Example sentences of "his [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | In certain rites and ceremonies the Phoenix Guard attend the Phoenix King , most notably when he is chosen and enters the flame eternal in the shrine to mark his rebirth as the new king . |
| 2 | Indeed , his reign was hailed by his contemporaries as a ‘ sun emperorship ’ , and Sol Invictus figured everywhere — including the imperial banners and the coinage of the realm . |
| 3 | A lively and energetic character , enjoying publicity and recognized by his contemporaries as a ‘ personality ’ , Eckersley did more than any other person to lay the technical foundation of broadcasting in Britain . |
| 4 | He sees his university as an embryo of the future . |
| 5 | One engineer uses his truck as an illegal taxi , known as a ‘ proceso 500 , ’ and earns 80,000 Kwanza , To stem the flow of MPLA party workers , state employees , and professionals to the private sector and foreign aid groups , the government introduced a system of cards , lettered A , B or C , which provide bearers with privileged access to imported goods . |
| 6 | He serrated the air with his sword and used his shield as a wall and a battering-ram . |
| 7 | You ca n't aspire to that degree of quality , but Peter Kirsten , who was my schoolboy hero , … well I think I can get to his level as a fieldsman and , perhaps , batsman . ’ |
| 8 | The meeting at Chevening , the Kent home taken from Sir Geoffrey Howe and handed to his successor as Foreign Secretary , John Major , was also a stock-taking exercise . |
| 9 | A draft consultative document approved by Lord Young of Graffham will go before his successor as secretary of state , Nicholas Ridley . |
| 10 | But he has little hesitation in declaring that his successor as chairman of Esso has done a better job than he was able to achieve . |
| 11 | He described the Cabinet as split between ‘ bitterly opposed factions ’ led by Mr Hurd on one side and his successor as Home Secretary , Mr David Waddington , on the other . |
| 12 | Richard Baxter appointed Mr. Baldwin his successor as pastor of the believers in Kidderminster . |
| 13 | Richard Baxter appointed Mr. Baldwin his successor as pastor of the believers in Kidderminster . |
| 14 | In 1860 , the last bishop to wear his wig to the House of Lords died , and his successor as Bishop of Rochester , Dr Joseph Wigram , sharply criticised the wearing of beards and moustaches by the clergy . |
| 15 | Sole would not be tempted to suggest who might be his successor as his country 's captain . |
| 16 | Only a few pages of the funeral sermon preached by John Buckeridge , his successor as Bishop of Ely , deal with Andrewes himself . |
| 17 | Hoving 's wide-eyed devotion to Ted Rousseau , the curator of European paintings whose playboy antics and debonair charm masked his mediocre acquisition record , contrasts with his dismissive and sour remarks concerning his successor as director , Philippe de Montebello ( ‘ No one on the museum was more self-assured ’ , notes Hoving , ‘ But Ted Rousseau was convinced he had no eye ’ ) . |
| 18 | Only make the right wing strong ’ ) , and his successor as Chief of Staff , General Helmuth von Moltke , while broadly adopting Schlieffen 's plan , had already fatally modified it through timidity . |
| 19 | Three months ago , when Brian Mulroney announced his intention to retire after more than eight years as prime minister , it looked virtually certain that his successor as Conservative leader would be the bright and effervescent minister of defence , Kim Campbell . |
| 20 | His successor as king of England , Henry VI , was not yet a year old . |
| 21 | It is probable that his last act as archbishop was to consecrate as his successor as bishop of Lichfield , Ealdwulf , who witnesses as bishop from c . |
| 22 | His successor as curator , Arthur T. Bolton [ q.v. ] , claimed that ‘ it is no disrespect to his distinguished predecessors in that office to assert that he was the best curator that ever held that position of trust ’ , an opinion that was shared by ( Sir ) John Summerson , who succeeded Bolton . |
| 23 | With Sir Thomas Cooke , his successor as governor , Herne appears to have been party to some extremely shady deals to break up the opposition group in 1693–4 , and to have engaged in bribery to help secure a new charter for the company in 1694 ; all this brought a parliamentary storm on his head in the spring of 1696 . |
| 24 | Kekulé died in 1896 , loaded with honours , and Richard Anschütz , his successor as professor of chemistry at the University of Bonn , undertook a comprehensive biography . |
| 25 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 26 | His successor as Director of Transport Division has been named as Chris Loughlin , currently Counsellor , Atomic Energy in Tokyo , a post he has held since June 1990 . |
| 27 | Mr Thomas Rideout , his successor as Conservative premier , called a snap election for April 20th and distanced himself from the Peckford follies . |
| 28 | His successor as landlord , James ( possibly a relation of John ) decided to rename the Alma the Jubilee Hotel , but in 1878 John Wharlton converted it back into The Alma Hotel . |
| 29 | His contribution can not be understated and he did sign Gough , Mark Hateley and , most importantly of all , his successor as manager Walter Smith . |
| 30 | Demands for his resignation as party leader were loud . |