Example sentences of "[noun prp] was returned [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Lubbock was returned to Parliament in 1881 , he persuaded Gladstone 's Liberal government to take up the cause . |
| 2 | The LDP was returned to power at the general election of Feb. 18 , 1990 [ see pp. 37237-38 ] . |
| 3 | The PSOE was returned to government in a general election on June 22 , 1986 ( see p. 34821 ) , winning 184 seats in the Congress of Deputies . |
| 4 | It 's all a far cry from June 1987 when Margaret Thatcher was returned to power with a handsome majority of 101 seats , although it was down on the 1983 win . |
| 5 | In the general election of Nov. 29 , 1987 [ see pp. 35909-10 ] , the Motherland Party ( Anatavan Partisi — ANAP ) led by Turgut Özal was returned to power with an overwhelming majority in the GNA ( newly enlarged from 400 to 450 seats ) under a new system of proportional representation . |
| 6 | Dering was returned to Parliament in 1670 for East Retford in Nottinghamshire . |
| 7 | The Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party ( GSLP ) led by Joe Bossano was returned to office with nearly three-quarters of the vote in elections in the self-governing British colony on Jan. 16 . |
| 8 | On Nov. 29 , 1987 , ANAP was returned to power with an overwhelming majority , and on Oct. 31 , 1989 , Özal was elected by the Grand National Assembly to succeed Evren as President , taking office on Nov. 9 . |
| 9 | In legislative elections on Oct. 6 the incumbent Social Democratic Party ( PSD ) led by Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva was returned to power with a slightly decreased majority of 135 seats , representing 50.4 per cent of votes cast , in the 230-seat [ not 250 as given on p. 38488 ] Assembly of the Republic . |
| 10 | In elections to the regional parliament of Catalonia on March 15 , Jordi Pujol Soley was returned as president for a fourth term . |
| 11 | The PLP was returned to government for a fifth successive term at the general election of June 1987 , winning 31 of the 49 seats in the House of Assembly , while the FNM won 16 seats [ see p. 35372-73 ] . |
| 12 | In the general election of April 1991 the HRPP was returned to office with 26 seats , while the opposition SNDP won 18 [ see pp. 38153-54 ] . |