Sentence examples for marginal office from inspiring English sources

"I've worked my own share of marginal office jobs," Poniewozik admitted in an e-mail message.

It is no fault of Lewis's, but the heavyweight championship, like the British throne, is an ever more marginal office.

In his nearly eight years as borough president he has improved the scope, effectiveness and reputation of that sometimes marginal office.

And The Times's editorial board lauded Mr. Stringer for doing an "outstanding job" as borough president, and for improving "the scope, effectiveness and reputation" of a "sometimes marginal office".

Regional Offices from the beginning played a marginal role in supporting HIV/AIDS programmes, but the mandate of ROs has changed.

The other was George W. Bush, in part because of fears of terrorism, but also because he had been elected without a plurality of the popular vote in 2000, meaning he hadn't carried a wave of marginal congressmen into office to begin with.

What this means in practice is that Microsoft is lowering the marginal cost of Office for students to zero, while guaranteeing itself revenue through contracts with universities and the like.

Compare that with strife-torn Britain where, until the very end of Margaret Thatcher's time in office, the top marginal rate of income tax was 60%, and one in eight adults was out of work.

Sarah Palin will not accept being a "lame duck," by which she means, "have a few years left in my very first term in an office of even marginal importance".

She depicted her role as marginal, saying she had been only vaguely aware of the situation in the travel office, which makes arrangements for the White House press corps to accompany the president on trips.

"Progress has been marginal," she said in her Washington office.