Example sentences of "former chairman of [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Nicholas Goodison , the former chairman of the International Stock Exchange , once appeared on television 's Jim 'll Fix it to hang a badge around a small child 's neck . |
| 2 | Nigel Martin , the LibDem , lectures in maths ; Martin Woodroofe , Tory , is a former chairman of the Young Conservatives . |
| 3 | She was a former chairman of the Labour party and she performed noble duty both to her party and to millions of people from the dependent territories . |
| 4 | He also heard the controversial UDR Four Appeal and was a former chairman of the Mental health Review Tribunal . |
| 5 | US Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn asked the Defence Department to conduct a further investigation , citing the statement in the ABC broadcast by Adml. ( retd ) William Crowe , former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , that the Vincennes had been in Iranian waters when it fired the missile , not in international waters as previously claimed . |
| 6 | The former chairman of the Antique Dealers ' Association , Mac is witty about the ways of his trade , but serious about antiques . |
| 7 | The former chairman of the Independent Appeals Tribunal said to me recently ‘ I wonder why it is that no benefit starts from the premises ‘ What can we do to help ? ’ but always seems to be ‘ How can we stop the bastards getting away with it ? ' ’ — coarse , but true ! |
| 8 | It also included , until her recent death , Lady Goold , wife of a former chairman of the Conservative Party in Scotland . |
| 9 | To their number must be added the Right Honourable Kenneth Baker ( Mole Valley ) , former chairman of the Conservative Party , who has held many high offices of state , including that of Home Secretary . |
| 10 | Sir Russell Fairgrieve , who is a former chairman of the Conservative party in Scotland . |
| 11 | The phenomenon is vividly described by a former chairman of the British Prices and Incomes Board : |
| 12 | The position is neatly summarized by a former chairman of the British Railways Board , Lord Beeching : |
| 13 | SHOOTING : Major Peter Freeman , who has died aged 75 , was a former chairman of the British Pistol Club , a shooting council and executive committee member and later a vice-president of the National Smallbore Rifle Association . |
| 14 | Sir Monty Finniston is a former chairman of the British Steel Corporation and now runs his own company , H.M. |
| 15 | He is a former chairman of the British Steel Corporation and of Tate $ Lyle plc . |
| 16 | A court in Bhopal on Dec. 8 ordered the former chairman of the US-based Union Carbide Corp. , Warren Anderson , and eight other executives to stand trial in connection with the 1984 Bhopal poison gas disaster [ see pp. 33467-68 ] . |
| 17 | Mrs Thatcher later parried more questions when the Liberal Democrat Mr Charles Kennedy ( Ross , Cromarty and Skye ) asked her whether she felt her ‘ diminishing credibility ’ would be salvaged if she followed the advice of the former chairman of the Tory backbench 1922 Committee , Sir Edward du Cann , that a leadership challenge would clear the air . |
| 18 | WASHINGTON , D.C. Mr Frohnmayer , the former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts ( NEA ) forced to resign earlier this year by President Bush for the NEA 's support of risqué art in the past ( The Art Newspaper No. 17 , April 1992 , p. 1 ) , has received a slap on the other cheek now . |
| 19 | He is a former chairman of the Nationalised Industries Chairmen 's Group . |