Sentence examples for was given popular from inspiring English sources

The theory was revived more recently by Gustaf Aulén (1931), and was given popular expression in C.S. Lewis's The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Another study, published in the journal Psychological Science in 2011, found that American babies who were born in older parts of the country, such as New England, were more likely to be given popular names.

Participants were given popular magazines and newspapers to browse through for ideas, glitter and a range of stationary.

Although it is common in France to pluck ministers from non-political life, it made Dati more vulnerable to criticism and it was not until 2008, when she stood for mayor of the 7th arrondissement in Paris, that she was given the popular mandate.

The initial scheme to entrust them all to a single production team led by the director Thomas Langhoff (a big name in German theater) was abandoned after the second production, and "Così" was given to the popular German filmmaker Doris Dörrie.

Its name was given to a wildly popular blog that would eventually secure its founder a £20m investment.

The unusual name Zita was given her after a popular Italian Saint who had lived in Tuscany in the 13th century.

For Reyne's role of playboy tennis professional Greg Marsden, he was given the 1984 "Most Popular New Talent Award" at the TV Week Logie Awards.

Similarly, Ms. Phillips made her character so popular she was given a regular role.

Special awards were given to Mr. Jacobs and Anna Sui, and Ralph Lauren was given the event's first "popular vote" award.

This simplification has enabled ambitious bad writers to make reputations as thinkers, and in the movies of the forties it was given a superficial plausibility by popular Freudianism.