Example sentences of "[adv prt] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , what if Mr Heath had won the February 1974 general election , as he nearly did , and carried on as Prime Minister ? |
| 2 | If the Conservatives are the largest single party , should he hang on as Prime Minister in the hope that he can do a deal with another party ? |
| 3 | He at once declared his intention to carry on as Prime Minister . |
| 4 | After three years , the WIPers would be taken on as normal university staff . |
| 5 | But despite the death the rowing at Oxford went on as normal today. , with crews competing in the traditional college races . |
| 6 | But a war of sorts , and prejudice lingers on as new owners search for finance — in Japan . |
| 7 | Andrew Stavanger stayed on as managing director of the shipping company , with a seat on the board of the group . |
| 8 | DONALD Fothergill has a palpable and daily reminder of the responsibility he has taken on as managing director of Stockton-based Pickerings Lifts . |
| 9 | O&M 's current chairman and ceo Graham Phillips is to stay on as vice chairman . |
| 10 | Of course , those who squeezed him out were at pains to say Young was staying on as Young Group chief executive . |
| 11 | If non-farming activities reach the VAT registration threshold , farmers will be required to register for all their activities , farming and non-farming , and will not be able to carry on as flat rate farmers . |
| 12 | After his party 's heavy defeat in the subsequent general election , Ellis stayed on as chief whip . |
| 13 | Where the main constructive waves are swell waves which may have been generated hundreds and even thousands of kilometres away and travelled on as free waves , it is quite likely that the local resultant wind has a far smaller part in the orientation of coastal forms . |
| 14 | Balbindor treated Father and me all along as complete fools . |
| 15 | I went along as Central Fire Controller ( CFC ) however , I sat in the nose for take-off , which was very exciting ! |
| 16 | On Dec. 17 Franz Vranitzky was sworn in as Federal Chancellor at the head of a " grand coalition " of his own Socialist Party ( SPÖ ) and the centre-right People 's Party ( ÖVP ) . |
| 17 | The principal members were a private secretary , Oliver Everett , who worked for the diplomatic service and was recalled from Madrid to set up her office ; and Anne Beckwith-Smith , a specialist in eighteenth-century English painting , who worked at Sotheby 's and was brought in as full-time lady-in-waiting . |
| 18 | Benazir Bhutto , leader of the Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) which had gained the largest number of seats in elections to the National Assembly held on Nov. 16 , 1988 ( see pp. 36347-48 ) , was sworn in as Prime Minister on Dec. 2 , and a new federal Cabinet was appointed on Dec. 4 . |
| 19 | Their agreement made no mention , however , of the interim government led by academic and former opposition politician Amos Sawyer [ see pp. 31282 ; 32297 for his chairmanship of national constitutional commission in 1981-83 ; pp. 33322-23 ; 34146 for his arrest in August 1984 and subsequent detention while chairman of the Liberian People 's Party ] , who had been sworn in as Prime Minister on Nov. 22 under ECOWAS auspices . |
| 20 | On April 26 Esko Aho , 36 , was sworn in as Prime Minister of a four-party centre-right coalition . |
| 21 | On May 16 Edith Cresson , 57 , was sworn in as Prime Minister , replacing Michel Rocard . |
| 22 | Prime Minister : Begum Khaleda Zia was sworn in as Prime Minister in March 1991 , and from October also held the portfolios of Defence , Establishment and Cabinet Division . |
| 23 | On July 13 Itzhak Rabin , chair of the Israel Labour Party since February , was sworn in as Prime Minister and announced the composition of his Cabinet . |
| 24 | Benazir Bhutto has been sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan for the second time after a decisive victory in the country 's parliament over her greatest rival , the Muslim League leader , Nawa Shariff . |
| 25 | Biju Patnaik of Janata Dal was sworn in as Chief Minister on March 5 , replacing Hemandanda Biswal , who had held the post for Congress ( I ) since early December . |
| 26 | D. Ramachandran of the DMK was sworn in as Chief Minister on March 8 , replacing M. O. H. Farooq of Congress ( I ) . |
| 27 | On April 6 Churchill Alemao was sworn in as Chief Minister at the head of a Progressive Democratic Front ( PDF ) government . |
| 28 | President 's rule , in force in Goa for 43 days , was lifted on Jan. 25 , when the leader of a breakaway group of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party ( MGP ) , Ravi S. Naik , was sworn in as Chief Minister . |
| 29 | Jayalalitha , the A-IADMK general secretary , was sworn in as Chief Minister on June 24 . |
| 30 | Meade , who had accused the Osborne administration of corruption and mismanagement and promised to restore honesty and integrity in government , was sworn in as Chief Minister on Oct. 10 . |