Sentence examples for achieved a position of from inspiring English sources

He had achieved a position of power in Bravo Company.

But CIDA itself has never achieved a position of real clout.

Lindsay, at any rate, left office with a sense of defeat; he died in 2000 having never again achieved a position of power.

At the zenith of his power, Mithradates II took the title of "king of kings"; in the east as well as in the west, his empire achieved a position of power and stability previously unknown.

Dutch Republic, formally Republic of the United Netherlands, Dutch Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden, (1588 1795), state whose area comprised approximately that of the present Kingdom of the Netherlands and which achieved a position of world power in the 17th century.

Mohism never achieved a position of dominance or orthodoxy, but at its peak in the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE, no school was more influential.

Having worked tirelessly to achieve a position of gentlemanly respectability, neither a divorce nor an open affair was an option.

They demonstrate that we do not have to achieve a position of high influence to make a difference – that we can all play a role making society better.

Although Empress Catherine I (ruled 1725 27) restored him to his former status, he did not achieve a position of influence until after she died and her close adviser, Prince Aleksandr D. Menshikov, fell from power (1727).

"The court assumes that candidates have run for office for less than the noble motive of serving the public, which could include getting a better-paying job, pension benefits, achieving a position of perceived importance, boredom, or no reason at all," Judge Burke said.

A continuing issue is how to reach the next level of success, ultimately achieving a position of power in our field.