Sentence examples for an influential post from inspiring English sources

An Islamic leader reported that not one Muslim occupied an influential post in the administration.

He used an influential post on the Appropriations Committee to steer hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid to the hospitals, colleges and farms in his district.

Despite Mr. Sessions's insultingly incomplete responses to the committee, the burden remains on him to show he is fit to serve in such an influential post.

Mr. Sharon's decision was a clear indication that he did not want the combative Mr. Netanyahu in such an influential post at a time when Israel faces tough choices on how to deal with the Palestinian conflict.

Rumours abound, says the report, that Walter Rauf, the ex-Nazi at whose hands thousands of Jews were slaughtered, had, and may still have, an influential post with the Department of Investigations.

Beijing church leaders will ordain Bishop Joseph Li Shan this week, a senior religious official said, filling an influential post that had been closely watched to gauge whether the government would consult with the Vatican on church appointments.

(Chinen) ★ JAZZ FORUM REMEMBERING WOODY SHAWW (Friday) This installment of the Lost Jazz Shrines series pays homage to Jazz Forum, an arts space that operated in the early 1980s, and to Woody Shaw, an influential post-bop trumpeter who died in 1989.

An influential post-second world war hybrid, Boomerang! was shot in harsh black and white and entirely in authentic locations.

Under Mr. Hu, Mr. Ling had directed the leadership's administrative center, the General Office, but was relegated to a less influential post in September, ahead of schedule.

Ignatyev later was chairman of a committee that developed a reform program for the government of Russia's Central Asian territories (1884), but he never again held a highly influential post.

The country's information minister, U Kyaw Hsan, who had a crucial role in controlling the media during the days of military rule, has been appointed to a less influential post as the minister overseeing the country's remaining cooperatives.