Sentence examples for basically drafted from inspiring English sources

In fact, he said, he was basically drafted into it.

She said, for example, that the Clinton administration program to guarantee free immunizations for poor and uninsured children, passed in 1993, "was basically drafted in my office under my supervision".

"Very soon after that, I was basically drafted to be chair on sustainable usages at the IUCN.

"If you could basically draft Kevin Durant and invest in Kevin Durant as an N.B.A. player, you'd be an idiot not to," Mr. Riccitiello said.

The idea is basically to draft a frame of reference, or master plan of operation, or country programme, to ensure that aid provided by a given organization to a given country is relevant to its needs and opportunities; and to provide structure, strategic vision and coherence to what was so far a mere portfolio (collection) of independent projects.

Under the Prevent strategy, teachers are supposed to watch out for any inappropriate religiosity on the part of their students; basically, they're being drafted as a part-time Stasi.

"Congress is basically conservative," says a senior petista.Mr Cardoso drafted reforms, then invited debate; Lula talks first and drafts later, notes Mr De Góes.

The Bengals basically admitted this by drafting Dontay Moch in the third-round.

First, president Mohammed Morsi declared an edict that basically gave him as many powers as he wanted until a new constitution was drafted.

There are basically two sorts of people who are upset about Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend on ESPN after being drafted into the NFL.

"It basically comes down to media consolidation," said Tracy Rosenberg, executive director of Media Alliance, a media watchdog based in the Bay Area that drafted a letter in July asking the F.C.C. to hold an inquiry on noncommercial-radio sales.