Which preposition to use with appointments

of Occurrences 623%

Having received the appointment of guide and scout, and having been ordered to report at Fort Larned, then commanded by Captain Dangerfield Parker, I saw it was necessary to take my familywho had remained with me at Sheridan, after the buffalo-hunting matchto Leavenworth, and there leave them.

in Occurrences 136%

He too regretted that W. had not taken the London Embassy, assured me that it would have been a very agreeable appointment in Englandwas surprised that I hadn't urged it.

with Occurrences 129%

" He was gone in the morning, as he had said, and she was free to keep her appointment with Elkins.

to Occurrences 121%

" Shun also used the same language in handing down the appointment to Yu.

as Occurrences 120%

He immediately submitted Carleton's name for appointment as quartermaster-general.

for Occurrences 59%

ng there by appointment for a girl of the character and position of Edith Morriston.

at Occurrences 57%

He would often say he obtained his first appointment at the London Hospital chiefly out of pity, the authorities thinking he would not live six months, but he outlived almost every one of them.

by Occurrences 24%

NOTE.Commandants are held responsible for all statements on this form being accurate so far as it is possible for them to find out, also for the fact that the member who signs it is a British subject, and in every way suitable for appointment by the Joint V.A.D. Committee.

on Occurrences 24%

With friendly solicitude he inquired "how much I had made by my voyage;" and when he was informed that, although I had added to my knowledge, I had not improved my fortune, he stared at me a while, and remarking that he had business at the Bank, as well as an appointment on 'Change, suddenly took his leave.

from Occurrences 17%

He then remitted the tribute called for by the registered lists and everything else that was owing the government since before the period of the civil wars, abolished certain taxes, and refused to accept the priesthood of Lepidus, which was offered to him; for it was not lawful to take away the appointment from a man still alive.

without Occurrences 10%

Yet Simcoe made appointments without consulting his superior and argued the point after he had been brought to book.

under Occurrences 10%

Trip through the Miami of the lakes, and the Wabash ValleyCross the grand prairie of IllinoisRevisit the minesAscend the IllinoisFeverReturn through the great lakesNotice of the "Trio"Letter from Professor SillimanProspect of an appointment under governmentLoss of the "Walk-in-the-Water"Geology of DetroitMurder of Dr. Madison by a Winnebago Indian.

about Occurrences 4%

She viewed the comfortable appointments about her a little wistfully, for Mrs. Pendomer's purse was not over-full.

during Occurrences 4%

It was fortunate indeed for the Allied cause that he held such important Staff appointments during the most critical periods of the war.

through Occurrences 4%

At the age of sixteen he went from Persia to Bombay, where he met with the kindest reception in the house of a friend of his father's, by whom he was assisted in every way, and even obtained an appointment through his interest.

until Occurrences 3%

The other commissioner (Major Graham) did not receive his appointment until 16th August to fill the place left vacant by the nonacceptance of Professor Cleaveland, and to him was assigned the survey and examination of the due north line, commencing at the source of the river St. Croix and extending to the highlands which divide the waters that flow into the river St. Lawrence from those which flow into the Atlantic Ocean.

before Occurrences 3%

I take the liberty also to mention that I must decline having my acceptance considered as drawing after it any immediate charge upon the public, or that I can receive any emoluments annexed to the appointment before entering into a situation to incur expense.

after Occurrences 3%

They obtain their appointments after passing a stringent examination at home, and are promoted to the higher colonial offices only after giving proofs of fitness and ability.

than Occurrences 2%

It was a more remarkable appointment than when Henry II. made his chancellor, Becket, archbishop of Canterbury.

in Occurrences 2%

Question of Appointments in the Household.

out Occurrences 1%

Meanwhile Stormonth was at a place of appointment out of the reach of the executor of the law, and was soon found out by Effie, who gave him the money with trembling hands.

like Occurrences 1%

It is sufficient, therefore, for that part of the resolution to say that a provisional or temporary appointment like that in question is not required by law to be communicated to the Senate, and that there is no instance on record where such communication ever has been made.

between Occurrences 1%

"Appointment between him and me!" answered Conde: "it can only be at the point of the lance.

within Occurrences 1%

Quarantotti, the prelate who, during the detention of the Pope in France by Napoleon, was invested with the chief authority in ecclesiastical affairs at Rome, in a letter to the Vicar-apostolic, Dr. Poynter, formally announced the consent of the Papal See to give the King a veto on all ecclesiastical appointments within the United Kingdom; and, after his return to Rome, Pio VII.

over Occurrences 1%

ZEALOTS, THE, a fanatical party among the Jews in Judea, who rose in revolt against the Roman domination on the appointment over them of a Roman governor instead of a native prince, which they regarded as an insult to their religion and religious belief.

Which preposition to use with  appointments