Example sentences of "he [be] elected an [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | From 1957 Rollo and his wife Alice came to London every year , where he was elected an honorary member of the Double Crown Club ( whom he addressed , on WA Dwiggins ) and the Wynkyn de Worde Society . |
| 2 | Pillai was appointed CBE in 1937 , CIE in 1939 and KCIE in 1946 ; he was elected an honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall in 1970 . |
| 3 | He was elected an honorary fellow of Lincoln College ( 1939 ) and of St Edmund Hall ( 1951 ) , FBA ( 1959 ) , FSA ( 1969 ) , and corresponding fellow of the Mediaeval Academy of America ( 1968 ) ; he received honorary doctorates from both Oxford ( 1959 ) and Cambridge ( 1964 ) . |
| 4 | In 1898 , having since 1871 styled himself ‘ electrical engineer ’ , he was elected an honorary member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers , and the following year contributed the sum of £1,500 to a benevolent fund for the benefit of their members . |
| 5 | He was elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons ( 1977 ) and of the Royal College of Surgeons of England ( 1987 ) . |