Sentence examples for director generals from inspiring English sources

"There haven't exactly been many women director generals.

I witnessed many director generals wilt under his steady questioning.

There are other reasons why director generals in ministries do nothing.

In 2003, aged 46, he became one of the youngest ever EC director generals.

A local official in Basra explained "the minister knows about this but can't get his director generals to do anything".

"The circumstances of his appointment make him one of the most powerful director generals ever," said our panel.

Mr Jacques Diouf, Director General, led the FAO delegation, while the CGIAR was represented by the Director-Generals of eight Centers, one Board Chair (Mr James Godfrey from the International Potato Center), the Chair of the CGIAR Science Council (Mr R. Rabbinge) and the Chair of the CGIAR Alliance Executive (Mr Emile Frison).

Purposive sampling started with deputy-director generals in the national department of health and deans at medical schools, with snowball sampling thereafter.

But Thompson, like most director-generals a student of BBC history, insists his vision for the corporation offers continuity as well as change.

Could need hide of rhino, hatred for the Daily Mail, and high tolerance for cliche-ridden ads setting bar for BBC director-generals ludicrously high… Come back, Mark Thompson.

Don't flatter yourself that your board is fully behind you when it is sniping at you to your face; I have seen this happen to two BBC director-generals with unpleasant consequences.