Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in [prep] prime " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benazir Bhutto , leader of the Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) which had gained the largest number of seats in elections to the National Assembly held on Nov. 16 , 1988 ( see pp. 36347-48 ) , was sworn in as Prime Minister on Dec. 2 , and a new federal Cabinet was appointed on Dec. 4 . |
| 2 | On April 26 Esko Aho , 36 , was sworn in as Prime Minister of a four-party centre-right coalition . |
| 3 | On May 16 Edith Cresson , 57 , was sworn in as Prime Minister , replacing Michel Rocard . |
| 4 | Prime Minister : Begum Khaleda Zia was sworn in as Prime Minister in March 1991 , and from October also held the portfolios of Defence , Establishment and Cabinet Division . |
| 5 | On July 13 Itzhak Rabin , chair of the Israel Labour Party since February , was sworn in as Prime Minister and announced the composition of his Cabinet . |
| 6 | Margaret Ewing ( SNP , Moray ) challenged the Leader of the Commons , Tony Newton , who was standing in at Prime Minister 's question time , to clear up the confusion after giving advance notice that she planned to raise the issue . |