Example sentences of "[noun prp] serve as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A keen supporter of colonial projects , Erle served as governor of the Dorchester New England Company . |
| 2 | The late Earl Spencer served as equerry to both King George Vl and the present Queen . |
| 3 | This outstanding man had been seconded from the Royal Welch Fusiliers to serve as Consul at Adana in Turkey , where he behaved with courage and firmness during the Armenian massacres , rescuing several hundred people before he himself was wounded as he rode round the town . |
| 4 | His latest film Peter 's Friends is due out this week with Branagh serving as producer , director and star . |
| 5 | A strong Chamorro nationalist , Bordallo served as governor in 1975-79 and in 1983-87 and was the major force behind the Guam Commonwealth Bill which proposed to upgrade Guam 's status from an unincorporated US territory and give the island greater autonomy [ see also below ] . |
| 6 | On June 28 it was announced that Carlo Ripa De Meana , EC Commissioner responsible for the environment , nuclear safety and civil protection , was being recalled to Italy to serve as Environment Minister in the government of Giuliano Amato [ see p. 38978 ] . |
| 7 | Jones served as Deputy Team Manager for four years and took over from Mike Turner in 1989 . |
| 8 | Zenith also said it sold 500,000 shares of newly issued common to institutional investors for whom Crabbe Huson Co of Portland , Oregon serves as investment advisor . |
| 9 | The unease was heightened by reports of bellicose pronouncements or writings ( as when the Tehran daily Kayhan printed an editorial advocating the aerial bombing of Arab ports on the Gulf serving as transit points for munitions destined for Iraq ) . |
| 10 | From 1689 Isaac served as lecturer in Hebrew at Magdalen College , Oxford , a position he held until his death ten years later . |
| 11 | Between 1651 and 1653 Worsley served as secretary to the commissioners in Ireland and commissioner-general for the revenue , and then , having failed to be selected to join the embassy to Sweden , he returned to Ireland as surveyor-general of forfeited estates . |
| 12 | Prior to his new appointment , which began 5 June , Mr Jayaweera served as Consultant to the Sri Lankan President , Ranasinghe Premadasa . |
| 13 | From 1959 to 1961 Hayman served as Counsellor in Baghdad , and was then assigned to another public relations post as director-general of British Information Services , New York . |