Sentence examples for could have appointed from inspiring English sources

Under the previous law, Mr. Romney could have appointed a senator to serve until November 2006.

Fox could have appointed Werritty as a special adviser, and put the whole thing on a regular basis, but he did not do so.

French regulators could have appointed provisional administrators to the job, a move with the potential to activate a "change of control" provision in the derivatives contracts.

Another commission member, Marie Collins, herself a survivor of abuse, said she could not understand how Francis could have appointed Barros, given the concerns about his behaviour.

But Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, suggested that there was a way around that: Dr. Steiner could have appointed more experts from outside the city, beyond the reach of Mr. Bloomberg's money and muscle.

Mr. Ostrowski said in an interview Tuesday that he could have appointed a traditional publisher to succeed Mr. Olson, but he said he wanted someone to bring a fresh perspective to the book division, which is steeped in tradition.

Putin could not have done better — nor could he have appointed better men to investigate Russia's interference in the U.S. election than those now charged with doing it.

Steve McClaren wasn't first choice with many fans, but he was probably the most experienced candidate we could realistically have appointed, and he deserves his chance.

"Couldn't they have appointed one person like us?" Outraged, he went out to join the protesters who poured from the slums and tore through the streets to seize the national palace and put President Chávez back.

In contrast to Labour, who removed expert-led inspections that could have uncovered bad practice, we have appointed a new chief inspector of hospitals and thorough Ofsted-style inspections to make sure failing hospitals are turned around.

How on earth could someone with a famous "moral compass" have appointed and promoted him in the first place?