Sentence examples for was nominated to serve from inspiring English sources

Senate Democrats responded by holding up the nomination of CIA's top lawyer and a former CIA official who was nominated to serve in the same capacity at the Department of Defense.

Three years later she was nominated to serve as presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.

Recently, he was nominated to serve on the New Jersey State Commission on Brain Injury Research.

When in 1646 Parliament ordered that Presbyterianism be established in England, he was nominated to serve as an elder in his local classis, or district ruling body.

Earlier this month, JOHN MARBURGER, Stony Brook's former president and director of Brookhaven National Laboratory, was nominated to serve as the president's national science adviser.

Here is a statement worth reading carefully that Roberts made about his appellate advocacy, in written answers to questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2005, after he was nominated to serve on the Supreme Court.

"Since I was first nominated to serve as Treasury Secretary, I have been maligned as taking advantage of others' hardships in order to earn a buck.

And Exxon's CEO has just been nominated to govern the U.S. response to this war.

All 100 senators have been invited to a closed-to-the-public meeting Monday evening to seek a compromise on how to approach those nominated to serve in senior positions in Obama's administration.

Due in part to her appearance, Edwards was nominated for a "Daffta" award.

I wish Ryan Gosling was nominated - he's astounding in Blue Valentine, going from adorable to painful.