Sentence examples for candidate for commissioner from inspiring English sources

As well as securing the best portfolio for Britain, David Cameron must also agree to British parliamentary scrutiny of his chosen candidate for Commissioner.

In 2004, pressure from Parliament forced the commission president, José Manuel Barroso, to replace Rocco Buttiglione, who was Italy's candidate for commissioner of justice and home affairs.

Dr. Alastair J. J. Wood, a drug-safety expert at Vanderbilt University who was seen as a leading candidate for commissioner of the drug agency, has been told that he is no longer in the running, a university spokesman said today.

He had the satisfaction last week of seeing the home secretary, Theresa May, concur with this for the first time but whether her change of mind translates into seeing him as the preferred candidate for commissioner of the Metropolitan police is less clear.

The national governments each put forward one candidate for commissioner.

Martin Surl retired as a superintendent in Gloucestershire earlier this year after 32 years' service and has since declared his intention to stand as an independent candidate for commissioner there.

Two strong minority candidates for commissioner were passed over.

Let's start again, with the words of Dale Peterson, candidate for agriculture commissioner in Tuesday's Republican primary: "Listen up! Alabama ag commissioner is one of the most powerful positions in Alabama.

When Sandy Alderson, executive vice president for baseball operations, and a likely candidate for future commissioner, was asked about the plan, he said, "That's something you ought to discuss with the commissioner".

One Tory candidate for policing commissioner said the police were just "rat catchers".

Think too of Michael Mates, the former Tory Northern Ireland minister, now a Tory candidate for crime commissioner in Hampshire.