Example sentences of "was appoint [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 18–12- Donald Sutherland , congregational school teacher , was appoints ed Session clerk , unpaid . |
| 2 | The DTI had already announced in early April that it was appointing consultants to consider the practicability of privatising AEA . |
| 3 | They moved in during September 1950 and just about that time Ninette de Valois announced that she was appointing John resident choreographer of Sadler 's Wells Theatre Ballet for the following season . |
| 4 | Following the model of the appointment of Hugh of Lyons as permanent papal legate in France , one of Paschal II 's first acts as pope was to appoint Guy , archbishop of Vienne , as permanent papal legate in England . |
| 5 | He was appointed Speaker of the parliament last year , after the Islamic movement secured the largest single bloc of seats in elections in 1989 . |
| 6 | As James V was not yet 18 months old , his mother was appointed Guardian , threatening a re-run of old melodramas . |
| 7 | The application was duly made , the proceedings were brought up into the High Court , and on 27 January 1992 the Official Solicitor was appointed guardian ad litem of the four children who , together with the mother and the local authority , were respondents to the foster mother 's application . |
| 8 | By 1529 he was a knight of the Body to Henry VIII ; he was appointed marshal of Berwick on Tweed in the same year and was made constable or keeper of the border castle of Bewcastle in 1531 . |
| 9 | Mrs Snowball was appointed Guildford 's first debt adviser five years ago . |
| 10 | Richards entered the Royal Navy in 1832 and in 1835 was appointed midshipman in the survey ship Sulphur , serving in the Pacific under Captain ( Sir ) Edward Belcher [ q.v . ] . |
| 11 | In 1975 , at the peak of the conservative onslaught , he was appointed deputy minister of culture , and a year later was put in charge of the ministry . |
| 12 | In 1967 he was appointed deputy chairman of the nationalised British Steel Corporation and in 1971 took on the additional responsibility of chief executive . |
| 13 | In 1932 he was appointed deputy secretary to the Commerce Department of the Government of India , where he remained until the end of the Raj 15 years later . |
| 14 | After his visit to Sumatra , he was appointed Deputy Governor of Fort St. David , and later Governor of Fort St. George , both on the south-east coast of India . |
| 15 | On retiring from the post he became a life peer and was appointed deputy leader of the Labour Party in the Lords in 1982 , an office he relinquished only two years ago , |
| 16 | So the challenge to keep abreast of technological developments in aviation was one I entered into with considerable enthusiasm when I was appointed Deputy Chief Inspector in 1967 . |
| 17 | A long-standing friend of WACC , Daniel Tjongarero , was appointed Deputy Minister for Information and Broadcasting and has played a major part in drawing up Namibia 's information and communication policy . |
| 18 | A long-standing friend of WACC , Daniel Tjongarero , was appointed Deputy Minister for Information and Broadcasting and has played a major part in drawing up Namibia 's information and communication policy . |
| 19 | that it came as no surprise that after six busy years with the Association she was appointed Deputy Head Teacher of the Doncaster School for the Deaf and Director of its Further Education Department . |
| 20 | He was elected a director of the rapidly expanding Company in 1767 , and was appointed deputy chairman the following year . |
| 21 | From now on there were regular board meetings and Laura was appointed Deputy Chairman in between Bernard , Chairman , and John James , Managing Director . |
| 22 | Paul Lawson from Melbourne had worked with Oz in Sydney and he automatically came round , and was appointed deputy editor . |
| 23 | Hamilton Green was appointed deputy leader and Seeram Prashad general secretary ( replacing Ranji Chandisingh , hitherto Deputy Prime Minister , who was appointed ambassador to Moscow ) . |
| 24 | On June 18 ( i ) Lt.-Col. Antonio Francisco de Andrade was appointed Deputy Minister for Armaments and Military Technology ; and ( ii ) Pedro da Cunha Neto replaced Antonio da Silva Inacio as governor of the Central Bank ; the deputy governor was also replaced . |
| 25 | In April Ted Diro of the Papuan-based People 's Action Party ( PAP ) was appointed Deputy Prime Minister . |
| 26 | In November 1990 Wilson was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and in February 1991 Daly was appointed Defence Minister [ see p. 38020 ] , both of which portfolios had previously been held by Brian Lenihan , who was dismissed in October 1990 [ see p. 37868 ] . |
| 27 | The Deputy Chair of the IRP , Davlat Usmon , was appointed Deputy Prime Minister by presidential decree , and would supervise security matters . |
| 28 | In 1978 , he was appointed Deputy Managing Director of P&O European Ferries Limited , a position he will continue to hold in addition to his new appointment . |
| 29 | He became a life peer when he retired from that post and was appointed deputy leader of the Labour Party in the Lords in 1982 , an office he relinquished only two years ago . |
| 30 | In 1870 Knowles , who for some years had practised journalism anonymously , was appointed editor of the Contemporary Review , which he made into a highly influential periodical while still continuing his architectural practice . |