Example sentences of "he obtained [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Evans might not handle this creep so he obtained every scrap of information available . |
| 2 | On returning to Valparaiso on 11 March 1819 , he obtained no credence — ‘ all ridiculed the poor man for his fanciful credulity and his deceptive vision . ’ |
| 3 | From Glasgow he obtained a Snell Exhibition ( See Chapter 38 ) and continued his studies at Balliol College , Oxford . |
| 4 | He qualified as an electronics engineer before going to teachers ' training college after which he obtained a degree in art history . |
| 5 | He hoped greatly to be able to go to Oxford in the autumn ; there should be enough money from a sale to support his mother , his brother and himself till he obtained a degree and could earn his living . |
| 6 | From convocation he obtained a biennial tenth conditional upon the clergy 's exemption from any parliamentary tax . |
| 7 | Two years later he obtained a reversion to the office of the queen 's printer . |
| 8 | He obtained a sample of the mould from Fleming , and discovered that it had been incorrectly identified . |
| 9 | In October 1945 he obtained a passport . |
| 10 | The Duke of Montrose ran into this difficulty in 1725 when he obtained a crown presentation for a minister named Smith to serve the parish of Cardross . |
| 11 | He obtained a Ph.D . |
| 12 | He obtained a Ph.D . |
| 13 | Educated at Rotherham Grammar School and the Leys School , Cambridge , Bailey attended Sheffield University where he obtained a B.Eng. in 1923 . |
| 14 | He took up writing opera libretti , and came to Vienna around 1780 , where he obtained a court appointment . |
| 15 | He obtained a BA in mathematics ( thirteenth wrangler ) in 1881 and an MA in 1885 . |
| 16 | He went to Wairarapa High School in Masterton , and then to Otago University , where he obtained a BA in 1935 and MA ( second class ) in 1936 . |
| 17 | In 1826 , all other attempts to resume his military career having failed , he obtained a lieutenancy in the Royal African Colonial Corps . |
| 18 | In 1769 he obtained a cadetship in the East India Company 's army at Madras , made the journey to India , but seeing no prospect of advancement there , returned to London via China . |
| 19 | After an overnight stay at the Washington Court hotel ( at the government rate as the reservation had been made by the Pentagon ) , he obtained a Washington driver 's licence in the name of Leavy and was given a Social Security card ( no. 326 — 84 — 2972 ) in the same name . |
| 20 | He obtained A County Council Scholarship to Magdalen College School , Brackley . |
| 21 | Growing Dutch power in the region led to new interest in establishing a British base in the Straits of Malacca , and in 1786 he obtained a renewal of the offer of Penang from the sultan of Kedah , on condition of a defensive alliance with the East India Company . |
| 22 | He obtained a diploma in psychological medicine in 1943 . |
| 23 | Educated in medicine at the University of Edinburgh , he obtained a diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons , Edinburgh , in March 1802 . |
| 24 | Around 1839 the family moved to Coniston where , in 1840 , he obtained a start at the copper mine doing sundry or day work and renting one of the mine cottages . |
| 25 | By this time Sadler was interested in steam engines : in 1791 he obtained a patent for an unsuccessful rotary engine . |
| 26 | The Attorney-General took proceedings in the Court of Exchequer against those landowners who refused to compound : where necessary he obtained a writ of injunction sequestrating the assarted lands , which were then leased to other tenants . |
| 27 | He obtained a series of isotherms known as Andrew 's curves ( see figure 3.11 ) . |
| 28 | He obtained a scholarship to Pembroke Hall , Cambridge , where he laid the foundation of the great learning for which he was later renowned , acquiring knowledge not only of Latin , Greek , Hebrew , Aramaic and Syriac , but also of fifteen modern languages . |
| 29 | At the age of fourteen he obtained a scholarship to Stowe School which had only been in existence six years . |
| 30 | He obtained a job in the town on a delivery cart , the old-fashioned horse and dray , and memorised Salvation Army doctrine , and verses from the Bible as he drove the cart . |