Example sentences of "as [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1753 , for example , Provost William Christie of Stirling sought Lord Milton 's intervention with Lord Loudoun on behalf of his son-in-law , Ensign Gunning , who wished to purchase from Charles Elphinstone his commission as Lieutenant of Stirling Castle , or if that was not permitted , the commission of the Ensign of the Castle . |
| 2 | If there is a potential claim of this sort , for example for late delivery or mishandling an order , action will often be taken in the first instance by the exchange , as guarantor of market standards . |
| 3 | The new row follows uproar over Janet Sainsbury 's appointment at £11,720 a year for two and a half days a week , as chairman of South Glamorgan Family Health Authority . |
| 4 | It is with regret that we join the chorus of voices calling for the resignation of Jocelyn Stevens as chairman of Britain 's architectural and archaeological conservation body , English Heritage : any man so free of mealy-mouthed PR awareness as to tell a bothersome journalist to ‘ go and pee out of the window ’ is a true blue . |
| 5 | CHRISTOPHER Heath , once the UK 's highest paid businessman , has resigned as chairman of Baring Securities , which he founded . |
| 6 | But he has little hesitation in declaring that his successor as chairman of Esso has done a better job than he was able to achieve . |
| 7 | But being a nationalised company the chairman 's salary was fixed and the £80,000 annual remuneration Pearce was receiving as chairman of Esso was cut in half overnight . |
| 8 | Ad agency chief Martin Boase has joined the ranks of the groovy on his appointment as chairman of London radio station Kiss 100 FM . |
| 9 | Today , however , the biggest problem that faces David Coleridge , who took over this month as chairman of Lloyd 's , is not one of scandal , but of profits . |
| 10 | David Coleridge announced that he will resign as chairman of Lloyd 's at the end of the year . |
| 11 | This is my first statement to shareholders as Chairman of Guinness PLC . |
| 12 | TONY Greener , who took over as chairman of Guinness last year , has presided over the first fall in its annual profits for more than a decade , reflecting the effects of the recession on sales and margins and the high marketing spending necessary to support the group 's premium brands . |
| 13 | WHEN he retired in January as chairman of America 's Federal National Mortgage Association ( usually known as Fannie Mae ) , David Maxwell received a handshake of $27m . |
| 14 | JOHN West , 64 , chairman of Christian Salvesen , is to succeed Sir Peter Carey as chairman of Dalgety , the food and agribusiness group . |
| 15 | Interest in local politics led him to become a member of Liverpool town council and Lancashire county council ; he also served as chairman of Liverpool chamber of commerce . |
| 16 | In keeping with the book 's leitmotif , however , let's ignore all that and focus instead on the rich images of Lamb in shock at the lunch interval after weathering 22 bouncers among the preceding 24 balls ; of Dexter losing interest after fielding all day in 90 degrees at Karachi ; of the normally taciturn Peter May sounding off about the regime which followed him as chairman of selectors ; of the ‘ terror of spin ’ and the West Indian ‘ throat-theory ’ reign of terror , attributed in part to the meatiness of their backsides . |
| 17 | For we understand that Dexter — the man who sacked David Gower — is set to go as chairman of selectors . |
| 18 | Four years later , as chairman of BAe , he was asked by the government to prepare the group for privatisation . |
| 19 | Bishop Crowley appointed as Chairman of CAFOD in 1988 . |
| 20 | William Syson , former assistant general manager of Bank of Scotland , has been recruited as chairman of Oriel subsidiary CGA Insurance Brokers ( Scotland ) . |
| 21 | In November nineteen eighty-six , I was elected to succeed Peter Jay as Chairman of N C V O. This year , the call of other duties compel me to step down . |
| 22 | Sir Adrian Cadbury , who has just stepped down as chairman of Cadbury Schweppes , has been appointed a member of the Takeover and Mergers Panel . |
| 23 | Just as Chairman of governors of the local boys school , we 've er , as Mr knows only too well , have written on a number of occasions erm saying how soon will the er these measures be brought forward , and I welcome them and er hope that we will agree them . |
| 24 | I mean erm , Anglia talked er , talked to me anyway as Chairman of B Sky B erm , before they , before they did the write off and it 's , it 's just tax driven . |
| 25 | Few , however , could have imagined that the man who once served as chairman of Clitheroe Young Conservatives would be asked to don the cocked hat and plumes of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda . |
| 26 | In May 1993 Sir Anthony Tennant , chairman of Guinness Plc and formerly managing director at Grand Metropolitan Plc , will replace Lord Carrington as Chairman of Christies International . |
| 27 | Tennant succeeds Lord Carrington who is due to retire after a five-year term as Chairman of Christie 's International next May . |
| 28 | Neil Shaw , chairman of sugar group Tate & Lyle , will emphasise the role of secondment and employee involvement in the community when he begins his term as chairman of BITC this month . |
| 29 | If the deal goes through , Dr Brian Smith will step down as chairman of MB Group to make way for Murray Stuart , currently group chief executive . |
| 30 | As Chairman of CPRW , I strongly recommend this report of our work during 1992 . |