Example sentences of "[prep] [be] appointed [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tadeusz Stanski was elected chair of the Polish Independence Party ( PPN ) on March 7 in place of Romuald Szeremietiew who had resigned upon being appointed Deputy Defence Minister . |
| 2 | He studied further at Aberdeen , Glasgow , and Berlin before being appointed lecturer in history and economics at Rhodes University College , Grahamstown , in 1911 . |
| 3 | In the 1960s he worked for several years in industry , including a period as Chief Architect at Camus , before being appointed Head of the Architectural Division at the National Building Agency . |
| 4 | Mr Reed rose quickly through the bank , becoming an assistant director in 1976 and a director in 1979 , before being appointed head of the corporate finance department in 1984 . |
| 5 | For two years he taught at a preparatory school in Reigate , before being appointed head of the English department at Stowe by the school 's headmaster , J. F. Roxburgh [ q.v . ] . |
| 6 | A noted soldier and astronomer , he served in the army under the Duke of Wellington before being appointed Governor of New South Wales . |
| 7 | Later he held managerial posts in Alloa , Edinburgh Davidson 's Mains , Kilmarnock and Edinburgh West End Office before being appointed Area Manager for Edinburgh Branches in 1985 . |
| 8 | Behind them is David Mellor , soon to be appointed Minister for Fun — and later to be dubbed Figure of Fun for his fling with actress Antonia de Sancha . |
| 9 | In the main changes , Nohemí Sanín Posada de Rubio ( PSC ) , formerly ambassador to Venezuela , became the first woman to be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs ( replacing Luís Fernando Jaramillo Correa , who became permanent representative at the UN ) ; Jorge Ospina Sardi ( NFD ) , the former National Planning Director , became Minister of Economic Development , replacing Ernesto Samper Pizano ( PL ) , who was switched to the newly created Ministry of Foreign Trade ; Alfonso López Caballero ( PL ) , formerly ambassador to France , was given Agriculture ; Carlos Holmes Trujillo García ( PL ) , mayor of Calí , became Minister of Education ; Mauricio Vargas Linares ( PL ) , the president 's media adviser , took over at the Ministry of Communications ; and Juan Camilo Restrepo was given Mines and Energy . |
| 10 | At the Court of Wards the Tooke family were making the office of auditor hereditary in the last years of Elizabeth , but it was still possible for an active reformer like John Hare to be appointed Clerk ; inexperienced men began to be appointed to offices in this court under James . |
| 11 | He remains the only deaf person in Britain ever to be appointed headmaster of a deaf school by a local education authority . |
| 12 | Sir Francis Walsingham , Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth , though himself a Puritan , was so impressed with Andrewes ' abilities , which he considered would be wasted in a country parish , that he caused him to be appointed Vicar of St Giles-without-Cripplegate in London , and at the same time prebend of St Paul 's Cathedral and chaplain both to the Queen and to the Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 13 | Mr Patient , who will take up his post in January , is the first UK representative on the IAPC to be appointed chairman . |
| 14 | Concern was also expressed in some quarters when it became known that Christopher Ball was to be appointed Chairman of the Board , on the grounds that as head of an Oxford College he would not appear to have the intimate knowledge of the further education system that such a post requires . |
| 15 | ‘ It seems Ebert 's to be appointed General . |
| 16 | If the Attorney-General ( Sir Richard Webster ) took the post , Clarke would have to be appointed Attorney-General . |
| 17 | Director Freddie Shepherd , meanwhile , has denied reports that he plans to sell his 7pc shareholding to chairman Sir John Hall and is expected to be appointed vice-chairman . |
| 18 | Rev Stan McKay is the first Native Canadian to be appointed Moderator of The United Church of Canada . |
| 19 | Rev Stan McKay is the first Native Canadian to be appointed Moderator of The United Church of Canada . |
| 20 | He traced Maldom Bada 's dissent back to March 1991 when he declined to give up the post of MPS vice-president on being appointed Minister of the Interior . |
| 21 | Guy Storrs , the medical officer of Bedford No. 1 district , was to join Griffiths on being appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Bedford . |
| 22 | Sutton abandoned the church on being appointed secretary to the embassy at Vienna in 1697 . |
| 23 | In January 1989 Bernard Quinn ceased to be editor on being appointed Director of Information Services . |
| 24 | Louis Gerstner finally made his own first major move since being appointed chairman and chief executive of IBM Corp , going outside the company again for a key executive and tapping Jerome York from Chrysler Corp to be his new chief financial officer . |
| 25 | Louis Gerstner finally made his own first major move since being appointed chairman and chief executive of IBM Corp , going outside the company again for a key executive and tapping Jerome York from Chrysler Corp to be his new chief financial officer . |
| 26 | In her first full interview since being appointed Health Secretary , she said the election result , and Mr Major 's unequivocal commitment to the NHS , had finally ‘ nailed the lie ’ about privatisation of health care . |
| 27 | The international singer songwriter said he was ‘ flattered and honoured ’ at being appointed President of the club Board . |
| 28 | ‘ He wanted to consolidate his position within the company by being appointed head of the UK operation . |
| 29 | MICHAEL Heseltine was rewarded yesterday for four weeks of dynamic and effective campaigning by being appointed Trade and Industry Secretary , the Cabinet job he has long coveted . |