Sentence examples for practice appointed from inspiring English sources

For the last seven decades, since the World Bank's establishment, the United States has in practice appointed its leader, while Europe picks the head of the International Monetary Fund, the bank's sister institution.

Theoretically, Parliament also elects the Scottish Ministers who form the government of Scotland and sit in the Scottish cabinet, but such ministers are, in practice, appointed to their roles by the First Minister.

Since then, shareholder resolutions have proliferated, and have pushed companies to improve their environmental practices, appoint women and minorities to their boards and cap executive pay.

Moreover, the notorious anti-immigration enforcement policy of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (an avid Trump supporter) has incurred the wrath of a federal judge, who found in 2013 that Arpaio's department engaged in racial profiling in its immigration enforcement practices and appointed a monitor to institute reforms - a decision confirmed by the D.C. Circuit.

At larger practices, an appointed mediator could focus on interpersonal problems or conflicts.

Some practices had appointed a non-medical learning coordinator to support the teaching team, although these roles are not yet developed or funded.

"This appointment is in keeping with the common practice of appointing commissioners to dual portfolios," he said.

McBrien condemned John Paul II's practice of appointing only loyalist orthodox bishops.

John Quincy Adams inaugurated the practice by appointing one of his presidential rivals, Henry Clay, to that post.

These begin with its creaky voting technology and its dubious practice of appointing politicians to oversee elections.

Mr. Putin, who as president established the practice of appointing favored ministers to the boards of state companies, is still considered the more powerful of the two.