Example sentences of "[coord] serve as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Haycock also played an active part in the political life of Shrewsbury , sitting on the council for thirty-four years , rising to become an alderman , and serving as mayor in 1842 . |
| 2 | Swiss researchers would also have been allowed to join programme committees and to serve as project leaders on individual projects . |
| 3 | He had served in France in the First World War , commanded West Point , and served as chief of staff of the army before his able leadership of the allied forces in the south-west Pacific from 1942 to 1945 . |
| 4 | Soon after the Second World War , in which he worked with ENSA ( or ‘ Every-Night-Something-Awful ’ , as he called it ) , he came to work for the music publishing firm of R. Smith and Co Ltd and served as editor of British Bandsman ( the brass band world 's leading newspaper since 1887 ) for 15 years . |
| 5 | He was active in the Baptist community and served as deacon of his chapel . |
| 6 | He was officially appointed on the following day , and served as Master until Christmas 1644 . |
| 7 | When , later in 1582 , Sir Humphrey Gilbert [ q.v. ] was preparing an American colonizing expedition , Clerke entered his service and served as master of his flagship , the Delight , first under William Winter and then Maurice Browne as captains , between June and August 1583 . |
| 8 | During the war he used his wealth to establish the Sir Frederick Milner Hostels for Deafened Soldiers , and served as Chairman . |
| 9 | He had been elected to the leadership of the former All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions in 1986 , and served as chairman of that body for three months prior to his election in July 1990 to the CPSU politburo and secretariat . |
| 10 | He was a university professor , ran his own engineering company , revived shipbuilding in British Columbia , was Adjutant-General of the Canadian Army , and served as secretary to the Governor-General of Canada . |
| 11 | She was one of the founders of the Women 's Trade Union Association in the East End in 1889 , and served as secretary until 1891 . |
| 12 | In 1738 De Lamerie moved to Gerrard Street and served as captain and later major in the Westminster volunteer association . |
| 13 | During the Second World War he worked in the production of aero-engine components and served as engineer officer with the Clevedon Fire Brigade . |
| 14 | He retained an interest in mineralogy and served as president of the Mineralogical Society 1888–91 . |
| 15 | He was enrolled as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1871 , and served as president of the Odontochirurgical Society of Scotland 1881–3 . |
| 16 | She was a keen member of Wath Women 's Institute and served as president and secretary . |
| 17 | Hiorne 's antiquarian leanings are reflected in his election as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1784 ; and like his father , who had been an alderman of Warwick and served as mayor in 1765–6 , he was also a prominent figure in the public life of his home town . |
| 18 | A firm believer that party politics has no place in local government , he was elected to represent Old Selkirk on the new regional council in 1974 as an independent , and served as vice-convener . |
| 19 | As Selwyn had been founded to commemorate the great Bishop of Melanesia it seemed appropriate that the college should make Melanesia its special interest and perhaps in time raise enough money to pay one of its own men to go out and serve as priest and educationist in that diocese of so many islands . |
| 20 | This is described as the de minimis and serves as confirmation that the vendor will not be troubled by small claims . |
| 21 | These also fall under the same HSA system and serve as referral hospitals for the defined area . |