Sentence examples for be given a position from inspiring English sources

At another stop in Kentucky, she was asked if Bill would be given a position in her Cabinet — a question that arose about her in 1992.

For that reason, officials decided that Mr. Tribe could not be given a position that would require Senate confirmation, like solicitor general, because Republicans would probably go to war against him, with decades of legal writings to mine for ammunition.

Years later he explained that he had been told in a friendly manner by a professor who admired his family that he would never be given a position in the humanities department at Chicago or any leading institution because he was a Jew.

The same can be said for Messi who can play anywhere in the attacking area (but he must be given a position of comfort).

The speculation is that Jong Un will be given a position on the party's Central Committee, a stepping stone to succession.

When William Rainey Harper invited Dewey to Chicago in 1894, one of the conditions Dewey laid down before accepting was that George Mead be given a position as well.

Mohammed was given a position as an engineer in the water department of the tiny emirate's public-works ministry.

Mr. Wallace took on his current job in April, replacing Michael Clemente, who was given a position overseeing long-form news specials, a move viewed internally as a demotion.

You're given a position that matters, your decisions and readings of situations matter, and all that was pretty new for women.

With the support of Ben-Gurion, he was given a position high enough on his party's electoral list to be assured of victory.

He was given a position in the Imperial Astronomical Bureau in 627, following his critique of the Wuyin calendar, which had been introduced in 619.