Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WORKERS in Indonesia are denied the right to organise independent unions and those who initiate strikes are often arrested , interrogated , beaten and dismissed , according to Teten Masduki , an Indonesian labour representative . |
| 2 | Later the trade unions Turk-Is and the Genel Maden-Is challenged the version of events which referred to a sudden surge in the level of methane gas and said that human negligence was probably responsible . |
| 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 | Mrs Botting is awarded the CBE for her services to the Top Salaries Review Body and to Personal Finance Broadcasting . |
| 6 | When Pooh is shown the honey , he does n't get his belief that there 's honey from Rabbit . |
| 7 | The Board interviewed five candidates ( listed below ) and unanimously agreed that while all were suitable for the post , it recommended that Miss Valerie Muirhead be offered the post , to be taken up as soon as possible , at a salary two points below the maximum of the AA main scale . |
| 8 | The C. and A. G. is given the responsibility for auditing all appropriation accounts by the 1921 Act . |
| 9 | Wally was awarded the job for his bravery in receiving extensive brain surgery after years of concussing himself on the crossbar . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Rovers vice-chairman Geoff Dunford explained : ‘ Dennis was given the option to work alongside Allison , but he chose to leave . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 … |
| 14 | Edward was given the contract and threw himself into it with vigour , aided no doubt by his life-long abhorrence of the building which he was now about to replace . |
| 15 | Ramsey was made the chairman of the commission on this theme . |
| 16 | The circus built by Maxentius was called the Circus of Romulus and was 1620 feet long and 245 feet wide . |
| 17 | However Crete was invaded the day before the arrival of 800X at Malta , where they were now to remain , attached to 830 Squadron , and were to play the role of night intruders , attacking airfields in Sicily with 20 lb. bombs . |
| 18 | Steers was granted the freedom of the borough of Liverpool in 1713 and established a flourishing anchor smithy near the dock . |
| 19 | There must be many songs , many dances and many festivals before women like Mrs Kizza are given the space and time to live full human lives . |
| 20 | If Lithuania are delayed the match could be ruled as a void fixture and that 's something the FAI do n't dare even think about . |
| 21 | Mercifully , Islington was not the disease-trap that nearby Shoreditch was , and the Titfords were spared the fate of many of their fellow citizens . |
| 22 | But with five minutes left , Chester were gifted the equaliser . |
| 23 | Larousse Gastronomique is considered the bible for chefs but now Larousse has produced a new , practical cookbook that offers lots of inspiration and advice for the enthusiastic amateur cook . |
| 24 | In 1871 Charrington 's bought the Abbey brewery in Burton-on-Trent to brew Burton pale ales for itself . |
| 25 | To Sharpe 's left the stream flowed into a lake , while ahead of him , beyond the shallow ford , a farm with an arched gateway stood on the left-hand side of the road . |
| 26 | Longman 's published the book in January 1936 at 7shilling ; 6d : title , The Gospel and the Catholic Church . |
| 27 | It's 's hoped the message of the guidelines will get through notonly to the big multiples but also to smaller stores where many injuries are sustained . |
| 28 | ‘ Mrs. Olinton 's rung the fire-brigade , but , thanks to you , young lady , it does n't look as if we 're going to need it . |
| 29 | By the time Eva was born the family went down in " steps and stairs " . |
| 30 | Carpenter Gordon Brettell was told the van had been discovered with tools worth £2,500 intact . |