Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In 1952 Pillai was appointed Secretary-General of the Ministry of External Affairs , or Permanent Under-Secretary . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Abd al-Basit Sabdrat was appointed Minister of Education and Abdullah Muhammed Ahmed , his predecessor , became Minister of Culture and Information . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ] . |
| 7 | I 'll find time this morning , ’ Lucy promised , sensing that Jean was seeking approval of the manner in which she kept the chalets . |
| 8 | Gorbachev was elected President of the USSR by a secret ballot of Congress deputies on the evening of March 14 , the result being announced on the following morning . |
| 9 | Frantisek Pavlicek was appointed head of Czechoslovak radio on Feb. 2 , Petr Uhl head of CTK on Feb. 14 , and Jiri Kanturek head of Czechoslovak television on March 12 . |
| 10 | Ali Hassan Diria was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs , exchanging portfolios with Benjamin Mkapa , who thus moved to Information and Broadcasting . |
| 11 | Gen. Shaposhnikov was appointed Minister of Defence , replacing Gen. Moiseyev , whose former position as Chief of General Staff went to Gen. Vladimir Lobov , a known reformer ; Grachev was made Deputy Defence Minister . |
| 12 | On his release in 1977 Shekhar was appointed president of the newly created Janata Party . |
| 13 | Surjit Singh Barnala was appointed governor of Tamil Nadu in May 1990 [ see p. 37452 ] . |
| 14 | When , in March 1936 , Mola was appointed commander of the garrison at Pamplona , capital of the Carlist stronghold of Navarre , he established close contacts with the local Carlist leadership in the hope of enlisting the Requeté in the projected rising . |
| 15 | This would help to protect the dollar at a time when the United States was experiencing balance of payments problems . |
| 16 | Mongolia 's Minister of Health Pagbajavyn Nyamdavaa was elected president of the Assembly , which admitted the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia ( FSM ) as full members , raising total WHO membership to 168 ; the island of Tokelau was welcomed as an associate member . |
| 17 | Otto Graf Lambsdorff was elected chair of the new party by 524 votes to 72 , while the leaders of the BfD and the East German FDP were elected as additional deputy chairmen of the FDP . |
| 18 | Also in March Joao Aurigema Cruz Pinto was appointed President of the Supreme Court with the rank of minister , replacing Rui dos Merces Barreto , who was named as an ambassador . |
| 19 | In November , Edward was given sight of a letter from Haushofer — he signed it ‘ A ’ — written to the duke . |
| 20 | On May 25 Mircha Druk was elected Chair of the Moldavian Council of Ministers . |
| 21 | I. Kalinichenko was appointed Commander-in-Chief of border troops . |
| 22 | In 1928 , when Cosmo Lang was made Archbishop of Canterbury and went for his first royal audience , the King remarked that he hoped he would stop the clergy wearing moustaches . |
| 23 | Lord Hailsham was appointed Minister of Education . |
| 24 | Gen. Domenico Corcione was appointed head of the armed forces in succession to Gen. Mario Porta who retired at the end of March 1990 . |
| 25 | The Ruthvens increased steadily in importance through the 15th and 16th centuries , reaching the summit of their ambitions in 1581 when the fourth Lord Ruthven was created Earl of Gowrie . |
| 26 | One of the two new sheriffs was his nephew , while two of his feoffees received royal patronage : Thomas Kebell was made attorney of the duchy of Lancaster and William Chauntry replaced John Gunthorpe as dean of the king 's chapel . |
| 27 | One of the two new sheriffs was his nephew , while two of his feoffees received royal patronage : Thomas Kebell was made attorney of the duchy of Lancaster and William Chauntry replaced John Gunthorpe as dean of the king 's chapel . |
| 28 | The Earl of Warwick was made Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire for life , and Arundel Sheriff of Shropshire for life , a sign than his reconciliation with the king was now complete . |
| 29 | In 1909 Twort was appointed superintendent of the Brown Animal Sanatory Institution in London , remaining there until its destruction by bombing in 1944 . |
| 30 | Whatever steps the king took , however , Gaveston 's actions and presence , as well as the king 's indulgence of him , quickly revived baronial opposition : in 1310 the twice-exiled Gaveston was appointed keeper of the realm during Edward 's absence in Scotland . |