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He is the government's preferred candidate for the post, and in remarks published on Friday the committee agreed he was "appointable as chair".

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

She had been repeatedly and publicly encouraged to reapply for her role and was found to be appointable by the appointments process.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2023

She later learned she was an appointable candidate and says she was urged to apply again in a new appointment process and to stay in post until the end of the year.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2022

"The government wouldn't propose someone who wasn't acceptable or appointable to the Palace," he says.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2016

"I serve, thou servest, we serve"—so prayeth all appointable virtue to the prince: that the merited star may at last stick on the slender breast!

From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm