Sentence examples for given the appointment from inspiring English sources

In 1870 the post of organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris became vacant, and Widor was given the appointment for a year; he left it in 1934.

As you might expect, given the appointment of Jock Wallace as their coach, Jock Wallace being obsessed with fitness, and making Graeme Souness look like Kriss Akabusi.

"Because of the circumstances after the match, Uefa has asked us not to comment to the press," said Ovrebo, who was given the appointment a standard two days before the match, according to the governing body.

He made it a condition of his acceptance that Northcott be given the appointment of Commander-in-Chief of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan.

Hipólito Vieytes was about to make a diplomatic mission to Britain, but Moreno requested that he should be given the appointment instead.

During the drafting of the Constitution, the Framers rejected schemes that would have given the appointment power to the Senate or a committee comprised of the president and senators, preferring to leave the president the "responsible person" subject to "restraint" by the Senate.

On the list of individuals who were given the appointments, or had their appointment extended in the last days of the Harper government, nearly a dozen sit on boards or tribunals that have legal authority.

The Labour Party also gave the appointment a warm reception.

While his move to RSA was greeted with talk of 'frying pans and fires' on Twitter, the markets gave the appointment the thumbs up: RSA's share price rose almost 3% to 99p.

During the Glorious Revolution (1688 89), Dryden was dismissed for refusing the oath of allegiance, and this gave the appointment a political flavour, which it retained for more than 200 years.

But yesterday, in response to questions, Mr. Guenther said that on the night of the 17th, he and William McDonough, head of the Philharmonic's search committee, met with Mr. Maazel over dinner in Manhattan, giving the appointment a strong forward push.