Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was appoint " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forecasting his impending departure , Burns , who was appointed as a consultant in April of last year , said on Radio Sheffield that if he was dismissed he would be seeing his solicitor . |
| 2 | An example of the political interpretation of coin portraiture can be seen in the fine portraits of a certain Tarcondimotus , who was appointed by the Romans to be the ruler of a small part of south-east Asia Minor in the late first century BC , and subsequently given the title ‘ king ’ by Mark Antony . |
| 3 | Foreign dependants of the Court continued to be appointed to important Forest wardenships — such as Amaury de St Amand , Steward of the Household 1233–40 , who was also warden of the Forest of Dean during the greater part of that time , and Peter Chaceporc , the able Poitevin Keeper of the Wardrobe 1241–54 , who was appointed to the same wardenship in May 1248 . |
| 4 | Henry Rich , Earl of Holland , who was appointed Chief Justice of the southern forests on 25 May 1631 , was a pliable and ambitious servant of his royal master . |
| 5 | The discussion will be led by Professor Frank Lees , of Loughborough University , who was appointed in 1988 as one of the three technical assessors to sit with the judge in the public enquiry into the Piper Alpha disaster . |
| 6 | Richard Bentley , the great classical scholar , Master of Trinity College , Cambridge , who was appointed Keeper of the King 's Libraries in 1694 , answered criticism in terms that could be used today : |
| 7 | By the time that the OEEC Council agreed in October 1957 to set up the so-called Maudling Committee , named after Reginald Maudling who was appointed by the British premier , Harold Macmillan , in July 1957 to conduct the negotiations on Britain 's proposals for a wider free trade area , the Six had in a sense already passed the point of no return . |
| 8 | A self-styled ‘ independent Democrat ’ who was appointed in December to fill the empty Senate seat , Mr Krueger is no stereotypical Texan ; he is a reserved , scholarly type who earned his doctorate at Oxford ( Merton College ) , taught Shakespeare at Duke University for 12 years , and was ambassador to Mexico under Jimmy Carter . |
| 9 | Lee Brown , the former New York police chief who was appointed as ‘ drug tsar ’ by Bill Clinton on April 28th , is thought to be a good appointment . |
| 10 | Harris , 49 , who was appointed by the board to assess the charges on December 10 , retired from Microsoft Corp in 1987 . |
| 11 | Mr Guthrie , who was appointed by the Home Secretary in 1988 , recently accepted an invitation from the director , Lt Cdr Brian Miles to visit Headquarters and as the date coincided with the lottery , Mr Guthrie agreed to draw the 20 lucky numbers . |
| 12 | A ‘ hands off ’ approach was regarded as crucial by Sir Raymond Lygo who was appointed by the Home Secretary in August 1991 to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service . |
| 13 | He was succeeded by George Bamford who was appointed on 17th September 1521 and stayed in office until 1533 . |
| 14 | Among the six candidates on the short list were the Rev. Elkanah Hoyle and the Rev. George Porter , and it was the latter , a graduate of Christ 's College , Cambridge , who was appointed on 20th January 1792 . |
| 15 | In addition , Mr H A Velasquez , who was appointed to the board since the last annual general meeting , retires in accordance with the articles of association and , being eligible , offers himself for re-election . |
| 16 | Randolph Fields had already recruited to the nascent operation two former Laker executives , Roy Gardner , who later became Virgin Atlantic 's chief executive , and David Tait , who was appointed head of the American operation . |
| 17 | For instance , the information focus may be placed on John , and in this case the message will be understood as a statement of who was appointed Chairman and may imply surprise or contrast : |
| 18 | The story concerned the priest of Rennes-le-Chateau , Berenger Sauniere , who was appointed in the 1880s . |
| 19 | In 1642 Goddard married Mary , daughter of John Greene , serjeant-at-law , a match which brought him useful connections , notably with Edward Bysshe [ q.v. ] , who was appointed Garter king of arms by Parliament in 1646 . |
| 20 | Baddam publicized in the Daily Advertiser the full range of experimental philosophy courses which he gave at the London Coffee House , Ludgate Hill , between 11 October 1732 and January 1733 , alternating with Abraham Chovet , a Huguenot anatomy lecturer who was appointed demonstrator to the Barber-Surgeons ' Company in 1734 . |
| 21 | All held office throughout 1992 with the exception of Mr J A Hogan , who was appointed to the Board after the year end . |
| 22 | The particular object of his fear becomes clear from advice given to his son , Taskopruzade 's father , who was appointed kadi of Aleppo by Selim I. Although Taskopruzade 's father actually went to Aleppo , he resigned before taking up his duties as kadi , remembering an injunction of his father 's : " Do n't become a kadi . " |
| 23 | B.D. Patterson , who was appointed to the Board on 17 September 1992 , now retires in accordance with the articles of association and , being eligible , will offer himself for election . |
| 24 | During a visit to Jordan on Jan. 10 , Farouq Qaddumi , who was appointed to the foreign affairs portfolio of the Palestinian government-in-exile in April 1989 [ see p. 36536 ] , said that the Baker plan had failed and called for a meeting of the Palestine National Council ( PNC , the Palestinian parliament-in-exile ) to discuss future strategy . |
| 25 | Other Cabinet members included : Nepali Congress members Marshal Zullum Sakya , Mahendra Narayan Nidhi , and Yog Prasad Upadhyay , who became Home Minister ; United Left Front members Sahana Pradhan ( the Nepali Communist Party leader , who took on the portfolio of Industry and Commerce ) , Jhal Nath Khanal , and Nilambar Acharya ; two prominent non-party opposition figures , Devendra Raj Pandey ( an economist and leader of the Human Rights Organization of Nepal , who became Finance Minister ) , and Mathura Shrestha ( a professor of medicine , who was appointed Minister of Health ) ; and two members nominated by King Birendra , one of whom was Rai Majhi , who became Minister of Education , despite protests by students and teaching staff . |
| 26 | Only one new minister joined the Cabinet : Stephen Kibona , at Communications and Works , replacing Mustafa Nyang'anyi , who was appointed to the Planning Commission [ for full list see p. 36550 ] . |
| 27 | Hamilton Green was appointed deputy leader and Seeram Prashad general secretary ( replacing Ranji Chandisingh , hitherto Deputy Prime Minister , who was appointed ambassador to Moscow ) . |
| 28 | Leaving the secretariat were Lionel Soto Prieto and Jaime Crombet Hernández Baquero ( both becoming Council of Ministers Vice-Presidents ) ; and José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera , who was appointed ambassador in Moscow ( replacing Julio Camacho ) . |
| 29 | Those leaving the Cabinet , besides Thatcher , were Cecil Parkinson , who indicated that he intended to retire from Parliament at the next general election , and Lord Belstead who was appointed to a non-Cabinet post . |
| 30 | The seats included Sope 's own and that of President Fred Timikata who was appointed head of state after the imprisonment of his predecessor , a relative of Sope 's who was implicated in the events of 1988 . |