1.   But with the devastation of downtown Manhattan and the economic foundation it represents, a successful corporate chieftain suddenly struck many New Yorkers as an apt choice.

2.   It was an apt choice.

3.   Rodriguez was in many ways an apt choice for the company, which is based in Madrid, Spain.

4.   Manjula Radhakrishnan was an apt choice for the role.

5.   The Polish capital was an apt choice for the meeting, the first of its kind.