Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the midst of the proceedings , when they have already been given the Ten Commandments and much besides , and Moses is on the summit of Sinai receiving more torah to relay to them , they rebel . |
| 2 | A PIANIST of 14 , from Chestfield , Kent , has been named the 1992 BBC Young Musician of the Year . |
| 3 | Top and Elton John lookalike pulls the crowds on the Omnibus stand ; centre Polygon 's editorial director Marion Sinclair left and publicist Kathryn Maclean were delighted to hear that Polygon had been named the 1993 Sunday Times Small Publisher of the Year . |
| 4 | ( I am told the two storey six-bed house first on left as one descends the hill rents for £350 or so , yes £350 , in high summer ) . |
| 5 | But there was a one day in which Frenchie Nick Nicholson erm brought all the tail-enders across and had been told the one thing he should n't do was be last he was thinking I 'm not last and behind you then he came in in front of him and he was last . |
| 6 | ‘ The longest serving member of staff has been offered the one post that we will be able to fund from the Scottish Education Department for next session and currently we are waiting for a decision on that matter . ’ |
| 7 | Fortunately , computer buyers are spared the one thing which afflicts consumers of prestige-based goods : computer brand names do n't confer any status unless you 're one of those nerds who hangs out with hackers and reckons that one 's image is enhanced by owning Conner , ATI , Logitech or whatever . |
| 8 | When 4095 such charge/discharge cycles have been counted the two outputs , pin 2 and pin 3 , change state — pin 2 going from low to high and pin 3 from high to low . |
| 9 | Manchester has strong support , including that of Prime Minister John Major , but Sydney , Australia , remains favourite to be given the 2000 Games . |
| 10 | Manchester has strong support , including that of Prime Minister John Major , but Sydney , Australia , remains favourite to be given the 2000 Games . |
| 11 | South Africa should be given the 1995 World Cup without batting an eyelid . |
| 12 | Henry replied that John would be given the three castles of Chinon , Loudun and Mirebeau . |
| 13 | There remain to be considered the three species for which there is an apparent excess of isolated teeth . |
| 14 | HAVING finished second to France , and thereby won what the footballers used to call the Home International championship , Scotland can hardly be grudged the eight players they have in the British Isles task force for the invasion of New Zealand this summer under captain Gavin Hastings . |
| 15 | I do n't want to be called the 501 guy by any means , but it was fun . |
| 16 | The journal also publishes what might be called The Ten Commandments of New Humanity , though the magazine invites its readers to ‘ make up their own ’ if they prefer . |
| 17 | It was also to be assumed the four Orientals themselves would have to be faced , as they had no way of knowing that two of them were already dead , thanks to the actions of Sherman and the Prophet himself . |
| 18 | The popular swim , at least , had been fished the two nights before our blank one . |
| 19 | I thought for a moment he meant the tobacco industry , but realised that when big business and jobs are involved the 100,000 deaths per year counts for nothing . |
| 20 | Koerner has been awarded the 1992 Mitchell Prize of $15,000 for Caspar David Friedrich and the subject of landscape ( Reaktion Books , London , and Yale University Press , London and New Haven , 1990 ) and Galassi the Eric Mitchell Prize of $5000 for an outstanding first book by a promising scholar for Corot in Italy , ( also published by Yale , 1991 ) . |
| 21 | A Quiche Indian woman from Guatemala who has achieved worldwide recognition by speaking out against the oppression of her people has been awarded the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize . |
| 22 | Rob Yates , spokesman for New Brighton Power Boat and Ski Club , explained : ‘ Britain has been awarded the four litre world championship next year , but no venue has yet been decided . |
| 23 | Rob Yate , spokesman for New Brighton Power Boat and Ski Club 's organising committee , said : ‘ Britain has been awarded the four litre world championship next year but no venue has yet been decided . |
| 24 | The Brazilian pastor Carlos Dreher has been awarded the 1991 Wilhelm-Sebastian-Schmerl prize for his outstanding contribution to Protestant media work in a German speaking context . |
| 25 | The Guido Donegani Institute , the corporate R&D arm of EniChem , in conjunction with Italsolar and the University of Milan , has been awarded the 1991 Philip Morris prize for scientific and technological research . |
| 26 | Professor James D Halloran has been awarded the 1991 McLuhan Teleglobe Canada Award . |
| 27 | However , as has been reported in International Crossroads , they have been awarded the 1993 World Cup Sevens , a decision which did not meet with general approval , and as there is a rebuilding programme at Murrayfield only 38,000 fans will be able to watch the tournament on each day . |
| 28 | The great rectangular block on which are inscribed the one-sixtieth fractions of the allied tribute which were ‘ paid ’ to the goddess Athena has room for one fewer annual list than the available years , and the most likely solution from a technical point of view is that no one-sixtieth was paid to Athena in 449 . |
| 29 | The evidence showed , according to Mr Craven , that wherever individual party members were given the one member , one vote opportunity to voice their views , they rejected the hard left . |
| 30 | Wycliffe and Kersey were given the two chairs while Mark Garland perched on the edge of the couch . |