of the industry and the regulators ( the DTI ) was that only the very highest environmental standards currently practised internationally ( the Norwegian oil field was given as a good example ) would be acceptable for operations in Cardigan Bay . |
| 29 | In this respect , there were many ( including me ) who felt the least we should be demanding of the industry and the regulators ( the DTI ) was that only the very highest environmental standards currently practised internationally ( the Norwegian oil field was given as a good example ) would be acceptable for operations in Cardigan Bay . |
| 30 | It is interesting to note that 300 years ago in a census to find the number of Conformists , Catholics and Nonconformists , that Hailing was given as " no Papists , no Nonconformists but 60 Conformists " . |