Sentence examples for was made general from inspiring English sources

Two years later he was made general secretary of the PSOE's León provincial federation.

With the United States' entry into World War I in 1917, Bliss was made general and chief of staff.

David Clay, who was made general manager of the NSIC in 1983, said Savile acted as if he was God.

He soon became a captain in the Revolutionary government's army of Italy at Nice, and in December 1793 he was made general of a division.

After Roosevelt's election to the presidency, Jackson was made general counsel to the Internal Revenue Bureau, where his notable accomplishment was the successful prosecution of financier Andrew Mellon for income-tax evasion.

As a result, Lamoral von Thurn und Taxis was made general postmaster of the empire in 1615, was given the title of count, and was later promoted to prince.

After various political experiments, Scipio Africanus was made general-in-chief of the Roman armies in Africa, and was assured this role for the duration of the war.

In the meantime, as is traditional in Having It All stories, the personal is made general.

"History has been made," General Musharraf said in a press conference at the presidential palace after the agreement was announced.

I wish to God it could be made general, and I am sure the benefits arising from it, in every point of view, would be incalculable.

Some standards have purposely been made general -- describing goals rather than how to achieve them -- to allow for the ever-changing uses and specifications of technology.