Sentence examples for could not aspire from inspiring English sources

Almost two years since he replaced the ousted Mr Ayling, he is still respected by staff in a manner to which Mr Ayling could not aspire.

Young college graduates like Mr. Wang do not want factory jobs even though companies increasingly offer blue-collar workers the kinds of benefits that many white-collar workers could not aspire to until recently.

But mostly, she just had walk-on roles in ordinary nighttime dramas, her presence signifying what it meant to me to know that there was no longer a position in the legal profession that a woman could not aspire to.

Perhaps this was because he could not aspire to running the show, as he did with Real, when there was the twin presence of the powerful Barcelona midfielder Luis Suárez Miramontes and his mentor Helenio Herrera, the national team's flamboyant but defence-minded manager, a fellow Argentinian whom Di Stéfano could not abide.

"But because they lacked a background of philosophical training, they could not aspire to write books, gather disciples, go on Dharma tours, and give talks.

"He couldn't aspire to the job if he's associated with this club," she said.

You couldn't aspire to be editor of the FT and play Eurosceptic.

It was also at this age that my parents introduced me to the work of Elizabeth Catlett so that I could be assured that being a black girl need not mean I couldn't aspire to be a sculptor.

Dub couldn't aspire higher.

We couldn't aspire to that in food – that slot was taken by the Unilevers and Nestlés and Krafts of this world – but we could command that position in premium drinks".

How could they not aspire to be number 1 in Asia, and in time the world?" The Chinese strategy, Lee maintains, will revolve around their "huge and increasingly highly skilled and educated workers to out-sell and out-build all others".