Sentence examples for exercising this office from inspiring English sources

His last years were spent in exercising this office and in writing his history of Florence.

"It is very difficult for me to accept that a council president [Mr Berlusconi] should be exercising this office at all when he comes out with this kind of statement".

But he could have recovered from those initial missteps if he hadn't proven, in debate after debate, that he was fundamentally incapable of exercising the office of the presidency.

Much more so than in the United States, the German debate is about the fundamental structure of the Catholic church: Must a person be chaste to exercise the office of a priest?

They were hoping that a pro-life attorney general would find ways to advance the cause of life through exercising his powerful office".

Although it might seem a little silly at first, exercising in the office really is a legitimate way to take care of your body when you simply wouldn't have time for it otherwise.

The holders of this office exercised control over the heraldic affairs of Ireland until 1943, when the office was merged with that of Norroy King of Arms forming the present office of Norroy and Ulster King of Arms.

Unwilling to compromise, and therefore unable to negotiate, they behave like a campaigning organisation intent not on holding office to exercise power but seeking office purely to make a statement.

The Vatican issued a statement saying that Francis had been "comprehensively and objectively" informed about the events in the diocese and that Bishop Tebartz-van Elst "currently cannot exercise his office".

After the election, time to restock the campaign larder by exercising the privileges of office.

Citizens have a duty to constrain their decisions by public reason only when they engage in certain political activities, usually when exercising powers of public office.