Sentence examples for had been given leave from inspiring English sources

Levick had been given leave from his service with the Royal Navy to join Scott's expedition.

McKeown had been given leave to continue riding by the BHA pending an appeal against a four-year ban for corruption offences.

Qatar's supreme committee for delivery and legacy, the body overseeing World Cup projects, said that more than 500 Nepalese workers on World Cup projects had been given leave to return temporarily.

Movies, comic books and stories took the imaginative boy away from his difficult world, and the writing of stories -- his first customer was his mother -- gave the young boy "an immense feeling of possibility... as if I had been ushered into a vast building filled with closed doors and had been given leave to open any I liked".

Within two years he had been given leave to come to Scotland to teach and is now the head and single teacher of Ae primary school, a 17-pupil facility just outside Dumfries, a post he has held for more than five years.

As the Luftwaffe meteorological centre in Paris had predicted two weeks of stormy weather, some Wehrmacht commanders were away from the front attending war games in Rennes, and many soldiers had been given leave.

It has been given leave to appeal, and is considering whether to do so.

Many of the remaining soldiers have been given leave for the holidays.

John will not feature in today's match with Newcastle United, having been given leave to think about his future.

By next month (thanks to a lower base), prices may be rising again, year-on-year.Local governments meanwhile have been given leave from their debtors' prison.

The New England Patriots special teams player, who grew up playing rugby in Ohio, has been given leave to pursue a place on the US team.