Example sentences of "[was/were] educated at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Just 15 of the new faces attended Oxbridge , half ( 57 ) were educated at other universities and a mere seven at those traditional breeding grounds , the polytechnics .
2 They adopted French Christian names , often spoke French as a first language , were educated at French schools and frequently sent their children to French universities .
3 Nearly three-quarters of these children were educated at special schools , often in special classes .
4 Of this number 262 , almost two thirds , were educated at public schools , 215 of them subsequently going on to Oxford or Cambridge .
5 He was educated at New College , Oxford , as one of a small band of mature students sponsored in 1937 by the Oxford Delegacy for Extra-mural Studies , got a soccer Blue , and became a lifelong worker for the WEA .
6 He was educated at New College , Oxford , and proceeded to the degree of BCL in 1599 , having become MA and studied civil law for three years .
7 He was educated at Quaker institutions : Sidcot School and Woodbrooke College , Birmingham , where he took the social studies course .
8 he was educated at Quaker schools in Penkelt , Cheshire ; Bootham School , York ; and Glasgow High School .
9 He was educated at private schools in London , then served his apprenticeship from 1879 to 1882 in the locomotive works in Bow .
10 He was educated at private schools in England , the Athénée Royal in Brussels , and in Paris .
11 He was educated at private schools in Kew and Maida Vale , and in 1866 entered the Royal College of Chemistry , presided over by Dr Edward Frankland .
12 He was educated at local council schools until he obtained employment as a shipping clerk , working with several companies until he was thirty-eight .
13 He was educated at local schools and at the Leeds Mechanics ' Institution and Literary Society , where he was a diligent student in drawing and mathematics .
14 He was educated at local schools , including the Devonport Classical and Mathematical School , and became an apprentice to his father .
15 He was educated at local authority schools in Lowestoft , Hemel Hempstead , and London , and evening classes in Manchester .
16 He was educated at top school Ampleforth — not Eton as many believe .
17 He was educated at secondary school in Vienna and at the University of Vienna , where he graduated in medicine in 1927 .
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