Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [was/were] give by " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the Conquest the village and manor was given by William I to the lord of Holderness who later bestowed it on the newly founded Thornton Abbey , in Lincolnshire . |
| 2 | The opening worship and addresses were given by WACC 's President , Rev Randy L Naylor , and Namibia 's Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting , Daniel Tjongarero . |
| 3 | Published and unpublished lists were used in compiling the necessarily limited but , it is hoped , representative selection of Gaelic names that appears here , and help was given by Gaelic speakers in the Outer Hebrides and elsewhere . |
| 4 | The strength of the association between the mortality and morbidity was given by the slope of this line , indicating how much sickness goes up for each point increase in the death rate . |
| 5 | A good example of general skill and knowledge was given by Younger LJ in Attwood v Lamont . |
| 6 | The master-class in knowing and not-knowing was given by William Casey , director of the CIA . |
| 7 | Only Counsel was privy to the report until leave was given by the Vice Chancellor for the report to be circulated at 10.40 am on Monday 2 December . |
| 8 | This offer was not accepted , the three weeks expired and instructions were given by GFT to their company solicitors to commence winding-up proceedings . |
| 9 | The USA , France , Venezuela and Argentina denounced the coup and demanded Aristide 's return to power , a demand echoed by the Organization of American States ( OAS ) , despite the re-affirmation at its June assembly of its traditional position of non-intervention if proof was given by a new government that it had gained control of its internal affairs [ see p. 38286 ] . |
| 10 | Any new vein discovered , but left unwrought for the space of six months after notice was given by the estate to the captain or purser of the mine , could be licenced to any other person to work . |