Example sentences of "[was/were] give [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Originally , all first-born sons were dedicated to God , but monetary gifts later took their place , which were given to the priests . |
| 2 | ‘ And the girls were given to the priests by their families when they were ten or eleven years old . ’ |
| 3 | Powers were given to the directors to borrow money on the security of the rates levied on the five parishes and on the property itself . |
| 4 | During both days , tokens were buried and prizes were given to the finders . |
| 5 | ( Other similar tasks were given to the children and these are described in Morag Donaldson , 1986 . ) |
| 6 | Neurological and behavioural tests were given to the children soon after the birth , and at regular intervals after that . |
| 7 | Where , the spare were given to the children . |
| 8 | Earlier in the year the awards were given to the winners of the Swan Stabilo/Arguati Disappearing Britain competition . |
| 9 | The others were given to an arts group , a sports individual and a sports group . |
| 10 | It was the second time in eight months that Barre had changed the government , and no official reasons were given for the changes , but Barre called on the new Cabinet , sworn in on Sept. 5 , to solve the current civil war and economic crisis . |
| 11 | No reasons were given for the dismissals . |
| 12 | Orders were given for the fires to be kept alight each night . |
| 13 | Warnings were given about the consequences of this sort of behaviour as there was a localised backlash against the Beijing students . |
| 14 | Barbara Davies writes : ‘ It is astonishing how Somerville , as well as feeding us on the meagre wartime rations , saw to it that we had our full ration of tutorials ; and that University lectures were given in the Arts subjects when almost all the male academics had departed for the forces or war-work . |
| 15 | The details of the changes were given in the announcements , but in summary this now means that for members of Schedule II — |
| 16 | Examples were given concerning the images of surfaces . |
| 17 | This hundred name petition against the dump concludes that not enough notice was given of the plans . |
| 18 | The award was given for the Pensions Special report , produced for members of the pension scheme in May 1992 by the pensions department . |
| 19 | When a signal was given for the ladies to retire , leaving the men to their port and cigars , Sarah hurried to the kitchen , scurrying like a rabbit for shelter . |
| 20 | No reason was given for the changes . |
| 21 | She also knew what was good for herself , so she kept for her own use the money that she was given for the children 's food . |
| 22 | No official reason was given for the dismissals but commentators interpreted them as adding to the shift of power from the police to the Army . |
| 23 | Further education in domestic science was given at the Women 's Department of King 's College , which opened in 1909 . |
| 24 | ( b ) Holding outsalaried partners In the United Bank of Kuwait case no particular consideration was given to the consequences of the undertaking having been given by a salaried partner . |
| 25 | That privilege was given to the women a year ago after one of their colleagues Anna McGurk was murdered in the more remote Castlemeads car park . |
| 26 | Little thought was given to the conditions in which people who had no desire to leave the country of their birth had to live . |
| 27 | While this form of reassurance was given to the residents , Michael Killeen of the IDA attacked the local community activists , claiming that the opposition to Raybestos and Schering Plough was causing ‘ incalculable damage ’ to the IDA 's attempts to promote Ireland as a location for industrial development abroad . |
| 28 | In the meantime consideration was given to the problems of control , particularly given the length of Italy 's seaboard . |
| 29 | The Crown 's powers of inclosure were greatly limited , and statutory definition was given to the commoners ' rights , which they could freely exercise under the supervision of the verderers : the Court of Verderers was reconstituted for this purpose . |
| 30 | In 1945 a general power to apportion damages was given to the courts by the Law Reform ( Contributory Negligence ) Act 1945 . |