But we had to be careful not to offend, given that we didn't know who was actually invited and who wasn't.
"At this meeting, students were not given that choice and NUS was not invited to put its case.
American officials think that is improbable, given that Iran would invite an attack when it had no adequate means of deterrence.
There remains a considerable amount of skepticism about Thursday's events, given that North Korea invited foreign media to film the spectacular destruction of the cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear plant in 2008, part of a denuclearization deal that was meant to cut off North Korea's access to plutonium.
We are waiting on communication from Taylor of what she exactly expects of us given that she has invited us to be part of her squad.
Given its charges, we invited Ahmed Maher and Waleed Rashed to respond.
He acknowledged that he was not surprised, given that he had invited me on such short notice.
But he was concerned that the renowned tenor's name might be hard to spell — a problem, given that customers are invited to fill out comment cards — and so he opted for something easier.
And given that the Labor Department invited Ms. Lazzaro to speak to the news media about the service, alongside M. Patricia Smith, the state's labor commissioner, she had reason to anticipate an aha! moment when she received an e-mail message that listed all of her matches.
At least, that's what we're all assuming, given that the invite for the press event has a big ol' iPad on it (with an even bigger number 2 right on top of that).
Stubbornness, on the other hand, is resisting the teachers and lessons we are given that invite or require us to change and grow.
