Sentence examples for was selected to take from inspiring English sources

Last month, after a five-month bidding process, Edison was selected to take over the five schools.

Jan Leeming In 2006 the former newsreader was selected to take part in a record six consecutive bushtucker trial.

Mel Martinez, a Cuban-born immigrant and Republican leader in Florida, was selected to take over the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

It was Krieger who was selected to take the clinching penalty in the Americans' thrilling victory over Brazil in the quarterfinals.

Later in July Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava was selected to take the lead in the construction of the train terminal, with Libeskind taking a secondary role.

Jung Man Won, in charge of energy sales for SK Global, the troubled trading firm in the SK Group, the country's third-largest conglomerate, was selected to take over as the company's chief executive officer.

Only destitute schools were selected to take part in the program.

Seventy responded and from them forty were selected to take dictation.

In Lewisham, 200 families with year 9 children were selected to take part in the programme in 2006.

If my partner were selected to take part in a prestigious international competition, I'd be desperate to go and cheer him on.

The 20 winning submissions will be contacted no later than 20th June 2009 to confirm that they have been selected to take part.