Al-Zaidi was initially sentenced to three years behind bars, but the term was later reduced, and he was granted additional time off for good behavior.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

It was granted a monopoly on joint stock banking by Parliament in return for giving war loans to the government.

作为向政府给予战争贷款的交换,英格兰银行被英国国会授予,成为股份制银行的垄断者。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

And it was okay for Saint John to suggest that virgins are granted the best perquisites in eternity.

我们也同意圣约翰说,处女在来世会得到最好的补偿。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

He says the UNHCR was granted access to Hajjah governorate where it began distributing relief assistance, including tents,plastic sheeting, blankets and jerry cans to IDPs.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

He was granted more than 600 patents. His ideas for processes or devices are used in bar-code scanners, automated warehouse manufacturing systems,fax and automated teller machines, the crying baby doll, and Sony Walkman portable cassette player.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

"It was the Islamic world that paved the way for much of the technology and science that we now take for granted.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03