Example sentences of "was make [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cenwulf 's brother Cuthred was made sub-king of Kent no later than 801 , and they granted land there jointly and individually until Cuthred 's death ( 807 ) . |
| 2 | His eldest son , Prince Edward , was made Duke of Cornwall , the first time a dukedom had been conferred in England , and six new earls were created . |
| 3 | One privilege of his Gascon subjects was that the duchy could never be alienated to anyone except an eldest son — hence the outbreak of conflict under Richard II when John of Gaunt ( the king 's uncle ) was made duke of Aquitaine ( 1390–4 ) . |
| 4 | … was made Chancellor of the Exchequer , Guillielmus Colbiensus was Chief of the Secret Police , and Josephus Sartor was secretary to the Emperor and Director of Foreign Trade and Commerce . |
| 5 | It was made part of The East Surrey Regiment in 1916 , and in 1935 was converted to an anti-aircraft role as part of The Royal Engineers . |
| 6 | In 1254 Ireland was made part of the endowment of Edward , the king 's son , and John Fitzgeoffrey , between 1254 and 1258 , became the prince 's leading councillor . |
| 7 | Jim Magilton was made man of the match but for many United fans new keeper Phil Whitehead was the real hero . |
| 8 | Micky Hazard was made man of the match . |
| 9 | On 17 October Gloucester was made constable of England , an office formerly held by the executed earl Rivers with remainder to his son lord Scales , who must have waived his claim on Gloucester 's behalf . |
| 10 | Richard Hansard , for instance , was made constable of Durham castle , while the commission Dudley appointed to survey his land included numerous ducal associates , among them Sir William Parr , Thomas Witham and Thomas Metcalfe . |
| 11 | A Cumberland man , Richard Ratcliffe , was made constable of Barnard Castle and also acquired land in Richmondshire by his marriage ( probably achieved with the duke 's support ) to the widowed sister of John lord Scrope of Bolton . |
| 12 | Richard Grey , for instance , was made constable of Chester and of the duchy of Cornwall honour of Wallingford , as well as being given the castle and lordship of Kidwelly . |
| 13 | He was made constable of Bristol Castle in August 1307 and began to receive numerous royal grants . |
| 14 | On 17 October Gloucester was made constable of England , an office formerly held by the executed earl Rivers with remainder to his son lord Scales , who must have waived his claim on Gloucester 's behalf . |
| 15 | Richard Hansard , for instance , was made constable of Durham castle , while the commission Dudley appointed to survey his land included numerous ducal associates , among them Sir William Parr , Thomas Witham and Thomas Metcalfe . |
| 16 | A Cumberland man , Richard Ratcliffe , was made constable of Barnard Castle and also acquired land in Richmondshire by his marriage ( probably achieved with the duke 's support ) to the widowed sister of John lord Scrope of Bolton . |
| 17 | Richard Grey , for instance , was made constable of Chester and of the duchy of Cornwall honour of Wallingford , as well as being given the castle and lordship of Kidwelly . |
| 18 | In 1928 , when Cosmo Lang was made Archbishop of Canterbury and went for his first royal audience , the King remarked that he hoped he would stop the clergy wearing moustaches . |
| 19 | Of the promotions made under Cnut , nothing can be said of the origins of Ælfric II of Elmham , Leofgar of Lichfield , Brihtmær of Lichfield and Æthelric of Selsey , or of the reasons why Ælfric Puttoc , the praepositus of Winchester , was made archbishop of York in 1023 . |
| 20 | The next month — 15 May he was replaced in command by General Henri Pétain , the hero of Verdun ; at the same time , General Ferdinand Foch was made chief of the French General Staff . |
| 21 | In addition , Deputy Secretary for Health Mary Grant was appointed a member of the PNDC , and Col. Jeff Asmah , hitherto the ambassador to Libya , was made chief of staff at PNDC headquarters . |
| 22 | The ‘ impertinent Pozsgay ’ , as party leader Janos Kadar called him , was made boss of the party 's powerless umbrella body , the Patriotic People 's Front , in 1982 . |
| 23 | When Lord Addison was made Minister of Health he concentrated entirely on methods of financing council housing , and under the ill-conceived Housing and Town Planning Act of 1919 he guaranteed local authorities all losses over that covered by a penny rate . |
| 24 | Sir , — When Malcolm Rifkind was made Minister of Transport I wrote a letter to him congratulating him on his appointment , expressing the hope that he would be a success in his job and asking him to instruct his Civil Servants to concentrate their efforts more on the railways of this country rather than on the roads . |
| 25 | Amadou Modi Dial was made Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals . |
| 26 | Gaidar was made Minister of Finance , and Andrei Nechayev ( Gaidar 's first deputy ) became Minister of the Economy . |
| 27 | Mr Gene Lockhart , a brash American former management consultant , was made head of Midland 's computer-systems and group operations in 1987 . |
| 28 | Indeed , when Franco was made head of government in September 1936 , it was as much because all the other candidates had important flaws as in recognition of his merits . |
| 29 | In December 1915 , he was commissioned as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant and was made head of the School of Aerobatics . |
| 30 | At the same time , John was made Earl of Gloucester , and awarded the lands of Mortain in Normandy — to which he was instantly banished for a term of three years , Richard 's clearest vote of no confidence in his brother . |