Sentence examples for As skippers from inspiring English sources

"If I can be half as good as they were as skippers then I'll have done a pretty good job," he said.

Just 14 people work full-time at the corporate office in London, while another 200 or so work seasonally as skippers, hostesses and crew members.

Some were minor, others more serious, but I dealt with them as skippers have long dealt with disciplinary matters.

Now there are more than 40 owners who volunteer their boats and act as skippers for the day.

Although we think of the America's Cup races as skippers Jimmy Spithill versus Dean Barker, the tacticians can have just as much, if not more, of an impact over the entire race.

On orders from Navy Secretary John H. Dalton, the admirals are scrambling to integrate women into the crews of aircraft carriers and destroyers--some of them eventually as skippers.

Warburton, whom Jones replaced as captain against France, took over as skipper against Scotland and moved to the blind-side role to accommodate Osprey Tipuric's introduction.

Stengel returned two years later as skipper of the Mets.

His first series as skipper was remarkable for a number of reasons.

He had gone down as skipper of Grayback, after a series of outstanding patrols.

He achieved considerable success in the 1960s as skipper of the first Bermuda 40.