Sentence examples for occupied the post from inspiring English sources

His grandfather, John Hay occupied the post 60 years ago.

Laozi's family name was Li, his given name Er; and he occupied the post of archivist at the Zhou court.

As a businesswoman, she is also a break from the long line of Western politicians that have occupied the post.

He occupied the post until May 2015, when Yisrael Beiteinu opted not to join the governing coalition led by Netanyahu.

He previously occupied the post from 2009-14, and is considered a safe pair of hands to guide Africa's second-largest economy.

Personality of Minnie Guggenheimer, a distant cousin of Adolph Lewisohn, & has occupied the post of chairman of the Stadium Concerts committee ever since the opening of the Stadium.

He later entered civil government service and occupied the posts of governor general of Kiev (1715 19), senator (after 1719), and president of the Kamer-Kollegiya (Finance Ministry; 1719 22).

A series of Europeans occupied the posts of court conductor and court composer, beginning in the mid-1750s, among them Baldassare Galuppi, Tommaso Traetta, Domenico Cimarosa and Vicente Martín y Soler.

Just like the last person to (permanently) occupy the post, in fact, a superman called George Entwistle.

If appointed, he would become the first black cleric to occupy the post.

In Tokyo, John Roos, a Silicon Valley lawyer, is occupying the post once held by such distinguished statesmen as Edwin Reischauer, Mike Mansfield, Walter Mondale and Howard Baker.