Sentence examples for take the appointment from inspiring English sources

A number of General Petraeus's associates described him as extremely eager to take the appointment.

Mr. Crocker, a seasoned Africa hand who teaches at Georgetown University, said today that he had no comment on whether he would take the appointment until he spoke personally to the secretary.

Many Tories are saying that it will take the appointment of an outsider, possibly Sir Hugh Orde from Northern Ireland, who started his career at the Met, to repair the damage.

"I felt that if I was to take the appointment," Mr. Davis said, "I would spend so much of my time deflecting and defending the position that it would take away from my real reason for being involved in politics and political life: to try and find solutions to problems".

Trenchard's brief written statement of the essentials required met with Churchill's approval and he insisted that Trenchard take the appointment.

For example, some individuals have appeared to take the appointment time less seriously.

She took the appointment card and then waited to be seen by a doctor for her asthma.

Many think he's taken the appointment like a diplomat might take on a well-paid stay in a far-away embassy.

Matt Busby, Wilf McGuinness, Frank O'Farrell, Tommy Docherty and Ron Atkinson all tried to bring the title back to Old Trafford, but it took the appointment of Ferguson to restore the club to their former glories.

At her first press conference, a reporter asked for her vital statistics: no one took the appointment very seriously, at first.

"The good news for New Yorkers is Governor Paterson takes the appointment to this position very seriously, as he knows how important new jobs and growth are both in the city and upstate".