"Unfortunately,at the moment, building nuclear weapons is a given,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

By 2016,governments would be required to stabilize or begin reducing the percentage of their debt as measured against total gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced in a given country.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

"What we assure is that the technologies that do come on the market are safe and effective, but whether or not they should be used on a given case,a given patient, is a decision that is made by the individual practitioner."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

The new space agency was given a lot of money and thousands of engineers and technicians from military and civilian agencies.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

Peace would have given this donkey a chance to escape from ever being found out as being so stupid.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

A week later, he pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving an accident and was given a two-month suspended sentence.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

In criminal cases,suspects who do not have enough money for a lawyer are given one free of charge to represent them.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

And he said the people must be given a fair chance to approve or reject a constitution for statehood.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

These medication mistakes included the accidental overdose of a drug or the wrong drug being given or taken.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

This is the idea that a patentshould be given to a machine or something that creates a material change, like a chemical process.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

When Arthur was four, his father was given responsibility for a public play area called Brook Field.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

Her real self was not Eartha Kitt but Eartha Mae, a child given away by her mother.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

Some language experts say the expression came from a name given to noisy supporters of Andrew Jackson...

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Finally,she was given a job singing at a place in Harlem where people went at night to drink alcohol and listen to music.

VOA: special.2010.02.28