Sentence examples for securing the appointment from inspiring English sources

This in turn frightened Francis' mother, Catherine, who then tried to balance the situation by securing the appointment of the moderate Michel de L'Hospital as chancellor.

Ms. Pak was instrumental in securing the appointment of Mr. Lee, then the city administrator and a longtime friend, as interim mayor in January, gaining votes from wavering supervisors after he firmly promised not to run in November.

In March 1918, Haig secured the appointment of another French general, Ferdinand Foch, as Allied generalissimo.

It was a busy time at the palace and I felt lucky to have secured the appointment.

But on Aug. 20, Structured Credit secured the appointment of an interim examiner, giving it protection from its creditors.

This came to be contested by the popes, though the sovereign usually was able to secure the appointment of his nominees.

Although Maurepas secured the appointment of Anne-Robert Turgot as controller general of the finances, he refused to support Turgot's efforts to shift the burden of taxation to the privileged orders.

Some parliamentarians are looking to add to that tally.MEPs are in a confident mood after outmaneuvering the European Council earlier this summer to secure the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker (pictured) as president of the commission.

It will be the second consecutive Four Nations final in which Australia have secured the appointment of one of their own, although they lost to New Zealand in Brisbane last year with Tony Archer as the referee.

The matter touched on the king himself last week, when the royal household was confronted with claims that Juan Carlos had personally intervened to secure the appointment of Mr. Urdangarin, a former Olympic handball player, as assistant coach of the national team of Qatar.

In a preliminary inquiry by the Office of Congressional Ethics — a quasi-independent office that serves as sort of a grand jury to examine allegations of wrongdoing by House members — investigators turned up evidence that Mr. Jackson's staff had used his House office equipment to prepare promotional materials for a campaign to secure the appointment.