Sentence examples for major naming from inspiring English sources

"Having said that, any sort of major naming rights, like a subway station, is something I think they would have to go slowly on.

Adam Silver, the deputy commissioner of the N.B.A., said that Shanghai's growth as an economic epicenter, and its hosting of next summer's World Expo, provided compelling reasons for the acceptance of a major naming rights agreement in China.

Raising money for the renovation is expected to require a major naming opportunity, along the lines of the recent $100 million gift by the oil and gas billionaire David H. Koch to the New York State Theater -- home to New York City Ballet and New York City Opera -- which now bears his name.

The auditorium, however, is expected to be a major naming opportunity for a donor, along the lines of the $100 million gift Mr. Koch, the oil and gas billionaire, gave to what was called the New York State Theater, home to New York City Ballet.

An American major named the child Tony.

There was a growing friendship with a Russian major named Margaret Brentano, whom he married in 1985.

"I think that does it for us," said the pilot, an Air Force major named Kim.

They soon discovered a group of Navy divers and a thirty-eight-year-old Army Reserve major named Kurt Carlson.

The door to Tsarnaev's room, which he shared with a studious engineering major named Andrew Dwinells, was locked.

"Hello and welcome," said the Australian, a major named John McCaffrey, in a mixture of the local languages, Tetun and Indonesian.

A wiry young major named Fayyaz Ahmed led me to a map of Kashmir mounted on an easel to explain why the relief campaign was proving so daunting.