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The Environment Secretary has been meeting flood victims in the South-west and on Sunday was given a briefing by experts at the Met Office.

As The Washington Post first reported, an influential Pentagon advisory board was given a briefing prepared by a Rand Corporation analyst who said the U.S. should consider seizing the oil fields and financial assets of Saudi Arabia if it did not stop its support of terrorism.

At that time, I was given a briefing more focused on quantum key exchange, a different and even more complicated technology than the quantum random number generator.

Dressed in his Army Air Corps fatigues and desert boots, the 28-year-old Prince, known as Captain Wales in the military, listened intently as he was given a briefing on advances in prosthetics after meeting the center's commander, Rear Admiral Alton Stocks.

David Cameron was given a brief tribute but he might as well have moved to Paraguay.

I was given a brief extract and a synopsis to work with and from that started doodling thoughts and ideas".

Blissfully unaware of the missiles that were flying around Brighton, Falconer was given a brief – very brief – opportunity to introduce himself as the shadow justice secretary.

Bishop Finn said at a news conference that he was given a "brief verbal summary" of the letter at the time, but did not read it until a year later.

Each respondent was given a brief description of the study, explaining Institutional Review Board approval and the implications of her participation.

Each participant was given a brief 10-min lecture covering the use of ultrasound in detecting pneumothorax.

Each delegate was given a brief, general introduction on the purpose of the study and instructions on how to use the simulator and the relevant tutorials.