Example sentences of "[num] he [be] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1895 he was made a director of the Bank of England , becoming deputy governor in 1911 and governor in 1913 . |
| 2 | In 1872 he was elected a life honorary member of the Manchester Association of Engineers . |
| 3 | In 1881 he was made a member , the youngest , of a royal commission on technical education , chaired by ( Sir ) Bernhard Samuelson [ q.v. ] and inspired by the junior minister charged by W. E. Gladstone with education , A. J. Mundella [ q.v . ] . |
| 4 | In August 1767 he was granted a coat of arms with the motto ‘ Safely , quickly and pleasantly ’ and married Rachel , widow of William Westley of Shepton Mallet , Somerset , and daughter of Simon and Frances Warlock of Antigua and Westminster . |
| 5 | In 1894 he was awarded a London county council scholarship with distinctions , which took him to the Kenmont Gardens Science School ( 1894–7 ) and in 1896 he was awarded an evening exhibition to the Regent Street Polytechnic . |
| 6 | In 1828 he was made a knight commander of the Guelphic Order . |
| 7 | Tiltman was educated at Charterhouse School , where at the age of thirteen he was offered a place at Oxford University which the family was unable to take up . |
| 8 | In 1888 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects , and also the Art Workers ' Guild , of which he was to be an enthusiastic and devoted member , and which provided his main circle of friends ; he was elected master of the guild for the year 1903 . |
| 9 | In 1963 he was appointed a J.P . |
| 10 | In 1920 he was appointed a superintending chemist and exercised his encyclopaedic knowledge of organic chemistry , and his administrative abilities , to organize the considerable amount of new work arising from the Safeguarding of Industries Act of 1921 and from new silk duties in 1926 , each case involving many thousands of samples . |
| 11 | When Aston Villa forward Billy Walker scored two goals against Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final of 1920 he was wearing a kit that looked like it had been designed by Yohji , styled by Gaultier and captured for posterity by Bruce Weber and his trusty box brownie . |
| 12 | In 1920 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects . |
| 13 | In Hilary term 1313 he was appointed a justice of the Common Bench and served in that capacity for just over three years . |
| 14 | In 1925 he took silk , and in April 1932 he was appointed a judge of the King 's Bench division , being appointed a lord justice of appeal in 1944 . |
| 15 | Moreover in the years 1176–7 he was taking a keen interest in the competing politics of the Spanish kingdoms and he may well have instructed Richard to ensure that the great road south from Bordeaux to the Pyrenees was kept open for travellers of all sorts , pilgrims , traders and couriers . |
| 16 | In 1835 he was one of the founder-members of the Institute ( later Royal Institute ) of British Architects , from 1836 to 1843 he was one of the joint honorary secretaries , and in 1850–1 he was elected a vice-president . |
| 17 | In 1807 he was made a member of the Marylebone Vestry . |
| 18 | He was elected to honorary membership of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland and in 1960 he was made a Commander of the British Empire . |
| 19 | However , it should not be forgotten that Molyneux was also a royal servant , and that in securing patronage for his kinsman in 1473 he was receiving a reward appropriate to his position as a leading local member of the king 's household . |
| 20 | However , it should not be forgotten that Molyneux was also a royal servant , and that in securing patronage for his kinsman in 1473 he was receiving a reward appropriate to his position as a leading local member of the king 's household . |
| 21 | In November 1917 he was made a brigadier general in command of a brigade of 3,000 men . |
| 22 | In 1649 he was appointed a registrar of military debentures . |
| 23 | In 1764 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society , but does not seem to have been a very active member of that body . |
| 24 | In 1964 he was created a baronet for his outstanding contribution to Scottish business and political life . |
| 25 | In 1909 he was made a KC . |
| 26 | In 1908 he was made a fellow of the Royal Society and was awarded the society 's gold medal in 1914 . |
| 27 | Although at sixty he was becoming a little stooped , and his hair and beard that used to be jet-black were turning to silver , the force of his personality was undeniable . |
| 28 | In 1884 he was made a JP for London , Westminster , and Middlesex , and in 1889 he became an alderman of Middlesex county council . |
| 29 | In 1962 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and later , from 1976 to 1977 , he served as President of the Cambrian Archaelogical Association . |
| 30 | After working in London hospitals for seven years , in 1897 he became university lecturer in psychology at Cambridge , and in 1902 he was elected a fellow of St John 's College . |