Sentence examples for Past incumbent from inspiring English sources

In a few places, such as Philadelphia, Chicago and Houston, the new DAs were elected specifically after campaigning on policing issues, or in response to a past incumbent's inattention to police abuse.

But after ignoring or underestimating tea party candidates in the past, incumbent GOP senators are fighting back.

In her youth, Shin was among Koreans who protested against its past incumbents on the streets.

In the past, incumbents had years of seniority and were considered politically invincible.

If past incumbents have been reluctant to directly engage opponents this early in an election year for fear of looking like a candidate rather than a president, Mr. Obama has tossed aside convention.

In countries where money and power seldom rhyme with honesty and moral rectitude, the authorities usually manage to find enough skeletons in past incumbents' cupboards to take them to court.

That was an unprecedented situation for a sitting FEI president, who have generally had something of the figurehead about them; past incumbents include Prince Philip, Princess Anne and a Spanish infanta.

This is the rebirth of Luton Town Football Club.'" Harford exonerated his players of any blame in a season in which they have won only 13 games out of 42, saying: "It is the past incumbents of this football club who are to blame.

Promoted to his current job in 1989, Davis makes a clear distinction between his role ("I'm in charge of the paid staff") and that of the president of the academy - "the leader of the artists that make up the membership" - whose past incumbents include Bette Davis, Gregory Peck and, more recently, Arthur Hiller and Karl Malden.

In 1995 Cambridge appointed him to the prestigious Cavendish professorship, whose list of past incumbents includes James Maxwell (1831-79), who created the theory of electromagnetic waves.

The last few years have been a dizzying and heady time for travel startups, filled with mammoth funding rounds, high-profile acquisitions, and dramatic examples of young startups soaring past incumbents.