Sentence examples for were now given from inspiring English sources

Instead of receiving an unrestricted dollar flow from Washington, states were now given block grants, fixed sums totaling $16.5 billion a year.

Though still isolated, prisoners were now given the opportunity to work in their cells; and, to insure that they never caught sight of a fellow-inmate, their heads were covered with hoods on leaving or returning from them.

Latin writings from about the mid-3rd century make frequent reference to raiding expeditions carried out by the Irish, who were now given the new name Scoti rather than the older one Hiberni.

Whereas children had acquired the skills needed for their future roles by observing their parents in a kind of apprenticeship, in wealthy houses sons and, to a lesser extent, daughters were now given a specialized education by slaves or freedmen.

One safety practice changed: Miners were now given personal dosimeters, devices to measure radiation.

This building was more spacious than the Victoria Rooms, which were now given over to the Department of Music.

More offenders are now given community sentences.

Cooper was now given the green light for seven orbits.

"People are now given the tools to control their economic destiny," he says.

If their train kills a passenger, operators are now given three days off.

Mr. Gingrich is now given a 4.2 percent chance of becoming the Republican nominee.