Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later that month , the former Rangers and Scotland forward Andy Cunningham was appointed manager of Newcastle and although he had played alongside Gallacher in the Scotland team a few years before , there was no great bond between the two . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , Abd al-Basit Sabdrat was appointed Minister of Education and Abdullah Muhammed Ahmed , his predecessor , became Minister of Culture and Information . |
| 3 | There is a possibility , therefore , that Ealhfrith lost his life in a rebellion against his father while Wilfrid was receiving consecration in Gaul . |
| 4 | Sarup Singh was appointed Governor of Kerala on Jan. 31 , 1990 , replacing Ram Dulari Sinha who had been appointed to the post in February 1988 [ see p. 36028 ] . |
| 5 | Within a few weeks Richard was loading Marshal with honours , lands and responsibility and an incident such as this , combining skill at arms with sound political common sense , could well have impressed him . |
| 6 | Gen. Shaposhnikov was appointed Minister of Defence , replacing Gen. Moiseyev , whose former position as Chief of General Staff went to Gen. Vladimir Lobov , a known reformer ; Grachev was made Deputy Defence Minister . |
| 7 | In 1624 Scott was elected MP for Canterbury in a fierce campaign inflamed by anti-Catholicism . |
| 8 | There were no other candidates and Scott was appointed director in January 1867 . |
| 9 | This would help to protect the dollar at a time when the United States was experiencing balance of payments problems . |
| 10 | At the same time José Carlos Moco was appointed Minister for Youth and Sports . |
| 11 | Claudio Strinati was named Soprintendente for Rome 's artistic and historic heritage in September last year . |
| 12 | Balliol was crowned king at Scone six weeks later and then marched to Galloway to rally the support which the men of that region had traditionally shown to the Balliol family . |
| 13 | The immediate reason for the outbreak of war was the French king 's confiscation of the Duchy of Aquitaine on the ground that Edward was harbouring Robert of Artois , a rebellious vassal of the French king who had fled to England in 1336 after being condemned as a traitor . |
| 14 | I. Kalinichenko was appointed Commander-in-Chief of border troops . |
| 15 | George Grosz was set designer for Hasek 's Schweik , which Piscator produced in 1928 . |
| 16 | In 1928 , when Cosmo Lang was made Archbishop of Canterbury and went for his first royal audience , the King remarked that he hoped he would stop the clergy wearing moustaches . |
| 17 | There was a scene in which Ken was playing chess with Andrew Ray . |
| 18 | Lord Hailsham was appointed Minister of Education . |
| 19 | The Ruthvens increased steadily in importance through the 15th and 16th centuries , reaching the summit of their ambitions in 1581 when the fourth Lord Ruthven was created Earl of Gowrie . |
| 20 | The Earl of Warwick was made Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire for life , and Arundel Sheriff of Shropshire for life , a sign than his reconciliation with the king was now complete . |
| 21 | In 1364 Hugh was granted wages of 8d. a day when working at Westminster . |
| 22 | Putting this principle into operation was to prove more difficult and contentious than may have been foreseen , and it was to be several more years before the CNAA was to consider changes in practice and begin consultations towards a new balance of ‘ minimum of control ’ with the duties imposed by the Charter . |
| 23 | In the aftermath of this triumph , in May 1963 , Sukarno was elected President For Life by the People 's Consultative Congress which had replaced parliament . |
| 24 | ‘ For example they could be told that Nestle was offering 11p per litre for a year 's lease . |
| 25 | Payne was appointed canon of Christ Church in 1638 , and in November 1642 , in Royalist Oxford , he was made DD . |
| 26 | Marc Jeffrey was studying Philosophy at University . |
| 27 | A POMEROY man found in possession of a vehicle test certificate and two insurance certificates stolen in England was fined £140 at Cookstown Magistrates Court yesterday . |
| 28 | Maggie was kneading currants through dough in a glass bowl on the sideboard , as absorbed in the kneading as if all of her life were passing through the pale dough . |
| 29 | Professor Slavin estimates that Sir Ralph Sadler was receiving £600 from fees and gratuities in connection with his work in Chancery , £900–£1,000 from the Secretaryship and the Signet . |
| 30 | Rain was falling in London , where Sir David Attenborough was launching Water for Wildlife , a two-year campaign by the society . |