Example sentences of "was entrusted with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as their contribution to ‘ Supercharge ’ — the culminating attack of the Alamein offensive — the Brigade was entrusted with the job of cutting a path through the enemy defences . |
| 2 | There Burn worked on the drawings of Lowther Castle and was entrusted with the task of supervising the building of Covent Garden Theatre , an arduous nine-month feat of office and site organisation in which he was hard put to maintain a working relationship between his 27-year-old employer and the contractor , Alexander Copeland , one of the giants of the London building world . |
| 3 | Thereafter I looked out of all the windows of the snug hostelry , and not finding a satisfactory view , for it now rained in earnest , and it was vain to hope to be able to sketch out of doors , I noticed a new house a short distance from the inn ( it was being prepared for a doctor ) ; was entrusted with the keys , and from one of the front windows looked out on the rainy scene depicted in the sketch of ‘ Garrynahine , Isle of Lewis . ’ |
| 4 | When in 1988 he was entrusted with the job of getting a development programme among local Chinese off the ground , sceptics said it would be a lost cause — Hong Kong rugby hardly boasted a Chinese team at the time . |
| 5 | The 29-year-old former public schoolboy and ex-junior Wimbledon tennis starlet was entrusted with the McLaren M23 and , after snatching pole position from the Ferrari of Niki Lauda in the first race of the season , the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos , it looked like a promising start for the new team . |
| 6 | Following the change of party line in 1934 , which occurred during his stay in the Soviet Union , Nizan was entrusted with the task of liaising with fellow-travelling intellectuals such as Malraux , Gide and Bloch , who were attending the Soviet Writers Congress of that year . |
| 7 | He was entrusted with the entire charge of the erection of the lighthouse on the Needles rock , 1856–7 . |
| 8 | In fact , in 1914 he was entrusted with the task of servicing loans guaranteed by customs revenue earmarked for that purpose . |
| 9 | Because of his business acumen , James Stewart was entrusted with the management of his half-brother 's estate at the outset of the 1745 rebellion and , subsequent to the enforced exile and forfeiture of Ardshiel , remitted his rents to France . |
| 10 | Significantly , it was the consul with a Greek surname , Q. Publilius Philo , who was entrusted with the drive into Campania which led to this pact in 326 . |
| 11 | As with cathedral buildings , time was entrusted with the task of seasoning and moulding the diverse parts into a harmonious whole . |
| 12 | It was not until 1589 that a single secretary , Louis de Revol , was entrusted with the supervision of foreign affairs in general ; and he was still an administrator , not a policy-maker . |