Example sentences of "[pron] served as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After pulling on her clothes , she headed downstairs for the perfunctory glass of orange-juice which served as breakfast . |
| 2 | Organised by the same curator as the Bagatelle exhibition , Solange Auzias de Turenne , ‘ Moore Intime ’ features a life-size reconstruction of rooms from Moore 's house , ‘ Hoglands ’ , complete with contents down to the books in the same order as the artist left them in the bookcases , and items from his art collection which served as inspiration for his work . |
| 3 | In the large marquee which served as Company Office and Company Stores combined , a line of wretched riflemen in dripping ground sheets sat bare footed waiting to display a fine collection of blisters . |
| 4 | Firstly , what was the precise nature of the Allied policy which served as guidance in coming to this decision ? |
| 5 | She led the way to a room at the back which served as living room and kitchen , chattering non stop . |
| 6 | Our ship was Viking , a standard forty five foot Admiralty motor fishing vessel which served as training ship for the Stornoway Sea Cadets . |
| 7 | In November 1859 she served as secretary to the newly founded National Association for the Promotion of Social Science 's committee to consider new channels of employment for women . |
| 8 | She served as president of the geographical section of the British Association in 1922 . |
| 9 | The Very Revd Dr J. Fraser McLuskey , M.C. , who served as chaplain to the 1st Regiment , summed up its quality in his book Parachute Padre : ‘ It does n't take long to sense the atmosphere of a strange Mess . |
| 10 | Confusingly , it was another Richard Hutchinson , of the City and later of Stepney , who was co-treasurer for sick and wounded soldiers , widows , and orphans from 1643 to 1660 and a judge for imprisoned debtors in 1653–4 , and who served as co-paymaster of the navy under the treasurers in 1688–71 , appearing in the latter part of Pepys 's diary . |
| 11 | , Alexander Thomas Emeric ( 1792–1863 ) , hydrographer , was born in 1792 , the youngest of the three sons ( there was also a daughter ) of Emeric Vidal , a naval officer who served as secretary to three distinguished admirals , Sir Robert Kingsmill , Sir John Ross , and Robert Duff [ qq.v. ] , and his wife Jane Essex . |
| 12 | On the base they are inscribed with the name of a former owner , Silius , who served as legate of Upper Germany between A.D. 14 and A.D. 21 . |
| 13 | Gee succeeded Jonathon Porritt , who served as director until 1990 . |
| 14 | Former LDP Cabinet Minister Toshiyuki Inamura , who served as Director-General of the Environment Agency in 1986-87 , resigned from the party on Dec. 26 , a day before he was indicted on charges of tax evasion . |
| 15 | During the 1650s he served as master of the Clothworkers ' Company and an assistant of the Levant Company . |
| 16 | During the years between 1901 and 1910 he served as commissioner in Nanking and Hangkow and as chief secretary at the inspectorate-general , Peking . |
| 17 | Diplomatic service : After Luxembourg he served as ambassador to Syria and Saudi Arabia . |
| 18 | He served as editor of The Times while unable to type , as chairman of the Arts Council while unable to drive , and was appointed to the Broadcasting Standards Council unaware that one of Britain 's most popular television shows was named Jim 'll Fix It ( ‘ Who 's Jim ? ’ he once asked ) . |
| 19 | He served as Deputy Lieutenant of Midlothian , and then of the City of Edinburgh , from 1956 to 1984 . |
| 20 | For twenty years he served as second-in-command to his father . |
| 21 | At home he was a staunch supporter of the BDDA which he served as Chairman of the Further Education and Youth Committee for many years , before being elected a Grand Councillor and later awarded a medal of honour . |
| 22 | As a notary , he followed William Courtenay [ q.v. ] , bishop of Hereford ( 1369–75 ) , to London ( 1375–81 ) , where he recorded the controversial ‘ confession ’ of the rebel John Ball [ q.v. ] , and to Canterbury , where he served as registrar of the provincial court , 19 February 1382–18 November 1384 , and thereafter as secretary , trusted adjutant , and friend for life . |
| 23 | Their only child , Sean , was to lead a varied career in which he served as chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army , minister for external affairs of the Irish Republic , and United Nations commissioner for Namibia . |
| 24 | Engholm was described by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung as the " political grandson " of former Chancellor Willy Brandt and by the Economist as a follower of the " pragmatic brand of social democracy " espoused by former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt , under whom he served as Education Minister until 1982 . |
| 25 | During Richard II 's two Irish expeditions ( 1394–5 and 1399 ) , he served as attorney in England for many leading participants . |
| 26 | Despite his aspirations to poetry , he became better-known as a prose writer in his minutes and despatches as a statesman , for ‘ Owen Meredith ’ , better known to history as Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton , first Earl of Lytton ( 1831–91 ) , became a distinguished diplomat , the climax of his career coming in 1876–80 when he served as Viceroy of India and in that capacity proclaimed Queen Victoria as Empress at Delhi in 1877 . |
| 27 | A Bundestag member from 1949 to 1983 , during the CDU/CSU/SPD " grand coalition " ( 1966-69 ) he served as Minister for All-German Affairs . |
| 28 | After his ordination in 1740 he served as curate at Llandeilo Abercywyn , but he could not resist the urge to preach in the Methodist way far outside his curacy , a practice Jones severely criticized : ‘ it is the cry of the crowd that he will be governed by . ’ |
| 29 | Appointed consul-general in Madrid in 1787 , he served as chargé d'affaires before leaving Spain in 1796 . |
| 30 | There his reputation as an administrator and expository bibliographer increased with the publication of reports and papers on the library and its educational role , and with his contributions to the south Wales press , the Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society , which he served as treasurer ( 1910–24 ) , and Y Cymmrodor . |