Example sentences of "was made a [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 This transformation was usually accompanied by the enlargement of the area of jurisdiction of the kadilik through the addition of other districts in the vicinity : Konya , for example , was made a mevleviyet in 977/1569 " with the addition of certain sub-districts ' and the appointee later moved on to Maras , the kadilik of which was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Elbistan ; and Selanik , as mentioned above , was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Sidrekapsi .
2 This transformation was usually accompanied by the enlargement of the area of jurisdiction of the kadilik through the addition of other districts in the vicinity : Konya , for example , was made a mevleviyet in 977/1569 " with the addition of certain sub-districts ' and the appointee later moved on to Maras , the kadilik of which was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Elbistan ; and Selanik , as mentioned above , was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Sidrekapsi .
3 He had stood for them all , when he was made a hero of the Soviet Union by Stalin himself .
4 A tiff with his nephew was no disqualification in the eyes of Charles II , who disliked William and his religion ; Ken on his return to England was made a chaplain to the King , who would remark ruefully on Sundays , ‘ Now I must go and hear little Ken rebuke me for my sins . ’
5 She was made a baroness on the Hanover establishment by George IV in 1827 .
6 Back in Rome , Wolfgang was made a Knight of the Order of the Golden Spur by the pope — a higher distinction than that conferred on the Viennese court kapellmeister , Gluck .
7 Through his great-grandfather , Alfonso IX of Leon , he was distantly related to Edward I 's first wife , Eleanor of Castile [ q.v. ] : a connection which may have promoted both the marriage of Henry 's sister , Isabella , to Edward 's supporter , John de Vescy ( died 1289 , q.v. ) , in 1279 or 1280 , and Henry 's own entrée into English affairs in 1297 , when he was made a knight of the royal household .
8 He was made a liveryman of the Goldsmiths ' Company on 13 March 1740 .
9 ( His fecklessness was on an appealingly grand scale : when he was made a yeoman of the guard , responsible for fire-fighting equipment , his negligence permitted the fire which burnt down the Houses of Parliament ) .
10 Through influential friends , he was made a member of the Society of the Middle Temple in 1820 , and placed in the office of two eminent solicitors , a Mr. Justice Patterson , and a Sir Nicholas Tindal who later became the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales .
11 For this , and other sculptures in Ireland , she was made a Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1907 .
12 We ought to have known it from the moment Mrs Thatcher was made a member of the Order of Merit , one of the top 24 in the land .
13 He was made a member of the King 's Guard at Whitehall in 1641–2 .
14 In 1807 he was made a member of the Marylebone Vestry .
15 On his return to England Milner joined his father 's practice as a landscape gardener , and in 1878 was made a member of the Institute of Civil Engineers .
16 vice chairman of the Restauranteurs association of great Britain , was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen 's Birthday Honours .
17 The young Frederick was made a ward of the papacy .
18 In 1895 he was made a director of the Bank of England , becoming deputy governor in 1911 and governor in 1913 .
19 He was knighted in 1938 for service to the hotel industry , and in the same year he was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour .
20 He was made a freeman of the City of Birmingham in 1982 .
21 He was made a freeman of the City of London in March 1985 .
22 The following year she was made a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths , and in 1986 a Lady Liveryman .
23 He was made a freeman of the City of London in 1917 and an honorary liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners .
24 An ardent Puritan and uncompromising parliamentarian , Moyer in June 1642 was made a manager of the ‘ Sea Adventure ’ , through which the city undertook to find ships and men for the reconquest of Ireland .
25 In 1879 he became a Derby town councillor and in 1886 was made a JP for the borough .
26 In 1920 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects .
27 In 1834 , Geikie was made a Fellow of the Scottish Academy .
28 John Kitto was honoured with the Doctorate of Divinity by the University of Giessen in 1844 , and in 1845 was made a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries .
29 In 1908 he was made a fellow of the Royal Society and was awarded the society 's gold medal in 1914 .
30 He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a chartered chemist .
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