Example sentences of "served as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had served in France in the First World War , commanded West Point , and served as chief of staff of the army before his able leadership of the allied forces in the south-west Pacific from 1942 to 1945 . |
| 2 | Their only child , Sean , was to lead a varied career in which he served as chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army , minister for external affairs of the Irish Republic , and United Nations commissioner for Namibia . |
| 3 | Confusingly , it was another Richard Hutchinson , of the City and later of Stepney , who was co-treasurer for sick and wounded soldiers , widows , and orphans from 1643 to 1660 and a judge for imprisoned debtors in 1653–4 , and who served as co-paymaster of the navy under the treasurers in 1688–71 , appearing in the latter part of Pepys 's diary . |
| 4 | He was officially appointed on the following day , and served as Master until Christmas 1644 . |
| 5 | During the 1650s he served as master of the Clothworkers ' Company and an assistant of the Levant Company . |
| 6 | When , later in 1582 , Sir Humphrey Gilbert [ q.v. ] was preparing an American colonizing expedition , Clerke entered his service and served as master of his flagship , the Delight , first under William Winter and then Maurice Browne as captains , between June and August 1583 . |
| 7 | On the opposite side to the door and window was the staircase , and two doors ; one of which ( the nearest to the fire ) led into a sort of little back kitchen , where dirty work , such as washing up dishes , might be done , and whose shelves served as larder , and pantry , and store-room , and all . |
| 8 | During Richard II 's two Irish expeditions ( 1394–5 and 1399 ) , he served as attorney in England for many leading participants . |
| 9 | A Bundestag member from 1949 to 1983 , during the CDU/CSU/SPD " grand coalition " ( 1966-69 ) he served as Minister for All-German Affairs . |
| 10 | Engholm was described by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung as the " political grandson " of former Chancellor Willy Brandt and by the Economist as a follower of the " pragmatic brand of social democracy " espoused by former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt , under whom he served as Education Minister until 1982 . |
| 11 | In the large marquee which served as Company Office and Company Stores combined , a line of wretched riflemen in dripping ground sheets sat bare footed waiting to display a fine collection of blisters . |
| 12 | As a notary , he followed William Courtenay [ q.v. ] , bishop of Hereford ( 1369–75 ) , to London ( 1375–81 ) , where he recorded the controversial ‘ confession ’ of the rebel John Ball [ q.v. ] , and to Canterbury , where he served as registrar of the provincial court , 19 February 1382–18 November 1384 , and thereafter as secretary , trusted adjutant , and friend for life . |
| 13 | Appointed consul-general in Madrid in 1787 , he served as chargé d'affaires before leaving Spain in 1796 . |
| 14 | The Very Revd Dr J. Fraser McLuskey , M.C. , who served as chaplain to the 1st Regiment , summed up its quality in his book Parachute Padre : ‘ It does n't take long to sense the atmosphere of a strange Mess . |
| 15 | Few , however , could have imagined that the man who once served as chairman of Clitheroe Young Conservatives would be asked to don the cocked hat and plumes of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda . |
| 16 | During the war he used his wealth to establish the Sir Frederick Milner Hostels for Deafened Soldiers , and served as Chairman . |
| 17 | At home he was a staunch supporter of the BDDA which he served as Chairman of the Further Education and Youth Committee for many years , before being elected a Grand Councillor and later awarded a medal of honour . |
| 18 | Interest in local politics led him to become a member of Liverpool town council and Lancashire county council ; he also served as chairman of Liverpool chamber of commerce . |
| 19 | He had been elected to the leadership of the former All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions in 1986 , and served as chairman of that body for three months prior to his election in July 1990 to the CPSU politburo and secretariat . |
| 20 | Organised by the same curator as the Bagatelle exhibition , Solange Auzias de Turenne , ‘ Moore Intime ’ features a life-size reconstruction of rooms from Moore 's house , ‘ Hoglands ’ , complete with contents down to the books in the same order as the artist left them in the bookcases , and items from his art collection which served as inspiration for his work . |
| 21 | Diplomatic service : After Luxembourg he served as ambassador to Syria and Saudi Arabia . |
| 22 | He was a university professor , ran his own engineering company , revived shipbuilding in British Columbia , was Adjutant-General of the Canadian Army , and served as secretary to the Governor-General of Canada . |
| 23 | He also served as Secretary of WACC 's African Regional Association for some years . |
| 24 | She was one of the founders of the Women 's Trade Union Association in the East End in 1889 , and served as secretary until 1891 . |
| 25 | Between 1651 and 1653 Worsley served as secretary to the commissioners in Ireland and commissioner-general for the revenue , and then , having failed to be selected to join the embassy to Sweden , he returned to Ireland as surveyor-general of forfeited estates . |
| 26 | In November 1859 she served as secretary to the newly founded National Association for the Promotion of Social Science 's committee to consider new channels of employment for women . |
| 27 | , Alexander Thomas Emeric ( 1792–1863 ) , hydrographer , was born in 1792 , the youngest of the three sons ( there was also a daughter ) of Emeric Vidal , a naval officer who served as secretary to three distinguished admirals , Sir Robert Kingsmill , Sir John Ross , and Robert Duff [ qq.v. ] , and his wife Jane Essex . |
| 28 | He was active in the Baptist community and served as deacon of his chapel . |
| 29 | The late Earl Spencer served as equerry to both King George Vl and the present Queen . |
| 30 | After pulling on her clothes , she headed downstairs for the perfunctory glass of orange-juice which served as breakfast . |