Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the royal [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They were painted at the Royal Academy Schools when I was a student immediately before the closing of the Schools in 1940 .
2 He was a keen astronomer , and two of his observations were communicated to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley [ q.v . ] .
3 Despite the failure of the bill to give effect to the committee , Garway was one of the government 's critics who were included in the royal commission on public accounts appointed during the following prorogation .
4 In 1983 two new MKIII sleeping cars numbered 2914 and 2915 were added to the Royal Train , part finished at Derby Litchurch Lane , with three compartments in each car left empty of berths .
5 The architect 's plans were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1899 .
6 She became an accomplished pianist and several of her pictures were exhibited at the Royal Academy .
7 They arrived safely and were met by the royal purveyor from Kinghorn ( also called Alexander ) who had brought horses down to the beach for the royal party ; these included the King 's favourite , a white mare called Tamesin which he had left at Kinghorn for the Queen 's own use .
8 our developments in hydraulic fracturing techniques , which improve the flow of crude oil into the well , were recognised when we were presented with the Royal Acadamy of Engineering 's MacRobert award — the UK 's premier accolade for innovation in engineering .
9 Some important areas of government activity were regulated by the royal prerogative hut could not be controlled by ultra vires .
10 . Erm but then we slept under every hedge , I think , along the south coast , till we lost our machine guns , collected anti-tank guns , and eventually were transferred to the Royal Artillery , but still with this county pride of Devon , which I 'd never met before .
11 The development of such schemes ought to be assured since they were commended by the Royal Commission , are greatly valued by NACAB and has the support of the Law Society .
12 ALTERNATIVE medicine practitioners were accused by the Royal College of Physicians yesterday of making false and misleading claims for their treatments of allergies by unorthodox methods .
13 The first permanent companies of artillery , to replace the basically civilian gunners hired ad hoc when required , had been formed , on Marlborough 's advice , in 1716 , and in 1727 their number was increased to four and they were united as the Royal Regiment of Artillery .
14 They were entertained by the Royal Artillery Band , the Brendan Shine Show and comedian Harry Secombe , who captured the poignancy of the occasion by singing ‘ We 'll Keep a Welcome ’ .
15 She said her own two children were delivered at the Royal Maternity Hospital , but she would be afraid to entrust any other children to the hospital 's care .
16 The governors of the Mines Royal were identified with the Royal cause and the society became moribund in status .
17 They too were identified in the Royal Commission and , similarly , there has been a series of developments in the intervening decade .
18 Not only were there French troops , but Frenchmen were infiltrated into the royal household , and even into the higher levels of government .
19 Originally the bones were kept at the Royal College of Surgeons .
20 Four of Miller 's papers were read at the Royal Society .
21 It has proved to be of great popular interest and audiences of more than 200 people have attended the series of lectures on ‘ Studying the Scottish Home ’ , which were held in the Royal Museum of Scotland this winter .
22 Finally I was enrolled at the Royal College of Physicians .
23 It turns out that the recording was made nearly a month before the procession , and a contemporary advertisement shows that the record was heard during the Royal Progress through London on 23 June .
24 As a 17-year-old , Daniel was diagnosed as suffering from testicular cancer and was treated at the Royal Marsden .
25 The priceless trophy was lodged in the vault of a local bank for safe-keeping , a few years later was handed over to Kelvingrove Museum , Glasgow , and finally was given to The Royal Company of Archers .
26 Evidence was given to the Royal Commission on Legal Services advocating the introduction of a contingency fee system in England and Wales .
27 The Papingo Trophy was traced to The Royal Company and on 7th June , 1951 , a contingent of Royal Archers paraded through Kilwinning and ceremoniously handed over the trophy to the joint care of the town council and the Ancient Society of Archers .
28 He dismounted and was received into the royal tent .
29 After the disruption of the Cabal , he was honoured by the Royal Society with a fellowship ( 1673 ) and by admission to Gray 's Inn ( 1674 ) ; to him was ascribed the chief credit for the failure to carry the impeachment of Thomas Osborne , first Earl of Danby [ q.v. ] , whose policies at the head of the new administration in 1674 , both at home and abroad , harmonized with his own .
30 The debate over the inequality in the divorce laws ( men could divorce on a simple charge of adultery but women could not ) also began during the late nineteenth century , and revision of the laws was recommended by the Royal Commission on Divorce in 1912 .
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