Sentence examples for appointed themselves from inspiring English sources

Unsurprisingly, the general partners have appointed themselves as Lagardère's gérants.

The four men appointed themselves directors of the fund.

I don't remember who had appointed themselves carrier of the book.

The permanent five members appointed themselves in the aftermath of the second world war from which they emerged the victors.

Their diagnosis and conclusion were not found to be acceptable by some individuals who have appointed themselves our moral arbiters.

And farther south, religious revolutionaries have appointed themselves emirs, or commanders, thus challenging the country's only lawful commander of the faithful, King Hassan.

Now three sitting borough presidents are threatening to appoint themselves to the board.

Conservatives appoint themselves to the easy job of tearing these efforts down.

"It disenfranchises members because it is the leaders who appoint themselves," he said.

Mayor-elect Michael R. Bloomberg has not said publicly whether he supports borough presidents' appointing themselves to the Board of Education.

Likewise, the most fervent of royalists tend to be the people who appoint themselves as warders of the prison.