Example sentences of "resigned from [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The Liberals apparently entered into secret negotiations with both parties , a surprising development given that their leader , Economic Affairs Minister Itzhak Moda'i , had in 1986 resigned from a Cabinet headed by Peres after an acrimonious personal feud [ see p. 34770 ] ; Moda'i was also a noted supporter of leading hardliner Ariel Sharon . |
2 | After retirement he became a respected commentator , chairman of selectors and eventually president of Yorkshire ( 1981-4 ) until , saddened by the internal strife , he resigned from an office in which he took great pride . |
3 | He resigned from the board of Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation , a large creditor , last week , apparently to avoid a conflict of interest . |
4 | In any case , he was eager to start work upon another play and was trying to extricate himself from various official duties in order to give himself room for composition : he resigned from the board of the Christian News Letter , for example , on the grounds of lack of time . |
5 | Data Sciences UK Ltd appointed Andy Roberts , formerly ICL PLc 's mid-range systems manager to be its new group chief executive with immediate effect : Roberts replaces Mike Smith , who resigned from the firm . |
6 | Data Sciences UK Ltd appointed Andy Roberts , formerly ICL PLc 's mid-range systems manager to be its new group chief executive with immediate effect : Roberts replaces Mike Smith , who resigned from the firm . |
7 | There was a lot of emotive talk about the UK 's only helicopter company selling out to the Americans , but in the event the Sikorsky-Fiat minority involvement won the day and Heseltine resigned from the government . |
8 | Henderson resigned from the Government the next day . |
9 | Exasperated by the resistance of the Cabinet to new ideas he resigned from the Government and took his ease to the Labour party Conference in October 1930 , where he very nearly won it . |
10 | After Carson resigned from the government in November 1915 he became the acknowledged leader of the hardliners , organized in the Unionist War Committee . |
11 | In disgust Steel-Maitland resigned as Party Chairman and in 1919 he despaired of ever getting a senior post and resigned from the government too . |
12 | In November 1985 he resigned from the government in protest at the signing that month of the Anglo-Irish Agreement [ see pp. 34070-73 ] , stating that he could not support the government 's change of policy on Northern Ireland , including " the involvement of a foreign power in a consultative role in the administration of the province " , which he claimed would prolong and not diminish " Ulster 's agony " [ see p. 34072 ] . |
13 | On March 31 Mikis Theodorakis resigned from the government , leaving the ruling New Democracy party with a one-seat majority ; the National Economy Minister , Epthymios Christodoulou , had left his post on Feb. 10 to head the Bank of Greece , and was replaced by Stefanos Manos . |
14 | THE Italian agriculture minister , Gianni Fontana , yesterday resigned from the government after being targeted by a corruption probe . |
15 | Louis Cha , the Hong Kong member who devised the system , and who resigned from the Drafting Committee in protest against Tiananmen , believes that the referendum would go in favour of democracy , but that the waiting-period would allow Hong Kong people to get used to new political responsibilities . |
16 | Gould resigned from the service of the Zoological Society but agreed to act as a ‘ corresponding Member ’ , so that his letters and discoveries could be read aloud at the meetings and published in the proceedings . |
17 | In 1882 , when he went to London to become Director-General , his brother James resigned from the Survey and succeeded him as Professor . |
18 | Rigby resigned from the army in August 1867 with the rank of major-general . |
19 | In 1925 he resigned from the army , and spent most of the rest of his long life travelling — mainly in western and central Asia — and studying birds , partly as cover for observing international politics . |
20 | Merritt resigned from the position of Works Superintendent and his post was taken by Mr A.E . |
21 | This lacuna has been made worse by the ILO 's lack of jurisdiction to examine South African labour legislation since South Africa resigned from the Organisation in 1964 . |
22 | Ian Paisley was once a member of the Shankill Road Lodge of the Orange Order and a lodge chaplain , but he resigned from the Order when the County Grand Lodge refused to expel Sir Robin Kinahan for attending a funeral service in a Roman Catholic chapel . |
23 | Mr Sorrell was replaced by David Newlands , but he resigned from the company this spring , shortly before Saatchi shocked the stock market with a warning that group profits would be substantially below those in 1988 . |
24 | Why Sandra Riverton resigned from the company I 've no idea . |
25 | At an FDP congress in Neuchâtel on March 31-April 1 , 1990 , Bruno Hunziker resigned from the post of president which he had held since 1984 [ see p. 32998 ] and was replaced by Franz Steinegger . |
26 | As she is now studying fell-time for the Ministry , she resigned from the post at the end of October , 1991 , and we have appointed another worker , Mrs . |
27 | Reg Canning was so hurt by the comments that he resigned from the post at Offenham near Evesham . |
28 | Mr Chittenden resigned from the post of Chester 's town crier last year . |
29 | Veteran politician Air Chief Marshal Siddhi Savetsila resigned from the House of Representatives and the Social Action Party ( SAP ) on Sept. 14 . |
30 | Yury Prokofyev , leader of the Moscow party organization , and Shenin resigned from the politburo on Aug. 22 , in protest against its lack of support for the SCSE . |