Sentence examples for offer to name from inspiring English sources

He also refused the Met's offer to name its new American wing after him in 1962 if he gave his collection to the Met.

Two well-known Israeli families refused City Hall's offer to name the street leading to Nof Zion for their deceased relatives, according to the local Jerusalem press.

Erdogan did offer to name a provincial university in honor of an Alevi saint — implicit mitigation for naming Istanbul's third Bosphorus bridge after an Ottoman sultan who massacred Alevis in the 16th century.

Taken together, they don't exactly amount to a major collection, and I harbor no hope that the Metropolitan Museum of Art will offer to name a wing after me in exchange for the donation of my art holdings.

"He was commenting on the drinks," Mr. LaGarenne said, "and we offered to name one after him.

George Mathews vowed to kill every Union man in St . Louisand he was "commanding influence in certain circles," according to L. P. Eldridge, who offered to name corroborating witnesses.

Mr. Davis recalled that after he had spent a year as parks commissioner, Mayor Koch offered to name him chairman of the City Planning Commission, a job he coveted.

Embarrassed by Mr. Arrigoni's murder, Hamas held a state funeral for him, offered to name a street in his honor, and on April 19 sent snipers and security forces to confront his suspected executioners, two of whom were killed in the raid.

The presidential library — where many members of the Kennedy family, including Edward, believed the papers should remain — did offer last year to name a new 30,000-square-foot wing for Robert Kennedy if the family would donate the papers.

By the time of Berenson's arrest, thousands of people had been imprisoned for terrorism, many innocent; Fujimori's Law of Repentance offered strong incentives to name names, and little evidence was required to convict.

As Conor Macauley reports, the new born has caused much excitement amongst staff, with the public being offered the chance to name the new-born.