Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] give [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Questionnaires were also given to students to allow individual opinions to be expressed outside of the group discussions . |
| 2 | At its most blatant , posts which had once been the preserve of dons from Oxford or Cambridge were now given to businessmen . |
| 3 | He was much given to questions and hilarity . |
| 4 | Visitors were expected to pay in advance but credit was always given to favourites like Modigliani and Leon Trotsky the Russian revolutionary . |
| 5 | Hospice medication was always given in doses adequate to give relief of pain and other symptoms , even at the risk of shortening life , and this could improve , of only temporarily , the quality of life of the patient as it drew to its close . |
| 6 | The task of converting less familiar fractions to decimals with the aid of a calculator was also given to pupils . |
| 7 | Consideration was also given to ways of ensuring that the archaeological and historical interests of the Park are fully safeguarded . |
| 8 | This view was also given by headteachers outside the case-study group . |
| 9 | The name was often given to women by eighteenth century writers , and may have lost its meaning . |