Sentence examples for he secured his position from inspiring English sources

He secured his position as provisional president, however, when his army, led by Gen. Álvaro Obregón, defeated the forces of Villa at Celaya in April 1915.

He secured his position in Greece by keeping Macedonian occupation forces in the cities of Corinth, Chalcis on Euboea, and Demetrias in Thessaly, the three "shackles" of Hellas.

He secured his position as perhaps the country's most powerful media owner with the blockbuster C$3.2 billion purchase in 2000 of the Southam newspaper chain, controlled by Conrad Black Conrad Black, in a deal that also left the company swimming in debt.

In doing so, he secured his position in the political center and undermined the Republican monopoly on big money, all the while knowing that the left of his party had nowhere to go.

He secures his position so that he may seem invincible and judiciously hides his weaknesses.

Now, he has secured his position in the pantheon of those who have amassed 3,000 hits in their careers.

The founder, Muḥammad ibn Ṭughj, appointed governor of Egypt in 935, two years later obtained the title ikhshīd (Persian: "prince, ruler") from the ʿAbbāsid caliph ar-Rāḍī; he then secured his position in Egypt and Syria against opposition from Muḥammad ibn Rāʾiq, ʿAbbāsid amīr al-umarāʾ (commander in chief), and the Ḥamdānid Sayf ad-Dawlah of Aleppo.

Every member has one vote, so when the FIFA congress elects its new president, the Solomon Islands will carry the same weight as Germany.Mr Blatter's critics say he has secured his position by spreading money and lucrative contracts throughout the developing world through FIFA's Goal project, which funds the construction of training centres and playing fields worldwide.

He had secured his position with a direct line to the White House through National Security Adviser Walt Rostow, a hawk, architect of Vietnam policy, and staunch Goure supporter.

In 1957 Mikoyan refused to back an attempt by Malenkov and Molotov to remove Khrushchev from power; he thus secured his position as one of Khrushchev's closest allies.

Nick Clegg saw off Vince Cable and secured his position.