Example sentences of "[noun prp] is [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Buxton is given a standing ovation
2 Neil is wounded every year by his team 's refusal even to score at Old Trafford ( they managed a goal up there 21 years ago , but he makes the long trek every season anyway ) , and by the permanent car boot sale that Luton indulge in .
3 Mrs Botting is awarded the CBE for her services to the Top Salaries Review Body and to Personal Finance Broadcasting .
4 When Pooh is shown the honey , he does n't get his belief that there 's honey from Rabbit .
5 The C. and A. G. is given the responsibility for auditing all appropriation accounts by the 1921 Act .
6 Youngster Stephen Swales is given a reprieve and will play at left back with skipper Paul Mudd again partnering Lee Hirst in the centre .
7 Larousse Gastronomique is considered the bible for chefs but now Larousse has produced a new , practical cookbook that offers lots of inspiration and advice for the enthusiastic amateur cook .
8 The LIFESPAN Manager must define a range or set of ranges for Paper SPRs in the configuration file under the keyword PAPER_RANGES , from which a new Paper SPR is allocated an identifier .
9 In addition to all this , the SIB is given the power to issue Codes of Practice which would define the general principle referred to earlier .
10 This stretch on the Urner See to Fluelen is called the Axenstrasse , as it was blasted and tunnelled through the rock faces of the Axenberg .
11 Novelist Graeme Gibson is published the world over — but not in Britain .
12 Coleridge is offered a glimpse of the power of what true creation is like .
13 Junks laden with tea , wood and camphor soon transformed this sleepy backwater into the marketplace of South East Asia under the watchful eye of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles ; today Singapore is considered the place to purchase that Cartier wristwatch at a real snip .
14 Blanche is made a victim through Stanley 's bestial behaviour but Blanche has brought much of what she got on herself through her lies and deception of herself and of others .
15 Thanks to Mr Booth , Hay is known the world over for its second-hand books .
16 Here in Walsingham is commemorated the home of Jesus .
17 It means that God is given the honour and glory , not us .
18 Alan Knott is denied the chance to pounce .
19 The merchant Abudah is shown a prospect where the stones on the gold-dust ground are pearls , the flowers emeralds and the trees are made out of silver .
20 STRIKER Andy Hunt is handed a chance to stake a claim in the Newcastle United gold rush tonight .
21 So Portia Forbes is given the task of drawing his fire . ’
22 Bruno said : ‘ If Lewis is awarded the title , that 's good for me .
23 Cam is denied the colour and glamour of Barbados as he is kept at work on a tally of the cargo as it is landed : later , a talk with the captain helps him to see this and other causes for resentment in a different light .
24 McDeere is offered a job with law firm Bedinini , Lambert and Locke who are euphemistically known as ‘ tax specialists ’ in Memphis .
25 Clegg is called The Collector , as he is a butterfly collector , who has now started gathering and trapping women in a similar way , this is a powerful metaphor throughout the book .
26 As Bertram is owed a duty of care , the Trust would appear to be in breach of duty by failing to maintain the boat , and Bertram has suffered damage as a result .
27 Shakespeare is given a role in which his plays are presented circulating with other texts in a context of history which , upon analysis , discloses a relation between theatrical text and state power .
28 Denis Howell is created the Minister for Drought , and the temperature in London reaches 35°C ( 95°F ) .
29 Marti is owed an apology .
30 ‘ The Yasa is broken every day . ’
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