Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ludwig Erhard , who succeeded Adenauer as Chancellor in October 1963 , was an experienced minister , the man held responsible for German economic success since 1949 , deeply committed to the US alliance and who , at 66 , could look forward to a long career as Chancellor — given the record of his predecessor . |
| 2 | After Olybrius 's death in 472 it was he who appointed Glycerius as emperor . |
| 3 | ‘ This is his sort of course because he 's a grinder , ’ who succeeded Faldo as champion . |
| 4 | Erm , and it turns out they 're all from T G I and it is because we got Richard as manager . |
| 5 | The Bulgarian State TV and Radio Choir — known as Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares , recently visited England as part of the Voice Over Festival of international singing . |
| 6 | In May 1991 the then Prime Minister of Japan , Toshiki Kaifu , visited Singapore as part of a tour of South-East Asia [ see pp. 38191-92 ] . |
| 7 | Bethune-Baker regarded Anglo-Catholicism as part of the nonsense which it was his mission to destroy . |
| 8 | After the execution of Majorian , Ricimer appointed Severus as emperor ; four years later he agreed to the elevation of Anthemius , but in 472 he had Anthemius executed and replaced him with Olybrius . |
| 9 | To carry out a wholesale purge of the party apparatus , Mao appointed Chen as head of the Cultural Revolution Group , a kitchen cabinet of loyal disciples , including Mao 's wife Jiang Qing , that was to lead the assault on the party hierarchy . |
| 10 | So the first hopeful sign of realignment coming out of Labour 's leadership election was when Bryan Gould espoused devaluation — and the first disappointment was how rapidly he retreated when John Smith 's camp let it be known that , in their eyes , this disqualified Bryan as deputy leader . |
| 11 | In 1852 Paxton began work on Crystal Palace Park , Sydenham , and once again hired Milner as superintendent of works . |
| 12 | In 812 Nicephorus was succeeded by Michael Rhangabe , who recognised Charles as Emperor of the West , despite much opposition from his own people . |
| 13 | Joined Guinness as Director of Financial Control in July 1987 . |
| 14 | The Bishop of Ely claimed Benwick as part of his chase : they had been met by the bishop 's bailiff , leading three priests in full vestments , with Bible , cross and candle , ‘ so that they could make no inquest there that day ’ . |
| 15 | It was in September that she joined Lyles as Production Accountant . |
| 16 | Jean-Antoine Chaptal ( 1756–1832 ) from whom the operation of assisting the grape must , chaptalisation , derives its name , was a brilliant chemist and technocrat who served Napoleon as minister of the interior from 1800 to 1805 . |
| 17 | London was involved in all the royal gardens , most notably at Hampton Court , and from 1694 he was assisted by Wise , who in 1702 succeeded Portland as superintendent . |
| 18 | Dalton succeeded Silkin as Minister in February 1950 and initiated another method of organizing arrangements for overspill from the big cities , without quite the extravagant implications of new corporations which Silkin 's schemes had required . |
| 19 | Thus , shortly after the Electricity Act received the royal assent , in September 1947 , Attlee appointed Gaitskell as Minister in his place , and it therefore fell to him to carry through the Government 's work of nationalisation by completing the appointments to the Boards and the working out of the new relationship of Ministry and BEA . |
| 20 | Wilson succeeded Gaitskell as leader and proved himself a much more astute politician , able to make considerable capital out of the scandals of Macmillan 's last years ( the Profumo affair , Rachmanism ) . |
| 21 | Lloyd George had in 1926 succeeded Asquith as leader of a reunited Liberal Party . |
| 22 | Odete Ferreira , a commission member , succeeded Caetano as head . |
| 23 | He would have been well advised not to compel — because he did compel — his own lawyers to regard what he said about my hon. and learned Friend as part of his case . |
| 24 | Following Wouldham 's death , the monks of Rochester elected Hamo as bishop on 18 March 1317 . |
| 25 | The remnants of Doe 's forces — also thought to number 1,000 — nominated Nimley as head of state . |
| 26 | After the autumn election , however , he succeeded Snowden as Chancellor , and remained at the Treasury , manifestly the second man in the Conservative Party , for longer than anyone since Lloyd George . |
| 27 | In 1884 Dilke appointed Bodley as secretary of the royal commission on the housing of the working classes . |
| 28 | Between 1955 and 1958 Khrushchev and Bulganin appeared to rule in tandem until Khrushchev replaced Bulganin as head of the Council of Ministers . |
| 29 | He also replaced Leonid Kravchenko as Chairman of the USSR Broadcasting Company by RSFSR press minister Mikhail Poltoranin , temporarily banned newspapers which had only printed SCSE decrees , dismissed the chairmen of Tass and Novosti , and replaced Samsonov as commander of Leningrad military district by Rear-Adml . |
| 30 | Maud smiled at the man , which struck Anthony as expedient of her , and said to Anthony , ‘ How do I say thank you ? ’ |