Sentence examples for were selected to take from inspiring English sources

Seventy responded and from them forty were selected to take dictation.

Only destitute schools were selected to take part in the program.

In Lewisham, 200 families with year 9 children were selected to take part in the programme in 2006.

If my partner were selected to take part in a prestigious international competition, I'd be desperate to go and cheer him on.

The cities of Shanghai and Shenzhen, in southern China, as well as Zhejiang and Guangdong Provinces — all fast-growing coastal areas — were selected to take part in the program, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance.

A DfT source confirmed that Arup and EY, alongside the rail technology company Interfleet, which has just been rebranded SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit, were selected to take over many of its functions last month.

Jan Leeming In 2006 the former newsreader was selected to take part in a record six consecutive bushtucker trial.

Mel Martinez, a Cuban-born immigrant and Republican leader in Florida, was selected to take over the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Last month, after a five-month bidding process, Edison was selected to take over the five schools.

The 20 winning submissions will be contacted no later than 20th June 2009 to confirm that they have been selected to take part.

Father James, as a representative of the church, has been selected to take the fall; the good priest parachuted in to deputise for the bad.