Sentence examples for was frequently given from inspiring English sources

In his home country he was frequently given that greatest of Nigerian compliments, that he was "a gentleman".

One type, faience patronymique, had pictures of saints and a date and was frequently given as a gift on birthdays or christenings.

He was frequently given an honorific: the King of Pets; the Famous Police Dog of the Movies; the Dog Wonder; the Wonder Dog of the Stage and Screen; the Wonder Dog of All Creation; the Mastermind Dog; the Marvelous Dog of the Movies; and America's Greatest Movie Dog.

Television coverage of the war was frequently given over to film of a solemn memorial service held on the carrier Ark Royal, with bagpipes playing a funereal dirge and a silent tuba propped up on the seat of its dead player.

Mendelssohn was frequently given to alarming fits of temper which occasionally led to collapse.

Unlike many other Syndicate ghostwriters, McFarlane was regarded highly enough by the Syndicate that he was frequently given advances of $25 or $50, and during the Depression, when fees were lowered, he was paid $85 for each Hardy Boys book when other Syndicate ghostwriters were receiving only $75 for their productions.

As a critic I'm frequently given the unenviable task of reporting on a bad film.

"Males were frequently given the benefit of the doubt, where females were given the burden of proof to establish no provocation had occurred," the report said.

Entire books have been written about presidential pets, and presidents are frequently given animals once they reach office (though often those animals are re-gifted).

But in actual practice, tenants convicted of a nuisance violation are frequently given a second chance, a probation period in which they agree not to continue the activity.

The chairman of the MPEG group, Leonardo Chiariglione, is frequently given that designation in the international news media, though he rejects the title.