Sentence examples for offered to name from inspiring English sources

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

(One suspects that if the city offered to buy it, name it a historical site, and convert it into a museum, he would not object).

Tucked into the president's deficit reduction plan released on Monday was a proposal to reduce the market exclusivity offered to brand-name biologic drugs to seven years, down from the 12 incorporated in the 2010 federal health care legislation.

Spencer Abbott, who had previously managed Portland and was then the manager in Atlanta, offered to allow Portland to name its price for Oana.