Sentence examples for given oversight from inspiring English sources

Ambassador Eikenberry was given oversight of more than 1,000 civilians on the ground, triple the number in January 2009.

Craig Federighi, who led the development of Apple's operating system for computers, was also given oversight of much of the operating system for iPhones and iPads.

"You have to walk a careful line between respectful and reverential," said Leslie B. Stern, a Disney stalwart who has been given oversight for rejuvenating the Muppets characters.

They welcome the Bank of England being given oversight of the scheme, but urge the government to do more to prevent a house price bubble.

She said an important part of the agreement was the stipulation that the state could not appeal decisions made by the federal court judge who was given oversight.

James Murdoch has already faced renewed criticism for the way the company has managed the investigation since 2007, when he was given oversight of News International, the News Corporation's British subsidiary.

That deal gave oversight of the Legislature, previously handled by a bipartisan ethics committee, to a new Legislative Ethics Commission.

The reforms need to go much further by explicitly protecting workers' rights, including the right to organize, and giving oversight to the Labor Department.

The rules give oversight responsibility for prison treatment programs to the State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, an agency that develops treatment programs and licenses treatment providers.

I have yet to be convinced that what's under consideration would be any more effective than the very British scheme of giving oversight to well-meaning amateurs.

If anything, the Senate is moving in the other direction, not only to give oversight of systemic risk primarily to the Treasury but also to rein in the central bank's regulatory powers.