Example sentences of "was returned to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fled to Spain while on bail awaiting the House of Lords ruling but was returned to England in 1989 and resumed his sentence . |
| 2 | He fled to Spain while on bail awaiting the House of Lords ruling , but was returned to England in 1989 and resumed his sentence . |
| 3 | In 1815 it was returned to Antwerp and placed in the huge Gothic Cathedral of Our Lady , where it has remained ever since . |
| 4 | When Lubbock was returned to Parliament in 1881 , he persuaded Gladstone 's Liberal government to take up the cause . |
| 5 | In 1557 he led a Nottinghamshire levy of 300 men to Berwick , and was returned to Parliament again in 1558 , Elizabeth 's first Parliament . |
| 6 | In 1694 he was returned to Parliament , beginning a Commons career which lasted for more than sixty years as MP for Carlisle 1694–1702 , Cumberland 1708–22 and 1727–55 , and Appleby 1723–7 . |
| 7 | Dering was returned to Parliament in 1670 for East Retford in Nottinghamshire . |
| 8 | Creevey was returned to Parliament in 1820 as MP for Appleby , through his friend Brougham 's good offices with Sackville Tufton , ninth Earl of Thanet [ q.v. ] , holding this seat until 1826 . |
| 9 | In 1593 he was returned to Parliament for the Yorkshire borough of Beverley on the interest of his kinsman Lancelot Alford . |
| 10 | In 1582 and 1586 he served Leicester in the Netherlands and later in 1586 he was returned to Parliament for Callington , Cornwall . |
| 11 | In a general election on July 19 , 1987 [ see pp. 35388-90 ] , the PSD , which under Cavaco Silva had been ruling as a minority administration , was returned to parliament as the first government since 1974 to command an absolute majority . |
| 12 | Consequently the locomotive was returned to Bridgnorth and was not able to fulfil its Red Rose run on Monday September 23rd , which would have taken the locomotive from Crewe to Carnforth where it was to have had two south-bound outings on Cumbrian Mountain Expresses of October 26th and November 16th . |
| 13 | An early aircraft it was returned to Boeing at Everett for structural testing to destruction on April 5 , 1988 and the Science Museum were lucky enough to secure a cross section , including the upper deck . |
| 14 | The Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( Partido Socialista Obrero Español — PSOE ) was returned to government in a general election on June 22 , 1986 [ see p. 34821 ] , winning 184 seats in the Congress of Deputies . |
| 15 | The Progressive Liberal Party , led by Sir Lyndon Pindling , was returned to government for a fifth successive term by the general election of June 1987 , winning 31 of the 49 seats in the House of Assembly . |
| 16 | The PLP was returned to government for a fifth successive term at the general election of June 1987 , winning 31 of the 49 seats in the House of Assembly , while the FNM won 16 seats [ see p. 35372-73 ] . |
| 17 | The Congress ( I ) Party was returned to government in June 1991 , some 17 months after losing power to a coalition led by the Janata Dal ( JD ) [ see p. 37030 ] . |
| 18 | The PSOE was returned to government in a general election on June 22 , 1986 ( see p. 34821 ) , winning 184 seats in the Congress of Deputies . |
| 19 | In proceedings brought by the husband the judge refused to order the return of the child to Canada , on the grounds that his removal and retention was not wrongful within the meaning of article 3 of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction , set out in Schedule 1 to the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 , since the father had no rights of custody ; and that , under article 13 , there was a risk that the child would be placed in an intolerable situation if he was returned to Ontario because of the lack of proper accommodation and financial support . |
| 20 | Since the reign of Henry VII , the French King had paid a substantial sum to England , which was increased to 150,000 francs per annum when Tournai was returned to France in 1519 . |
| 21 | At the close of the exhibition in March the house was returned to Windsor Castle . |
| 22 | It said another Kurdish refugee , Selahattin Ozberk , detained in Pentonville Prison , had good reason to fear ill treatment if he was returned to Turkey and should be granted refugee status . |
| 23 | VOTERS like me are surely one of the reasons why the Conservative Party was returned to power . |
| 24 | There is little doubt that the coalition was returned to power mainly on Unionist votes , although this was not widely recognized at the time ; the Unionists had never won so many votes before , and it was perhaps natural to attribute their success to their new asset . |
| 25 | The Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) , which since its formation in 1955 had ruled Japan , was returned to power on Feb. 18 in elections to the House of Representatives , the lower chamber of the bicameral Diet . |
| 26 | The Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) , which has been in office since its formation in 1955 , was returned to power in the general election of July 1986 . |
| 27 | According to the official results of a general election held on Dec. 9 , 1985 [ see p. 34162 ] , the ruling People 's National Congress ( PNC ) was returned to power winning 42 of the 53 seats in the National Assembly ; the principal opposition party , the People 's Progressive Party ( PPP ) , withdrew from the election on polling day alleging widespread ballot-rigging by the government , but was subsequently declared to have won eight seats . |
| 28 | A coalition government of the Communist Party ( Partito Communista Sammarinese ) and the Christian Democratic Party ( Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese ) , formed in July 1986 , was returned to power in a general election on May 29 , 1988 [ see p. 36231 ] . |
| 29 | In August 1986 the governing multiracial National Front ( Barisan Nasional ) coalition was returned to power in the House of Representatives with 148 seats , and also retained an absolute majority in simultaneous elections in all 11 Peninsular Malaysian state assemblies [ see pp. 34742-43 ] . |
| 30 | In the general election of Nov. 29 , 1987 [ see pp. 35909-10 ] , the Motherland Party ( Anatavan Partisi — ANAP ) led by Turgut Özal was returned to power with an overwhelming majority in the GNA ( newly enlarged from 400 to 450 seats ) under a new system of proportional representation . |