Example sentences of "[noun] and [be] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Price Waterhouse and now Touche Ross have dallied with the Deloitte domestic partnership and been given the cold shoulder . |
| 2 | In December 1922 Ramsey took the scholarship examination of a group of colleges containing Magdalene and was given the top classical scholarship . |
| 3 | He took a leading part in the formation of the Institute of Marine Engineers and was elected the first president in 1889 . |
| 4 | She went to the centre for a check and was given the allclear . |
| 5 | Just as the family was beginning to get over the tragedy , Dawn 's older sister , Sheila , 6 , vanished from home and was found the next day , drowned in a canal . |
| 6 | We now just wish to be left in peace to live our own lives and be afforded the same respect as any other family in Passfield . |
| 7 | In 1700 he was dismissed from his duties as Down Driver , lost the privileges of a free burgess and was fined the then considerable sum of £5.00 . |
| 8 | A comrade is talking to you one moment and is gone the next , either blasted beyond recognition or seriously wounded . |
| 9 | He then ran back to his position , foolishly had another go at the midfielder with his elbow and was given the first dip in the Chester bath . |
| 10 | In 1933 , just after the port was completed , it handled 2,700,000 tons , was second only to Copenhagen among Baltic ports and was ranked the ninth largest European port . |
| 11 | It also ensures that all outcomes are covered by the assessments and are given the right emphasis , whether the assessment is knowledge-based or practical , achieved in the workplace or in a classroom . |
| 12 | How do you feel about being named the most beautiful woman in the world and being called the new Brigitte Bardot ? |
| 13 | Outside the university , in July 1915 he became a chairman of the Glasgow munitions tribunal , but he proved ill-suited to handling its rowdy proceedings and was dismissed the following year . |
| 14 | It would n't be the first time that a man has been seduced by female beauty and been left the poorer for his pleasure , nor the first time Lotta has attempted by stealth to deprive me of something which I value . ’ |
| 15 | During World War I she became a home nurse and was awarded the Red Cross gold medal . |
| 16 | His parents then called from the USA and were given the false impression that British Consul staff were co-ordinating the search , when they actually had no regular contact with the Spanish authorities involved . |
| 17 | Clarence is also a visitor to the premises and is owed the common duty of care . |
| 18 | The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit and was extubated the next morning . |