Sentence examples for power of appointments from inspiring English sources

But he also pledged to use his power of appointments to get more minorities on the governing boards.

"The president's power is in the power of appointments.

The province has some good reasons for wanting autonomy: the central government's power of appointment extends from school-teachers to provincial governors.

An 'indicative' ballot for the editor (the legal power of appointment remains with the trust) was first held in 1995 at the initiative of the Guardian NUJ chapel.

Under the city charter, he gets the power of appointment after 30 cosecutive days of mayoral absence and can sign laws after 9 days.

No one today will defend the governor, one of the most dazzling crooks in recent Americana, but he was right to blame the state legislature for not taking away his power of appointment.

Wardle said: "If the numbers of elected members on the board are to be reduced, then it is imperative that the proposed members council has the power of appointment over Ineds [independent non-executive directors].

He will use his power of appointment to ensure that the next Bank of Japan chief, who replaces the current governor, Masaaki Shirakawa, in April, shares his views on easing.

Impellitteri presides over the Board of Estimate in the Mayor's absence and immediate succeeds to all other mayoral duties and rights except the power of appointment and the right to sign laws.

State Democrats, who won control of every lever of power in Iliinois seven years ago, were panicked at the prospect of losing a safe Senate seat, and balked after early promises to hold a special election to take the power of appointment away from the governor.

The defendant in this old case, Lamar v. United States, argued that the result of his trial by a re-assigned judge had been to "usurp the power of appointment and confirmation vested by the Constitution in the president and the Senate".