Example sentences of "[noun] be returned to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the unlikely event of an alternative Administration being returned to power and seeking to get talks started , on the basis of my experience over the past two years I wish the hon. Gentleman well . |
| 2 | Seismic data were returned to Earth over a period of a few years from these five stations , though they were reduced to four when the Apollo 11 station stopped working . |
| 3 | There is little doubt that the coalition was returned to power mainly on Unionist votes , although this was not widely recognized at the time ; the Unionists had never won so many votes before , and it was perhaps natural to attribute their success to their new asset . |
| 4 | In August 1986 the governing multiracial National Front ( Barisan Nasional ) coalition was returned to power in the House of Representatives with 148 seats , and also retained an absolute majority in simultaneous elections in all 11 Peninsular Malaysian state assemblies [ see pp. 34742-43 ] . |
| 5 | The ruling BN coalition was returned to office in elections held in October 1990 with a reduced majority . |
| 6 | When Lubbock was returned to Parliament in 1881 , he persuaded Gladstone 's Liberal government to take up the cause . |
| 7 | The LDP was returned to power at the general election of Feb. 18 , 1990 [ see pp. 37237-38 ] . |
| 8 | Will the hon. Gentleman give a categorical assurance that if , unfortunately , the Conservatives are returned to power in a general election , value added tax will not be extended to any of the goods or services upon which it is not already levied ? |
| 9 | However , these latest elections confirmed the existing schism between republics : the ruling communists were rejected in favour of nationalist parties in Bosnia-Hercegovina and Macedonia ( as in Slovenia and Croatia in April ) , but in Serbia ( with over 40 per cent of the country 's population ) and Montenegro the communists were returned to power with huge majorities . |
| 10 | This ‘ charter ’ was put in place shortly after the Conservatives were returned to power . |
| 11 | The Conservatives were returned to power for the fourth election in a row with 42 per cent or more of the popular vote . |
| 12 | Despite presiding over large-scale unemployment the Conservatives were returned to office by huge majorities . |
| 13 | The prosecutor appealed and Mr Carnogursky was returned to prison . |
| 14 | The private sector breathed a great sigh of relief when the Labour group was returned to power in this city . |
| 15 | Both of the Lees were returned to parliament in the election unopposed . |
| 16 | Eventually Mk I Londons in RAF service were returned to Saro for updating to Mk II standard , while a first production batch of six London IIs ( K5980-K5913 ) was delivered during 1936/1937 of which five went straight to 204 Squadron at Mount Batten . |
| 17 | The CPI(M) was returned to power in State Assembly elections held in May 1991 ; Jyoti Basu was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in June [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 18 | A mean of two percent of patients were returned to theatre across the northern region after T U R P and this ranged from zero to seven point five percent . |
| 19 | Creevey was returned to Parliament in 1820 as MP for Appleby , through his friend Brougham 's good offices with Sackville Tufton , ninth Earl of Thanet [ q.v. ] , holding this seat until 1826 . |
| 20 | As inflation is low , the prospects for the future are good , especially if the Government are returned to office . |
| 21 | If the Government are returned to power , because of the inadequacies of this place there will be no scope for public debate on further education . |
| 22 | The PSOE was returned to government in a general election on June 22 , 1986 ( see p. 34821 ) , winning 184 seats in the Congress of Deputies . |
| 23 | It 's all a far cry from June 1987 when Margaret Thatcher was returned to power with a handsome majority of 101 seats , although it was down on the 1983 win . |
| 24 | Six rows forming a curve over 60 stitches is rather abrupt , the same number of rows would suit 120 stitches equally well , in which case you might work 60 stitches at the centre , with the 30 stitches at each end being returned to working position in a series of three sets of ten stitches . |
| 25 | In the general election of Nov. 29 , 1987 [ see pp. 35909-10 ] , the Motherland Party ( Anatavan Partisi — ANAP ) led by Turgut Özal was returned to power with an overwhelming majority in the GNA ( newly enlarged from 400 to 450 seats ) under a new system of proportional representation . |
| 26 | Dering was returned to Parliament in 1670 for East Retford in Nottinghamshire . |
| 27 | The Prime Minister 's own majority in his constituency increased by more than 12,000 , and all the outgoing government ministers were returned to power except the Minister of Defence , Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen , and the Minister of Science , Technology and Environment , Datuk Amar Stephen Yong . |
| 28 | The Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party ( GSLP ) led by Joe Bossano was returned to office with nearly three-quarters of the vote in elections in the self-governing British colony on Jan. 16 . |
| 29 | Detective Constable Woodley was cleared of suspicion and he and Clifford were returned to duty . |
| 30 | Partly as a consequence , the Tories were returned to power under Margaret Thatcher in 1979 . |