Example sentences of "president [noun prp] [noun prp] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to the World Cup , Ofahengaue and the Manly Rugby Club president Ian Macdonald were invited to Italy to discuss the possibility of Willie playing with Rovigo . |
| 2 | Sun Microsystems president Scott McNealy was warned off making any trouble over the USL/Novell merger the morning of the announcement by AT&T . |
| 3 | ANC president Nelson Mandela was informed by Bush of his decision personally and tried to dissuade him . |
| 4 | 12 Noon : Vital meeting with EC Commission President Jacques Delors is re-arranged for today . |
| 5 | The BJP deputy president Baldev Prakash was injured on Nov. 15 in a bomb attack in Amritsar which killed three of his bodyguards , and 17 people were massacred on Nov. 21 at a wedding party for the brother of a leading Sikh militant . |
| 6 | X/Open is in separate discussions with the UN over the organisation 's internal use of open systems , and there is speculation that X/Open 's involvement with the UN might eventually see X/Open president Geoff Morris being elected to the UN 's advisory board . |
| 7 | THOUGH ageless ( that is to say he never lets on ) Wearside League president Charlie Thomas is reckoned to be just 16 years junior to the league itself . |
| 8 | In a pre-election press conference on Dec. 24 , President Chadli Benjedid was understood to be referring to the FIS when he criticized those " who adopt violence as a method of political conduct " . |
| 9 | President Zhelyu Zhelev was re-elected on Jan. 19 for a term of five years in Bulgaria 's first popular presidential election . |
| 10 | TV film showed President von Weizsaecker being protected by police carrying riots shields as he began to address the rally of 300,000 people . |
| 11 | The government rejected an offer from the alleged Cali drug cartel leader Jorge Luis Ochoa to mediate their release , but an unofficial " Committee of Leading Citizens " led by former President Alfonso Lopez was reported to be trying to arrange talks between the cartels and the government . |
| 12 | Under the terms of Belau 's new electoral system the number of candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency had been narrowed to two through the holding of a first round elections on Sept. 22 , when incumbent President Ngiratkel Etpison was eliminated after finishing third with 24.8 per cent , behind Nakamura with 37.2 per cent and Toribiong with 37.9 per cent . |
| 13 | President Violeta Chamorro was joined by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Managua Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo to witness the disarming , which took place in San Pedro de Lóbago , 160 km east of the capital Managua . |
| 14 | In elections held on March 28-30 , President Robert Mugabe was re-elected for a further term , and his ruling ZANU-PF party won 116 of the 120 elective seats in a restructured 150-member House of Assembly . |
| 15 | President Joseph Momoh was quoted on April 6 as stating that the army had done no more than pursue rebels across the frontier . |
| 16 | He later took the floor again to explain his remarks as " shock diplomacy " , intended to illustrate the tone which Russian policy could adopt if the political opponents of President Boris Yeltsin were to come to power . |
| 17 | Russian President Boris Yeltsin was elected as chair of the meeting . |
| 18 | President Yang Shangkun was removed from the politburo and as first vice-chair of the Central Military Commission ( CMC ) . |
| 19 | President Bob Palmer is expected to be among those fielding questions which should get pretty pointed . |
| 20 | The remains of President Salvador Allende were reburied in the central cemetery of the capital , Santiago , on Sept. 4 , the 20th anniversary of his election to power in 1970 . |
| 21 | Her friendship with President George Bush is reflected in her interest in what takes place on Capitol Hill , and her wonderful skill at public speaking suggests that she might take up politics . |
| 22 | Already , President George Bush is talking about a full restoration of Sino-US relations . |
| 23 | None of the declared candidates was credited with much chance of winning the presidency ; the incumbent ( Republican ) President George Bush was regarded by many as unbeatable , and this assessment was thought to have deterred other better-known Democrats from entering the race ( although the Rev. Jesse Jackson had not yet ruled himself out ) . |
| 24 | The administration of President George Bush was subjected to its first serious alarm concerning the 66-year-old President 's health when , on May 4 , Bush was hospitalized after developing a rapid and irregular heartbeat . |
| 25 | Former President Ayaz Mutalibov was reported on April 9 as claiming that the losses sustained at Khojali [ see p. 38827 ] were exaggerated to discredit him . |
| 26 | President Quett Masire is expected to be nominated again as the presidential candidate of the Botswana Democratic Party , which has ruled since independence in 1966 . |
| 27 | An official visit to Uzbekistan by Kirgiz President Askar Akayev was reported on Oct. 1 . |
| 28 | During the nationwide extraordinary plenary session of the central committee of the Lao Front for National Construction ( LFNC ) , held in Vientiane on Sept. 5-7 , the former acting President Phoumi Vongvichit was replaced as chair of the LFNC central committee by Maisouk Saisompheng ; the vice-chair , Bolang Boualapha , was replaced by Vongphet Saiken-Yachongtuoa . |
| 29 | The Merseyside convener was aware that President Nate Cocello was coming to the UK for talks with British and European management . |
| 30 | This morning , Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is expected to cave in to City pressure , and commit the Government to contributing money to an insurance pool to cover commercial property against terrorist attack . |