Sentence examples for surprising appointment from inspiring English sources

He never harbored illusions, they said, that his surprising appointment by John Lindsay, a Republican mayor reaching out to govern a changing city, would bring swift change.

His surprising appointment midway through last season, with the former Great Britain international Daryl Powell agreeing to step back to a position as director of rugby even though the Rhinos were then top of the table, was on the understanding that Smith would make way for Powell to resume first-team control at the end of 2005.

His stance brought good publicity and a broad welcome at the time of his surprising appointment in 1991 as principal conductor of the New York Philharmonic, an orchestra with a reputation for a toughness and brashness not in Masur's interpretative armoury.

"It is a very surprising appointment," he added.

The most surprising appointment is the minister of culture.

Clare Connor qualifies but would be a very surprising appointment, though not such a preposterous one.

In the subsequent cabinet reshuffle, Sarkozy made several surprising appointments, including the country's first woman finance minister (Christine Lagarde), the first full cabinet member of North African origin (Rachida Dati), and a maverick Socialist (Bernard Kouchner) as foreign minister.

There were several surprising appointments to May's cabinet.She handed key roles to Brexitersdemonstrating that she is determined to repair the rift in the party created by the hard-fought referendum campaign.

Young conductors are also a hot ticket, as the surprising appointments of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Gustavo Dudamel, the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra's Lionel Bringuier, and the Indianapolis Symphony's Krzysztof Urbański have shown.

Last and least surprising, the appointment of Gerard Sutton, an Australian, as the Melbourne referee.

The appointment of an outsider as chief executive came as a surprise in the tightly knit company, surprising Mr. Casey too, recalled Robert L. Crandall, American's chief financial officer at the time, who later succeeded him as chief executive.