Example sentences of "chosen for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she was a small child people had stopped in the street asking why this little girl with the blonde , almost white , curls had never been chosen for the Pears soap advertisement … the one where it said , ‘ Growing up to be a beautiful lady ’ . |
| 2 | Before knitting the tension square , it is essential to try a range of stitch designs with the yarn chosen for the garment . |
| 3 | They were chosen for the award by an independent panel of judges comprising leading local journalists from the print and electronic media and are the sixth award winners from the state of Kedah and the 142nd overall since the scheme was launched in July 1975 . |
| 4 | Tommy Steele has been chosen for the award for his part in the 1970 's musical Hans Andersen , in which he played the title role . |
| 5 | Mahwah , New Jersey-based Israeli company Defense Software & Systems Inc says it agreed with Israel Corp Ltd for a joint venture to be incorporated in the US to hold an 80.1% interest in Tower Semiconductor Ltd , the name chosen for the company being formed to own and operate National Semiconductor Corp 's existing facility in Migdal Haemek , Israel , running it as an independent semiconductor business . |
| 6 | When the new basilica of his church was consecrated late in the reign the day chosen for the event was not his own feast-day on 20 November , but that of St Luke on 18 October — the anniversary of the battle of Assandun in 1016 . |
| 7 | Editor , — Mike Dudley and colleagues advise caution in extrapolating our results regarding activity undertaken by nurse practitioners in accident and emergency departments on the grounds that we made no attempt to ensure that nurse practitioners were actually on duty on the two days chosen for the census . |
| 8 | East London was chosen for the pilot because of its high levels of unemployment and diversity of ethnic groups and because of the opportunities provided by financial deregulation and computerisation in the City ( the " Big Bang " ) and Docklands Development . |
| 9 | They were consules , men chosen for the protection of the common weal , men of ancient Roman gravitas and auctoritas . |
| 10 | This particular airfield had been chosen for the test-flight because it was surrounded by open country , and there in front of me were fields from which I could choose . |
| 11 | Barclay reveals that Johannesburg was chosen for the build-up because the altitude is similar to Kenya and the players have been there before , though Ireland , if they are also accepted into the AMC , will restrict their build-up to a week in Kenya before the tournament . |
| 12 | ‘ Being chosen for the Lions is an unexpected bonus . ’ |
| 13 | Kingsley Barrett , the Methodist , whom Ramsey had chosen for the faculty at Durham , wrote of his belief that a special providence must watch over the Church of England to give them at least some good bishops in spite of the deplorable method of their appointment . |
| 14 | The area of Worcester was chosen for the development of a demonstration community service to replace the local mental hospital , Powick . |
| 15 | They have been chosen for the posts in other parts of the country because their employers consider them to be the best people for these particular jobs . |
| 16 | The captains of the galleys chosen for the voyage drove their men to work , repainting the dragon-heads , stitching new sails and pennons . |
| 17 | The place chosen for the UK landing was a complete surprise to all concerned , Llanddwyn Bay on the south side of Anglesey , near the village of Newborough . |
| 18 | Seventeen players have been chosen for the trip , with a final choice delayed until just before the kick-off . |
| 19 | During 1992 , the UIA Co-ordinating Group began preparing the RIBA 's response to ‘ Vision 2000 ’ , the theme originally chosen for the UIA Congress in June 1993 . |
| 20 | The point beyond Paddington Station chosen for the release of underground steam was in Bayswater , among the new terraces of five-storey houses then being built . |
| 21 | For the first time since he was a professor at Cambridge , he began to hope , though with modesty , that he might be chosen for the work . |
| 22 | Phillip was chosen for the honour because of the natty suits he sometimes favours . |
| 23 | Although the Kuwaiti army 's 6th Brigade had originally been chosen for the honour of liberating the city , it appeared that the Saudi commander ordered the Kuwaiti force to delay its advance , after US special forces attached to the Kuwaiti army had warned that returning Kuwaiti soldiers might seek vengeance on the capital 's 240,000 Palestinian inhabitants for the atrocities committed by the Iraqi forces . |
| 24 | Did anyone else get a copy of the mail order catalogue accompanied by a nice letter this morning , or was I specially chosen for the honour ? |
| 25 | This dinner , to be held on Monday March 15 , will be hosted by George Sandeman , and present the opportunity to sample the restaurant 's renowned cooking of fine Scottish produce , matched to wines specially chosen for the occasion by Witchery sommelier Claus Nielsen . |
| 26 | The members of the new lower class , of those who are not chosen for the meritocracy , not only are at the bottom but are there because they both deserve to be and know it . |
| 27 | Hazel heard she ‘ d been chosen for the Scheme in early March — several months after she had submitted her application . |
| 28 | Coun. Tony Richmond , leader of the Conservative group on Darlington council , also supported the idea of traffic-free zones but said the areas chosen for the scheme were unsuitable . |
| 29 | The areas chosen for the case studies — in Lombardy and Emilia — are intended to reflect very different patterns of modernisation ; the first , relatively slow and perhaps therefore politically stable ; the second , remarkably rapid and perhaps therefore producing class polarisation and a high level of political militance expressed through the passage from socialism to fascism , and then to communism . |
| 30 | The eight fabrics that were chosen for the garments were completely different one from the other . |