Sentence examples for the administration was given from inspiring English sources

The administration was given no warning of Mr. Sharon's statement, leaving senior officials angered, even shocked, that Mr. Sharon would choose a moment of unusual tension and national grieving in the United States to criticize the president, who had gone out of his way in the first eight months of his administration to favor Israel.

Missionaries received their mandate from Rome; the administration was given over to apostolic vicars (bishops of territories having no ordinary hierarchy) and prefects (having episcopal powers, but not necessarily bishops) who were directly dependent on the Propaganda, from which they received precisely described faculties.

A US government spokesman said the administration was given a "heads up" about the detention but denied that it had been carried out at its request.

A US government spokesman has admitted the administration was given a "heads up" about the case but denied that it was at their request.

The administration was given by oral gavage once daily for 2 weeks.

A White House official said the administration was giving its imprimatur to the study because "it's consistent with our findings".

Republicans have repeatedly asserted that the administration was giving preferential treatment to its political allies by granting waivers to health plans sponsored by labor unions that had supported the legislation.

The latest moves generated a fresh barrage of criticism from lawmakers and national security experts who said the administration was giving away too much and getting too little in return.

The White House spokesman, Scott McClellan, said the administration was giving serious consideration to a proposal to allow Mexicans who cross the border regularly with special identification cards to be exempted from the new regulations.

An agency representative also confirmed that the administration was giving up its effort to make it easier for utilities to put new power plants near national parks, by weakening existing protections intended to prevent deterioration in the parks' air quality.

The administration is giving some thought to increasing its involvement.