Sentence examples for was anointed to from inspiring English sources

Wilf McGuinness, a United protege, similar to Ferguson's Gary Neville in his total devotion, was anointed to take charge of a fading club without any previous management experience.

This power "was anointed to them by Steve, and enforced by Steve, and has become embedded culturally," in the description of Robert Brunner, who gave Ive his first job at Apple, and ran Apple's design group in the first half of the nineteen-nineties, before this culture took hold.

When Ponting was anointed to the 'second most important position in Australia' (the most important being that of Prime Minister) the other candidate was SK Warne, who had enjoyed a very successful stint as the one-day skipper in the absence of an injured Waugh.

When the little-known party secretary of Shanghai, with his big glasses and a grin, was anointed to lead the Communist Party in the chaotic aftermath of the Tiananmen massacre in 1989, his main brief was to return political and economic stability to a country in the throes of upheaval.

Jim was anointed to run the basketball operations but is clearly not qualified for the job.

Ward residents "want something new, something fresh, and they were upset that O'Donnell was anointed to be the successor".

There was a time when being anointed to the leadership was a matter of connections.

But he couldn't write the Frankfurter biography because he'd already been anointed to write a life of Jackson.

There's this assumption that he is almost going to be anointed to that position instead of elected," said Ramsbottom.

It shows that Eric has status within his profession, that he has been anointed to continue an artistic legacy.

Altars, sacred vessels, temples, and sometimes even weapons and items of clothing are anointed to dedicate them to the service of the divine and to assure and symbolize the presence and pleasure of the divine in the holy place.