Example sentences of "[prep] charge of [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 That was one of my most memorable rounds , even if I was only in charge of wellingtons .
2 In 1882 the Congregational Union studied the problem of low stipends and reported that of 1,527 ministers in charge of chapels in England and Wales , 668 or over 43 per cent received under £150 p.a .
3 In effect she was working harder than ever and enjoying a supreme burst of creative energy since she could now release her talents into producing fabrics and accessories for every aspect of the home , while leaving Deborah in charge of garments .
4 ‘ Staff in charge of establishments where violence is a problem , to the extent that the police are likely to be called upon to assist from time to time , should establish a relationship with the police which will lead to a better understanding of each other 's problems and responsibilities .
5 THEO FOLEY , manager of Fourth Division Northampton , became a victim of the club 's financial problems yesterday when he was dismissed by the administrators put in charge of affairs at the County Ground .
6 One was late starting , that carrying the officer in charge of demolitions .
7 Chanel 's legendary studio is now occupied by Lagerfeld and the same people from the photographic sitting with the addition of Gilles Dufour , Lagerfeld 's long-time right-hand man at Chanel , various Chanel employers such as Victoire de Castellane , in charge of accessories , and the British Kirsten Woodward who has made Lagerfeld 's hats since he discovered her on a lightning trawl through Hyper Hyper some years ago .
8 To run this system the king had not only his ealdormen ( later , earls ) but also reeves , some of them in charge of shires , who looked after royal estates and aspects of the judicial system , and sometimes led armies .
9 These , mostly one-day , workshops have occasionally been with a whole school staff ( primary , secondary and special schools ) and more often with teachers of particular types — probationers , English teachers , science teachers , senior teachers in charge of probationers , deputies and heads on DES management courses , primary heads in one county and one LEA 's entire Inspectorate .
10 John was rarely seen in Blackpool ; after he had written the outline for the summer show he put assistant directors in charge of rehearsals .
11 Francis Mangon , an inventive lighting designer , had been brought over from America to be in charge of productions for the Plaza company .
12 Mackie looked pale but in charge of things , greeting me with a sisterly kiss .
13 He said that the official in charge of antiquities at the Nasiriya Museum had received from the Americans a ‘ very small number ’ of terracotta objects dating back to the dawn of mankind and the Babylonian period , some of which had only recently been broken .
14 It is not a sign of high status in a man 's world to be in charge of women only , but I have to confess that I did n't find it unpleasant .
15 We very quickly had a woman Head of Marketing , a woman in charge of publishing , a woman Head of Presentation , a woman Programme Manager , another woman commissioning editor , Sue Woodford , in charge of multi-cultural programming , Carol Haslam in charge of documentaries .
16 He was in charge of costumes and scenery for plays and masques , and was responsible also for ‘ perusing and reforming of plays ’ when necessary .
17 In fact while we find duces in charge of groups of civitates , they also appear as leaders of royal armies , without any clear geographical base , and they were to be found engaged in a wide variety of other activites , including diplomatic missions .
18 Military governors-general were to be put in charge of groups of provinces throughout the empire , not just in the imperial borderlands and in St Petersburg and Moscow .
19 In addition to classic injunctions such as ‘ I look for a marked reduction in the number of problems put forward for discussion in Ministerial Committees ’ , in the terse Major Attlee style , the paper contains a passage which is pure Brook : ‘ The Cabinet Committee system has a valuable part to play in the central machinery of government , both in relieving the pressure on the Cabinet itself and in helping to give practical effect to the principle of collective responsibility at times when the Cabinet does not include all Ministers in charge of Departments . ’
20 Beattie 's defence barrister , Anthony Cinnamond , called Chief Inspector Kyle who was in charge of investigations into the murders at Abbey Meat Packers , Ltd. and Inspector Jardine who was assisting him .
21 does n't know it but er the lady who er in charge of personnel for .
22 Erm , I from Edinburgh branch , I 'm the Assistant Manager of Services there , erm , that means I 'm in charge of Personnel and Admin , erm , Personal Insurances and our Technical Services Unit .
23 quite good today actually , we 've got erm Pat who is like erm who is , I think she 's like the personnel in charge of I know that she 's in charge of personnel there
24 Gamini Athukorale was promoted to Cabinet rank in charge of Lands , Irrigation and Mahaweli Development , succeeding P. Dayaratne , who in turn took over Reconstruction , Rehabilitation and Social Welfare from Adhikari .
25 Starting next year the Official Custodian for Charities , who has been in charge of investments on behalf of 40,000 charities , will be giving back the investments to the individual charities .
26 right , Mr did it require his approval , as the , as it were officer in charge of brochures ?
27 certainly , and my Lord my problem is I 'd liked to see them before I cross-examine Mr the er , the next witness cos he , he was the the officer in charge of brochures , er I do n't know whether the defendants can get , the plaintiffs can get them before but er , I mention it now , the second application my Lord , er your Lordship recalls that Mr evidence is at a meeting of , he brought up his concerns about the accuracy of the inflation sentence in the brochure and a board meeting in , no board meeting to that effect has been disclosed
28 Why are you in charge of clinics in both places ? ’
29 When Swan heard that Harvey was at the Ministry of Transport , he tried to draw him out on the subject of motorways in Warwickshire , but the junior Minister in charge of roads said that this was not the time or place to discuss the subject .
30 When I carried out a survey of undergraduates and their use of books at Sheffield University I needed a sample of all undergraduates in the university during the academic year of the study.8 It was quite a revelation , talking to the Assistant Registrar in charge of records , to discover how difficult it was to define a ‘ student ’ for my purposes .
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