Example sentences of "[noun prp] resigned from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July 1968 , O'Leary resigned from the chair because , he said , he had ‘ become the target of agents of the establishment and their many Judases ’ . |
| 2 | Gould resigned from the service of the Zoological Society but agreed to act as a ‘ corresponding Member ’ , so that his letters and discoveries could be read aloud at the meetings and published in the proceedings . |
| 3 | After repeated attempts to bring the shadow Cabinet around to his opposition to the ‘ permanent deflation and lack of democracy ’ implied in the Maastricht Treaty , Mr Gould resigned from the shadow Cabinet on 27 September 1992 , saying that his wish to speak out on the Maastricht Treaty was incompatible with the burden of collective responsibility , and claiming that over one hundred Labour MPs supported his position . |
| 4 | The Labour MP Bryan Gould resigned from the Shadow Cabinet as the Labour Party 's National Heritage spokesman on Sept. 27 following differences over the party 's policy on Europe . |
| 5 | Even the royal family changed its name to Windsor and Prince Louis of Battenberg resigned from the Admiralty as a result of this climate of thought . |
| 6 | At an FDP congress in Neuchâtel on March 31-April 1 , 1990 , Bruno Hunziker resigned from the post of president which he had held since 1984 [ see p. 32998 ] and was replaced by Franz Steinegger . |
| 7 | On Feb. 14 Labour MP Clare Short resigned from the opposition front bench after criticizing her party 's support for the allied bombing campaign . |
| 8 | A top advisory body to China 's communist party met on Friday , one day after senior leader Deng Xiaoping resigned from the party military commission , defying speculation of a further shake-up in the leadership . |
| 9 | Former Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov resigned from the party 's presidium at the end of August , and left for London in early September . |
| 10 | On March 31 Mikis Theodorakis resigned from the government , leaving the ruling New Democracy party with a one-seat majority ; the National Economy Minister , Epthymios Christodoulou , had left his post on Feb. 10 to head the Bank of Greece , and was replaced by Stefanos Manos . |
| 11 | Cecil resigned from the Cabinet and ever since has been playing to full houses when he addresses the Tory faithful . |
| 12 | This lacuna has been made worse by the ILO 's lack of jurisdiction to examine South African labour legislation since South Africa resigned from the Organisation in 1964 . |
| 13 | Quelch resigned from the editorship in 1889 in order to work full-time for the New Unionism , but returned to the editor 's chair in 1891 and remained editor until his death . |
| 14 | Vines resigned from the College in 1838 , setting up private practice at 13 Great College Street , the third house up from the College . |
| 15 | On 28 February Sjahrir resigned from the premiership : but Sukarno and he needed each other , even if they suspected each other : on 2 March he was back as Premier . |
| 16 | There was a lot of emotive talk about the UK 's only helicopter company selling out to the Americans , but in the event the Sikorsky-Fiat minority involvement won the day and Heseltine resigned from the government . |
| 17 | Henderson resigned from the Government the next day . |
| 18 | Why Sandra Riverton resigned from the company I 've no idea . |
| 19 | Initially a member of the Christian Democratic Party and elected the youngest Congressional deputy in 1974 at the age of 26 , Marianella resigned from the party in September 1979 on the grounds that the Christian Democrats were not serious about the denunciation and investigation of human rights violations . |
| 20 | At the meeting Berghofer resigned from the party along with 39 other members . |
| 21 | Joseph Chamberlain resigned from the Cabinet and from active politics in 1903 after a serious accident . |
| 22 | Although Jones resigned from the Cabinet in the same month , the precise orientation of the TNP in January 1991 was far from clear . |
| 23 | Rigby resigned from the army in August 1867 with the rank of major-general . |
| 24 | Yury Prokofyev , leader of the Moscow party organization , and Shenin resigned from the politburo on Aug. 22 , in protest against its lack of support for the SCSE . |
| 25 | Mr Chittenden resigned from the post of Chester 's town crier last year . |
| 26 | Some like McGovern and Wallhead were opposed to collaboration with the Communists on principle ; rather than accept the United Front , Wallhead resigned from the Party . |
| 27 | After Carson resigned from the government in November 1915 he became the acknowledged leader of the hardliners , organized in the Unionist War Committee . |
| 28 | But pacifism did not convert itself into an electorally oriented party and its position in the Labour Party was seriously eroded when George Lansbury resigned from the party leadership in 1935 ( see below , pp. 163 — 72 ) . |
| 29 | Now Brian Faulkner resigned from the cabinet over what he saw as O'Neill 's capitulation to British pressure . |
| 30 | Unhappy , Mr Afman resigned from the bank in July 1988 , though he was retained as a consultant until the end of last year . |