Sentence examples for choice of servants from inspiring English sources

Waugh was a short, plump, florid social climber and a proud reactionary who declared, "I do not aspire to advise my sovereign in her choice of servants".

How about: "The choice of servants is of no little importance to a prince, and they are good or not according to the discrimination of the prince.

Waugh never voted in elections; in 1959, he expressed a hope that the Conservatives would win the General Election, but would not vote for them, saying "I should feel I was morally inculpated in their follies"; and added: "I do not aspire to advise my sovereign in her choice of servants".

Given the choice of civil servants in Whitehall making those decisions, or democratically elected mayors with big mandates, I know which I'd choose.

Certainly, as a minister who accepted the royal prerogative, he represented the traditions of the Tory, or Court, Party, as distinct from those of the Whigs, who sought to dictate to the crown the choice of its servants; but he was far from being a great party leader commanding the votes of a majority in the House of Commons.

War critics have complained about Mr. Brown's choice of a former civil servant as the inquiry's leader, instead of a well-known public figure with established independence from the government.

Let others manage without a 42-windowed Italianate drawing room, a heart-shaped double staircase, white-oak floors sawn from trees personally selected in the Allegheny mountains by Donald Trump Jr and a choice of three elevators one for the servants, one that you share with the other billionaires in the building and one that is yours alone.

Civil servants had the choice of taking an extra job or trousering bribes.

Keating noted that Higgins had been a participant, and everyone in public life – politicians, journalists, public servants – had the choice of being a participant or a voyeur.

"These elite blacks certainly did not identify themselves as black in their choice of marble, perhaps because such an image would have seemed just too close for comfort to the black marble images of servants and slaves.

I saw first hand how the pipeline of terrific, qualified leaders works, and I see it again today as Barack Obama's choice of one of California's finest public servants was confirmed by the Senate 80-17.