Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deal was given the go-ahead by the Department of Trade and Industry in spite of protests to the European Commission and the Office of Fair Trading by BA 's competitors . |
| 2 | Radiotherapy was considered the best option for treatment but before this could be started , rapidly progressive dysponea developed . |
| 3 | However , the Supreme Soviet was to decide the strength and composition of armed forces and Interior Ministry troops , while the President was given the right to take decisions on the use of Interior Ministry troops in emergency situations . |
| 4 | TWENTY-five-year-old Lesley Fitzpatrick received a £2,000 cheque from the Royal Bank after her hairdressing salon was voted the most environmentally friendly business in the Scottish finals of the 1993 Live-Wire Business Start-Up Awards . |
| 5 | He returned to Los Angeles and then caught a plane to Europe where he had been invited to show the finished article at the Venice Film Festival at which The Last Movie was voted the best picture on exhibition . |
| 6 | The result was called the ultraviolet catastrophe " ultraviolet " because that means high frequencies , and " catastrophe " for a reason too obvious to need elaboration . |
| 7 | The turning point came in 1972 when Ken Mentle dug deep into his pocket and bought a deluxe Portakabin for directors and players , and the Supporters ' Club was given the drain end as its new home . |
| 8 | When every seat was taken the Foundling children filed to their places , filling the gallery where the organ stood like a turreted castle , girls on the left in snowy white , and darkly dressed boys on the right . |
| 9 | We need to add at least that if the flipping caused the wipers to start to work , then if the switch was flipped the wipers started to work . |
| 10 | There were two separate actions : disclosing the note and then informing on its author to the malais , though the young priest was doomed the moment he selected his man with his eyes . |
| 11 | The Forces Programme was renamed the Light Programme in 1945 , ‘ designed to appeal not so much to a certain class of listener — but to all listeners when they are in certain moods ’ ( BBC , 1946 , p. 53 ) . |
| 12 | He told staff yesterday that the university had more staff whose research was given the top grade five rating than all the other Scottish universities put together . |
| 13 | Once the mandate was procured the petitioner , or the proctor , left for home or the letter was entrusted to a messenger . |
| 14 | Councillors were jeered and heckled as they emerged and the mayor was given the Nazi salute as he drove off . |
| 15 | His gong was dubbed the Oooh BE and was presented by his faithful fan , the Queen Mother herself . |
| 16 | Each practice was given the results of the study for all their participating patients after the study had been completed in that practice . |
| 17 | Last year Volvo also won the Prince Michael Road Safety Award for safety belt tensioners that operate automatically in a collision , and its 700-series car was declared the safest in an accident following crash-testing in 199 different vehicles by the American Highway Loss Data Institute . |
| 18 | The car was stolen the day before from 41-year-old Mr Marangon 's home in Cinderford , Gloucs . |
| 19 | If an exchange had a rule that required members to state that every contract was intended to go to physical delivery , notwithstanding the fact that since the rule was made the exchange had introduced a number of cash-settled contracts ; this would almost certainly be subject to some sort of variation . |
| 20 | The city tecnol technological college was given the right , has given the right of education , a quality of education undreamed of by a n by the people who live in the inner cities of , particularly the Asian population of opposed by the Labour Party , a Labour Party committed to scrapping and closing the C T C's and if they ca n't get |
| 21 | Valuable time was lost , the troops opposed to us were able to recover from the disorganization produced by our first attack , and the enemy was given the opportunity to bring up reinforcements . ’ |
| 22 | Similarly teams of medical advisers were brought down to William Osborne to inspect and comment on the level and location of medical equipment so that as the boat was built the right equipment was installed in the right place . |
| 23 | Yes , I went on that voyage as cook , and the beauty of it was the boat was called the Happy Days ! |
| 24 | When our entry was confirmed the Society was already getting up steam , so the obvious thing was to consider ourselves its representatives . |
| 25 | Same as labour was done the other day . |
| 26 | He told a press conference in Darlington that if Labour was elected the future of the North-East 's most important road , the A1 , could be in doubt . |
| 27 | As the inevitable plaque was unveiled the final polish was applied . |
| 28 | From that figure was deducted the amount ( £25 ) of the deposit paid by the original buyer . |
| 29 | Judge John Slack was told the hunt had been followed by members of the League Against Cruel Sports . |
| 30 | Hayhurst was awarded the MBE for his work for deaf people , and the BDA has paid fitting and lasting tribute to him with the establishment of an " Allan Hayhurst Research Fellowship " , which enables a prelingually deaf person to undertake research in his chosen field for up to three years at Durham University , where the admission of deaf students is encouraged and special support services are provided . |