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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was appointed CBE in 1952 and knighted in 1964.
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He was appointed CBE in 1991, for services to literature, and was knighted in 2000.
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In 1920 he was appointed CBE for his direction of war material production at Doncaster works.
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In 1983 he was awarded a CBE for his public services to art.
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Winchester was appointed CBE in 1962.