Sentence examples for had held a position from inspiring English sources

At the time of the study, she had held a position as tenure-track or tenured faculty in a life science department for 15 yr and had involved more than a dozen postgraduates and more than 40 undergraduates (either in UREs or in work-study/lab support positions) in her research group.

Barack Obama has held a position that is more absolutist than the Palestinian Authority itself.

For the past two years, I have held a position of middling seniority in the public health team of a local council.

For decades, the Emersons have held a position of unrivalled eminence, their crisp, forceful sound banishing memories of scrappy quartet concerts of yore.

The 54-year-old has been at Everton since 2005, having held a position on the board of the Super League side Castleford.

To day traders, a stock bought and resold within seconds is short-term; a long-term transaction means someone has held a position for hours.

As national security adviser, and one of Mr. Bush's closest confidants and most frequent after-hours friends, Ms. Rice has held a position of extraordinary influence and trust.

Ireland is the only founding member state of the monetary union never to have held a position on the six-person board of the ECB.

Since 2003, Barker has held a position at the Oregon Health & Science University, in Portland, and he and his wife have established a foundation dedicated to optimizing the growth of infants and children.

One, Hiroaki Koide, a nuclear reactor expert who has held a position equivalent to assistant professor for 37 years at Kyoto University, said he applied unsuccessfully for research funds when he was younger.

Having held a position on the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for the past 20 years, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. understands the value of professional development and employee empowerment.