Example sentences of "[vb past] as [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He first became an MP in 1841 as member for Newark and , apart from a break between 1847 and 1850 , he remained in the Commons until he succeeded as the seventh Duke of Rutland in 1888 . |
2 | He had the reputation for being clever but lacking in tact or discretion , and held only a minor post in Grey 's Government of 1853 to 1855 , and although he remained an MP until 1883 , when he succeeded as the tenth Earl of Wemyss and March , he never held office again . |
3 | Oswald , whom Bede regarded as the fifth overlord of the peoples south of the Humber and described as ruling within the same bounds as Eadwine ( HE 11 , 5 ) , clearly became on this testimony as powerful a ruler as Eadwine had been , but on his accession he faced an immediate challenge in midland and eastern England from Penda . |
4 | The CO took the next trip , to Nordhausen on April 4 , but on this occasion carried an eighth crew member who acted as a second pilot . |
5 | There could be no thought of undermining the class which served as the first line of resistance to smouldering peasant insubordination . |
6 | Bulwark was commissioned in January 1960 and stationed with her Commando embarked at Singapore ; Albion followed as the second Commando Carrier about a year later ; construction of six Army-owned Landing Ships Logistic ( LSLs ) was authorised in August 1960 ; the Assault Ships Fearless and Intrepid were ordered in 1961 and 1962 ; and design work was started in December 1961 on the next generation of aircraft carriers , the first of which was code-named CVA 01 . |
7 | He then worked as the third man on the management side at Middlesbrough , under Bruce Rioch and Colin Todd before joining Darlington , as they were heading for the GM Vauxhall Conference , three years ago . |
8 | To generate all candidate strings , begin from the start node of the graph ( * ) , take the first route from it ( i.e. the first of the forward pointers ) , and note the letter at the node reached as the first letter of the candidate string . |
9 | Hourcade also saw as a second feature of Cubist painting the organization of the whole surface in terms of interpenetrating or interacting planes : ‘ The fascination of the paintings lies not only in the presentation of the main objects represented , but in the dynamism which emerges from the composition , a strange , disturbing dynamism , but one that is perfectly controlled . ’ |
10 | She discussed in this context who she saw as the twentieth century 's two most influential analysts of theatre : Brecht and Antonin Artaud . |
11 | Jens Österlund emerged as the first Sailing Challenge contender but he was chased home by two British boats , Mark Goodchild and Mike Fenwick . |
12 | The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP ) , supported mainly by members of the scheduled castes , won one Lok Sabha seat and nine seats in the Assembly , where it emerged as the second party , having previously held no seats . |
13 | But when the City of London emerged as the last centre of strength for the Whig opponents of royal policy at the beginning of the 1680s , it was asked by a writ of quo warranto to show that it was entitled to all the powers it had been exercising . |
14 | The feeling was that Richards should have declared before he did as the last hour 's batting produced few runs , but when England set about playing out time , Larkins , having gone first ball in the first innings , lasted only one more this time . |
15 | Andy Partner appeared as a second half substitute for fellow youth team centre-half Paul Flowers , but it was second substitute Steve Ball who was quickest into the action . |
16 | A second IMF-approved emergency economic plan , announced in December , included a 3 per cent sales tax and a 10 per cent surcharge on all imports , raising fears that members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trades ( GATT ) , to which Costa Rica acceded as the 100th member on Nov. 20 [ see p. 38259 ] , might retaliate in kind . |
17 | It ran as the first service of the day with one brake coach and was full to capacity on both operating days . |
18 | Mr Geremek said as a first step Poland would soon seek full membership in the Council of Europe . |
19 | Mr Geremek said as a first step Poland would soon seek full membership in the Council of Europe . |
20 | Our mock-up makes your dream come true with Princess Di crowned as the next Queen — and Charles in a supporting role |
21 | He paused as the first hospital direction sign came up on the road . |
22 | A man Robert recognized as the second man from the Frog and Ferret started to hop in circles , beating himself on the head and shouting something . |
23 | Stirling jumped as the first man of his stick and in the darkness made a bad landing as he could not see the ground . |