Sentence examples for A seniority from inspiring English sources

The new seats will be distributed through a seniority system.

The Senate assigns office space under a seniority system.

The Philadelphia union has taken a strike vote, partly over a seniority dispute.

When a miner gets laid off, his name goes on a seniority list.

It was done on a seniority basis, and I was one of three Justices to get an extra clerk.

And the pillows — only five pillows for more than 100 detainees, who had devised a seniority system to share them.

As a result, no bright spark at a foreign investment bank will now move for a place on a seniority-based ladder.

Because of a seniority-based pay system, this puts a huge strain on business costs, leaving less money to provide young people with training and good jobs.It is sometimes said that Japan's risk appetite mirrors that of its baby-boomers.

Condoms became so widely available that the birth rate halved in the decade from 1947-57.That meant fewer young mouths to feed on rising salaries, thanks to a seniority-based system under which pay automatically increased with age.

But Dunn, a 27-year-old math teacher, had only three and a half years of experience in a seniority-based school district; he was laid off in June along with hundreds of other teachers.

In a seniority-driven institution like the Senate, it could take years for Mrs. Clinton to accumulate real power despite her status as a national political celebrity and the appeal she demonstrated in the primary season.