Example sentences of "[noun] was [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wally was awarded the job for his bravery in receiving extensive brain surgery after years of concussing himself on the crossbar . |
| 2 | The steward was not left to mourn that his bottles found no custom : there was treating and return treating , and one humble Highlander who could sing Gaelic songs was made the sink into which was poured the spirits bought by sundry odd pence ; and , to the satisfaction of those who deem it a noble accomplishment the filling a man drunk , this Celt was brought into that pitiable condition , and manifested the power of the spirits over his brain in rather a curious way , — he was for kissing all round . |
| 3 | The deal was given the go-ahead by the Department of Trade and Industry in spite of protests to the European Commission and the Office of Fair Trading by BA 's competitors . |
| 4 | Radiotherapy was considered the best option for treatment but before this could be started , rapidly progressive dysponea developed . |
| 5 | Mixu Paatelainen was shown the same consideration earlier in the season and the word from the maternity unit at Pittodrie is that Mrs Duncan Shearer is next in the gynaecological line . |
| 6 | However , the Supreme Soviet was to decide the strength and composition of armed forces and Interior Ministry troops , while the President was given the right to take decisions on the use of Interior Ministry troops in emergency situations . |
| 7 | In 1306 , after a career of service to Edward I in Wales , Scotland , France , Ponthieu and Aquitaine , Jean was given the earldom of Richmond by a king notoriously mean in his endowment of earls . |
| 8 | TWENTY-five-year-old Lesley Fitzpatrick received a £2,000 cheque from the Royal Bank after her hairdressing salon was voted the most environmentally friendly business in the Scottish finals of the 1993 Live-Wire Business Start-Up Awards . |
| 9 | Rovers vice-chairman Geoff Dunford explained : ‘ Dennis was given the option to work alongside Allison , but he chose to leave . ’ |
| 10 | Nicholson was obviously very grateful and benefited from the continuing rewards as the film made its way to Europe , where Dennis was voted the best new director of the year at Cannes . |
| 11 | He returned to Los Angeles and then caught a plane to Europe where he had been invited to show the finished article at the Venice Film Festival at which The Last Movie was voted the best picture on exhibition . |
| 12 | The result was called the ultraviolet catastrophe " ultraviolet " because that means high frequencies , and " catastrophe " for a reason too obvious to need elaboration . |
| 13 | The turning point came in 1972 when Ken Mentle dug deep into his pocket and bought a deluxe Portakabin for directors and players , and the Supporters ' Club was given the drain end as its new home . |
| 14 | When every seat was taken the Foundling children filed to their places , filling the gallery where the organ stood like a turreted castle , girls on the left in snowy white , and darkly dressed boys on the right . |
| 15 | WITH Midnight Cowboy in the can , Dustin was given the opportunity to return to the stage in the title role of Jimmy Shine , a Broadway-bound play by his friend Murray Schisgal . |
| 16 | The aircraft was designated the W-3 and initial flight tests were carried out at Abbotsinch near Glasgow on July 9 , 1936 . |
| 17 | While the aircraft was unloaded the crew was spirited away by car through the back roads of the airport by a civilian with a machine-gun , who took them to the old Sheraton Hotel and offered them cakes and coffee . |
| 18 | My memory is n't what it was ; but I do remember that at the time the aircraft was considered the fastest in the Middle East . |
| 19 | Once loaded on the Queen Mary , the aircraft was transported the 2–3 miles to the docks then hoisted to the carrier flight deck . |
| 20 | When Thomas Hardy was given the freedom of the borough in 1910 he made a comment of particular interest to family historians : he said that ‘ of the shops as I first recollect them [ he was born in 1840 ] not a single owner remains ; only in two or three instances does even the name remain … |
| 21 | We need to add at least that if the flipping caused the wipers to start to work , then if the switch was flipped the wipers started to work . |
| 22 | There were two separate actions : disclosing the note and then informing on its author to the malais , though the young priest was doomed the moment he selected his man with his eyes . |
| 23 | The Forces Programme was renamed the Light Programme in 1945 , ‘ designed to appeal not so much to a certain class of listener — but to all listeners when they are in certain moods ’ ( BBC , 1946 , p. 53 ) . |
| 24 | He told staff yesterday that the university had more staff whose research was given the top grade five rating than all the other Scottish universities put together . |
| 25 | Scott was awarded the highest prize , with third on the Foreign Office list , Deane and Woodward were fourth , and Street was awarded one of the fifth prizes on the same list . |
| 26 | Once the mandate was procured the petitioner , or the proctor , left for home or the letter was entrusted to a messenger . |
| 27 | Councillors were jeered and heckled as they emerged and the mayor was given the Nazi salute as he drove off . |
| 28 | Construction of the three remaining dams was given the go-ahead . |
| 29 | His gong was dubbed the Oooh BE and was presented by his faithful fan , the Queen Mother herself . |
| 30 | Each practice was given the results of the study for all their participating patients after the study had been completed in that practice . |