Sentence examples for accepted directors from inspiring English sources

The agreement with Harbinger Capital Partners and Firebrand Partners, which had bought 19percentt of the Times Company's stock, marks the first time since the publisher went public in 1967 that it has accepted directors nominated by outsiders.

An agreement struck by The New York Times Company with a pair of hedge funds that want to shake up the company marks the first time since the Times Company went public in 1967 that it has accepted directors nominated by outsiders.

She later said that she accepted director Stephen Sommers' offer for the role without having read the actual script.

"Benh Zeitlin is a young man," Mr. Russell said of the 30-year-old director of "Beasts," as he accepted his director award.

In his 10th decade of life, Mr. Foote accepted the director Michael Wilson's request for a masterwork.

Affleck jokingly "thanked the Academy" as he accepted best director, but added: "This is the one that counts".

He accepted the director position at the Peace and Conflict Studies program in 1990.

British film censor John Trevelyan was reportedly a distant cousin of Michael Reeves and accepted the director's good intentions when Reeves explained why he felt it was necessary to include such intense violence in the movie.

Feng Xiaogang, a historical epic director sometimes called China's Spielberg, broached the topic while accepting a "director of the year" award from the China Film Directors Guildd in April.

After shareholders complained, it upped the bid by $1.80, which the directors accepted.

Clearly impressed by what they saw, the academy directors accepted him last Thursday.