Sentence examples for Taking the appointment from inspiring English sources

Mr. Petit, who says he opposes the death penalty on principle and who has advocated for more emphasis on rehabilitation in the criminal justice system, says he did not hesitate at taking the appointment despite the fact that many of his neighbors here were calling for Mr. Malvo's execution on the day of his arrest last October.

The governor, during a news conference at La Guardia Airport after returning from a visit to Afghanistan and Iraq, said he was taking the appointment seriously and would not be distracted by news coverage that he likened to "a prelude to a high school prom".

A number of General Petraeus's associates described him as extremely eager to take the appointment.

She took the appointment card and then waited to be seen by a doctor for her asthma.

Many think he's taken the appointment like a diplomat might take on a well-paid stay in a far-away embassy.

Matt Busby, Wilf McGuinness, Frank O'Farrell, Tommy Docherty and Ron Atkinson all tried to bring the title back to Old Trafford, but it took the appointment of Ferguson to restore the club to their former glories.

At her first press conference, a reporter asked for her vital statistics: no one took the appointment very seriously, at first.

Many Tories are saying that it will take the appointment of an outsider, possibly Sir Hugh Orde from Northern Ireland, who started his career at the Met, to repair the damage.

Mr. Crocker, a seasoned Africa hand who teaches at Georgetown University, said today that he had no comment on whether he would take the appointment until he spoke personally to the secretary.

"The good news for New Yorkers is Governor Paterson takes the appointment to this position very seriously, as he knows how important new jobs and growth are both in the city and upstate".

But some Republicans have taken the appointment as a sign that the White House is taking a political stance on the issue of "sampling"—a hot-button issue because of debates over how to handle undercounted minorities.