Example sentences of "he [was/were] promoted to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was promoted to the rank of Captain and a desk at the Admiralty offices in Whitehall , which meant an end to the family 's wanderings and a large apartment in a turreted neo-gothic building overlooking the Thames in London 's legal district . |
| 2 | He was promoted to the post of Assistant Director in April of this year . |
| 3 | In 1813 , however , he succeeded James Wyatt as architect to the Middlesex Hospital , holding the post until 1829 , and he also made some further progress in the Office of Works : in 1818 he was promoted to the clerkship of the works for the eastern division , transferring in 1829 to Hampton Court , but he then lost his position in the reorganization of the office in 1832 . |
| 4 | Probably under Archbishop Edmund [ q.v. ] he was promoted to the Canterbury peculiar of Harrow , the chancel of whose church he was repairing in 1242 . |
| 5 | Six years later he was promoted to the Gregynog chair of Welsh literature , from which he retired in 1937 . |
| 6 | After acting as surveyor of the Works in 1666 , during Denham 's illness , he was promoted to the comptrollership in June 1668 . |
| 7 | After serving as a commissioner of trade between 1668 and 1669 , he was appointed assistant secretary of the council of foreign plantations in 1670 , and in September 1672 he was promoted to the post of secretary and treasurer of the council of trade and foreign plantations , under the presidency of his patron , Anthony Ashley Cooper , first Earl of Shaftesbury [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | Indeed , he was promoted to the Cabinet for his total commitment to that hated and unjust tax in Wales . |
| 9 | He was a detective sergeant from 1975 to 1982 when he was promoted to the rank of inspector . |