Sentence examples for minor office from inspiring English sources

But she might still seek minor office, in Congress or as a state governor.

His employer made minor office adjustments, widening a corridor, and installing a height adjustable desk.

He held minor office in Sir Robert Peel's short government of 1834 35, first at the treasury, then as undersecretary for the colonies.

Female lawmakers, and many male allies, protested that only one minor office, an unspecified ministry of state, went to a woman, Bushra Salah, even though Iraq's Constitution mandates that one-fourth of all parliamentary seats be held by women.

People interested in the nominee's stance on vital constitutional issues are left to read the tea leaves gleaned from her religious affiliation, the nods and winks of various administration and religious insiders, and now a pro-life questionnaire Ms. Miers completed as a candidate for minor office in 1989.

Also, I know better than to think any government office worth my vote is a "minor" office.

He signed the Declaration of Independence and later served in several minor offices in the new American government.

Ballot position is likely to have its greatest impact in nonpartisan elections, primaries, and elections for minor offices.

Statements of faith are now mandatory in presidential politics, and often come up even in races for very minor offices.

The only difference between patricians and plebeians in later times was that each group was either entitled to or debarred from holding certain minor offices.

Holding minor offices under Lord John Russell from 1846 (the year that he succeeded to his father's earldom), Granville succeeded Lord Palmerston (December 1851) as foreign secretary for the remaining three months of the government's life.