Sentence examples for position as overseer from inspiring English sources

In his position as overseer and elder, Mr. Palmer was not without moral qualms.

"They should have brought in Blanc as overseer or as assistant," Ferguson said.

As overseer of the state's Common Retirement Fund, Mr. DiNapoli has also sponsored shareholder proposals at Chevron.

Thistlewood was the son of a tenant farmer, who arrived on the island of Jamaica in April 1750, and assumed the position of overseer at a major plantation.

Consider the Office of Management and Budget director, who as overseer of $3 trillion in federal spending plays a pivotal role in setting economic priorities.

Now, in a victory for Mr. Powell, the president has appointed L. Paul Bremer as overseer of Iraq's transitional government.

As overseer of the family's financial affairs, Stephen saw no need to change the family trusts.

What role she would play, as overseer of the paper's tradition, values and culture, would have to be offstage.

In Paradise Lost, for instance, the conjugal relationship between Adam and Eve both before and after the Fall is strictly hierarchical, with the husband as overseer of the wife.

Clarke roved around the region acting as overseer of the department's operations.

William Arnold was appointed by the will as overseer along with Ambrose Chappell, a friend of Nicholas.