Sentence examples for been drafted for a from inspiring English sources

Many had been drafted for a year in October 1940 but Congress extended their tour of duty an addition 18 months in August 1941.

By then plans had been drafted for a permanent campus on 49.8 acres bordering the Long Island Rail Road tracks between 158th and 165th Streets.

But in 1959, before a scheduled audition for the Ed Sullivan Show, Lundquist was drafted for a gig he hadn't planned for -- playing the trumpet for the U.S. Army -- and the Six-Pence split up.

I blame him for squandering all the positive feeling in America after 9/11, particularly among young Americans who wanted to be drafted for a great project that would strengthen America in some lasting way -- a Manhattan project for energy independence.

(Thompson, who won a screenwriting Oscar for her 1995 adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility," was drafted for a last-minute rewrite after cast members started complaining about the script).

That proposal is still being drafted for a final vote of the commission.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, plans were drafted for a new terminal with 19 gates and a possible expansion to 27 gates.

However, parliament must also revisit much of the law governing surveillance, which was drafted for an age that never anticipated the dominance of internet-based communication in our daily lives.

Such a change would need to be written into Iraq's new constitution, which parliamentarians are drafting for an Aug. 15 deadline.

"If you were drafting for an N.B.A. team, would Loren Woods be the guy who could solve your center problems?" asked one scout.

Mr. Bush has totally ignored the longing by young Americans to be drafted for such a grand project to strengthen America.