Example sentences of "resign as [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the following day , however , after lengthy discussions with Cabinet and other colleagues , she announced that she was withdrawing and that she would accordingly resign as Prime Minister once the new party leader had been elected . |
| 2 | Charles Haughey announced on Jan. 30 that he would resign as Prime Minister and leader of Fianna Fáil on Feb. 6 . |
| 3 | On April 27 Genscher announced that he would resign as Foreign Minister on May 17 , the 18th anniversary of his appointment as Foreign Minister . |
| 4 | FRENCH socialist millionaire Bernard Tapie has sold his 1.6 p.c. stake in Societe Television Franaise and has resigned as managing director of Bernard Tapie Communication . |
| 5 | The Janata Dal 's political affairs committee met on July 16 , at the end of which Bommai announced that Chauthala had unconditionally resigned as Chief Minister of Haryana . |
| 6 | The Rev David Richardson team vicar at Brayton is the new Rector of Monk Fryston and South Milford while the Rev John Roden has resigned as Diocesan Youth Officer . |
| 7 | Mr Takeshita was damaged by the scandal and had to resign as prime minister . |
| 8 | After the Suez Canal affair , Sir Anthony Eden felt obliged to resign as Prime Minister in 1957 , and he was replaced with Harold Macmillan . |
| 9 | V. P. Singh offered to resign as Prime Minister on July 14 . |
| 10 | The catalyst for the leadership contest was Keating 's revelation on May 30 that Hawke had made a secret promise in November 1988 to resign as Prime Minister in favour of Keating after the 1990 election . |
| 11 | There had been growing demands for Yeltsin to resign as Prime Minister . |
| 12 | Suchinda announced on May 12 that he would accept parliament 's decision to amend the constitution , even if it meant that he had to resign as Prime Minister . |
| 13 | At last he was allowed to resign as Prime Minister of the Labour Government , but only in order to kiss hands as Prime Minister of a National administration . |
| 14 | If a Prime Minister were to be ousted from the Leadership of his party , he would have to resign as Prime Minister . |
| 15 | If it were successful , he would have to resign as Prime Minister . |
| 16 | After the election Mifsud Bonnici announced his intention to resign as Labour leader . |
| 17 | Turner , 59 , had announced his intention to resign as federal leader of the Liberal Party in May 1989 [ see p. 36651 ] in order to resume his career as a Toronto lawyer . |
| 18 | The meeting also withdrew the vote of thanks given to Mr Zhivkov when he was forced to resign as Communist Party and state leader on November 10 . |
| 19 | Williams Holdings , the industrial holding company , was weaker after the company confirmed Brian McGowan is to resign as chief executive . |
| 20 | The threat of a potentially disastrous ethnic split within the Likud increased considerably on March 29 when Levi announced his intention to resign as Foreign Minister at a meeting of his supporters in Herzliya . |
| 21 | In early September the Khmers Rouges had called on Akashi to resign as UNTAC chief , accusing him of wanting to " sacrifice the Cambodian people to the economic interests of Japan , which wants to have the markets of the Vietnamese expansionists " . |
| 22 | It fell to him and his chairman , Sir William Anstruther-Gray , to receive the nominations in the contest which Sir Alec 's decision [ to resign as Conservative Leader ] immediately set in train . |
| 23 | After a three month search DEC UK Ltd has appointed Christopher Conway as UK managing director and UK-Ireland territory manager : Conway comes from IBM UK Ltd where he was director of UK banking and financial services — Geoff Shingles , who resigned as managing director at the end of 1992 , remains chairman . |
| 24 | After a three month search DEC UK Ltd has appointed Christopher Conway as UK managing director and UK-Ireland territory manager : Conway comes from IBM UK Ltd where he was director of UK banking and financial services — Geoff Shingles , who resigned as managing director at the end of 1992 , remains chairman . |
| 25 | Michael Tshipinare who was also implicated by the report , resigned as Assistant Minister of Local Government and Lands on March 8 . |
| 26 | In 1846 Edward Mayhew resigned as anatomical teacher at the College . |
| 27 | Oscar Orbos , one of the most energetic and respected members of the Cabinet , resigned as Executive Secretary on July 5 . |
| 28 | Tony Millar resigned as executive chairman of Albert Fisher . |
| 29 | Mikhail Gorbachev had returned to Moscow three days previously , after the failed coup , and , on the Saturday , resigned as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) . |
| 30 | On July 11 , 1989 , Harilaos Florakis , 75 , resigned as general secretary of the orthodox Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece ( Kommunistiko Komma Ellados — KKE ) , the leading element within Synaspismos . |