Example sentences of "[num] [pron] be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In 1884 he was made honorary LLD at Edinburgh University and an honorary member of the Medico-Legal Society of New York . |
| 32 | In 1962 he was appointed clinical subdean and played a major part in revising the medical curriculum . |
| 33 | In 1902 he was appointed associate professor of railway engineering at the University of Liverpool , and from 1908 to 1915 he acted as chairman of the faculty of engineering . |
| 34 | In 1872 he served briefly on Birmingham town council , being elected to fill a casual vacancy in October only to be defeated at the municipal elections a month later , but by this time it was apparent that he was a talented organizer and in 1873 he was appointed full-time secretary of the Birmingham Liberal Association in succession to William Harris . |
| 35 | In 1976 he was made private secretary to Cardinal Hume and in 1982 he was made a Vicar General of the Archdiocese with special responsibility for priests . |
| 36 | Ten I 'm bid this time . |
| 37 | In 1978 he was appointed Assistant Treasurer of the P&O Group Treasury , becoming Treasury Manager three years later . |
| 38 | In 1912 he was appointed honorary chaplain to George V , having organized bonfire celebrations for Queen Victoria 's jubilees and the king 's coronation . |
| 39 | He received nine honorary degrees and in 1914 he was appointed honorary GCVO . |
| 40 | In 1858 he was appointed resident engineer under Brunel of the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway , which was to involve a ferry crossing of the river Severn . |
| 41 | ( iii ) In respect of count 1 it was submitted that section 2(1) did not apply to the facts of this case ; in particular it was submitted that in order to contravene section 1(1) and therefore in turn section 2(1) it was necessary to establish that the offender had used one computer with intent to secure unauthorised access into another computer . |
| 42 | In respect of count 1 it was submitted that section 2(1) did not apply to the facts of this case and it was particularly submitted that in order to contravene section 1(1) , and therefore in turn section 2(1) , it was necessary to establish that the offender had used one computer with intent to secure unauthorised access into another computer . |
| 43 | On Oct. 16 it was announced that work had begun to erect 40 mobile homes at Givat Hamatos in southern Jerusalem . |
| 44 | ( On June 27 it was reported that extradition proceedings were being prepared against Todorov . ) |
| 45 | In 1987 he was appointed Managing Director of Rhenania Transport GmbH in Mannheim , a position which he will continue to hold . |
| 46 | In 1987 he was appointed managing director of Guinness Brewing Worldwide . |
| 47 | In 1844 it was reported that College graduates had gone to South Africa , South America , Egypt and Australia . |
| 48 | On Oct. 8 it was announced that agreement had been reached on the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Poland , thus paving the way for a treaty between the two countries . |
| 49 | At the Russian Supreme Soviet session on Feb. 13 it was announced that responsibility for farm reform would be taken on by Russian Vice-President Aleksandr Rutskoi , whose public criticism of Yeltsin 's economic reform had become increasingly sharp over previous weeks . |
| 50 | Her husband had been serving in the British Merchant Navy on the Russian Convoy run but after 1943 he was receiving psychiatric treatment in Shropshire somewhere for his nerves . |
| 51 | In 1893 he was appointed honorary canon of Carlisle Cathedral and five years later declined the bishopric of Madagascar . |
| 52 | He received an honorary LLD at Birmingham and St Andrews ; on retirement in 1935 he was made emeritus professor at Manchester . |
| 53 | In 1891 he was appointed resident surgeon at Ballarat hospital . |
| 54 | Twenty I 'm bid this time , any advance on twenty pound ? |
| 55 | The government had originally announced on Feb. 14 that the election would be held on March 28-29 ; on March 28 it was announced that polling would be extended for a further day on account of heavy rains which had led to voters being discouraged by transport difficulties . |
| 56 | In October 1900 he was elected Liberal MP for W. E. Gladstone 's old seat of Midlothian , which he held until 1906 . |
| 57 | In July 1942 he was appointed technical adviser to the controller of light industries in Palestine . |
| 58 | In 1880 he was elected Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire and he held the seat for the next fourteen years . |
| 59 | Although it is unlikely that Members will be asked to vote on conversion until some time in 1989 I am writing this letter to give an early indication of the main reasons for the recommendation . |
| 60 | At the age of 34 I was appointed Chief Executive of Warwickshire County Council , an organisation with 16,000 staff and a budget of £250 million . |