Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It failed to find a publisher either in Macmillan or elsewhere , but Hardy was given a great deal of largely conflicting and unsettling advice at a time when he was ‘ feeling his way to a method ’ . |
| 2 | By then , Westminster had merged with National Provincial and Wanless was offered a new job working in market intelligence for another King 's graduate , David Lomax . |
| 3 | At this time , too , the vigorous and largely indigenous current of thought and research in social psychology in the United States was given a powerful boost by the influx of expatriate German scholars , liberal democrats most of them , fleeing from the Nazi regime . |
| 4 | The retreat from Prevlaka ( where thousands of Croatians were trapped behind FRY army lines ) began on Oct. 6 under the supervision of the UN Protection Force in Yugoslavia ( UNPROFOR ) and was accomplished by Oct. 20 when Prevlaka was proclaimed a demilitarized zone . |
| 5 | In March 1972 , the centre of Currie was designated a Conservation Area , and Balerno Village was designated a Conservation Area in December 1974 , by the local planning authority . |
| 6 | There she bargained with the Queen , and in return for not harrying the English ships that were pursuing the Spanish Armada , O'Malley was allowed a free hand in Connaught . |
| 7 | Despite its bid for attention , it failed to obtain Minton an ARA , a disappointment that may have been enhanced by the fact that this year Rodrigo Moynihan was made a full Academician . |
| 8 | Kim was given a personal letter from Toshiki Kaifu , the Japanese Prime Minister and leader of the LDP , and from Takako Doi , the leader of the JSP , apologizing for Japan 's past treatment of the Korean people . |
| 9 | In March 1972 , the centre of Currie was designated a Conservation Area , and Balerno Village was designated a Conservation Area in December 1974 , by the local planning authority . |
| 10 | The outcome of this magnanimity was that True Valiance was allowed a doubtful annex to Ixmar 's pantheon , instated as a squire to one of Ixmar 's sons . |
| 11 | John Shaw , who entered on his new farm on the Oa was given a complimentary day 's ploughing and James Hutson his annual day . |
| 12 | Benin was declared a Marxist-Leninist state in 1972 ; and a similar form of administration was introduced in the People 's Republic of the Congo in 1970 under the direction of a single ruling party , the Congolese Party of Labour ( which concluded a friendship treaty with the USSR in 1981 ) . |
| 13 | In 1867 the Survey in Scotland was given a separate identity with a headquarters office in Edinburgh and A. Geikie was made Director . |
| 14 | Sigsworth was given a conditional discharge for 12 months . |
| 15 | FORMER Fulham footballer Gary Cobb was given a suspended jail sentence yesterday for attacking a detective . |
| 16 | Five years ago , Ally McCoist was given a three-match ban after being sent off against Cologne in a UEFA Cup tie . |
| 17 | But clearly , by the late 1940s , an entirely new approach was required , and Blom was given a free hand to bring everything as up to date as possible . |
| 18 | Academically , the School prospered : Thomas Ashe was given a special Exhibition at St. John 's College , Cambridge ( the other two were already taken up ) , and when Howell died in August 1858 Mr. C. E. Norris , an Old Boy and a previous Goldsmiths ' Exhibitioner at St. John 's College , Cambridge , was appointed to take over . |
| 19 | In 1976 , however , when he was Wimbledon champion , even Ashe was given a frightening demonstration of how turbulent life can sometimes be in that part of the world . |
| 20 | Ardiles was dealt a double blow yesterday with the news that striker Simon Garner is almost certainly out after twisting his ankle at Swansea on Saturday . |
| 21 | ANDRE AGASSI was given a helping hand last night in his bid to retain his Wimbledon title when he was elevated five places above his world ranking to No 8 seed for the Championships , which begin next Monday . |
| 22 | For Christmas the following year , the month after the Armistice , Artemis was given a new doll . |
| 23 | In the same instant , however , Grant was caught a numbing blow on his left shoulder , as Angel One reacted to his move with uncanny speed , chopping down at him as he hurtled past and over him . |
| 24 | Former England Under-21 international goalkeeper Brian Horne was given a free transfer by MILLWALL yesterday . |
| 25 | By all accounts Hussein was given a cool reception by Bush , who pressed him to impose UN sanctions quickly , offering some financial compensation in return . |
| 26 | Under an agreement reached at the round table in January the UDF newspaper Demokratsiya was permitted a maximum circulation of 70,000 copies a day [ see p. 37193 ] , but this compared with 760,000 copies of the BCP daily Rabotnichesko Delo . |
| 27 | It all started , she explains , when her husband Robert was offered a voluntary posting on the Cambridge charity 's dental care programme in Dharamsala in the foothills of the Himalayas , where 15,000 Tibetans have been living in exile since the Chinese invaded their country . |
| 28 | Annexed to British India in the 19th century , Burma was made a separate dependency in 1937 and became independent , outside the Commonwealth , as the Union of Burma in 1948 . |
| 29 | In last week 's case Jackson was fined a derisory £900 on three charges involving an Austin Montego . |
| 30 | DALIAN ATKINSON was given a new role at Villa and responded with two stunning strikes as they laid claims to the Premier League title . |