Sentence examples for sought to appoint from inspiring English sources

Soon after taking office, Blair sought to appoint the chief U.S. intelligence officers in foreign countries.

He sought to appoint provincial councils, governors and police chiefs, but most of his constituents had no concept of democratic procedure.

After his enthronement as emperor in 1260, Kublai sought to appoint Li to the Hanlin Academy to write historical annals of the ("barbarian") Liao and Jin dynasties.

He has reportedly sought to appoint a police chief, ignoring the police official installed by the Army's Third Infantry Division, and his supporters have appropriated government vehicles.

Labor's defence spokesman, Stephen Conroy, said it was "very concerning that a minister sought to appoint his senior staffer apparently without proper process".

The deal would avert a shareholder vote precipitated by Third Point, the hedge fund that had sought to appoint five new directors to the company's board.

It concluded:  "Inspectors strongly recommend that the school does not seek to appoint newly qualified teachers".

Mr. Shumlin said he would seek to appoint two commissioners who opposed changing the rule.

Sparkle from all business activity" and, as with Fastweb, is seeking to appoint an administrative receiver.

The Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology seeks to appoint a tenure-track professor in Marine Biology.

A Trumpist GOP would, over time, seek to appoint judges in line with its priorities.