Example sentences of "[pers pn] be awarded a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Squadron 499 of the Air Training Corps became very successful , so much so that I was awarded a national honour , a Member of the British Empire , MBE ( Military ) . |
| 2 | In 1863 she was awarded a first-class certificate . |
| 3 | She was awarded a French croix de guerre in 1944 , and a posthumous George Cross in 1946 . |
| 4 | A distinguished public figure , she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Social Science Degree by the University this July . |
| 5 | If he is successful he is awarded a coloured sash and allowed to progress to advanced training sections . |
| 6 | It was because of this interest that he was awarded a Red Cross medal for services rendered to the sick and wounded during the Franco-Prussian war . |
| 7 | In one celebrated case in 1975 , a colonel with a penchant for spanking unsuspecting women sued the " Sunday People " for exposing his activities ; he was awarded a derisory halfpenny . |
| 8 | In 1868 he was awarded a Minor Entrance Scholarship to Cambridge , and the School celebrated with an extra holiday on 8th May . |
| 9 | In 1944 he was awarded a free place as a weekly boarder at Rowan House School . |
| 10 | In 1988 , he was awarded an honorary masters degree at Guangsi Province University and has lectured on European art to post-graduate students there . |
| 11 | He was awarded an honorary MA by the University of Wales in 1909 and he was appointed CBE in 1920 . |
| 12 | He was awarded an honorary LLD by Birmingham University and an honorary D.Sc . |
| 13 | All of this was fully recognized when he was awarded an honorary LLD by the University of Glasgow in 1892 . |
| 14 | He was awarded an honorary fellowship in 1948 . |
| 15 | In 1904 he was awarded an honorary D.Sc . |
| 16 | In 1984 he was awarded an honourary doctorate of the University of Stirling . |