Sentence examples for attained the position from inspiring English sources

Within two years, O'Neal was promoted to director — the fastest that anyone had attained the position.

Henry IV was neither greatly interested in poetry nor notably generous, but Malherbe attained the position of court poet and a modest living from court patronage.

The son of Marrano parents (Portuguese or Spanish Jews forced to become Christians), Pires attained the position of royal secretary in a Portuguese high court of justice.

Within three years she had attained the position of senior sous, but keen to gain further experience at three-star level, accepted a position in Monte Carlo with Alain Ducasse at Le Louis XV.

With hard work and a lot of talent, he attained the position of sous chef at Nick & Toni's in East Hampton and was picked to be the chef of their Honest Diner.

He attained the position of Acting Deputy Principal for the college before retiring in June 1984.

I got my start at Merrill Lynch as the first deaf person to attain the position of technical analyst.

She stayed on at the restaurant past the three months that had been originally arranged, eventually attaining the position of executive chef.

The Histadrut rapidly became a central force in social, economic, and even security affairs, attaining the position of a "state within a state".

But interestingly enough, her "difficult" personality was probably what helped her attain the position in the first place.

Since most faculty members want "one of their own" at the helm of their institution, nontraditional candidates all too rarely attain the position.