Sentence examples for as to appoint from inspiring English sources

Obama went so far as to appoint two board members during recess, though an appeals court later blocked those appointments, saying the Senate was not technically in recess.

Governors generally had the power to convene and dismiss the legislature as well as to appoint judges and justices of the peace.

In 1988, for example, Gov. Thomas H. Kean went so far as to appoint a commission to look into the matter.

For the first time in decades, the Chinese government has gone so far as to appoint respected professionals who are not members of the Communist party to run the ministries of science and health.

For example, when Cisco acquired home networking provider Linksys in 2003, it kept the business separate, even going so far as to appoint a team of "blockers" to make sure that Cisco's core DNA didn't unintentionally infect Linksys's DNA.

While private legal complaints have become fairly commonplace since Egypt's 2011 uprising, the government has signaled that it takes the threat from Mr. Youssef much more seriously, going so far as to appoint a judge to investigate the complaints against him, according to Heba Morayef of Human Rights Watch.

Reading caretaker manager Martin Kuhl hopes the club will move "as quickly as possible" to appoint a new manager.

The administration seems as likely to appoint an environmentalist at the E.P.A. as it would appoint a dove at the Pentagon.

Brown can take as long as he wishes to appoint a replacement once Harris leaves office.

He used his powers as governor to appoint a Republican replacement (national Republicans would not have forgiven him anything else).

The president could not use holiday breaks or seasonal vacations as opportunities to appoint nominees who faced intractable opposition, they said.