Sentence examples for assuming the position from inspiring English sources

In adulthood, assuming the position becomes harder, our Achilles tendons tightened by our love affair with sitting.

In 1985 he relinquished the post of premier, simultaneously assuming the position of president of the Council of State.

Naoto Kan, the new prime minister of Japan, encountered Mr. Obama for the first time since assuming the position, as did Mr. Cameron, Britain's new leader.

He stayed with "Roche" throughout his working career, ultimately assuming the position of Vice President and head of "Drug Regulatory Affairs".

"Lieberman is assuming the position of Netanyahu's successor, a move he has been dreaming about for years," said Raviv Druker, a political analyst, on Israel's Channel 10 television.

"Other countries in Europe are taking an independent line from that taken by the president of America," he said, accusing Britain of assuming the position of "junior partner with the U.S. in this axis of delusion".

They are, in Peter Singer's words, assuming the positions of dictators in relation to the others.

Fingernails: assume the position.

She will assume the position in January.

He will assume the position in October.

She was to have assumed the position on Oct. 2.