The phrase "adults were given" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation where adults received something, such as information, permission, or an item.
Example: "In the study, adults were given a questionnaire to assess their preferences."
Alternatives: "adults received" or "adults were provided with".
In the final portion of the study, adults were given the choice of adding a health "boost" to their lunchtime smoothie that was labeled either "new" or "classic".
In a study published last month in The Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers in Europe analyzed data from 68 large trials in which more than 232,000 adults were given antioxidant supplements.
The email continued: "Most of the Fringe adults were given prop weapons for action scenes in which they were running around panicked as their children were kidnapped, with soldiers chasing them.
Adults were given the opportunity to hold and manipulate various transparent containers that differed in size and number of weights.
Elections watchdog the Electoral Commission says the plan is the biggest change to registration since all adults were given the right to vote.
All Finnish adults were given the right to vote, increasing the number of voters from 126,000 to 1,273,000.
When young adults are given flu jabs, 70 to 80% make enough antibodies to protect them from infection.
Each week, two hardworking adults are given access to a full gamut of cosmetic procedures aimed at correcting physical deformities or flaws that have, in most instances, left these men and women psychologically diminished for most of their lives.
The pertussis vaccine now used in the United States for older children and adults is given in a single-dose combination known as Tdap for tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis.
The mean scores achieved in children and adults are given in Table 1.
Voxel phantoms describing these two adults are given in ICRP Publication 110 [20], and SAF values for monoenergetic photons, electrons, and alpha particles, as well as radionuclide-specific neutron SAF values, are presented in ICRP Publication 133 [2133
