By appointing his own followers as bishops, he was able to retain some independence from the Carolingians, who most likely were content to give him leeway as long as Christianity was imposed on the Saxons and other Germanic tribes.

By naming a descendant of his half-brother instead of his cousin, Otto II reinforced his father's policy of appointing close family members to key posts throughout the Empire.

By this point, Raeder completely detested Dönitz, and as such Raeder advised Hitler against appointing Dönitz as his successor, claiming that Dönitz was not qualified to run the Navy and advised that his deputy Admiral Rolf Carls be his successor.

By 1999, the student population had grown to exceed 35, 000, resulting in the university appointing additional professors and other personnel.

By appointing the Vice-Khan, the Tsarist government was now permanently the decisive force in Kalmyk government and affairs.

By 1925 he was considering appointing Stewart to the Senate, to remove him from active political involvement, but was handicapped by the absence of any other Alberta representation in his cabinet.

By the 1990s, Mulroney had failed to bring about Senate reform as he had promised ( appointing a number of Senators in 1990 ).

By 1810 emancipists had outnumbered the free settlers, and Macquarie set the tone himself by appointing emancipists to government positions: Francis Greenway as colonial architect and Dr William Redfern as colonial surgeon.

By that time, BEA's main operating base at Northolt was the busiest airport in the UK ; however, the airline was losing money, which resulted in replacing former BOAC director, Gerard d ' Erlanger, who was BEA's first chairman, with Lord Douglas of Kirtleside, as well as appointing Peter Masefield as its new managing director.

By raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and making formal treaties, the Congress acted as the de facto national government of what became the United States.

Leonard Hill recalled, " By recognising the ability of a student with nothing behind him to show his worth and by appointing him my assistant I may claim to have started Greenwood on his career.

By April 1973, Lon Nol had been compelled to remove Lon Non and suspended the National Assembly, appointing a " High Political Council " composed of himself, Sirik Matak, Cheng Heng and In Tam.

Fifth: By appointing to the revenue department of Galveston, a man whose character for infamy had been clearly established, and made known to the Government, and whose principles are avowedly to the true interest of the people of Texas ; and that, too, when their character for infamy had been repeatedly established.

By appointing Bruno to the vacant position, Otto provided himself with a powerful ally against Conrad in Lotharingia ( much of which fell under the archdiocese of Cologne ) just when he needed one most.

By this point the Great Council had begun to move, appointing a special committee of correctors to examine proposals for reform.

By appointing priests to the cult of Amun from the high ranks of his trusted army, he avoided any attempts to reestablish the powerful relationships that had provoked the drastic change made by Akhenaten.

By February 1994, the People's Government of Shenzhen entered into an agreement with International Golf Federation, appointing the Club to host the 1995 World Cup of Golf Final, which was the first international golf tournament in China.

By then Hez could see for himself, and so could the others.

By upholding his own personal code of behavior, the private detective has placed himself in opposition to a society whose fabric is permeated with crime and corruption.

By June 19, 1788, he had presented himself to its Commander in Chief, the Governor of the Southern Provinces, the Director of the War College -- The Prince.

By this time Woodruff had accurately measured Pike as a man of great personal pride, a man who would fly into a towering rage if his integrity were questioned, and who would be anxious to avenge himself.

By the end of the book, Paul realizes that he no longer knows what to do with himself and decides that he has nothing more to lose.

By 1975, after a failed uprising by the Muslim Youth, President Daoud Khan started to dissociate himself from the Soviet Union and the communist party of Afghanistan.

By 1722, his son Mahmud captured what is now Iran and declared himself as Shah of Persia.

By definition, where a director enters into a transaction with a company, there is a conflict between the director's interest ( to do well for himself out of the transaction ) and his duty to the company ( to ensure that the company gets as much as it can out of the transaction ).

By means of her mother, Catherine had a stronger legitimate claim to the English throne than King Henry VII himself through the first two wives of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster: Blanche of Lancaster and the Spanish Infanta Constance of Castile.

By doing this, Khrushchev was acknowledging a long forgotten fact ; the Presidium, the Secretariat and he himself were responsible to the Central Committee.

By marrying Vespasia Polla he allied himself to the more prestigious patrician gens Vespasia, ensuring the elevation of his sons Titus Flavius Sabinus II and Vespasian to senatorial rank.

By nominating himself perpetual censor, he sought to control public and private morals.

By now he had broken his drug addiction ; biographer David Buckley writes that Isolar II was " Bowie's first tour for five years in which he had probably not anaesthetised himself with copious quantities of cocaine before taking the stage.

By contrast, if the bridge actually supported his weight then he might say he " thought " that the bridge was safe, and now after proving it to himself, he knows.

By the age of 21, Rossini had established himself as the idol of the Italian opera public.

By allying himself with the Catholics, Dissenters, and nonconformists, James hoped to build a coalition that would advance Catholic emancipation.

By the time he opened his own furniture workshop in 1917, Rietveld had taught himself drawing, painting and model-making.

By the early 1930s Gardner's activities had moved from those exclusively of a civil servant, and he began to think of himself more as a folklorist, archaeologist and anthropologist.

By this time Emperor Julian had publicly declared himself in opposition to Christianity.

By capturing Cannae, Hannibal had placed himself between the Romans and their crucial sources of supply.

By reaching into his mind, Emma reactivates Bobby's powers through opening a series of mental blocks he has placed on himself, and saves him from near death.

By July, Goebbels was lamenting that Hitler had cut himself off from the people – it was noted, for example, that he never visited the bomb-ravaged cities of the Ruhr.

By the age of nine, he was proving himself to be a skilled potter.

By 1991, Bacon began to give up the idea of playing leading men in big-budget films and to remake himself as a character actor.

By early November 1992, a new parliament had been elected, and Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri had formed a cabinet, retaining for himself the finance portfolio.