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appointed

selected for a job the one appointed for guard duty (= appointive) subject to appointment fixed or established especially by order or command; ) at the time appointed (or the appointed time provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind) a house that is beautifully appointed

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Simple sentences

She came an hour beyond the appointed time.
We appointed him as our representative.
It was not long before he was appointed professor.
The minister appointed one of his cronies to a key position.
You are ten minutes behind the appointed time.
The president appointed a new manager.
The government appointed Mr Brown ambassador to Peru.
We are writing to inform you that Mr Koichi Ohara has been appointed as Manager of the Technical Department in succession to Mr Taro Iida.
He was appointed Japanese minister to Mexico.
He was appointed Minister of Finance.
They appointed him chairman.
They appointed him manager.
The Prime Minister appointed them to key Cabinet posts.
The president appointed each man to the post.
He has just been appointed the U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
He appointed me to do this task.
They appointed Miss Smith chairperson.
She was appointed chairperson.
Tom appointed her as manager.
They appointed Tom chairman.
He was appointed adviser to the board.

Movie subtitles

It was here in the Castle of St George in the hills above Lisbon that the newly crowned Portuguese King Manuel appointed da Gama to command a fleet of ships, to make discoveries and go in search of spices.
I was worreid if they come to the office often as the new Magistrate is appointed.
Accordingly, I have been appointed Acting Inspector until his return.
The congregation had appointed five wise and trusted men to pass verdicts on the applicants.
Oh, just Clarence, my self appointed body guard.
And David appointed out of his presence twice.
I WILL LEND THE MONEY ONLY IF FIREFLY IS APPOINTED LEADER.
YOU APPOINTED ONE LAST WEEK!
I've appointed myself her official sandman.
I want you to know that the state has appointed me Ellman's guardian.
The state even appointed him Ellman's guardian.
And you are appointed as the head physician, Doctor Galen.
King Richard appointed Longchamps regent.
I present the credentials of honourable Jefferson Smith who has just been appointed senator by the governor of my state.
I appointed you.
I'll lend the money to Freedonia, only if Firefly is appointed leader!
You appointed one last week.
Captain Finsbury has been appointed adjutant of the governor. Yes, I know!
Coke, appointed attorney general.
I was in the castle at the appointed time, but I had an accident.
I shall go to paradise at the hour appointed.
My firm had been appointed trustee by Mrs. Kane for a large fortune she recently acquired.
The state appointed me.
Just been appointed head of Civilian Defense for Huxton.
I've just been appointed Ambassador to Bolivia!
I shall not speak of his kindness to man and beast alike. Nor of his diligence in performing his appointed duties about the home.
The clerk of our troops, father Gavrila, was appointed priest of Zaporizhian troops by the Hetman in the battle of Korsun.
My firm had been appointed trustee by Mrs. Kane for a large fortune she recently acquired. It was her wish that I take charge of this boy, Charles Foster Kane.
Nick, when they appointed me special deputy for the State Legislature they handed me a headache.
General Pherides. this self-appointed tyranny of yours cannot be tolerated.
Well, you appointed me your guardian.
You're a self-appointed censor only on stories involving big advertisers.
And, I have been appointed to speak for my fellow members of the Diplomatic call.
I just appointed you.

News and current affairs

He was appointed industry minister by the new, revolutionary government.
Of course, such a Greenspan would never have been re-appointed.
President Barack Obama has appointed a bipartisan deficit-reduction commission, whose chairmen recently provided a glimpse of what their report might look like.
As the American scholar and activist Hussein Ibish recently argued, Obama has appointed a cabinet designed to give him maximum room to negotiate a deal with Iran.
Just when the world reached a consensus that Ahmadinejad was merely an instrument of the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, Ahmadinejad appointed a Vice-President against Khamenei's wishes (though he later retracted the appointment).
It is impossible to change radically the way scholars and research workers are appointed in most member states, and to revise completely the criteria for funding of faculties and laboratories.
I have recently appointed a counter-terrorism coordinator to assist me in following through on the Plan of Action.
Barely two months ago, the signing of a constitutional document by a US-appointed group of un-elected Iraqi officials was heralded as if it were the re-enactment of America's constitutional convention in Philadelphia in 1787.
In Haiti, which still suffers from underdevelopment, political turmoil, and the effects of destructive hurricanes, Ban appointed former US President Bill Clinton as his Special Representative to help deal with the country's plight.
His chances of being re-appointed as President of the European Commission depend on the case he makes.
Back then, he did not need one to be appointed.
FHC appointed a series of outstanding Ministers of Science and Technology, and the government finally began spending more on research and development.
Puerto Rico's governor, Alejandro García Padilla, has appointed a working group to produce a five-year program to restore growth and fiscal sustainability.
A Governor-General must be appointed, with responsibility for restoring a basis for human life: a chance to start rebuilding the economy, help for whose who cannot work, and reconstruction of shattered infrastructure.
President Chirac's self-appointed role as an expert in diplomatic good behavior cannot be taken seriously, even by those of us who know (and love) France.
It also appointed Kalmay Khalilzad, another former Unocal consultant --indeed, Karzai's boss--as special US envoy.
American newspapers now report that former Shell Oil CEO Philip Carroll will be appointed as the US czar of Iraqi oil.
An EU-appointed mediation commission that includes former Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski and former European Parliament President Pat Cox has proposed a solution.
It is widely expected that Kim Jong-il's third son, Kim Jong-eun, will be appointed to a key position and be publicly announced as his father's successor.
To expedite matters, I have appointed a special representative for the question of forced and slave labor under the Nazi regime.
He has appointed Anand Panyarachun, a former Thai prime minister who recently headed a United Nations reform panel, to select and direct a blue-ribbon national commission to seek reconciliation with the southern separatists.
By contrast, the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has nine members, four of whom are appointed from outside the bank, and all votes are individually recorded; nobody is allowed to hide behind an institutional view.

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