Sentence examples for approached a top from inspiring English sources

One high-ranking executive tells a story about the time she approached a top media magnate for a pay rise.

But Ms. Rice was utterly unconvincing when she tried to portray Al Qaeda as anything approaching a top concern for the White House.

The large jet, designed to approach a top hat type profile, develops faster towards equilibrium than the small jet.

That poor performance, as well as a sense that Europe and Asia may be approaching a top of the economic cycle while America may be closer to a bottom, is leading global investment advisers to be more selective.

If not, confidentially approach a top executive with a reputation for honesty.

He approached a log on top of a mound of earth, spurred his horse, and made a smooth jump.

He had heard an anecdote, from his stepfather, about a Sicilian psychoanalyst who was approached by a top Mafioso seeking treatment.

In a market place as competitive as elite youth football, any youngster being approached by a top club is at a serious crossroads.

Using a V-shaped-based design approach, a top-down VHDL-AMS-based modeling has been first achieved with behavioral, structural behavioral, and component models, which include a MEMS-based pneumatic microactuator.

Whereas a bottom-up analysis uses all gene expression data in a 'black-box' approach, a top-down analysis uses existing biological knowledge to build a classifier (i.e. differentially expressed genes and/or molecular pathways).

The intervention consisted of two change approaches, a top-down approach that focuses on the supervisors (computer-based training) and a bottom-up approach that focuses on the workgroup members (team effectiveness process).