Sentence examples for intention of nominating from inspiring English sources

It looks as if Barack Obama is poised to back off his intention of nominating Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense.

In 2001, an ad hoc derbhfine took place at Tulloch Castle, Dingwall in Easter Ross with the intention of nominating a person to petition Lyon Court to become a recognised clan chief.

Speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which publishes Science, Clinton also announced his intention to nominate Rita Colwell, president of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, to succeed Lane as NSF director.

Robert H. Benmosche, chief executive of A.I.G., is on CNBC at 4 30 p.m. CONTROVERSY OVER MORTGAGE AGENCY PICK  |  President Obama took a significant step on Wednesday in his effort to overhaul the mortgage market, announcing his intention to nominate Representative Melvin L. Watt, Democrat of North Carolina, as the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Announcing an intention to nominate a new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts is the White House's way of floating a name to see if it engenders controversy or brings skeletons out of the closet.

Selecting a best-ever experience of television raises a version of the dilemma faced by every Desert Island Discs castaway when asked to pick a single book: is the intention to nominate a favourite work of literature or to come up with a text that could plausibly survive regular re-reading during years of isolation?

Yet Daschle's careful distinction between lobbying and strategic advice hurt him in 2008, when the newly elected President Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Daschle for secretary of health and human services.

President Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Berry as director of the Office of Personnel Management on March 3, 2009, and did so on March 4. The nomination hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on March 26 , 2009 led to expectation of easy confirmation for Berry, despite opposition from conservative activists based on Berry's homosexuality.

Agenda: Election of nominating committee.

The Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei has stated his intention to "nominate myself" to be president of Egypt, but this memoir will not improve his election prospects.

President Bush's intention to nominate Gaddi H. Vasquez as director of the Peace Corps amounts to a missed opportunity.