Example sentences of "swear [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In the second-round run-off presidential election held on May 8 , 1988 , Rodrigo Borja Cevallos of the centre-left Democratic Left ( Izquierda Democrática — ID ) polled 46 per cent of the vote and was sworn in at the head of a new government on Aug. 10 [ see p. 36343 ] . |
2 | Lothar de Maizière of the CDU is sworn in at the head of a grand coalition government [ pp. 37378-80 ] . |
3 | During the last year before her furlough one hundred and seventeen new soldiers had been sworn in at the Howard corps . |
4 | In March Begum Zia was sworn in as the country 's first woman Prime Minister [ see p. 38102 ] . |
5 | On June 22 Tokonye Kotelo , hitherto high commissioner in Kenya , was named as Minister of Foreign Affairs following the resignation of Capt. Pius Molapo ; on June 23 Chief Mohlalefi Bereng was sworn in as the Minister of Interior , Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development , replacing Kgotsi Matete ; three other Cabinet changes were made on June 29 . |
6 | Sunderlal Patwa was sworn in as the BJP Chief Minister on March 5 , replacing Shyama Charan Shukla of Congress ( I ) who had held the post since early December [ ibid . ] . |
7 | On Sept. 28 a new national army , the Angolan Armed Forces ( FAA ) , was established under the joint command of Gen. Antonio dos Santos França Ndalu and Gen. Arlindo Chenda Pena Ben-Ben who were sworn in as the Chiefs of General Staff on the same day . |
8 | Chimanbhai Patel was sworn in as the Janata Dal Chief Minister on March 5 . |
9 | Gorbachev was sworn in by the Congress immediately after the result of the vote was announced . |
10 | A new magistrate was sworn in before the sitting yesterday of Whitby Court . |