Sentence examples for assignment against from inspiring English sources

Zito knows it will not be an easy assignment against Boston.

Smith gets a nice first assignment, against Oakland (2-8) and its 31st-ranked run defense.

LATRELL SPREWELL, who will draw the opening-night defensive assignment against Jordan, said: "It's not surprising.

But most days are like Monday, when Oudin drew the opening assignment against Schiavone.

Parnell, in his third season with the Mets, did not finish Friday night's assignment against Houston.

His primary assignment against the Heat was to guard Dwyane Wade, one of the league's most dynamic scorers.

New Zealand face white-ball assignments against Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Australia before McCullum's two-Test swansong against the Australians.

"The senior team is preparing for its upcoming assignments against Pakistan in the UAE.

Tough road assignments against Collingwood, Gold Coast and Fremantle lie in wait, as well as a home game against the rampant Sydney.

The goal is to position Ketchum to compete for worldwide assignments against giants like Burson-Marsteller, a unit of WPP Edelmann, part of Daniel J. Edelman Inc. and Weber Shandwickk, owned by Interpublic.

Even after losing a 2-0 first-period leand althoughough the captain, Scott Stevens, said he was sneaking peeks at the out-of-town scoreboard, the Devils paid attention to their assignments against the Capitals, the Southeast Division champion, and sent goaltender Martin Brodeur home with his 40th victory of the season.