Example sentences of "as [noun] of the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Widower Mr Taylor retired as chairman of the governors at nearby Coxley School in July after 15 years service . |
| 2 | He also thoroughly enjoyed his duties as chairman of the governors of the Perse School . |
| 3 | However , observers believe the attack by Sir Michael over Mr Birt 's contract arrangement , means his position as chairman of the governors comes under increased pressure . |
| 4 | However , some observers believe the attack by Sir Michael over Mr Birt 's contract arrangement , means his position as chairman of the governors comes under increased pressure . |
| 5 | Always forward-looking , and abreast of industrial developments , he was a prime mover , as chairman of the directors , in the construction of the Newcastle–Carlisle railway . |
| 6 | There is one sporting knight in today 's list , John Smith , the chairman of Liverpool Football Club , whose is rewarded for his service as chairman of the Sports Council . |
| 7 | The blunt-talking Yorkshireman has been voted out as chairman of the Umpires ' Association by his fellow pros . |
| 8 | As chairman of the trustees , it fell to Herne to face the parliamentary attack of early 1698 on the fraudulent endorsements of these bills by ( Sir ) Charles Duncombe [ q.v . ] . |
| 9 | He served as editor of The Times while unable to type , as chairman of the Arts Council while unable to drive , and was appointed to the Broadcasting Standards Council unaware that one of Britain 's most popular television shows was named Jim 'll Fix It ( ‘ Who 's Jim ? ’ he once asked ) . |
| 10 | The author presiding at his last meeting as chairman of the Arts Council in 1972 . |
| 11 | During the Conservative Party conference in October David Howell , the Secretary of State for Transport , announced the return of the tram , as part of the plans to renew London 's docklands . |
| 12 | The presence of an independent standing group to advise the Home Secretary was no novelty since an Advisory Council on the Treatment of Offenders had been set up by Herbert Morrison as early as 1944 as part of the plans for post-war re-construction . |
| 13 | Where they are unduly complicated they themselves may be subject to scrutiny for fitness for purpose , as they could be considered as part of the goods supplied under the contract . |
| 14 | A mobile laboratory in a converted bus is touring North Wales as part of the Women into Science and Engineering programme sponsored by Nottingham Polytechnic . |
| 15 | As part of the changes in local government finance introduced in 1989 and 1990 , the method of distributing grant to local authorities was simplified . |
| 16 | Jorge Risquet Valdés-Saldaña , a seasoned diplomat hitherto seen as a rising star in the party , was removed from the seven-strong PCC secretariat as part of the changes but retained his seat on the politburo which advised the secretariat . |
| 17 | I would have thought it would have been better in the introduction rather as part of the minutes , would you not have thought so ? |
| 18 | The playgroup leader will usually offer her observations as part of the parents ' contribution to the Statement . |
| 19 | Copenhagen 's manager does not need to watch Linfield ; he was in Tbilisi as part of the Blues ' party and had the home match videoed . |
| 20 | Similarly , the library and student services functions , which also related to the delivery of courses , could be regarded as part of the operations group . |
| 21 | The scouts were walking to Chester cathedral for an afternoon service as part of the scouts Service of Praise . |
| 22 | Women artists need to have both ‘ parents ’ as part of the resources and references from which they make their art today , and to understand the nature of the position from which they work and intervene to reshape — to expand — contemporary culture . |
| 23 | The Port of London Authority has upgraded its navigation control centre at the Thames Barrier and as part of the improvements , Wordsafe voice-logging equipment from the Racal Recorders arm of Racal Electronics Plc has been installed to record all VHF traffic on the Port Operations frequencies between ship and shore , as well as telephone lines to the emergency services . |
| 24 | It was commissioned by British Rail which has now offered it to Durham City Council on permanent loan as part of the improvements to Wharton Park which overlooks the main East Coast Railway line . |
| 25 | Where such e-mail messages only occasionally form part of a key record of action ( like the pseudo minutes mentioned here ) , then formal training as part of the records management programme and manual could be the answer — training so that the users recognise such messages and transfer them into a more appropriate work area . |
| 26 | But that title , of Earl of Falmouth , was granted in March 1665 as part of the honours bestowed when war was declared against the Dutch . |
| 27 | The business ended , he began to show a discreet but kindly Interest ill our " one up , one down " home , recently rented for a pound a week ; this included , as part of the furnishings , a vase containing the ashes of the previous occupant . |
| 28 | It did n't help when Westminster enforced successive cuts in pay as part of the public-services ' sacrifice in relation to the national economic crisis of 1931 and 1932 . |
| 29 | Correct grammar was seen by him as part of the structures of authority ( such as respect for elders , for standards of cleanliness , for discipline in schools ) which in recent decades had fallen into decline . |
| 30 | We hope very much it will be useful , but as I tried to stress at the beginning , we very much see the problems of developing countries , which we in the Institute are working on , as part of the problems of what 's going wrong in the world at the moment , in which we in Britain very much have a stake too . |