Sentence examples for was a given for from inspiring English sources

Still, few here thought success was a given for Mr. Kerry.

So the anxiety is an anxiety of status that was a given for anybody working in that world.

He soon became active in the National Union of Miners and joined the Labour Party, which he said was "a given for a man in my circumstances".

"Ten years ago we would not even be having this conversation," said Ms. Grubler, who added that a vegan diet was a given for her.

Live-in help was a given for the British upper-middle classes right up until the Second World War, yet we seem to have lost all confidence in navigating this fractious, frequently complicated relationship.

That "Samson et Dalila" needed and deserved reinvention was a given for Mr. Moshinsky, who also directed this season's productions of a stark "Makropulos Case" and a cold and surrealistic "Ariadne auf Naxos," and staged an acclaimed color-drained production of "Queen of Spades" at the Met in 1995.

So re-reading is a given for children's authors.

Now, that stuff is a given for an athlete – and they already look good naked!

That's a given for any government or parliament seeking to impose financial discipline on voters.

THE FACTS Chronic sleep deprivation is a given for most Americans.

Fear that "it" will be brought up by a doctor is a given for people who are visibly obese.