Sentence examples for nominally served from inspiring English sources

Gen. Joseph Stilwell, the executor of disagreeable U.S. policies in China, had developed an unconcealed disdain for Chiang, whom he nominally served as chief of staff.

Although incarcerated, he nominally served in Parliament after being elected to the National Assembly in 1990 and Senate in 1997.

The attorney general was there, nominally, to serve as the attorney for the comptroller's office.

While nominally independent it served to validate decisions already made and to deflect criticism of Fisher and the Board of Admiralty as it had no ability to consider options other than those already decided upon by the Admiralty.

While nominally independent it served to deflect criticism of Fisher and the Board of Admiralty as it had no ability to consider options other than those already decided upon by the Admiralty.

He continued to serve, nominally, as major general of the 2nd militia division of the state militia until 1799.

He was subsequently elected to the newly established German National Assembly in Frankfurt, where he served briefly and nominally as minister of the interior and later as minister president.

Although nominally the foreign minister, it is defense minister Ehud Barak who has largely served as Israel's emissary to the world, with Lieberman regarded as a persona non grata in the Arab world and in much of the Western world.

The problem with Happy Ending is that you can't eat a double entendre, though the proprietors of this nominally French restaurant would have you try (the "foie gras happy ending" is served with a wan fig-and-plum chutney).

The end of hostilities in Europe on 7 May 1945 raised a major logistical challenge for Wrigley as the senior officer responsible for some 13,500 RAAF personnel spread across Britain, the Mediterranean, and the continent, only a minority of whom were in nominally Australian squadrons, the bulk serving with RAF establishments.

In an article for Mojo magazine's July 2001 "Solo Beatles Special", John Harris wrote that although Harrison "nominally" remained a Beatle, he was "serving out his notice" after 10 January 1969.