Sentence examples for hold seniority from inspiring English sources

His proposal was approved and he re-embarked to Lisbon on 16 April 1809, where he was appointed to head of the forces in Portugal – a motion supported by the government and Prince Regent George IV, as Wellington did not hold seniority.

When Buell was finally relieved after his unspirited attack at Perryville in October, Thomas was passed over and the command went to Gen. William Rosecrans, who'd graduated from West Point two years after Thomas and held less seniority.

Paterno holds the greatest seniority of any faculty member at Penn State, has donated more money ($4 million) to the university than any other employee and has raised more money (tens of millions of dollars).

In an attempt to head off the sort of familial bloodshed that had prefaced his own rise to power, Yaroslav introduced an order of succession that privileged seniority but held that the territory of Kievan Rus as a whole belonged to the family.

This resulted from the language difficulties and cultural obstacles between them and their patients, the added responsibility and seniority they held due to staff shortages; the latter requiring effective leadership and teamwork critical to the delivery of health care.

And there's no way at my seniority I can hold Europe.

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

The court heard that Weatherhead enjoyed such seniority that he held an election of Anonymous members to decide who or what would be the hackers' next target.

Others are modifying the price adjustment based on the seniority of the employee holding the option.

The same holds for the second environmental factor, seniority of personnel.

In the early 1990s, some conservative Democrats playing main roles on Capitol Hill held their positions largely by virtue of seniority, said former Representative Vic Fazio of California, who was once chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.