Example sentences of "he [verb] be elect [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previously he had been elected chairman of the Falkland Islands Committee because his determination to keep the Falklands British was such a boost to the morale of the islanders . |
| 2 | He had been elected floor leader in 1986 , a post which in the Netherlands political system was comparable to that of party leader . |
| 3 | He had been elected Treasurer of the Oxford University Dramatic Society and , as such , demonstrated the prime motive of his life — an unashamed love of money . |
| 4 | He took the decision soon after he had been elected Speaker in 1983 . |
| 5 | A man who has been living on the verge of success for so long now he 's been elected mayor , PIERCE TURNER is nonetheless happy , And with one of the year 's best albums , ‘ Now Is Heaven ’ , under his belt , why should n't he be ? |