Example sentences of "he was [noun] and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Mailer , Lawrence 's greatness lies in part in his heroic struggle against his destiny , which was to be homosexual : ‘ he had become a man by an act of will , he was bone and blood of the classic family stuff out of which homosexuals are made , he had lifted himself out of his natural destiny which was probably to have the sexual life of a woman ’ ( p. 154 ) . |
| 2 | A leading member and benefactor of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society , he was secretary and president . |
| 3 | From 1974–81 he was secretary and vice-chairman of the Conservative Northern Ireland Committee . |
| 4 | He was Arris and Gale lecturer ( 1934 and 1954 ) and Hunterian professor ( 1947 , 1949 , 1950 , and 1951 ) of the Royal College of Surgeons , and co-founder and first president of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons in 1953 . |
| 5 | He was Jekyll and Hyde to himself , swallowing the compounds and mixtures of his own fantasies and terrors and watching what happened . |
| 6 | She was chief dancer and choreographer , he was bandleader and strategy-maker . |
| 7 | Yes because he was man and spirit was n't he ? |
| 8 | He said that he was not a Normalien , he was Condorcet and Polytechnique . |
| 9 | They were married 9 August 1596 and lived at Hackness , where Hoby established a political powerbase ( he was JP and MP ) and a reputation as a humourless Puritan and cantankerous opponent of rival , especially Catholic , gentry . |
| 10 | He was producer and commentator for LWT 's ‘ Sports Arena ’ before taking up in 1972 , the post of Vice President Europe of US company Marvin Sugarman Productions . |
| 11 | What Mulliner 's book does not represent adequately is English church music during the agonizing years 1534–58 which saw Henry VIII 's pseudo-Reformation and dissolution of those musical strongholds , the monasteries ; the Protestant triumph and English liturgy of 1549 ; the Catholic reaction and Mary 's marriage to Philip of Spain ( who brought with him during 1554–5 his ‘ Flemish chapel ’ including Philipp de Monte and his organist Cabezon ) ; and the accession of Elizabeth I. Most of Taverner 's church music was probably written before this period , during the years 1526–30 when he was organist and choirmaster of Cardinal College ( now Christ Church ) , Oxford ; it includes eight Masses , three Magnificats , as well as shorter pieces . |
| 12 | Lord Young , the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party , who piloted much of the bill through the Lords when he was Trade and Industry Secretary , said : ‘ This amendment is only a mischievous attempt to gain party political advantage . ’ |