Sentence examples for were first given from inspiring English sources

The awards were first given in 1957.

Turnout was at levels not seen since women were first given the vote in 1920.

We were first given a large bowl of fragrant jasmine rice, lightly seasoned with chopped shallots and dried shrimp.

The animals were first given a drug in one ear that caused deafness by damaging the auditory nerves.

Unlike several recently discovered asteroids that were first given very long odds for a collision, this time more precise orbital calculations won't eliminate the possibility.

The district was singled out last year by state officials for its tremendous improvement since the state tests were first given in 1999.

The researchers studied young rats that were first given the drug, and, in some cases, were later exposed to the widely used insecticide chlorpyrifos.

The five prizes were the second-highest number of awards won by a newspaper since the awards were first given in 1917.

Last month, four women in Kuwait were elected to the country's 50-member Parliament, four years after women were first given the vote.

Bonuses were first given in the 1980's by the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party as a kind of payment for loyalty at work and at the polls.

Education Secretary Richard W. Riley and other officials emphasized yesterday that blacks had made progress since the tests were first given.