Sentence examples for commissioner long from inspiring English sources

The clearest manifestation of this sluggishness at AFL headquarters is the still unresolved issue of the league's first Indigenous commissioner, long mooted but as yet not appointed.

Before she worked for CND or enrolled to study economics at Bedford College, or became director of Business in the Community, chairwoman of Hertfordshire Health Authority, a junior education minister, a peer, leader of the Lords or European Commissioner, long before any of that, Cathy Ashton was a pupil at Up Holland grammar school, just outside Wigan.

Some lawyers note with regret that Mr. Fleischman is the only current commissioner with long experience practicing securities law.

Bud Selig, the baseball commissioner, has long wondered why baseball is held to a higher standard than other sports.

Other officials of the center said that severe friction had developed between Mr. Davis and Beverly Sills, then the center's chairwoman, and that Mr. Davis, a former New York City parks commissioner and long an active supporter of cultural institutions in the city, had bitterly alienated some department heads at the center.

In addition, community activist Greg Ridge was incorrectly described as being "deeply involved in Costa Mesans for Responsible Government" at No. 88. 81). Bob Graham: The Costa Mesa parks and recreation commissioner had long championed a staircase on Canary Drive; this year he got it.

Scott E. Thomas, one of the six commissioners, had long opposed letting candidates pay themselves with their campaign funds.

One police source said the commissioner's "long-term aim was to go at a time of his own choosing", and that was what he had done.

One police source said the commissioner's "long-term aim was to go at a time of his own choosing", and that was exactly what he had done.

When President Obama made his recess appointments, the nominations for three of the five commissioners had long been pending — meaning that the N.L.R.B. didn't have the quorum it needed to issue any rulings.

Harry Szarpanski, the Sanitation Department's deputy commissioner for long-term export, said that regulations were in place to ensure cleanliness and that the waste transported by barge would be moved in sealed containers.