Sentence examples for pick to head from inspiring English sources

Thomson, now managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, may not be some investors' first pick to head the new publishing division – he knows the newspaper business inside and out, but what about publishing and possibly News Corp's new educational business?

Richie's marketing background makes her a timely pick to head the league.

He was President Obama's third-choice pick to head the T.S.A., a post Mr. Pistole assumed in July, filling an 18-month vacancy.

At least one of the nominees, Gina McCarthy, the president's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, could face a tough road to confirmation.

President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name Lawrence H. Summers as his pick to head the National Economic Council, an aide to Mr. Obama said Saturday.

So President Obama's pick to head the World Bank wasn't Larry Summers, and it wasn't Susan Rice, and it wasn't Jeff Sachs.

Because of his K.G.B. background, he was picked to head the Federal Security Service, the successor to the K.G.B.

After the Special Medical Section of the War Crimes Group was created in 1946, he was picked to head it.

LONDON — Britain's press reached for the soccer analogy to explain why a foreigner had been picked to head the Bank of England, the country's central bank.

Bennett said whoever is picked to head the inquiry will also need to "be able to be creative and innovative in the way this commission takes place".

But she was picked to head Icann not for her tact but because of her international reputation for independence, integrity and straightforward manner.