Sentence examples for practice of appointing from inspiring English sources

"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.

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.

There had been resentment in the unit as the paramilitaries, who earn £70 a month, had complained about the practice of appointing army officers to head the BDR.

Mr Ahmadinejad has also been accused of overturning an established practice of appointing chancellors and faculty heads from academic staff in favour of trusted cronies.

The practice of kings appointing their own chaplains spread throughout western Christendom.

He recommended favorably the French practice of not appointing a coin designer, but having competitions judged jointly by Mint officers and by artists.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank is backing his colleagues in the upper chamber who have called for an end to the practice of banks appointing their own regulators to the Federal Reserve regional banks.

It was also seen by CP Coordinators themselves as a way to involve CReps in health service activity beyond the usual practice of just appointing them to existing health service committees.

In fact, the word nepotism derives from the Latin for nephew because of the practice medieval Catholic popes had of appointing nephews, or even illegitimate offspring, to prestigious positions in the church.