Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the talk , first Mr Preshous ( Principal of the Bishop 's Castle ommunity College ) recalled how they came to Bishop 's Castle in 1973 when the Borough was celebrating Charter Year marking the 400th anniversary of the granting of the Borough Charter . |
| 2 | In a reshuffle on June 14 ( i ) Aguinaldo Jaime replaced Augusto Teixeira de Matos as Minister of Finance ; ( ii ) Boavista da Silva Cardoso was appointed to the new portfolio of Information ; and ( iii ) José de Franca Dias Van Dúnem was appointed Minister of Planning in place of António Henriques da Silva . |
| 3 | First production from Draugen — BPNorway 's most valuable asset — comes just one month after the announcement of Norway 's 14th licensing round , in which BPExploration was awarded operatorship of two licences and a stake in a third . |
| 4 | A similar sea change in corporate thinking was to take place , much later , in Britain . |
| 5 | Creative and productive thinking was taking place in many authorities right across the political spectrum , while the relationship between councillors , officials and the public was changing . |
| 6 | Mr Spencer was persuaded north as the press 's secretary , and dramatically expanded its output from some 20 academic titles a year to around 90 , an expansion achieved with an increase of only the Polygon staff to EUP 's 14 indefatigable full-time staff members . |
| 7 | Pillai was appointed CBE in 1937 , CIE in 1939 and KCIE in 1946 ; he was elected an honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall in 1970 . |
| 8 | In 1952 Pillai was appointed Secretary-General of the Ministry of External Affairs , or Permanent Under-Secretary . |
| 9 | In 1949 Pillai was appointed Cabinet Secretary and , despite aspersions on the ‘ patriotism ’ of ICS officers ( often from those whose ideological loyalties were either to Peking or to Moscow ) , upheld the tradition of Civil Service neutrality . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Abd al-Basit Sabdrat was appointed Minister of Education and Abdullah Muhammed Ahmed , his predecessor , became Minister of Culture and Information . |
| 12 | George Stephenson was appointed engineer to the Stockport and Darlington Railway which opened in 1825 , as a line to transport coal only , but the idea soon spread and , in 1826 , the Menai Suspension Bridge was opened , linking Anglesey to the mainland . |
| 13 | Waite does not admit it , but author Con Coughlin says the Anglican envoy was introduced to Spiro before North 's arms for hostages deal was made public . |
| 14 | A British journalist was taken prisoner in the train ambush but was released after five days . |
| 15 | He used five female volunteers who knew the experiment was taking place . |
| 16 | From the early 1970s debate about autonomy , validation and partnership was to gain momentum . |
| 17 | Tuesday was spent sightseeing and on the Wednesday , we went to Dounans . ’ |
| 18 | Making his 17th successive appearance since replacing Henry Smith in December , Walker was voted man of the match , which was mainly thanks to a fingertip save from a Michael O'Neill shot in the first half and a crucial stop which denied Paddy Connolly with only ten minutes remaining . |
| 19 | There is a possibility , therefore , that Ealhfrith lost his life in a rebellion against his father while Wilfrid was receiving consecration in Gaul . |
| 20 | Although the contest was labelled semi-contact , it was still a bruising affair . |
| 21 | Significantly , the text of the Law of Succession was made public on 31 March , the eve of " Victory Day " , the anniversary of the end of the Civil War . |
| 22 | There were complaints from Lazenby that Diana Rigg was eating garlic before their big love scene . |
| 23 | We discuss subliminal manipulation , such as the allegation that , when that now-discredited US President was making campaign speeches in the early '70s , clandestine projectors would flash rapid slide images of John F Kennedy , Franklin D Roosevelt , Abraham Lincoln and George Washington behind him , sending out the subliminal message that Nixon was a great President . |
| 24 | We discuss subliminal manipulation , such as the allegation that , when that now-discredited US President was making campaign speeches in the early '70s , clandestine projectors would flash rapid slide images of John F Kennedy , Franklin D Roosevelt , Abraham Lincoln and George Washington behind him , sending out the subliminal message that Nixon was a great President . |
| 25 | 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 ] . |
| 26 | I 'll find time this morning , ’ Lucy promised , sensing that Jean was seeking approval of the manner in which she kept the chalets . |
| 27 | Under clause 7 the first defendant was given power to appoint a receiver and ‘ either at the time of his appointment or any time thereafter [ to ] fix his remuneration … |
| 28 | Joao Santana was appointed Infrastructure Minister and Francisco Gros president of the Central Bank , a post he had previously held in February-April 1987 . |
| 29 | The net result was rising crime and falling detection rates — an astonishing pattern in our sensible and law-abiding community . |
| 30 | The result was to create disaffection in the ranks and lead to accusations of police brutality from Amnesty International among others and to Garvey 's sacking . |