Sentence examples for control of appointments from inspiring English sources

Their dispute over the control of appointments to ecclesiastical office initiated nearly two centuries of papal-imperial conflict.

Chinese relations with the Vatican have long been fraught because of conflicts over the control of the Church, and in particular the control of appointments.

The decision bore the unmistakable stamp of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who was never going to willingly give up control of appointments or his share of the intelligence budget: $32 billion of the overall $40 billion.

Alexander and Hildebrand continued papal support for the pataria in Milan; as noted, the reformers demanded an end to marriage of the clergy, to the buying of church offices, and to lay control of appointments to church offices.

The Chinese government, while quietly favourable to Christianity, is determined to wrest control of clergy appointments from the Vatican.

From Madrid he ruled his empire through his personal control of official appointments and all forms of patronage.

Justice Chaudhry has fought trenchant battles to win control of judicial appointments, a process traditionally in the government's purview.

They held that appointments to office were not to be made nor expected merely as rewards for partisan services, nor merely on the nomination of members of Congress, as being entitled in any respect to the control of such appointments.

Even Mr. Iskan's attempt to take control of the appointment of senior managers at state companies has largely failed.

A comparison with Afghanistan illustrates the significance of Pakistan's reforms: President Hamid Karzai is trying to take control of the appointment of the electoral complaints commissioners, whose integrity was instrumental in curtailing the widespread fraud that marred his re-election last year.

Congress has provided that labor and management shall each appoint the same number of representatives to serve as trustees of jointly administered employee pension and welfare funds. 1 Giving each side of the bargaining table exclusive control of the appointment of half of the trustees does not compromise in any way the fiduciary obligations of the trustees after they assume office.