Example sentences of "appointment [prep] [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Appointment of Berri as Speaker — Appointment of Hariri as Prime Minister — New government
2 December : appointment of al-Jaburi as Defence Minister [ see p. 37927 ] and Gen. Abdel-Jabber Khalil al-Shanshal as Minister of State for Military Affairs .
3 His appointment in 1955 as Secretary of the Zoological Society of London , for example , was marked by his affection for the zoo , but also by ructions as he fought the old guard for his sensible proposals for change .
4 His appointment in 1650 as secretary to the committee for examinations of the republican council of state brought him to London , where he and Thomas Scott [ q.v. ] headed the intelligence operation that skilfully countered Royalist conspiracy .
5 Further recognition followed for Maitland with appointment in 1919 as CMG , and the award of the AFC ( 1919 ) and the United States DSM ( 1917 ) .
6 Robert Passelewe was a Household clerk who after 1228 had been attached to the Poitevin party , shared in their downfall in 1234 , and was restored to favour in 1236 ; his appointment in 1246 as justice of the Forests south of Trent therefore brings the administrative history of the forest into line with that of the Household and the great Departments of State .
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