Sentence examples for defend the appointment from inspiring English sources

Housebuilder Persimmon has been forced to defend the appointment of non-executive director Nigel Mills after shareholders came close to rejecting him over his links to the company's financial advisers, Citi.

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Hertfordshire has been forced to defend the appointment of a former BBC journalist as his new deputy.

He is already under investigation by the FA over remarks about Jewish and Chinese people in an interview where he was trying to defend the appointment of Malky Mackay as the club's new manager.

Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder defended the appointment in March.

Abbott defended the appointment, saying Prince Philip had been a "great servant of Australia".

With equal vehemence, Princeton's trustees responded by defending the appointment in terms of academic freedom.

The non-executive director Naresh Chandra defended the appointment of Mr Green on account of his financial expertise.

But Houston defended the appointment of Prince Philip, who had "spent his whole life serving the community".

Prime Minister Naoto Kan's government initially defended the appointment but reversed itself after the Communist Party publicized the extent of amakudari appointments since the 1960s.

John Raisian, director of the Hoover Institution since 1989, defended the appointment, which was announced on Sept. 7, saying Mr. Rumsfeld is an expert on the subjects that the panel will study.

Fallon also defended the appointment of Lord Hill, a former adviser to Sir John Major, as the UK's new commissioner, whom he described as a "really effective political operator".