Example sentences of "was award the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Significantly he was awarded the gold medal of the Institute of Transport in 1949 for a paper entitled : ‘ Budgeting and Statistical Control of Road Passenger Transport ’ . |
| 32 | Nilmini Wijayawickrame was awarded the Marriott Prize for outstanding results in the GRSC Part II examinations . |
| 33 | The City of Hong Kong Polytechnic was awarded the silver medals for a presentation on the structure of plastics . |
| 34 | Scott was awarded the highest prize , with third on the Foreign Office list , Deane and Woodward were fourth , and Street was awarded one of the fifth prizes on the same list . |
| 35 | Second Lieutenant Shewell was awarded the MC and Private Ray the MM , the first men from the Wolverton company to be decorated in the war . |
| 36 | In 1978 he was awarded the MBE for his services to astronomy . |
| 37 | he was awarded the Military Cross for his action in the German Ardennes offensive of 1944 , during which ( I believe ) he formed a unit of the Pioneer Corps into a fighting force . |
| 38 | She was awarded the OBE in 1984 . |
| 39 | He had served for many years in India , where he was awarded the VC for action during the Mutiny and eventually ended up as Commander in Chief . |
| 40 | James J. Weeble was awarded the Royal Humane Society 's Bronze Medal on 15th August 1898 for this gallant rescue . |
| 41 | Biggs was awarded the Royal Humane Society 's Bronze Medal the day before he was sentenced to nine months imprisonment on the charges of stealing bicycles , the judge saying that sentence would have been more severe but for his brave deed . |
| 42 | One deaf woman mill-worker , Mary Swain of Oldham was awarded the B.E.M. for her wartime work . |
| 43 | Brigadier Lorne Campbell of Airds , who was awarded the Victoria Cross in Tunisia in 1943 while a lieutenant-colonel in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders , died in May 1991 aged 88 . |
| 44 | He was awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science by the University in July 1990 . |
| 45 | ‘ The main reason that I am contacting you is that I thought you might be interested to know that John ( stage name Joan Rawson ) was awarded the Eric Rowley Trophy for the artist who has done the most for charity over the last 12 months . |
| 46 | One previous winner , 14 year-old Alistair Cherry , who was awarded the Fender/Buddy Holly scholarship last year , can be seen on a BBC 2 documentary ‘ The Lowdown ’ , which will be transmitted on August 3 . |
| 47 | Aung San Sun Kyi — Burmese democracy movement leader who was awarded the Nobel Prize while under house arrest |
| 48 | He was awarded the MBE in the 1991 New Year 's Honour list and was Vice-Chairman of the British Athletics Federation and Chairman of the Northern Irish Federation . |
| 49 | Madonna beat Woody Allen and Sinead O'Connor when she was awarded the Sour Apple for being the most disliked celebrity . |
| 50 | Mach , 36 , was awarded the Glasgow Lord Provost 's prize for his ‘ brilliantly inventive ’ head of former Strangler Hugh Cornwell . |
| 51 | He married his second wife Kay in 1980 and was awarded the CBE two years later . |
| 52 | Brian Herring FCA was awarded the MVO , and CIPFA 's Jo Carey , a former member of the European Court of Auditors , became a CMG . |
| 53 | Emma , who presently works in corporate finance , was awarded the IoT medal and Butterworth prize for the highest overall marks . |
| 54 | For a while No.4 Troop were held up , but Corporal ‘ Knocker ’ White took charge and was awarded the DCM for his part in the action . |
| 55 | He was awarded the Military Cross . |
| 56 | To the public , especially the British public , fed by its rabid tabloid press , it seemed an absurd technicality ; further , given the power of Ferrari within the sporting authorities , there was a widespread belief that there was a plot against Master James and to hand the championship to Lauda , who was awarded the race while Hunt was disqualified . |
| 57 | He saw action in the Pacific , was wounded and was awarded the Purple Heart , and always remained very proud of his Marine background . |
| 58 | Mr Edwards , 50 , who was awarded the Queen 's Gallantry Medal for helping to save the life of World Champion Niki Lauda in 1976 , previously ran the Jaguar sponsorship programme for six years . |
| 59 | Bubbly Julie , 45 , was awarded the Wales Tourist Board 's ‘ Welcome Host ’ title because she offered super service with a smile at her hotel . |
| 60 | The Chelsea camp , though clearly distressed by Elliott 's plight , refused to point the finger at Saunders — who was awarded the free-kick by referee John Key . |