Example sentences of "[noun sg] was give to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The seat was given to the school for a Mr headmaster and as a gesture of goodwill to all who pass the school . |
| 2 | To celebrate their 50 years a commemorative wooden seat was given to the village . |
| 3 | In 1946 general effect was given to the recommendations of the Beveridge Report , Aneurin Bevan tamed the recalcitrant self-interest of the doctors , and the main outlines of the Welfare State were definitively drawn . |
| 4 | That submission was given to the trade unions and is public knowledge . |
| 5 | Diana felt she would never be free to enjoy her life until some official recognition was given to the truth about her marriage to Charles . |
| 6 | In 1940 , Jacques was finally appointed as a joint secretary to the Rural Areas Committee to represent WEA interests for the District 's Chapter III courses and through this overdue gesture formal recognition was given to the District 's indispensable position in the provision of liberal adult education in the region . |
| 7 | More prominence was given to the evidence of Alec Chipstead than to that of the Home Office Pathologist , Dr Aubrey Helier . |
| 8 | Special prominence was given to the value of community policing within densely populated areas , the value of widening entry to higher education , the meritocratic recruitment of elites , the role of harmony in companies and the Japanese welfare system of ‘ security without entitlement ’ . |
| 9 | Although compensation was given to the deportees for possessions stolen from them during the journey , no compensation was offered to the schoolchildren who were forced by internment to leave school or job training to which , in most cases , they were unable to return . |
| 10 | He told of the death of his father last Christmas , killed by a white man driving recklessly — and the Coroner 's verdict of ‘ death by natural causes , ’ so no compensation was given to the family . |
| 11 | AN inside account of the Gulf War was given to the Alresford and District branch of the Royal Air Forces Association at a recent meeting at the Kingsworthy Sports and Social Club . |
| 12 | Within the Sheffield proposal and Training Agency requirements , a high profile was given to the development of Careers Education and Guidance , Work-Experience , industry visits and work shadowing , all of which could be provided through a partnership . |
| 13 | Particular attention was given to the ability to assemble the data in a wide variety of different ways . |
| 14 | As a result of the first evaluation special attention was given to the development of more participatory methods of health education . |
| 15 | Special attention was given to the interior of the carriages , completely stripped and refurbished . |
| 16 | Secondly , despite Castells 's emphasis on imminent urban social movements , very little attention was given to the nature of human agency . |
| 17 | Labour 's weak bargaining position , combined with the speed with which new industrial centres such as the Donets basin of the Ukraine were developed and older cities such as St Petersburg expanded , ensured that little attention was given to the needs of the work-force . |
| 18 | Effectively the seal of approval was given to the type of tribunal established under the National Insurance Act 1911 . |
| 19 | Similar , though slightly more muted , approval was given to the propositions on Christian education , discussed from 17 to 19 November , and on the latter date the Council turned its attention briefly to recommendations to simplify marriage legislation and end discrimination against non-Catholic partners in mixed marriages . |
| 20 | Approval was given to the appointment of P.G.W. Cobb as chairman of Professional Affairs Board , from the 1992 AGM . |
| 21 | But this man says his documents prove the trough was given to the town in 1907 and still belongs to the parish council . |
| 22 | The fact that consent was obtained by a trick or by fraud is irrelevant so long as the consent was given to the agent in his capacity as a mercantile agent . |
| 23 | The Defence Secretary , Dick Cheney , said yesterday that no formal pledge was given to the rebels but US troops were moved into place on both roads on Tuesday morning , ready to intervene if Washington decided that they should . |
| 24 | Expert evidence was given to the effect that the chances of the child adjusting to a new life in Spain were very slim , and that failure to adjust would have very serious consequences on the child 's development . |
| 25 | Emphasis was given to the simplicity of his life-style . |
| 26 | Some emphasis was given to the fact that one night , while the electrolysis was running , the apparatus exploded . |
| 27 | But most publicity was given to the finding in the same poll that two-thirds of the French regarded Mr Le Pen as a positive ‘ danger for democracy ’ , while three quarters believed his party was ‘ incapable of governing France . ’ |
| 28 | Tremendous publicity was given to the circumstances in which this movie had been made and to the way in which the director had shot some forty reels ; ‘ the eight-hour day for movie fans has not yet dawned ’ was the thankful comment of Robert Sherwood , but few critics doubted that the film conveyed much of the anger , ugliness , and brutality of the novel . |
| 29 | Just one day after the Slim — Aung San meeting , a Statement of policy was given to the House of Commons ( issued as a White Paper ) . |
| 30 | This news was given to the world last night , at , of all things — a women 's lib meeting ! |