Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] as [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We bring them before you now as we reflect on our Mother , Mary , who suffered as other mothers suffer , a mother faced with hardship , a refugee , a woman of sorrows . |
| 2 | Occasionally the Lincoln crews had the advantage of working with British Austers who acted as Forward Air Control units , relaying information to the Lincolns as they made their way into their bomb runs . |
| 3 | But try selling that argument to the counties who took on Mike Procter , Malcolm Marshall , Courtney Walsh , Waqar Younis , Allan Donald and a host of others who arrived as untried prospects . |
| 4 | Ahti Karjalainen , who served as Prime Minister in 1962-63 [ see p. 18775 ] and in 1970-71 [ see p. 24111 ] , and in various ministerial capacities including three terms as Foreign Minister between 1960 and 1975 , died on Sept. 9 , 1990 , at the age of 67 . |
| 5 | Pindling , who served as Prime Minister for 25 years , had led the first black government and in 1967 broke the power of the Bay Street Boys , the white colonial merchants who dominated the economy and ran the islands like a private club . |
| 6 | Businessmen who served as political advisers , like Jeffrey Sterling , Derek Rayner and John Hoskyns were given knighthoods . |
| 7 | ‘ The future risks are tremendous , ’ said Mr John Roberts , a Panama expert who served as general counsel on the Senate Armed Services Committee when the Panama Canal treaties were ratified in 1978 . |
| 8 | The venture is funded entirely by its board of directors , which includes Messrs Brown and Morse , along with Anthony S. Harrington , a Washington attorney who served as general counsel for the Clinton-Gore presidential campaign , and US Senator Terry Sanford , formerly North Carolina 's governor and president of Duke University . |
| 9 | In the Home Office , he had demonstrated broadly conservative views on crime , drugs , and racial issues , not surprisingly so perhaps for one who served as parliamentary spokesman for the Police Federation . |
| 10 | In comments following release of the budget , the president of the National Academy of Sciences , Frank Press , who served as presidential science adviser under Jimmy Carter , hailed the budget as ‘ very innovative ’ and ‘ highly laudable ’ . |
| 11 | These reforms were partially aimed at reducing the influence of court officials and other persons who served as unofficial lawyers . |
| 12 | And it was captured once by the Dutch , who followed as would-be colonists between 1656 and 1796 . |
| 13 | Mark Kershaw , who started as general manager at Ayr just over a year ago with the task of halting the track 's headlong hurtle towards debts of £1 million , described the rescue package as ‘ an enormous boost , not only for Ayr racecourse , but Scottish racing ’ . |
| 14 | Close to the President for most of the New Deal years was Harry Hopkins who worked as Federal relief administrator . |
| 15 | After a three month search DEC UK Ltd has appointed Christopher Conway as UK managing director and UK-Ireland territory manager : Conway comes from IBM UK Ltd where he was director of UK banking and financial services — Geoff Shingles , who resigned as managing director at the end of 1992 , remains chairman . |
| 16 | After a three month search DEC UK Ltd has appointed Christopher Conway as UK managing director and UK-Ireland territory manager : Conway comes from IBM UK Ltd where he was director of UK banking and financial services — Geoff Shingles , who resigned as managing director at the end of 1992 , remains chairman . |
| 17 | Nguza , who resigned as Prime Minister in August following the election by the national conference of Etienne Tshisekedi as his successor [ see p. 39039 ] , assumed his new post through a presidential ordinance issued on Aug. 31 . |
| 18 | In March an internal UN inquiry had cleared Jean-Pierre Hocké who resigned as High Commissioner in October 1989 [ see p. 36989 ] , of all charges relating to the misappropriation of funds [ see p. 37888 ] . |
| 19 | ‘ Could the doctor have been called in the hour of desperate need by an angel who appeared as this woman 's young daughter ? ’ queries Mr Graham . |
| 20 | Bouvet 's writings reflected the opinions of many chroniclers of the period who wrote as vociferous critics of the excesses of the soldiery . |
| 21 | There were a few men and women dressed in black , who waited as silent witnesses to the obscenity of capital punishment . |
| 22 | Afterwards Mr Clay , who retired as General Secretary in September , said he felt ‘ totally vindicated ’ . |
| 23 | Later , Mr Clay , who retired as general secretary in September , said he did not know whether he would receive the £8,000 or whether it would be used to offset the costs bill . |
| 24 | Following a speech by Lord Sterling , the reply on behalf of the guests was made by Alan Langley , who retired as Managing Director of P&O Cruises in 1990 after 42 years ' service with P&O , BI and Mackinnon Mackenzie . |
| 25 | They were precipitated by the resignations in December 1990 of Michel Noir , 46 , and of two fellow dissident members of the " Renovator " faction of the opposition neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic ( RPR ) , all of whom stood as ex-RPR by-election candidates . |