Sentence examples for appointment of sir from inspiring English sources

The appointment of Sir David is the right move for a project so vital to our economic success".

Meggitt's appointment of Sir Nigel Rudd as chairman in April stoked speculation that it could be a bid target.

Hence the appointment of Sir Peter Ricketts, previously the administrative head of the Foreign Office and the epitome of discreet civil-service efficiency.

With the appointment of Sir Alan Moses to head the new press regulator, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso), it's a case of back to the future.

The Government has been accused of breaking strict Civil Service rules in its rushed appointment of Sir David Higgins to rescue the heavily criticised plans for the £42.7bn High Speed 2 railway.

The government, to its credit, has measures including a £19m fund for extra support and the appointment of Sir Martin Narey, as chair of the new Adoption Leadership Board, to drive adoption reforms with a pot of £50m.

It comes after the appointment earlier this month of Sir David Walker, a vocal critic of the remuneration of investment bankers, as chairman.

Best gaffe Chris Grayling, for calling the appointment of General Sir Richard Dannatt to a frontbench post a potential gimmick.

The appointment of General Sir David Richards to be head of the army next summer will bring a breath of fresh air to the job and some new thinking.

In a previous gaffe, he suggested the appointment of Gen Sir Richard Dannatt was a "political gimmick" without realising the military chief was to advise Cameron rather than Gordon Brown.

The appointment of General Sir Richard Dannatt, the former chief of the general staff, as an adviser to the Conservatives was a "major error of judgment," a former cabinet secretary said today.