Sentence examples for official picked from inspiring English sources

To appease Real Madrid, Uefa sent the refereeing godfather, Pierluigi Collina, to oversee the performance of Franck De Bleeckere, the Belgian official picked out by Mourinho as one of the five who had delivered major decisions against his teams.

The announcement came from Col. Gen. Gennadi Troshev, the senior commander of Russian forces in the region, after he met Akhmad Kadyrov, the Chechen official picked by President Vladimir V. Putin this month to govern Chechnya.

One of the drivers was believed to be trying to kill Akhmad Kadyrov, the Chechen official picked by President Vladimir V. Putin to govern Chechnya, according to Russian officials.

NEW YORK TIMES F.D.I.C. Official Picked To Lead Bank Regulator | President Obama plans to nominate Thomas J. Curry, an F.D.I.C. director, to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversees hundreds of national banks.

Back in 1987, a stock market shock on Friday turned into a crash on Monday in part because the Sunday morning talk shows heard an administration official picking fights with Europe.

Still, the FA cannot recall a previous instance of a serving official picking up a personal endorsement prior to Clattenburg – and yet there does seem an inevitability to it all.

Carl Wormus, an EPA official, picks up a beautiful woman, Shannon McMahon Lucy Lawlesss), in a Baltimore bar.

A.I.G. and Treasury officials picked the underwriters over the weekend.

Several labor officials picked up on the theme.

Japanese officials picked seven other players to leave the pennant races in their major leagues.

After the fire, government officials picked through the charred wreckage and lamented the culture of looting.