Example sentences of "was awarded a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His father , Nguyen Sinh Huy , a notable Chinese scholar , was awarded a doctoral degree . |
| 2 | The author was awarded a doctoral degree for her research on R S Thomas and edited Thomas 's Selected Prose in 1986 . |
| 3 | A rival Asian service , Geet FM , was awarded a temporary licence by the Radio Authority to broadcast in Leicester , but that runs out tomorrow . |
| 4 | One Columbia University student went as far as writing a paper on the novel and its author and was awarded a respectable grade . |
| 5 | As Sherry writhed around on the canvas , Eubank was awarded a technical decision after the backward butt which later brought a £10,000 Boxing Board of Control fine . |
| 6 | There he became an unattached member of the university and , in 1881 , at the age of forty-eight , was awarded a first-class degree in theology . |
| 7 | In 1863 she was awarded a first-class certificate . |
| 8 | In 1871 the Lowe–Vansittart propeller was awarded a first-class diploma at the Kensington exhibition , followed by similar awards worldwide . |
| 9 | Bullen was awarded a civil list pension in 1912 . |
| 10 | Earlier this year EDS , an autonomous subsidiary of General Motors , was awarded a five-year contract worth between £10 million and £15 million to run a social security computer centre at Livingston in Scotland . |
| 11 | In 1868 he was awarded a Minor Entrance Scholarship to Cambridge , and the School celebrated with an extra holiday on 8th May . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Sutherland was so successful that he established two additional Gardens , and was awarded a Royal Charter as King 's Botanist ( and Regius Keeper of the Royal Garden ) by William III in 1699 . |
| 16 | In 1944 he was awarded a free place as a weekly boarder at Rowan House School . |
| 17 | IDB which is in the process of purchasing TRT and bought Worldcom , another company that was awarded a provisional UK telecommunications licence late last year . |
| 18 | Bowles was awarded a big cheque from a tabloid newspaper and if his own self-professed myths are a guideline it could have been squandered at the nearest bookies . |