Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [be] appoint " in BNC.

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1 It was called in 1974 , just after I had been appointed Chief Inspector of Accidents .
2 The telephone rang while I was busy explaining to Tony Crosland that I could not accept a further term of office at the Housing Corporation , since I had been appointed to the Mastership of University College , Oxford , but I had agreed to a request that I should at least stay for another year to see someone else in .
3 The other was a notification from the Foreign Office that I had been appointed Honorary Attache to HRH the Duke of Gloucester who would attend the coronation as the representative of his father , King George V.
4 When I went to the first meeting I had been appointed to the job , I went to the first meeting and there in front of me were lots of people who were managing their own schools and they were organising how to spend money that they had been allocated .
5 Executive power is vested in the President , the Vice-President , and the Cabinet , which last is appointed by the President ( currently Daniel T. arap Moi ) .
6 Two weeks later , Henry changed his will and excluded Gardiner from the regency council which had been appointed to rule during the minority of his son .
7 On Oct. 22 President Elias Hrawi invited Rafiq al-Hariri to form a new government ; this was formally appointed on Oct. 31 , replacing that of Rashid al-Solh , which had been appointed in May 1992 [ see pp. 38932-33 ] .
8 The Crick Committee , which had been appointed in 1961 and reported on A Higher Award in Business Studies in 1964 , had originally been looking for an equivalent of the DipTech , but had waited for the Robbins Report before issuing its recommendations .
9 Ye had been appointed Vice-Chair of the Chinese People 's Political Consultative Conference ( the government 's largely ceremonial opinion-gathering forum ) in April [ see p. 38145 ] .
10 Hannaniah Lungu , who himself had been appointed on July 1 , replacing Frederick Hapunda , an advocate of pluralist democracy [ see pp. 37523 ; 37909 ] .
11 John Paul Gallagher , who has been appointed as chaplain to the U.S. , Menwith Hill base , is with the U.S. Bishopric of the Forces and can be contacted at or via the base .
12 A Sheriff Officer is a person in private practice who has been appointed an officer of the court but is not a court employee .
13 Dingiri Banda Wijetunga , who has been appointed acting president and will probably get the job permanently because the UNP has enough votes in parliament to secure it for him , is an unassuming 71-year-old compromise candidate .
14 In addition to Molla Edebali and Tursun Fakih one may mention the reference in an imperial decree sent from Murad I to Haci Evrenos Bey — unfortunately the document is of questionable authenticity-to one Elvan Fakih " who has been appointed seyhulislam for Rumeli generally " , to whom Evrenos Bey is adjured to show particular respect .
15 Dr Alix Thom , of Foster Wheeler Wood Group , is currently assisting the university in the initial planning of the Alumni Association , along with Carol Campbell , who has been appointed alumni officer .
16 Peter Robinson took over as Operations manager SNH on October 1 , succeeding Dave Bell , who has been appointed manager Safety in Aberdeen .
17 Tai Solarin , an outspoken critic of the Government who has been appointed the Bank 's Chairperson , is happy that ‘ the Government has realized that structures operating in the country have not served the purpose of the ordinary people ’ .
18 He takes over from Bob Phillips who has been appointed manager of Information Services , Corporate Affairs Directorate .
19 He will take up the duties of Counsellor , Atomic Energy , on August 17 and succeeds Chris Loughlin , who has been appointed Director , Transport Division , from September 1
20 A suggested clause to be included in either the Articles or the subscription and shareholders ' agreement is : A director of the company who has been appointed to the board by a member or class of members pursuant to the Articles of Association to represent the interests of that member or class of members shall , notwithstanding any rule of law or equity to the contrary , not be considered in breach of his fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of the company by reason only that in the performance of his duties and the exercise of his powers , he has regard to the interests and acts upon the wishes of that member or class of members when no honest and reasonable director could have formed the view that in so doing , the director was also promoting the interests of the company as a whole .
21 He is joined by Peter Fairbairn , 54 , who has been appointed an external information technology consultant .
22 Appointments announced by the York Diocese include the Rev Catherine Durnford , assistant curate at Whitby , who has been appointed assistant curate at Redcar ; the Rev Christopher Morgan becomes vicar of St Hilda 's , York , and the Rev Simon Wright has been re-appointed Rural Dean of Middlesbrough for five years .
23 The job of putting the Ryal International Pavillion , Llangollen on the Map has been taken on by Carolyn Brindle who has been appointed administrator .
24 She has been appointed this season after the Wordsworth Trust staged a six-day exhibition in Osaka last year .
25 She has been appointed to the Audit Commission as a manager in their Special Projects Unit , providing management consultancy to local authorities and the N.H. S. She is based in the Midlands .
26 She has been appointed a ‘ Goodwill Ambassador ’ by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees after her work to help children caught up in the conflict in Bosnia .
27 She has been appointed public relations assistant .
28 However , Sally Kuenssberg , a specialist in children 's panel training in the department of adult and continuing education , says that she has been appointed as an individual with experience of the needs of children .
29 Although the current climate of education cut-backs and competition from a large variety of exercise classes presents a considerable challenge to the development of Medau , Pat is sure that the Grant Aid Programme , which she has been appointed to implement , has strengthened the foundations on which the Medau family can build .
30 Finally , Lowestoft members are reminded to be particularly polite to Marlene McGee , as she has been appointed to the Lowestoft bench of the Magistrates ' Court .
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