Sentence examples for and she secured from inspiring English sources

When it sold over 100,000 copies, and she secured a £300,000 contract, she became a full-time author, as so many writers dream of doing.

He called Ms. Orihuela and she secured $450 from the Neediest Cases Fund to help him move to the place where he now lives.

In 1932 she published The Handicrafts of the Modern Indians of Maine, and she secured her reputation as the leading authority on the Penobscot tribe with Indian Place-Names of the Penobscot Valley and the Maine Coast (1941), a work that benefited greatly from her own intimate knowledge of the region.

Silverman appeared to be heavily invested in her appraisal of the boy's genius; he and his mother moved to Colorado from New York State, and she secured sponsors for them — they had been living in subsidized housing — and helped him enroll at a school for the gifted near Boulder.

On Feb. 18, 2004, Aidee Camacho, the chairwoman of our Traffic and Transportation Committee, accompanied by Mr. Simon, presented these petitions to Lawrence G. Reuter, president of New York City Transit, and she secured a commitment that the re-evaluation would be completed within the next six months.

World high jump champion Blanca Vlasic has also not been at her very best this season, and she secured victory over Anna Chicherova only on count-back after clearing 1.99m on her second attempt to her Russian rival's third.

With enthusiasm and an indomitable spirit as well as considerable tact and diplomacy she secured the necessary financial support for her plan.

A committee aide added that Royce had played no role in his wife's selection for the position, and that she secured the position on her own merit.

Deploying her influence and clout, she secured financial backing for John Galliano's fledgling eponymous Paris fashion house, a move that helped in his elevation in 1997 to designer in chief at Christian Dior.

And on February 13th, she secured agreement from Australia's state governments for a revamped plan to reform hospital funding.

In 1994 she won the Turku National Cello Competition in Finland, and in 1995 she secured first cello in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the national orchestra of Sweden, where she remained through 1998.