Example sentences of "[was/were] elect [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joan Kirner became the second woman to lead an Australian state government when she was elected Premier of Victoria , on Aug. 9 , by the state 's ruling Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) . |
| 2 | When he was elected Governor-General of Canada , Georges Vanier felt deeply inadequate for the heavy duties he had to face . |
| 3 | Pelham was elected chamberlain of Hull 30 September 1630 and sheriff of Hull in 1636 , becoming alderman in 1641 . |
| 4 | He acquired a considerable fortune and was noted for his philanthropy ; he was elected Member of Parliament for Bedford Town in 1768 . |
| 5 | In 1883 he was elected bailiff of Dursley and in 1893 was appointed a JP . |
| 6 | Fifteen MPs were appointed to the Committee , and Hall was elected chairman at its first meeting on 30th May . |
| 7 | At the Club 's AGM in January , Colin Reddick was elected Chairman for the year . |
| 8 | Professor Harry Kean , of Guy 's Hospital , a co-ordinator of yesterday 's meeting in London , was elected chairman of the federation . |
| 9 | Mr Cash is a leading Euro-sceptic , who was elected chairman of the Tory backbenchers ' European committee in a surprise coup last December . |
| 10 | The meeting was addressed by Charles Gallagher , who was elected chairman of the branch , and by David Bleakley , Charles Brett and Vivian Simpson of the NILP administrative council . |
| 11 | He was elected chairman of backbench smaller businesses committee , and was appointed as delegate to NATO , specialising in human rights . |
| 12 | After serving as a representative of the British Canoe Union on the Central Council of Physical Recreation , the largest federation of sport and recreation in the world , in 19877 he was elected Chairman of the Executive Committee . |
| 13 | He was in active practice for twenty-five years , and was elected chairman of the Board of Guardians in 1837 , serving for forty-eight years . |
| 14 | So I was elected chairman of the meeting in committee , which is where all the detailed discussion and drafting takes place . |
| 15 | After several ballots the former Moscow party secretary , Boris Yel'tsin , was elected chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet or de facto republican president on 29 May . |
| 16 | Applegarth had joined the International Working Men 's Association ( the First International ) in January 1865 , a few months after its foundation , and at the third congress in Brussels in June 1868 he was elected chairman of the general council . |
| 17 | In 1901 he became principal of Hackney College , Hampstead , and in 1905 he was elected chairman of the Congregational Union . |
| 18 | Cassirer was elected chairman of the Secession in 1912 and staged what probably was its most impressive exhibition in 1913 . |
| 19 | Lilov was elected chairman of the supreme council presidium . |
| 20 | On March 15 , at the closing Congress session , Anatoly Lukyanov ( hitherto First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet and thus de facto First Vice-President of the USSR — see p. 36660 ) was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet by 1,202 votes to 682 , defeating seven other candidates . |
| 21 | Later , Shakurulla Mirsaidov was elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) . |
| 22 | Popular Front deputy chairman Ivars Godmanis was elected Chairman of the Latvian Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) on May 7 . |
| 23 | Earlier , the Chamber of the People had elected Rudolf Battek ( Civic Forum ) as its Chairman , while Milan Sutovec ( PAV ) was elected Chairman of the Chamber of Nations . |
| 24 | Gyula Fetke was elected chairman of the Hungarian People 's Party on Jan 20 , 1990 . |
| 25 | In October 1989 Lennox Denoon was elected Chairman of the Tobago House of Assembly to replace Jeff Davidson , who had announced his resignation on Sept. 26 . |
| 26 | Lisbet Palme , widow of the assassinated Swedish Prime Minister , Olof Palme [ for whose murder in February 1986 see p. 34363 ] , was elected chairman of the UNICEF Executive Board in June 1990 . |
| 27 | Following worker demonstrations in 1970 he was elected chairman of the workshop strike committee and spent several days in detention . |
| 28 | In September he was elected chairman of a new National Co-ordinating Commission of Solidarity , set up by representatives of the regional organizations which had recently come into being . |
| 29 | At an extraordinary session of its Supreme Soviet on Sept. 18 , Byelorussia was renamed to become the Republic of Byelarus , and Stanislav Shushkevich was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet — de facto president of the republic — in succession to Nikolai Dementei [ for whose resignation , after supporting the August coup , see p. 38373 ] . |
| 30 | Martin Porubjak was elected chairman of the new party . |