Example sentences of "and was appoint [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She joined the company aged twenty-nine and was appointed US president in 1987 . |
2 | He qualified at the College in 1824 , being rather older than most of the students , and was appointed demonstrator in anatomy by Coleman . |
3 | He volunteered for duty and was appointed Quarter Master General in charge of the British army stores at Montreal . |
4 | He was re-elected to Parliament in 1892 , as member for North Bedfordshire , and was appointed under-secretary for India and then , in 1894 , under-secretary in the home department . |
5 | Stefani retained his politburo membership and was appointed Chairman of the State Control Commission , in place of Manush Myftiu who also lost his post as Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers . |
6 | On retiring from the post he became a life peer and was appointed deputy leader of the Labour Party in the Lords in 1982 , an office he relinquished only two years ago , |
7 | He was elected a director of the rapidly expanding Company in 1767 , and was appointed deputy chairman the following year . |
8 | Paul Lawson from Melbourne had worked with Oz in Sydney and he automatically came round , and was appointed deputy editor . |
9 | He became a life peer when he retired from that post and was appointed deputy leader of the Labour Party in the Lords in 1982 , an office he relinquished only two years ago . |
10 | Hayman concluded his career as High Commissioner in Canada , and was appointed KCMG in 1971 . |
11 | In 1981 he moved to programmes and planning , helping to coordinate Harwell 's programmes , while still maintaining contacts with the European Commission and DTI officials , and was appointed head of research planning and information services in 1983 . |
12 | He returned to the School in December 1945 and was appointed Head of Department in 1952 on the death of Mr. Paine , with whom he had pioneered oral methods of teaching French back in the 1930s . |
13 | Alvaro Cunhal , 79 , resigned on Dec. 4 after 32 years as secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party and was appointed head of the party 's new national council ; Carlos Carvalhas was elected as his successor . |
14 | Baker retired in the same year and was appointed CB . |
15 | Shortly afterwards , Harrison was recalled to Rochester Row and was appointed Adviser in VD to the War Office . |
16 | A Mr. Tremlett transferred from the police and was appointed Inspector covering the Penge area lines , a task which he performed efficiently throughout the life of the trams . |
17 | [ Then ] he was removed and was appointed Mufti in the city of Constantinople in 870/1465–6 after Molla Fahreddin Acemi . |
18 | ( Graeme Clark has been a Baptist minister for the last ten years and was appointed Executive Director of Glasgow City Mission in May 1992 . |
19 | She had been born into the Normandy nobility , had connections at Court , and was appointed reader to the Empress Eugenie . |
20 | After Edward III 's death Herland was regranted the pesage of wools at Queenborough , and in 1378 received also the pesage at Sandwich and was appointed carpenter and controller of works at Rochester Castle . |
21 | The firm is one of the oldest holders of a royal warrant in existence , and was appointed pianoforte manufacturer to King George II . |
22 | Mr Dignum , 52 , has been group financial director since 1988 and was appointed finance director of the stores in January . |
23 | Equally uncertain is the length of his stay in Egypt : Ibn Hajar , followed by Taskopruzade , says only that " he returned to Rum and was appointed kadi of Bursa " , which post , as will be shown below , he held for the first time probably from about 795/1392–3 to about 805/1402–3 . |
24 | Diminutive Mr Moynihan , now 36 , became an MP in 1983 and was appointed sports minister in 1987 . |
25 | Maginn applied and was appointed missioner to the " Missions to the Adult Deaf and Dumb of Ireland " , with special responsibility for Belfast and Cork . |
26 | He was surveyor ( 1712 ) to the Mersey and Irwell navigation and was appointed engineer when work began in 1721 to make these rivers navigable from Warrington to Manchester . |
27 | In the 1914–1918 War , he was largely responsible for reactivating the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , and was appointed Commander of the Clyde Division , rising to Commodore in 1921 before retiring in 1927 . |
28 | Sir Michael became Chemicals Coordinator in 1976 , and was appointed director for North America in 1979 , also becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Unilever United States Inc . |