Sentence examples for executive plays from inspiring English sources

One News Corporation executive who has been singled out by Mr. Thurlbeck for harsh comments has been Will Lewis, the 42-year-old former executive editor of the group that publishes The Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph, who was recruited by News International in 2010, and, as a News Corporation executive, plays a leading role in the Management and Standards Committee.

Hydra, an Abu Dhabi property firm, paid $5m to sponsor an emirates version of "The Apprentice" in which its chief executive plays the Donald Trump role of judging and "firing" the show's contestants.Yet the Arab market is already crowded: the region has 487 free-to-air satellite channels, says a report by Arab Advisors Group.

But the Shareholder Executive played hardball.

A Toyota executive played down the importance of global rankings.

For example, last fall, ABC introduced a sitcom, "Hank," about an unemployed executive, played by Kelsey Grammer.

Its chief executive, played by Lance Reddick, is described as "a gun with an Ivy League education".

Rhonda insists that she, however, is utterly unlike Wanda, the AT&T executive played by Kellita Smith.

Christine, a rising executive played by Rachel McAdams, alternately nurtures, betrays, humiliates and makes passes at Isabelle (Noomi Rapace), her spooked, passive (or perhaps passive-aggressive) underling.

Despite evidence that the aliens are from an advanced civilization, they are treated with contempt and subjected to corporate abuse overseen by an executive played by Sharlto Copley.

If the transporting of royalty runs counter to most expectations of Ryanair, recent comments (not for the faint-hearted) by Michael O'Leary, the chief executive, play to type.

(Joanna Hoffman, the marketing executive played by Kate Winslet, unfailingly and insistently brings her work with Jobs back to personal terms, as does the programmer Andy Hertzfeld, played by Michael Stuhlbarg).