Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dogs who attacked Becky were destroyed the same day . |
| 2 | To Abbott and Hornsby were added the names of Captain Lawrence , with whom Wilson had been associated in the formation of the Certificated Officers ' Union , Maurice Darby , the originator of the first Glasgow branch who was alleged to have gone over to the Shipping Federation in 1890 , Robert Pleasance , former secretary of the Tower Hill branch who had been expelled from the union in the same year , and a Thomas Carey , an official of the NSFU discharged for unsatisfactory conduct in 1911 who , Wilson claimed , immediately became involved with the Federation and , while still in its pay , assisted Lewis in setting up the British Seafarers ' Union . |
| 3 | A goal down with only two minutes to go , Juventus were awarded the spot-kick when striker Paolo Di Canio was brought down . |
| 4 | READERS with longer memories will recall that Crystal Palace were dubbed The Team Of The Eighties by some people who should have known better and promptly began the decade with a 0-0 draw against Norwich . |
| 5 | Mercifully , Islington was not the disease-trap that nearby Shoreditch was , and the Titfords were spared the fate of many of their fellow citizens . |
| 6 | But with five minutes left , Chester were gifted the equaliser . |
| 7 | In yesterday 's games there were double sendings-off at Tranmere , where Aldo Monza of Cosenza and Neil McNab were shown the red card after an 80th minute bust-up , and West Ham , who had Matthew Rush dismissed along with Pisa 's Giovanni Fasce after a flare-up early in the second half . |
| 8 | However , over the next ten years or so , the other predictions of the theory at lower energies agreed so well with experiment that , in 1979 , Salam and Weinberg were awarded the Nobel prize for physics , together with Sheldon Glashow , also at Harvard , who had suggested similar unified theories of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces . |
| 9 | Under the floor of the pillar crypts in the West Wing at Knossos were deposited the ashes of animal sacrifices : the pillars above were incised repeatedly with the sacred double-axe symbol . |
| 10 | Anyway , my worst fears about Barny were confirmed the first time I tried to put a leash on him . |
| 11 | MIDLANDS were denied the outright title in the Bank of Scotland Schools District Championship when they lost to the South by 13–19 at Netherdale in their final match . |
| 12 | For this , Penzias and Wilson were awarded the Nobel prize in 1978 ( which seems a bit hard on Dicke and Peebles , not to mention Gamow ! ) . |
| 13 | Solar Wings of Wiltshire were given the award for their plane the Quasar . |
| 14 | While only Superman or Wonderwoman could have detected the gap between crease and outstretched bat as the bails were dislodged , the all-important fact is that a million or two television viewers on that Australia Day were shown the truth on the slow-motion replay . |
| 15 | The presentations of the results followed the same format as last year and journalists invited to Blackfriars were given the opportunity to sample some of the own brand products introduced into stores in 1992/93 . |
| 16 | Gower and the TCCB were assured the tour of the subcontinent was in no danger and that he would still receive a cordial welcome in a country where he is admired and respected having beaten Sunil Gavaskar 's team there eight years ago . |
| 17 | Philip and Kelly Morle were separated the day after their wedding when Kelly was forced to return to Australia . |
| 18 | For a time , soldiers in Ulster were denied the protection of armoured personnel carriers because pictures of them on television and in the press would remind people of the Russian tanks which overran Czechoslovakia . |
| 19 | As a comparison , he pointed out that if the entire population of China were set the same task , it would take them more than four hours to complete it . |
| 20 | Having been denied their statutory right as British citizens to enter Britain , those East African Asians who were actually being kicked out of East Africa were offered the chance to queue for quota vouchers for entry to Britain . |
| 21 | This was appealing to everyone 's better instincts and most of the giants looked alert and nodded at one another , because , of course , the Gruagach were known the length and breadth of Ireland for their culture and learning . |
| 22 | Incidentally , both Stirling and Mayne were awarded the DSO for the series of raids carried out in December 1941 . |
| 23 | There have been few examples of trade mark infringement in the world of computers as most counterfeiters and software pirates have used different names or marks ; for example , copies of the Apple computer imported into Australia were called the " Wombat " . |
| 24 | Alan Parker and Jonathan Huxley were awarded the Spero Prize at the Schools ' summer show , awarded to students who had ‘ sought to create an innovative yet marketable style which reflects art in the nineties ’ . |
| 25 | When Auque and Normandin were released the previous November , Pat and Sheila had spoken out about their frustration on television . |
| 26 | At Grafton Underwood were stationed the 97th and 384th Bombardment Groups ; at Deenethorpe , the 401st ; at Kings Cliffe , the 20th Fighter Group ; at Polebrook , the 351st ; at Chelveston , the 305th ; at Podington , the 92nd and at Harrington , the 801st . |
| 27 | Wycliffe and Kersey were given the two chairs while Mark Garland perched on the edge of the couch . |
| 28 | Finally , in 1974 both Kosovo and Vojvodina were given the status of autonomous provinces , nominally within the republic of Serbia , but in practice with semi-republican rights of direct access to the Yugoslav federal Skupština , the federal government , and even to the leading bodies of the Party . |
| 29 | United stuck on three … but Bury went for more … and got them … numbers four and five could be classed as freaks or flukes Daws and Rigby were given the the goals … but forget football this was more like pinball … |
| 30 | Three stone lighter and a virtual insomniac , she has campaigned tirelessly for their release and her efforts were rewarded last week when Michelle and Lisa were granted the right to appeal against their conviction for the murder of Alison O'Shaughnessy . |