Sentence examples for were nominated to from inspiring English sources

Although you were nominated to the court by President Reagan in 1981, you became known as a centrist who disappointed conservatives and provided relief to liberals.

The legislators asked that Mr. Karzai choose more technocrats who had expertise in the work of the ministries they were nominated to lead.

Also in that year the first Africans were nominated to the Legislative Council, and in succeeding years African representation steadily increased.

He said the books were nominated to Apple's editorial team, which has final say on the selections, based on criteria including sales performance and reader reviews.

By way of contrast, on the Court that decided Brown v. Board of Education, in 1954, eight of the nine Justices had never served as judges before they were nominated to the high court.

Bradford Lander and James Van Bramer, respectively, were nominated to succeed them Council members Melinda R. Katz, John C. Liu and David I. Weprin of Queens and David Yassky of Brooklyn ran for comptroller.

Earlier this month, he was nominated to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Two weeks ago, she was nominated to be ambassador of Japan.

Four candidates have been nominated to replace him.

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

Mr. York was nominated to the board in September.