Assertion: appointment | /r/CreatedBy | minister
Facets:
value: for over half the appointments
type: TEMPORAL
value: broadly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Broadly, such appointments are made by ministers, or in their name, to public bodies and advisory committees– hence the often used terms of arm’s-length bodies or the more dated quangos.
text: Appointments are made by ministers (or in their name for over half the appointments) and are the result of open competition on the basis of merit.