Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] as president of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Election of Gorbachev as President of the USSR |
| 2 | ‘ I have already written to the Duke of Edinburgh as president of the playing fields association , ’ said Mrs Nilsson . |
| 3 | 8 October : The Duke of Gloucester as President of the British Consultants Bureau left Royal Air Force Northolt this afternoon to visit Portugal in an aircraft of No 32 Squadron , Royal Air Force . |
| 4 | Ali Mahdi Mohammed was sworn in on Jan. 29 in Mogadishu as President of Somalia , marking the end of the 21-year rule of President Mohammed Siyad Barre , who had fled the capital three days earlier . |
| 5 | After speaking in Strasbourg as president of the Council of Europe , Mr Hurd addressed the council in a national capacity , and said : ‘ I remain concerned at the continuing failure of the Iranian authorities to repudiate the incitement to murder of the British subject , Mr Salman Rushdie , and the bounty offered in that respect by all Iranian organisations . |