Two lawyers were told not to leave the building but no reason for this instruction was given.

两位律师被告知不要离开这座建筑，但没被告知这一指示的原因。

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We were given to understand that he was ill.

我们获悉他生病了。

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I knew we wouldn't talk about it again; even at that age, I was given to understand that there were some subjects it didn't do to worry to death about.

我知道我们不会再谈这件事了；即使在那个年龄，我被迫理解了有些事情是不必担心到死的。

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The order to attack was given before all the troops were ready.

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The clinical trial was designed such that almost two million elementary school children were given this test vaccine.

该临床试验的计划是,向近二百万的小学学生,接种这种测试疫苗

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The conflict was given the features of religious conflict, just like the crusades were given the name of symbol of Christianity and came to the near East with these values.

这个冲突有宗教冲突的特点，就像十字军东征被称作是,基督标志,他们带着这些价值观来到东方。

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These were that the trial was run correctly, doses of the drug were given as they were supposed to have been, and there was no contamination during manufacturing.

ECONOMIST: Why a drug trial went so badly wrong

Varying accounts of how he was killed were then given by officials including Mr Jalil, who chaired the now-dissolved National Transitional Council (NTC) when Gen Younes was shot.

BBC: Abdel Fattah Younes case: Libya tribunal quits in Jalil row

But if the Ospreys thought the job was done they were soon given a nasty wake-up call as Borders came roaring back.

BBC: SPORT | Rugby Union | My Club | Borders | Border Reivers 16-24 Ospreys