Example sentences of "chairman of the board of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If he 's a good boy I might make him Chairman of the board of Ferguson Foods ! |
| 2 | winner Eberhard von Kuenheim Chairman of the board of managing directors , BMW AG |
| 3 | Looking back to the latter half of our time in Scotland , I seem to have been engaged in a variety of activities : was twice part of a consortium to bid ( unsuccessfully ) for the franchise for Scottish Television ; was appointed chairman of the board of Edinburgh 's Royal Lyceum Theatre Company , a post I held for seven years ; was persuaded to stand as a candidate for Lord Rector of Edinburgh University and ( mercifully ) was defeated by its former Roman Catholic chaplain ; gave poetry recitals with Moira at Edinburgh Festivals and elsewhere ; attacked in a lecture to the Royal Society of Arts the moronic language of disc jockeys whom I referred to as ‘ the Anyway Boys ’ ( the word ‘ anyway ’ being their standard linking passage ) — but singled out for praise a comparative unknown by the name of Terry Wogan ; rejoined the Liberal Party ; took part in a shoot where in the gloaming I brought down what I thought was a woodcock but turned out to be a parrot , escaped recently from its cage a mile away ; fished for salmon in Spain where my guide was called Jesus ( and enjoyed bawling for him down the river bank ) and on the way home visited the marvellous cave paintings of Altamira and Lascaux ; proposed ite health of Prince Philip at a Variety Club luncheon and of London 's Lord Mayor at his midsummer banquet ( he was also chairman of the London Rubber Company to which I made some fruity references ) ; and for a year was resident British columnist of the American weekly magazine , Newsweek International . |
| 4 | Mr Osenat nevertheless put the paintings up for sale at their estimate , FFr2.5 million and sold them in the space of a few seconds to the town 's Mayor ( who is also , ironically , Chairman of the Board of the Hospital ) , who then donated them to the museum on behalf of the town . |
| 5 | The gallery 's director emeritus has been named chairman of the board of America 's first arts cable-television channel . |
| 6 | The National Gallery has received letters of support from several international museums and galleries , including Dominique Bozo , director of the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris , Gerard Regnier , director of the Picasso Museum , Paris , and Thomas Messer , director emeritus of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York and now chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery in Prague . |
| 7 | He was in active practice for twenty-five years , and was elected chairman of the Board of Guardians in 1837 , serving for forty-eight years . |
| 8 | The guardians applied , unsuccessfully , to the Public Works Loan Board and it was left to a sub-committee , consisting of the chairman of the Finance Committee , the chairman of the Board of Guardians ( W. T. Lansberry ) and the clerk to arrange the loan elsewhere . |
| 9 | Arnold Whitchurch , the chairman of the Board of Governors there , thought that ‘ if the hospitals worked with the County Council they might do a tremendous lot for the co-ordination of the general health system . |
| 10 | In response , Pat Arbor , the chairman of the Board of Trade , said it was not the exchange 's fault that it had been duped by Stotler 's doctored financial records . |
| 11 | He is also chairman of the Board of Governors of Leicester Polytechnic . |
| 12 | The broadcasting ‘ liberalization ’ phase under ‘ Chaban ’ had ended : the broadcasting law of July 1972 had distinguished between the state monopoly of radio and television broadcasting and the public organization ( ORTF ( entrusted with the monopoly ; the same law increased — on paper — the autonomy of ORTF and the powers of the ‘ MD ’ who became in addition chairman of the board of directors ( 'PDG' ) ; but conflicts arose between the first ‘ PDG ’ , Arthur Conte , and the Information Minister , Philippe Malaud . |
| 13 | One of the principal figures within the Association was to be Henry Newbolt , imperialist poet , celebrant of the mystique of the public school , future chairman of the Board of Education Committee which reported on the state of English in 1921 , and — like Haldane — a supporter of the national efficiency group in its aims of planning imperial policy , improving education , and recapturing commercial prosperity . |
| 14 | At the centre there are a handful who hold important roles at the Cliburn , and those who always have the calm look of those who have taken on difficult jobs and remain , despite myriad new crises , absolutely in control : Susan Tilley , chairman of the board of the Van Cliburn Foundation ; Mildred Fender , the social chairman for this year 's competition ; Richard Rodzinski , director of the foundation ; and John Giordano , chairman of the jury . |
| 15 | Among those present were Mr John Raisman the Chairman of the Board of Trustees , Griselda 's husband Mr William Kerr , and their enchanting children three-year-old Robin who shook hands with everyone , and Cordelia who preferred to stay with her father . |
| 16 | He also helped shape the community as chairman of the board of surveyors , lighting inspector , poor-law guardian , and justice of the peace . |
| 17 | For example , the Chairman of the Board of Guardians for St Giles in East London considered that widows must be held in part responsible for their own condition : ‘ After the lapse of a certain number of years , when a widow has had the opportunity of showing providence on her own account , I think you may separate her from her late husband , but not immediately after his death ’ . |
| 18 | W Bradford Wiley has retired as chairman of the board of John Wiley & Sons Inc , though he is continuing as director of the company , and has been named chairman emeritus . |
| 19 | I am greatly honoured to have been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland in succession to Mr Michael Strachan , who retired in November 1990 after 16 years ' service . |
| 20 | The Acting Librarian Mr I. D. McGowan read a message dictated by Professor Roberts to be read on this occasion , and Mr M. F. Strachan , then Chairman of the Board of Trustecs , gave a moving address , before inviting guests ‘ to meet , talk and refresh ourselves as Denis wished ’ . |
| 21 | And anyway erm I first went to and the money ran out and so Grammar School , and then er I was transferred to PorthMadog County School where er Jonathan at that time was chairman of the board of governors . |
| 22 | Shaikh Nasir bin Hamad al-Rashid was appointed Chairman of the Board of Grievances , with Cabinet rank . |
| 23 | He is a former chairman of the board of management of Volkswagen . |
| 24 | A former EC Commissioner , he is chairman of Allied Irish Banks and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the European Institute of Public Administration . |
| 25 | Chairman of the Board of Fellows , three members of the Board of Fellows and if appropriate one or more persons ( non-voting ) to provide specialist knowledge relevant to a particular case . |
| 26 | Is my is my right honourable friend aware that yesterday the Chairman of the board of inland revenue told the private accounts committee that some five hundred and fifty million pounds of unclaimed tax still remains to be picked up by tax payers who 've been affected by the er the change in the tax regime in the last couple of years where for example women are now assessed independently . |
| 27 | Speaking at the launch councillor John Kerr , chairman of the Board of Management of ERNACT , said : ‘ An economic database of this kind is new to the region . |
| 28 | Previously chairman of the board of studies at Durham University Business School , he will be responsible for several courses including the Master of Business Administration degree . |
| 29 | Dix last night resigned his post as chairman of the board of management at Newcastle Gosforth rugby club but said : ‘ It 's a little early in the day to say whether I 'll be joining Newcastle United . |
| 30 | The former chairman of the board of governors of Longlands College in Middlesbrough is a quietly spoken man , who when he was elected in November said he was determined to serve all the people of Langbaurgh , whether or not they had voted for him . |