Sentence examples for appointed seat from inspiring English sources

Rather than mock Blagojevich for his creative defense tactics, pundits, legislators and concerned citizens should focus on the futility of denying Sen. Burris his lawfully appointed seat.

He currently holds an appointed seat on the OpenStack Project Policy Board.

2Includes 84 indirectly elected seats and 16 appointed seats.

The military has 75 appointed seats in the 500-member legislature.

Mr. Mugabe was also guaranteed 20 appointed seats, giving him at least 71 seats in the 150-member Parliament.

Opposition parties were granted a small but increasing number of constitutionally mandated appointed seats, but the PAP continued to enjoy an overwhelming legislative mandate.

Debate on whether senators should be elected or named by the prime minister began even before the first senators took their appointed seats in 1867.

Distracted reporters began rushing to their appointed seats as word spread that a kid with off-the-charts athleticism was making Sampras look 29 going on 39.

Finally, 32 minutes after the scheduled time, the line picked up speed, and test-takers filed through the lobby, past the weathered wood doors and up four flights of stairs to their appointed seats.

His party holds a slight edge in Parliament, which has 210 elected members and 12 appointed seats, though two of his colleagues were killed after the election, narrowing the opposition's majority.

He criticized William C. Thompson Jr., a former city comptroller, for saying that he would give up the mayor's majority of appointed seats on the Panel for Educational Policy, which approves contracts and policy decisions but is essentially a rubber-stamp for the mayor.