Sentence examples for choosing figures from inspiring English sources

Margaret Thatcher for instance tended to favour the duller end of the foreign secretaryship, choosing figures such as Geoffrey Howe, Francis Pym or Douglas Hurd.

It honored slave traders when choosing figures to chisel as "Worthies" on the tower at the center of its campus, and only 40 years ago chose the names of slave traders when it was naming some colleges.

Yet when it came to picking the first holders of the top jobs created by the treaty the president of the European Council, which represents heads of government, and the high representative for foreign affairs—she joined her fellow leaders in choosing figures too puny to compete with them.

You write, "by choosing figures from January 2009, months into the recession, the statement ignored the millions of jobs lost before then, when most of the job loss fell on men".

Choosing figures from the past who can collectively represent our country is a very difficult thing, but not so difficult as to allow for selecting only two women against seven men for the "Creative United Kingdom" passport (Report, 4 November).

Such demographically chosen figures, of course, are part of the national story; some may even deserve tribute.

Instead of politicians they chose figures from business, sport, the police and the armed forces, with some showbiz personalities to front the campaign.

The universities used one of the highest figures based on the impact of inflation, while Scottish ministers chose figures that suited their current policy of funding universities entirely from general taxation.

To do that, she chose figures both celebrated and lesser known, and objects both nostalgic (a cheerleader's megaphone, circa 1940) and noteworthy (a draft of the script of the 1974 film "The Conversation" by Francis Ford Coppola, another alumnus).

According to Stoicescu the Jokowi administration has selectively chosen figures that have the greatest impact to serve their political aims.

The Treasury Department is authorized to choose figures for America's money and recently indicated that it planned to supplant or at least supplement Alexander Hamilton with a woman.