Example sentences of "man was [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each man was given a large hunting knife and two smaller weapons known as okapi knives . |
| 2 | The man was given a 2 year probation order on condition he attends a clinic . |
| 3 | One way of evading restrictions was to find sinecure posts for good players ; one man was given the job of checking the advertising posters for the club , though the most common trick was for club directors , who were often substantial employers , to find part-time or simply bogus jobs for which payment was made . |
| 4 | It is no accident that the rise of science and technology and subsequently industrialisation and the process of wealth creation followed the acceptance of an explicitly Biblical view of the world in which manual work was not considered contemptible and in which man was delegated the task of managing the world 's resources for his benefit . |
| 5 | The Wensleydale-born man was elected the first president of the Society by those gathered in the watchmaker 's shop in 1835 and held that post until his death in 1858 . |
| 6 | It is perhaps dubious to argue that a prayer or worship becomes more efficacious if more people join in , but there is no doubt that man was created a social animal and ritual that is shared is ritual that becomes more meaningful . |
| 7 | One young man was killed a few weeks before the Armistice . |
| 8 | After much deliberation , and with the susceptibilities of Audio-Visual Technicians ( a very different breed ) in mind , the new man was termed a Media Resource Officer , and a special training was devised for him in association with Wandsworth Technical College . |
| 9 | A man was offered an alternative plot of land with appropriate permissions , on to which he could transfer his small business , a ‘ kennels ’ . |
| 10 | It took three years , and the man was backed every inch of the way by his union . |