Sentence examples for was selected to run from inspiring English sources

In 1987, he was selected to run for an unwinnable seat in his home district.

Subsequently, the Washington, D.C. office merged with the Atlanta office, and Jeff was selected to run that office.

Respected by his Senate colleagues and admired by the public at large, Truman was selected to run as Franklin Delano Roosevelt's vice president on the 1944 Democratic ticket, replacing Henry A. Wallace.

In a meeting on Mr. Tilton's first day as chief executive last September, Mr. Hacker -- who was United's chief financial officer from 1993 to 2000, when he was selected to run a United subsidiary -- gave his new boss a short paper on industry competitiveness.

Italian authorities say Giuseppe Laudani was selected to run the clan when he was 17 after his Mafia boss father was killed but he turned to police and told how the three women, Maria Scuderi, 51, Concetta Scalisi, 60 and Paola Torrisi, 52, had raised him.

A steady state condition was selected to run the engine for the deposition tests.

Mr. Hutchinson declined to confirm today that he had been selected to run the agency.

Catlin has also been selected to run Lance Armstrong's antidoping program.

Three of the 25 also were selected to run on television as public service spots.

Stepien had just been selected to run the state Republican party and had been in line to run what became Christie's failed presidential campaign.

Married to the founder's granddaughter, he served as the Cuban finance minister before being selected to run the company in 1951.