Sentence examples for were chartered to from inspiring English sources

Two, the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute, were chartered to promote democracy and have close ties to Congressional party leaders.

Uzbekistan never had a domestic airline of its own, but, after independence in 1991, former Soviet Aeroflot airplanes and their pilots were chartered to fly rather infrequently from such cities as Samarkand and Tashkent to nearby cities.

In the past few weeks, while much of the news media's focus has been on men's basketball, we have gone about the business of being one of America's best public universities teaching very good students very well, conducting critically important research -- well over $300 million worth -- and serving the people of this state as we were chartered to do.

Two special trains were chartered to the newly built but unopened Burnage Station to take spectators to the landing, many of whom had stood throughout the night.

In May 1915, Kroonland and sister ship Finland were chartered to the Panama Pacific Line for the long-planned service between New York and San Francisco via the Panama Canal.

Wilson's ability to turn black American experience into vivid drama — and to do it repeatedly for the stage while virtually ignoring the more lucrative tug of Hollywood — dovetailed with an emerging consensus among nonprofit regional theaters during the 1980s that they needed to better reflect the racially diverse communities they were chartered to serve.

The three groups are chartered to promote democracy abroad.

"That's what it was chartered to do".

Both are chartered to promote democracy abroad with nonpartisan training and election monitoring.

A yacht, Q-200, owned by Mrs. C.W. Walgreen has been chartered to meet transports.

In 1936 it was chartered to prepare students for certified public accountant examinations.