Sentence examples for board of state from inspiring English sources

But in exchange, the city gave up its fiscal oversight to a financial review board of state and local officials.

Two months later, the Nevada Board of State Prison Commissioners adopted new regulations for oversight, including training requirements for corrections officers and investigatory obligations for the state.

Mr. Hevesi suggested a seven-member board of state and local officials, but in the deal struck today, there will be nine members, and Mr. Pataki won the right to fill five seats, including the chairman's.

Rousseff, who sat on the board of state oil company Petrobras during her time as energy minister, has made development of pre-salt oil and gas fields the key to the nation's future development.

He has appeared to confirm this by choosing Sandile Ngcobo, a staunchly independent Constitutional Court judge, as the new chief justice.Contrary to past practice, it seems that most public appointments, whether as the central bank's governor or to the management board of state television, are being made on merit rather than politics.

Ruth Johnson, Michigan's secretary of state, said in a statement that recounting, which was scheduled to begin on Friday and continue over the weekend, had been "put on hold" until the board of state canvassers had made a decision on Trump's objection.

Bob Dudley, the BP boss, is poised to make a triumphant return to Moscow after being nominated to the board of state-owned Rosneft by the country's prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev.

Lebedev owns National Reserve Corporation NRCC) and in February 2012 the company nominated him to the board of state-owned Aeroflot, in which it has a 15% stake.

Here's the point: Cairn's studiously cultivated contacts from India's and Bangladesh's energy ministers to the entire board of state-owned ONGC give the company a jump on any and all subsequent drillers.

Opposition leaders are being bought off and boards of state companies packed with cronies.

He wrote speeches for Mr. Medvedev, sat on numerous advisory bodies and served on the boards of state companies.