Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] an independent [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Republic of Vanuatu became an independent member of the Commonwealth in July 1980 . |
| 2 | The Republic of Vanuatu became an independent member of the Commonwealth in July 1980 . |
| 3 | Botswana became an independent republic within the Commonwealth in 1966 . |
| 4 | Mauritius became an independent state within the Commonwealth in March 1968 . |
| 5 | Mauritius became an independent state within the Commonwealth in March 1968 . |
| 6 | On this day : the Order of the Bath was constituted , 1399 ; Pope Leo X conferred the title ‘ Defender of the Faith ’ on Henry VIII , 1521 ; Peter the Great became Tsar of Russia , 1669 ; the Chicago Fire ended , having almost completely destroyed the city at a cost of $196m , 1871 ; the Anglo-Boer War started , 1899 ; Czechoslovakia became an independent republic , 1918 ; inflation overtook German currency , with the mark dropping to an exchange rate of 10,000m to the pound , 1923 ; fighting broke out in China between the Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek and the Communists under Mao Tse-tung , 1945 ; Pope John XXIII opened the second Vatican Ecumenical Council , 1963 . |
| 7 | Thereafter Texas became an independent country , with its own embassy in London , and ultimately a state of the Union . |
| 8 | My Department commissioned an independent review of noise control policy in 1990 and has already taken action on more than half the recommendations . |
| 9 | Since Croatia became an independent state in June 1991 , Raymond Harding , the New York lawyer acting for the Yugoslav government , has become the lawyer for the Croatian government . |
| 10 | The Chamber became solely a domestic household institution , but Wards and the Duchy of Lancaster maintained an independent existence . |
| 11 | A police-officer kept an independent check . |
| 12 | Strabo had an independent mind . |
| 13 | Fiji became an independent country within the Commonwealth in 1970 , under a Constitution which provided that the head of state was the United Kingdom sovereign , represented by a Governor-General , who would appoint the Prime Minister and Cabinet in accordance with the wishes of the bicameral Fijian Parliament . |
| 14 | On this day : Saladin entered Jerusalem , 1187 ; the Duke of York captured Alkmaar in the Netherlands , 1799 ; Rome became the capital city of Italy , 1870 ; Brigham Young , Mormon leader , was arrested for bigamy , 1871 ; the first Royal Naval submarine was launched at Barrow , 1901 ; the first rugby football match was played at Twickenham , 1909 ; Italy invaded Ethiopia , 1935 ; the liner Empress of Britain , bound for Canada with refugees , was sunk , 1940 ; the British Council received a Royal Charter , 1940 ; 338 people died when the Queen Mary liner collided with the British cruiser Curacao , which sank off the coast of Donegal , 1942 ; a new island , with a volcano at the centre , appeared off Fayal Island , Azores 1957 ; Guinea became an independent republic , 1958 ; the first London performance of the musical show Promises , Promises was presented , 1968 . |
| 15 | Comdex organisers had an independent survey done at the last mammoth fall show and discovered that 35% of the attendees were interested in Unix . |
| 16 | The Republic of Malta became an independent member of the Commonwealth in 1964 , and in 1974 adopted a republican Constitution . |
| 17 | The Republic of Malta became an independent member of the Commonwealth in 1964 . |
| 18 | Although its decisions were intended to have ‘ military urgency ’ for the rest of the government , Pomgol had an independent apparatus , since its staff was drawn from many Commissariats and departments . |
| 19 | A BT spokesman said an independent telephone engineer had examined the device , concluding that it was unable to suppress the metering of calls . |
| 20 | The Chamber of Commerce became an independent organization , with 120 corporate industrial members having the right to deal directly with foreign countries . |
| 21 | The Republic of The Gambia became an independent state within the Commonwealth in February 1965 , and a republic in April 1970 . |
| 22 | The Gambia became an independent state within the Commonwealth in February 1965 , and a Republic in April 1970 . |
| 23 | Today police began an independent investigation into these allegations . |
| 24 | Sir Edward Carson occupied an independent position as the spokesman of Ulster . |
| 25 | Unix Expo had an independent survey taken and found that its 1992 attendees represent a hefty $10,000m in purchasing power for Unix and open systems : networking is the strategic focus at the exhibition . |
| 26 | Unix Expo had an independent survey taken and found that its 1992 attendees represent a hefty $10 billion in purchasing power for Unix and open systems . |
| 27 | In addition two Catholic clergy Father Denis Faul of Dungannon and Father Raymond Murray of Armagh conducted an independent boycott campaign . |
| 28 | A meeting between Hungarian , Slovak and European Community officials " the first since Slovakia became an independent country " aimed at finding a compromise in the dispute over the Gabcikovo hydroelectric project [ see ED 59/60 , 64 ] has failed to narrow differences between the two countries . |
| 29 | Serbia became an independent kingdom in 1882 , after a struggle which began with Karadjordje 's revolt in 1804 . |
| 30 | Yeah erm again you need n't worry too much about the er erm about the ramifications of this Kenning died in twenty seven and Britain to some extent disentangled herself from the Greek revolt but the upshot was that in eighteen thirty Greece became an independent state . |