Example sentences of "[was/were] appoint [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 In 1975 Anderson was appointed the first EEC delegate in Southern Africa , responsible for the EEC Commission 's relations with Botswana , Lesotho and Swaziland .
2 Admiral Sir David Luce was appointed the first tri-Service C-in-C , Far East , in November 1962 .
3 Giles was appointed the first Professor of Surgery at Leeds University in 1973 , and continued to occupy the Chair until his death .
4 Andrew Fuller was appointed the first secretary , and Reynold Hogg the treasurer , with Carey , Ryland and Sutcliff making up the rest of the executive committee .
5 He remained there until 1903 , when he was appointed the first , and only , director of the newly founded University of London Physiological Laboratory , established in the former Imperial Institute in South Kensington mainly as a result of Waller 's initiative .
6 The changes that were made for the Oval game took the number of England players used in the series to twenty-three and , as Cowdrey had to withdraw with a bruised foot , Graham Gooch was appointed the fourth captain of the series .
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