Sentence examples for secured an appointment from inspiring English sources

With the help of a pocket payment we secured an appointment in two weeks instead of the usual two months.

Hapgood received a reward of sorts when Massachusetts Senators Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson, both Republicans, secured an appointment for him as an Army paymaster and a commission as a major during the first summer of the war.

Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895 1956) had a checkered career as a museum director and art dealer until he secured an appointment in 1938 with the Commission for Recovery of Seized Degenerate Artworks.

And so Holm, not wanting to sit idle indefinitely, secured an appointment with the next most qualified opponent: Tate, who had won four in a row since her last loss, to Rousey.

Gene finally secured an appointment with Dr. Lawrence Brandt, one of the most experienced F.M.T. practitioners, only to find out, just before his visit, that Dr. Brandt was suspending his F.M.T. practice for ulcerative colitis on the advice of the hospital's lawyers, in order to comply with a new Food and Drug Administration decision.

In 1842 he secured an appointment as consul at Mosul, in Ottoman Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), in order to secure a vantage point for discovering the vanished cities of Assyria, which were known at that time only from conflicting accounts of ancient writers and from biblical references.

During the course of the study, researchers noted difficulty in contacting clinics and began recording the date of each additional attempt required to secure an appointment.

Securing an appointment at this time of year can demand a tobacco lobbyist's level of political skill.

It was his uncle, a prime minister, who first used his influence at court to secure an appointment for his erudite relative.

Because of his association with the Czartoryski family, then in opposition to the king, he could not secure an appointment in the Polish army.

His reputation by now, however, was such that he was able to secure an appointment as director of the German opera at Dresden, beginning in 1817.