Sentence examples for secure confirmation from inspiring English sources

"There was a lot more effort than there might otherwise have been to secure confirmation," said Senator Amick, who said that his greatest worry was the appearance of politicizing the court by appointing someone with a highly partisan background.

The Obama administration struggled on Friday to secure confirmation of Ben S. Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, underscoring the political upheaval as both parties tried to find their footing amid a powerful wave of populism.

He uses 42b as a tag question to secure confirmation from the landlord for his supposition.

He went to France to secure confirmation from the Pope at Avignon, who authorised his consecration.

Other similar works were the Norman pancartes, which were compilations of gifts to a monastery, connected by a narrative which was then presented to the dukes to secure confirmation of the gifts.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in the "D" version, states that William visited England in the later part of 1051, perhaps to secure confirmation of the succession, or perhaps William was attempting to secure aid for his troubles in Normandy.

A clear winner was Mr. Obama, who gained a functioning consumer agency created on his watch, resurrected a defunct labor board and secured confirmation of a new E.P.A. chief and a disputed labor secretary.

Reading too much into the delay could overstate its immediate significance -- the Senate has a lot on its mind, after all -- but the populist rage against Wall Street now casts a once-secure confirmation in some doubt.

But he made clear that it would take only one former detainee to secure official confirmation that they were unlawfully restrained to open the door to a personal injury compensation claim.

To secure the confirmation of John O. Brennan as the C.I.A. director, it recently showed members of the Congressional intelligence committees some of the highly classified legal memos that were the basis for the white paper.

In an ambitious schedule, Reid is aiming to secure the confirmation of Jeh Johnson, Obama's choice to replace Janet Napolitano as secretary for homeland security, and possibly Janet Yellen, who would become the first woman to head the Federal Reserve, before the Senate goes into recess on Friday.