Example sentences of "was awarded the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be sure , he still upheld the standards of his father ; he played a full role in the family business on the manufacturing side , but the crown went to his younger brother , Horace , who had not only secured field-promotion to Captain , but went on to bring the family business — and his industry — to new heights , for which he was awarded the OBE several years later . |
| 2 | His score for the film Louisiana Story was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 . |
| 3 | He was awarded the DSO and the military CBE by the British , the Croix de Guerre by the French and made a Commander of the Legion of Merit by the Americans . |
| 4 | He was awarded the Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law in 1965 and his experience of the practice of international law with the United Nations Relief Works Agency ( Unrwa ) in Beirut , with the Hague Unification Conference and with the European Commission marked him out as exceptional . |
| 5 | STOCKHOLM ( UPI , Reuter ) — A Norwegian professor , Trygve Haavelmo , 78 , described as a humble man who spends much of his time in seclusion at his mountain cottage , was awarded the 1989 Nobel Economics Prize for pioneering use of mathematical statistics to interpret economic data . |
| 6 | Later he studied with Herbert Sumsion , and was made an Associate of the Royal College of Organists in 1957 when he was awarded the Limpus and Read prizes . |
| 7 | In the 1990 Queen 's Birthday Honours List Mr C A Blachford , Chairman of the North Western Area Council , became a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire , and J T Jones from the Cheltenham Branch was awarded the British Empire Medal . |
| 8 | In the 1991 New Year Honours List , Mr W J Chignell , an Elected Member of Central Council , became a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire , and Mr E F Jackson from the Storrington Branch was awarded the British Empire Medal . |
| 9 | She was awarded the OBE in the 1988 New Year 's Honours List . |
| 10 | He was awarded the Griffin Trophy in a ceremony at Torquay , Devon , to mark his achievement which provided a bus for a Sussex school for the physically disabled and around £8,000 for the NFA 's Ron Shirley Memorial Fund . |
| 11 | A Short Film About Killing ( Decalogue V ) marked its premiere at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival where it was awarded the Jury and International Film Critic 's prize . |
| 12 | On the first anniversary of that invasion , when thousands of Czechoslovak demonstrators were dispersed on Mr Husak 's orders by the police with military support , he was awarded the Order of Lenin , the highest honour the Russians could give him , and his acceptance of it sealed his fate once and for all Within two years of becoming party leader he purged all but 26 of the central committee members who had been in office before the invasion . |
| 13 | Mrs Laxmi Swami , who told the court her employers wrenched out two of her gold teeth and kept her without food for days , was awarded the damages , and costs estimated at £100,000 , against Princesses Faria and Simiya Al Sabah , sisters of the Emir of Kuwait . |
| 14 | The exiled spiritual and political leader of Tibet was awarded the prize for his advocacy of non-violence in seeking an end to Chinese rule . |
| 15 | He commanded a batallion in Gallipoli during the famous evacuation of the Arabian desert , and was awarded the CMG . |
| 16 | In 1985 he was awarded the CBE . |
| 17 | If he demanded that an artist was dropped , the artist was dropped , nationwide — until a Texan broadcaster , John Henry Faulk , who was blacklisted by AWARE , brought and won a libel action in which he was awarded the record sum of $3,500,000 after a six-year struggle . |
| 18 | My father , who spent the first quarter of a century in Chile , was awarded the Order of Merit . |
| 19 | Kohl , who had found time in his busy schedule to make the 360-mile journey from Bonn to meet Waldheim , excused himself after an opulent lunch and rushed back to his Rhineland base before Waldheim was awarded the chain of honour of the Peutinger Collegium . |
| 20 | He was awarded the Order of the Silver Wolf for his services to scouting . |
| 21 | Morgan was honorary Colonel of 50 and 80 Air Formation Signal Regiments from 1952 to 1960 and was awarded the ERD . |
| 22 | In 1988 , when he was awarded the Seoul Peace Prize he announced the cash award of £180,000 would help establish an Olympic Museum in Lausanne near the committee 's headquarters . |
| 23 | He was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1919 . |
| 24 | In the defence of Tobruk his battery shot down more than 50 Stuka dive-bombers , for which he was awarded the DSO . |
| 25 | Keith Brennan of Warwick School was awarded the RSC prize for outstanding performance in chemistry at A-level , in respect of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board . |
| 26 | Allies and Morrison won the second prize of £1,500 and Peter Clash was awarded the third prize of £1,000 . |
| 27 | ON taking his case to an Industrial Tribunal , Mr Holdsworth was awarded the maximum compensation of £14,000 and had the satisfaction of hearing the Council 's case called ‘ laughable ’ . |
| 28 | In Vienna , a Rottweiler was awarded the title King of the Guide Dogs . |
| 29 | He was awarded the OBE for services to sport . |
| 30 | Captain Kenny Keith succeeded in making a break-out with his platoon and for his bravery was awarded the Military Cross . |