Example sentences of "had [been] head " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been Head of Modern Languages since 1920 , and was due to retire in five months ' time . |
| 2 | He had been Head of Geography from 1919 until his retirement in 1953 , and later became a Governor , representing the staff of the School . |
| 3 | Abberley , who had been head of the School 's maintenance and ground staff since 1944 . |
| 4 | Mr. J.T. Stanley had been Head of Art since 1949 , and as Form Master of 1A for most of those thirty years , was the introduction to School for almost half the annual intake . |
| 5 | During the 1950s Adenauer had favoured such individuals as Hans Glöbke ( who had been head of the Chancellor 's office ) and Theodor Oberländer ( a Cabinet minister ) despite their close involvement in shaping Nazi policies . |
| 6 | Peter had been Head of External Affairs at Easton House since 1986 , and through his work with the Institute 's Technical Advisory Committee has done much to raise our standing with the Government and the media . |
| 7 | Mobutu had been head of state and head of the sole legal party , the Mouvement populaire de la révolution ( MPR ) , since taking power by means of a coup in 1965 . |
| 8 | Mba , hitherto governor of the regional bank , the Banque des états de l'Afrique centrale ( BEAC ) , replaced Léon Mebiame who had been head of government since 1981 . |
| 9 | Mohammed Hussein Tantawi Sulayman , who succeeded Youssef Sabry Abu Taleb as Defence Minister , had been head of military operations of the Egyptian contingent in the Gulf war , and his appointment was seen as a reward , as was that of Gen. Salah Halabi , commander of the Egyptian contingent , as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces . |
| 10 | US President Bush ( who had been head of the then US liaison mission in Beijing in 1974-75 ) , appeared to want to restore relations as they had been before the Tiananmen Square massacre , but often came under congressional pressure to adopt a policy more critical of China . |
| 11 | The group claimed the trial was directly related to corruption cases raised in the House ; before his arrest , Shbeilat had been head of a House committee on corruption . |