Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1972 he was appointed chief executive ( second permanent secretary ) to set up the Property Services Agency at the Department of the Environment and held that position until his appointment as chairman of the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations in 1974 , which he held until 1978 . |
| 2 | In 1972 he was appointed Honorary President of the Danish Cricket Association and later was most happy and proud to accept the MCC 's invitation to become an Honorary Life Member . |
| 3 | In January 1884 he became senior mathematics master at Blairlodge School , Stirlingshire ; in January 1885 he was appointed mathematical master ( later head of mathematics ) at King Edward 's High School , Birmingham , where he remained until his retirement in March 1920 . |
| 4 | At a meeting of North and South Korean Red Cross officials on June 12 it was agreed that exchange visits of dispersed family members would be held on Aug. 25-28 . |
| 5 | In 1985 he was appointed divisional controller of Guinness Brewing Worldwide ; in 1987 group controller of Guinness PLC ; and also in 1987 director of business development of United Distillers . |
| 6 | In 1985 he was made Head Gardener of Killerton , an arboretum famous for its rare trees and shrubs . |
| 7 | At a hearing on Jan. 30 it was announced that retrial on the outstanding charges would begin on March 9 . |
| 8 | In 1472 he was given joint command of an armed force sent to sea to resist the king 's enemies . |
| 9 | " I shall write only that which was written last year and the year before that , " said the Annamese with a sarcastic smile . |
| 10 | That 's right which was run two days a week for over for three and a half weeks . |
| 11 | In 1894 she was appointed assistant commissioner to the royal commission on secondary education under James ( later Viscount ) Bryce [ q.v. ] to investigate girls ' education in Devon . |
| 12 | Following Iraq 's defeat in February 1991 there was intensified diplomatic activity by the EC , UN and United States on the Cyprus problem . |
| 13 | The Prime Minister , Ingvar Carlsson , who was asked on Feb. 19 to form a new government , on Feb. 23 announced details of a more moderate economic package acceptable to most parties , and on Feb. 26 he was reappointed Prime Minister at the head of a new Social Democratic government . |
| 14 | In 1826 he was appointed resident engineer to the London docks where , over the next nine years , he designed and executed the Eastern dock , with the associated warehousing , entrance locks , bridges , and other works . |
| 15 | In March 1250 he was appointed Chief justice of ‘ all the forests of England on both sides of the Trent ’ , so that the forest administration was once again united under a single head . |
| 16 | On 4 March 1250 he was made chief justice of the forest on both sides of the Trent , an office which he exercised for two and a half years until 25 October 1252 . |
| 17 | In Saddleworth Urban District Council v Aggregate and Sand Ltd. it was held that lack of finance was not a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with a nuisance order under s.94 of the Public Health Act 1936 , in respect of an abatement notice served under s.1 of The Noise Abatement Act 1960 and s.93 of the 1936 Act . |
| 18 | Manchester United were convinced he was finished four years ago and were happy to let Villa take him — along with the personal problems which also contributed to his departure from Old Trafford . |
| 19 | In 1980 she was appointed Senior Research Fellow at the University of Calabar , Nigeria , is now a Fellow at London University and takes creative writing groups at Goldsmiths College . |
| 20 | In 1836 he was appointed resident engineer , under Edward Woods and Henry Booth [ q.v. ] , of the Liverpool–Newton Bridge section of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway , with responsibility for the maintenance of the permanent way , bridges , stations , and the winding engines for the steeply graded tunnel sections at Edge Hill , as well as for the replacement of the original rails which were far too light to carry heavy traffic . |
| 21 | In 1968 he joined the Catholic Missionary Society and in 1975 he was appointed assistant priest at Muswell Hill . |
| 22 | On Saturday 4 June 1859 it was announced that prayer meetings would be held in the Town Hall at 6.00 am , 12.00 noon and 8.00 pm . |
| 23 | After its passage in 1833 he was appointed resident engineer for the northern section of the line . |
| 24 | In 1904 he was appointed assistant carriage and wagon superintendent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire and in 1905 transferred to the Great Northern Railway in Doncaster as carriage and wagon superintendent . |
| 25 | In 1813 he was appointed assistant surgeon in the second battalion of the 89th Regiment of Foot ( ‘ Blayney 's Bloodhounds ’ ) and served in Canada for the remainder of the American war of 1812–14 . |
| 26 | I got my just desserts from Dad , which made my Mom cry more than me , but all in all I was given enough love and affection to cushion me against all the hardships that were to come . |
| 27 | Instead of putting them in the Credit Card Centre 's outgoing mail — they were all addressed to ‘ problem ’ areas — Steve called in the Fraud Section who made sure they were sent registered mail in plain envelopes . |
| 28 | In 1964 he was voted European Footballer of the Year and in a long career with Scotland he won 55 caps and earned the interchangeable nicknames ‘ Denis The Menace ’ or simply ‘ The King ’ . |
| 29 | In 1909 he was appointed senior lecturer in inorganic and physical chemistry at the University of Manchester , where he succeeded W. H. Perkin [ q.v. ] as professor of organic chemistry in 1913 and became Sir Samuel Hall professor of inorganic and physical chemistry and director of the laboratories in 1922 , appointments which show his remarkable versatility . |
| 30 | Sir John Throckmorton , Chief Justice of Chester , was accused by the Privy Council of slackness and greed ; and in 1579 he was fined 1,000 marks in Star Chamber for forging a legal document . |