Sentence examples for obtaining office from inspiring English sources
Democratic lawyers said, for example, that they had a hard time obtaining office space in Tallahassee, presumably because landlords in the state capital feared antagonizing Gov. Jeb Bush, a Republican and brother of President Bush.
Carpetbagger, during the Reconstruction period (1865 77) following the American Civil War, any Northern politician or financial adventurer accused of going South to use the newly enfranchised freedmen as a means of obtaining office or profit.
According to Paul, his presidential campaign was about more than obtaining office; he sought to promote his libertarian ideas, often to school and university groups regardless of vote eligibility.
In 1532 he obtained office as master of the jewels.
No politician has incentive to change a system by which he or she obtained office and that dramatically enhances the prospect of remaining there.
After defecting, he managed not only to land a safe Tory seat at Daventry but to obtain office under Margaret Thatcher as a junior social security minister, from 1979 until ill health forced his retirement in 1981.
He obtained office by agreeing to a royal charter that granted extensive privileges to the nobility, including effective control of the government by the noble-dominated Rigsråd (Council of the Realm).
To obtain office, elected officials still require the financial support of the country's economic elite.
Though it's reasonably easy to obtain office phone numbers, disseminating that information still appears to be frowned upon.
The recommendations were not immediately acted on, but in 1743 a list of permissible fees was published, and to cut down on paperwork, no party was required to obtain office copies of proceedings.
The former mayor of New York City had used his wealth to obtain office in the Big Apple and now, thanks to Citizens United, he can spend his billions to help politicians who support his pet causes of gun control, environmental regulation, and education reform that expands charter schools and student testing.
