Sentence examples for minor appointments from inspiring English sources

In the next few years he secured various minor appointments, and in 1705, apparently actuated by mercenary motives, he married a widow, Margaret Stretch, who owned considerable property in Barbados.

With Dewsbury-born Lady Warsi being demoted from Conservative party chair and the Hazel Grove MP, Andrew Stunell losing his post at the Department for Communities, based on minor appointments made so far, there is just one extra northern MP in government.

This is a nice bit of news for the company, which when it launched way back in 2007 at the TechCrunch 40 conference (the earliest iteration of what is now known as Disrupt) was criticized for being something that people would book minor appointments on, but not major things like heart surgeries.

It is best to use these steps to get out of simple check-ups and minor appointments.

Since the coalition of Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) with Guido Westerwelle's Free Democrats (FDP) took office in late October, a row over Afghanistan has toppled one minister and engulfed a second; the government has enacted tax cuts nobody seems to want; and it has feuded bitterly over a minor appointment to a museum.

In the past not only their presidents, but even minor academic appointments and candidates for student unions, were vetted by security officers.

By Roger Angell The New Yorker, December 14 , 1968P. 58 Satirical story about President-elect Richard Nixon's decision to have personal, "handshake" knowledge of almost every on e of the 3,000 minor Federal appointments being decided upon in his pre-White House headquarters at the Hotel Pierre.

In November 1668 Hobbema married the cook of the burgomaster of Amsterdam and through her influence obtained a minor municipal appointment checking weights and measures of imported wines.

According to the information providers, some professionals encourage the presence of minors in appointments without considering ethical issues relating to the rights of the child or the quality of care provided under these circumstances: " Sometimes, at first, I used to introduce myself: "Hello, I'm the mediator.

I've had appointments to minor committees, I've been invited to do various things.

It can involve everything running outpatient appointments and minor surgery in the community to improving the support and rehabilitation available to patients when they are discharged from hospital.