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Example sentences for "superintendence"

Lexicographically close words:
superintend; superintendance; superintendant; superintendants; superintended; superintendency; superintendent; superintendents; superintending; superintends
  1. In the spring of 1827, a memorable year for Canada, the Company commenced their operations at Guelph, under the superintendence of John Galt, Esq.

  2. Translated under the superintendence of and with additions by the Author.

  3. Translated under the superintendence of J.

  4. As the Queen was particularly attached to dramatic entertainments, about 1569 she formed the children of the Royal Chapel into a company of theatrical performers, and placed them under the superintendence of Edwards.

  5. For over forty years the St. Giles' Christian Mission, now under the superintendence of Mr. W.

  6. Then there is the distribution of the beef--a most interesting feature of the Royal Bounty--which takes place in the Riding School at Windsor Castle, under the superintendence of the several Court officials.

  7. In holiness and knowledge; or in the government and superintendence of the Israelites.

  8. Hideyoshi determined to set up a still more imposing effigy in Kyoto, and, in 1586, the work was commenced under the superintendence of Maeda Gen-i.

  9. Sick prisoners were carried to the tamari, which were situated at Asakusa and Shinagawa, and were under the superintendence of the hinin-gashira.

  10. It was under the superintendence of a special commissioner (benkwari).

  11. Among the omi and muraji, those conspicuously powerful were charged with the superintendence of several uji, and were distinguished as o-omi and o-muraji.

  12. Every night the superintendence of these dormitories was entrusted to a father and mother of a family, belonging to the association.

  13. We have said, and we repeat, that the laws which apply to the superintendence of lunatic asylums appear to us insufficient.

  14. The little iron bedsteads were arranged in symmetrical order; at each end were the beds of the two mothers of families, who took the superintendence by turns.

  15. During this quarter of a year I was residing at Cambridge Observatory, visiting Greenwich once a week (at least for some time), the immediate superintendence of the Observatory being placed with Mr Main.

  16. Government Superintendence of the Compasses of Iron Ships.

  17. Reckoning not, as in times past, of my superintendence over all things, they have banished me altogether from their haughty hearts, and taught themselves to forget that there is aught greater and more powerful than the Indian.

  18. All the machine tools used in his establishment were designed by himself, and he was most careful in the personal superintendence of all the details of their construction.

  19. If the mother contracts a second marriage, she can not preserve her superintendence of her children, except with the consent of a family meeting composed of the relations or friends of the father.

  20. Legislatures, in the laws which concern the personal and property relations of wives, mothers and widows, and by the election and appointment of women to the superintendence of education, charities and other public trusts.

  21. We no longer send innkeepers to Parliament, nor do members of Parliament, as a rule, undertake the personal superintendence of hotels, as they often did in the fourteenth century.

  22. Before leaving Itu she was asked informally whether she would consent to take the superintendence of Court affairs in the district, as she had done in Okoyong, but on a recognised basis.

  23. I steered for him a good many months--as was the humble duty of the pilot-apprentice: stood a daylight watch and spun the wheel under the severe superintendence and correction of the master.

  24. But that he would have been glad to have cast off the Feringhee alliance, and to have ruled without the restraint of our superintendence and interference, is not to be questioned.

  25. In all public, and many of the largest and most successful private undertakings, not only the labors of detail, but the control and superintendence are entrusted to salaried officers.

  26. Other societies are under the direction of a ministry appointed to preside over them; and in most instances two or more societies constitute a bishopric, being united under the superintendence of the same ministry.

  27. Work was being carried on at this spot under the superintendence of Mr. C.

  28. Everything possible was done to mitigate the temporary distress, relief committees being formed under the active superintendence of the Mayor of Liskeard--Mr. T.

  29. Lucius Quinctius Flaminius was created augur, and Lucius Cornelius Lentulus decemvir for the superintendence of sacred rites.

  30. This enchanting spot belongs to the Duke of Devonshire; and the superintendence of it has for some years been entrusted to the Rev.

  31. The old Conventual Church has been repaired under the superintendence of the Rev.

  32. For it has been invariably found, that wherever the funds have been raised and applied under the superintendence of gentlemen and substantial proprietors, acting in vestries and as overseers, pauperism has diminished accordingly.

  33. The winter garden of Coleorton, fashioned out of an old quarry under the superintendence and direction of Mrs. Wordsworth and my sister Dorothy, during the Winter and Spring of the year we resided there.

  34. God has committed the superintendence of the seventy-two nations into which He has divided the earth to as many angels.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "superintendence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    administration; auspices; care; charge; conduct; custody; dictatorship; directorate; directorship; eye; generalship; government; guardianship; handling; jurisdiction; leadership; management; managership; mastership; oversight; presidency; responsibility; running; sovereignty; stewardship; supervision; surveillance