Example sentences of "[was/were] turned down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Battling Dave Cannon sprayed a whole trailer-load of the cow muck over a council building after plans for his retirement bungalow were turned down for the fourth time . |
| 2 | They were turned down at the one where they were married and christened because they 'd moved five miles outside the parish . |
| 3 | So inflexible was this masterplan that when New Scientist attempted to introduce someone who knew nothing about computers to the machine ( it is claimed to be very easy to use ) we were turned down on the grounds that ‘ this would upset the timetable ’ . |
| 4 | Invitations were turned down on the grounds that ‘ we would only have to ask them back ’ . |
| 5 | They were turned down by the Minister of Traffic and Waterways , Mrs Maij-Weggen , and it seemed that the idea , which was abandoned . |
| 6 | Similar proposals from the company for Hillington were turned down by the Scottish Secretary last March , after a public inquiry , on the grounds that the site is zoned for strategic industrial use . |
| 7 | They demanded bracket construction for the overhead wires , but this was turned down for the same reasons as those in Mitcham . |
| 8 | The music was turned down at the request of a fat man who was actually trying to sleep through all the noise . |
| 9 | An amendment that the palace be run jointly with the Graduate Union was turned down on the grounds that ‘ the Graduates are too old and it 's bad for their health . ’ |
| 10 | She was turned down on the grounds of lack of experience with sick children . |
| 11 | An action begun in Glasgow for possession of the books , papers and effects was turned down on the grounds that the Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was not registered in Scotland and that the complaint had therefore been raised " without title or authority " , though these effects were , claimed Shinwell , later handed over " for the sake of peace and quiet " . |
| 12 | The offer was turned down by the then philistine government ( history repeats itself ? ) and the collection returned to Tabley House . |
| 13 | Thirdly , as regards the Science Policy Research Unit 's proposal to assess engineering research , no member of the unit has claimed that the project was turned down by the Social Science Research Council because of ‘ lobbying by outsiders ’ . |
| 14 | Nottinghamshire originally sought a prohibited steps order to keep the perpetrator away from the family home , but was turned down by the High Court which said it had no option other than to make a residence order . |
| 15 | Here , the Conciliation Committee had rejected the union 's advice on an acceptable settlement and the Ministry of Shipping 's offer was turned down by the men after a ballot vote . |
| 16 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |
| 17 | However , the Working Party report was turned down by the Council on the grounds that its proposals did ‘ not sufficiently reflect its value as an independent and impartial body for setting academic standards . ’ |
| 18 | A prosecution appeal against the overturning of North 's convictions was turned down by the Circuit Court of Appeals on Nov. 27 . |
| 19 | A further defence submission on Aug. 8 , requesting a rehearing of the case and a another stay of execution , was turned down by the Court of Appeal , which rejected arguments that the 14 defendants had the right to take their cases to the United Kingdom Privy Council . |
| 20 | An initial scheme not to include the College of Art in the Polytechnic was turned down by the DES . |
| 21 | Manchester Polytechnic 's part-time BEd , for example , was turned down by the Committee in January 1973 with a recommendation that it should be resubmitted . |
| 22 | He was turned down by the " Goldsmith Libel Fund " , an eccentric exercise in philanthropy which bankrolls plaintiffs of conservative persuasion ( notably Tory MPs ) who bring libel actions against media organisations perceived as left-wing ( eg the BBC ) . |
| 23 | Baroness Thatcher too is an Oxford graduate , but when moves were made to confer an honorary degree on her in the nineteen eighties , she was turned down by the same people , amid stormy controversy . |
| 24 | And that 's infuriated supporters of former Prime Minister Lady Thatcher who was turned down by the same people for an honorary degree after she 'd been at Ten Downing Street for five years . |
| 25 | A similar move for this year was turned down by the Home Office . |
| 26 | A similar move for this year was turned down by the Home Office . |