Example sentences of "[pers pn] was appointed [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On retirement from the Army & Navy Stores I was appointed managing director of Hatchards , Piccadilly , and Miss Riley came as my secretary and continued there in a full or part time capacity for many years . |
| 2 | At the age of 34 I was appointed Chief Executive of Warwickshire County Council , an organisation with 16,000 staff and a budget of £250 million . |
| 3 | In June 1965 she was appointed Vice Principal of Howard Institute , the first woman to hold the position . |
| 4 | So good were her father 's hints and tips that she was appointed official yearbook photographer at high school and from there she went on to study applied photography at college . |
| 5 | So good were her father 's hints and tips that she was appointed official yearbook photographer at high school and from there she went on to study applied photography at college . |
| 6 | In 1906 she was appointed assistant lecturer in the chemistry department of Manchester University , the first woman to hold a staff position in that department . |
| 7 | In 1894 she was appointed assistant commissioner to the royal commission on secondary education under James ( later Viscount ) Bryce [ q.v. ] to investigate girls ' education in Devon . |
| 8 | In 1980 she was appointed Senior Research Fellow at the University of Calabar , Nigeria , is now a Fellow at London University and takes creative writing groups at Goldsmiths College . |
| 9 | Last September he was appointed General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches for a five-year term . |
| 10 | In early 1968 he was appointed general secretary of the government 's Economic Council , but lost all his positions in 1969 . |
| 11 | He was appointed general manager in 1897 , and managing director in 1900 . |
| 12 | Yes , a fortnight ago he was appointed chief art advisor for Devon |
| 13 | He was appointed chief engineer for the Grand Junction ( later the Grand Union ) canal in 1793 . |
| 14 | In 1972 he was appointed chief executive ( second permanent secretary ) to set up the Property Services Agency at the Department of the Environment and held that position until his appointment as chairman of the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations in 1974 , which he held until 1978 . |
| 15 | Ladbroke acquired Hilton International in 1987 and he was appointed chief executive in 1990 . |
| 16 | In 1896 he was appointed chief inspector of factories and workshops , the first medical man to hold this position . |
| 17 | In March 1250 he was appointed Chief justice of ‘ all the forests of England on both sides of the Trent ’ , so that the forest administration was once again united under a single head . |
| 18 | In 1906 he was appointed botanical assistant at the Imperial Institute . |
| 19 | In 1872 he served briefly on Birmingham town council , being elected to fill a casual vacancy in October only to be defeated at the municipal elections a month later , but by this time it was apparent that he was a talented organizer and in 1873 he was appointed full-time secretary of the Birmingham Liberal Association in succession to William Harris . |
| 20 | Anderson 's life in Africa ended in 1978 , when he was appointed Managing Director of the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation ( CFTC ) . |
| 21 | He was appointed managing director of United Biscuits in 1964 and took over as chairman in 1972 . |
| 22 | He was appointed managing director of the Wedgwood Group Earthenware division in 1977 and joined the Wedgwood Board in 1979 . |
| 23 | In 1987 he was appointed Managing Director of Rhenania Transport GmbH in Mannheim , a position which he will continue to hold . |
| 24 | In 1987 he was appointed managing director of Guinness Brewing Worldwide . |
| 25 | In 1972 he was appointed assistant Private Secretary to The Queen ; in 1982 he was given a knighthood , and on the retirement of Lord Moore of Wolvercote in 1986 , he was appointed Private Secretary to The Queen , and Keeper of The Queen 's Archives . |
| 26 | He was appointed financial controller of Wimpey Waste in 1988 . |
| 27 | In 1882 he was appointed assistant master at the Oxford Preparatory School in Crick Road , founded as a day school in 1877 . |
| 28 | In 1978 he was appointed Assistant Treasurer of the P&O Group Treasury , becoming Treasury Manager three years later . |
| 29 | In the wake of Hillier 's retirement in 1882 , he was appointed assistant inspector-general and in 1884 he became one of the country 's four new divisional magistrates , with his headquarters in Athlone . |
| 30 | After serving as a commissioner of trade between 1668 and 1669 , he was appointed assistant secretary of the council of foreign plantations in 1670 , and in September 1672 he was promoted to the post of secretary and treasurer of the council of trade and foreign plantations , under the presidency of his patron , Anthony Ashley Cooper , first Earl of Shaftesbury [ q.v . ] . |