Sentence examples for a ceremonial position from inspiring English sources
Sure enough, Bart Giamatti, the man White succeeded, became commissioner, while White filled a ceremonial position that was eventually eliminated.
He surrendered the main power of his own office — the ability to dismiss Parliament — and turned it into a ceremonial position.
The first was the party leader, the second headed the government, and the third became chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, a ceremonial position.
Before he took the job, Mr. Biden sought assurances that his would not be just a ceremonial position and that he would have substantive assignments.
Mr Musharraf had planned to stay on as president, which is supposedly a ceremonial position, but he was eased out after that election by Mr Zardari, who replaced him.
The plea agreement allows him to remain as the union's president emeritus, a ceremonial position giving him a salary of $250,000 a year, the same he earned as president.
A key reason was Erdogan's provocative insistence on transforming the presidency from a largely ceremonial position to a strong executive post.
The presidency is traditionally a largely ceremonial position, and theoretically a non-partisan one — Erdogan officially left the AKP when he assumed office — but he has retained tight control of the party, working to solidify his influence and install his allies in senior positions.
India's presidency is a largely ceremonial position, but will have a crucial role in the event of a hung parliament.
It might have combined associations of the fetus, the fetal burial position, and female birth and intercourse positions, as well as a ceremonial posture assumed by the living.
Pakistan's problems, including an economy in a tailspin and a raging Islamist insurgency, are unlikely to get the attention they need while the government struggles for survival.Mr Taseer was the governor of Punjab, a largely ceremonial position in Pakistan's most populous province, but a high-profile one for all that.
