Example sentences of "he [was/were] appoint [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last September he was appointed General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches for a five-year term . |
| 2 | In early 1968 he was appointed general secretary of the government 's Economic Council , but lost all his positions in 1969 . |
| 3 | He was appointed general manager in 1897 , and managing director in 1900 . |
| 4 | Yes , a fortnight ago he was appointed chief art advisor for Devon |
| 5 | He was appointed chief engineer for the Grand Junction ( later the Grand Union ) canal in 1793 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Ladbroke acquired Hilton International in 1987 and he was appointed chief executive in 1990 . |
| 8 | In 1896 he was appointed chief inspector of factories and workshops , the first medical man to hold this position . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In 1906 he was appointed botanical assistant at the Imperial Institute . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Anderson 's life in Africa ended in 1978 , when he was appointed Managing Director of the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation ( CFTC ) . |
| 13 | He was appointed managing director of United Biscuits in 1964 and took over as chairman in 1972 . |
| 14 | He was appointed managing director of the Wedgwood Group Earthenware division in 1977 and joined the Wedgwood Board in 1979 . |
| 15 | In 1987 he was appointed Managing Director of Rhenania Transport GmbH in Mannheim , a position which he will continue to hold . |
| 16 | In 1987 he was appointed managing director of Guinness Brewing Worldwide . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He was appointed financial controller of Wimpey Waste in 1988 . |
| 19 | In 1882 he was appointed assistant master at the Oxford Preparatory School in Crick Road , founded as a day school in 1877 . |
| 20 | In 1978 he was appointed Assistant Treasurer of the P&O Group Treasury , becoming Treasury Manager three years later . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . ] . |
| 23 | In 1968 he joined the Catholic Missionary Society and in 1975 he was appointed assistant priest at Muswell Hill . |
| 24 | He was appointed Assistant Manager to Ronnie Rooke and , after Rooke 's resignation at the end of November 1950 , Dawes became joint-manager with Charlie Slade . |
| 25 | In 1904 he was appointed assistant carriage and wagon superintendent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire and in 1905 transferred to the Great Northern Railway in Doncaster as carriage and wagon superintendent . |
| 26 | In 1813 he was appointed assistant surgeon in the second battalion of the 89th Regiment of Foot ( ‘ Blayney 's Bloodhounds ’ ) and served in Canada for the remainder of the American war of 1812–14 . |
| 27 | On I January 1803 he was appointed assistant professor at 100 guineas per annum . |
| 28 | After the senior officer war course in 1960 , he was appointed assistant director of electrical engineering at the Admiralty , where he was involved in the design of high voltage electrical supply systems for the projected giant aircraft carrier CVA01 and propulsion systems for submarines . |
| 29 | He was appointed assistant director of the Arnold Arboretum in 1919 and in 1920 travelled to Australia , New Zealand , India , and tropical and South Africa , returning in 1922 . |
| 30 | In 1989 he was appointed assistant Group accountant and in 1990 became Group accountant . |