Sentence examples for sought to resign from inspiring English sources

Lord Hill sought to resign from the government at the last major reshuffle in 2012 but was subsequently made leader of the House of Lords.

Hence, in September 1916 Bruce sought to resign his commission and return to Australia to resume management of the family business.

However, Brownell's mother again suffered a deterioration in health, so he sought to resign from the Royal Air Force and was placed on the unemployed list on 14 August 1919.

The other position to which MPs seeking to resign can be appointed is crown steward and bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds (Stoke, Desborough and Burnham).

However, early in the season it was revealed that teams including the Edinburgh Capitals and Newcastle Vipers were seeking to resign from the BNL and join the Elite League.

Later the White House said that Mr. Lichenstein, who was alternate representative at the United Nations from 1981 to 1984, when Jeane J. Kirkpatrick was the ambassador, had sought unsuccessfully to resign from his post two weeks earlier in frustration at the United Nations' bureaucracy.

By Jeffrey Toobin January 26 , 2018The White House counsel Don McGahn threatened to resign when President Trump sought to fire the special counsel Robert Mueller last summer, the Times reports.

Responding to bloody clashes between crowds of Mr. Chávez's supporters and foes, military leaders last week removed Mr. Chávez from office, declared that he had resigned and sought to install a businessman as president.

The mayor sought to remove Crittendon from her post, asking her to resign, which she refused.

The director of public prosecutions concluded that it could not be proved that Mr. Leung, who resigned in July, deliberately sought to evade the tax increase.

The way top union officials see it, Mr. Stier is a prickly and proud investigator who grew angry and resigned when union officials sought to place some limits on his investigation.