Example sentences of "[adj] was appoint [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony Greener was appointed chairman of Guinness PLC in January 1993 , after being chief executive from January 1992 . |
| 2 | From 1708 he was the City mason , and in 1720 was appointed master mason to Westminster Abbey . |
| 3 | Then in 1870 he moved to London to a post as an articled clerk , and in 1877 was appointed librarian of the Incorporated Law Society . |
| 4 | Since then he has operated from various locations and in 1979 was appointed barley buyer for the north of England , based at Knapton . |
| 5 | He applied unsuccessfully for the chair of technology at Edinburgh , and in 1862 was appointed keeper of minerals to the Royal Dublin Society , His meteorological output was confined to the translation of Dove 's book but in 1866 he was approached by his intimate friend ( Sir ) Edward Sabine [ q.v. ] , then at the height of his influence as president of the Royal Society and prospective chairman of the new meteorological committee , and was offered the directorship of the Meteorological Office . |
| 6 | He was knighted in 1915 , and in 1917 was appointed KCB . |
| 7 | In 1951 he received the Godman Salvin medal of the British Ornithologists ' Union , and in 1957 was appointed CBE for services to ornithology . |
| 8 | Though neither Taskopruzade nor Mecdi gives a death date in the article on Fahreddin Acemi , Mecdi mentions in his article on Molla " Abd al-Karim ( Abdulkerim ) that the latter was appointed Mufti in Constantinople in 870/1465–6 after Fahreddin Acemi . |
| 9 | But another historian calls him one of James II 's ‘ Whig collaborators ’ : he avoided Monmouth 's rebellion , distrained on three rebel tenants , and in 1688 was appointed JP and nominated by James 's electoral agents . |
| 10 | Richards entered the Royal Navy in 1832 and in 1835 was appointed midshipman in the survey ship Sulphur , serving in the Pacific under Captain ( Sir ) Edward Belcher [ q.v . ] . |
| 11 | He became involved in Whig politics and in 1680 was appointed trustee of the estate of Anthony Ashley Cooper , first Earl of Shaftesbury [ q.v . ] . |
| 12 | He exercised increasing influence over the College and in 1860 was appointed delegate protector . |
| 13 | In 1836 , Hunt had produced , single-handed , a detailed estimate of the cost of the Houses of Parliament for Sir Charles Barry , and on Barry 's recommendation in April 1841 was appointed Surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey . |
| 14 | Martha Lovelace became a maid of honour to Queen Caroline in 1732 and in 1756 was appointed housekeeper of Windsor Castle . |
| 15 | It is likely that he was the John Benet of London , clerk , who in 1443 was appointed master of the six choristers of St Anthony 's Hospital in the City of London . |
| 16 | Bernard , count of Barcelona , the most obvious beneficiary of the disputes , in 829 was appointed chamberlain , a post that involved close collaboration with the queen . |