Sentence examples for on a predecessor from inspiring English sources

The Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, blamed the mishap on a predecessor taking it with them when they left.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg called last week on a predecessor, Edward I. Koch, to help recruit volunteers.

And it shows how much Mr. Obama has come to rely on a predecessor he once criticized to serve as both role model and validator.

Honor Roll managers must have at least six years on the job; this eliminates the risk that a ranking will mask coat-tailing on a predecessor's record.

Honor Roll managers must have at least six years on the job; this eliminates the risk that a ranking will mask coattailing on a predecessor's record.

TechCrunch compares the wiki-database to Wetpaint, Engadget and its own Crunchbase, which was based on a predecessor of Giant Bomb, Whiskey Media's now retired website Political Base.

The size of a king's dragon ship, it will not surprise Freudians to learn, was regarded as a telling measure of virility in the Viking world, and Hardrada's own was modelled on one commanded by a predecessor on the Norwegian throne, the longest and most celebrated ever built.

The State Senate on Tuesday sent the bill to the Democratic governor, who supports capital punishment but has upheld an 11-year moratorium on executions imposed by a predecessor after a spate of wrongful convictions.

But the technology is still very young and has survived all the sea can throw at it so far, unlike a predecessor on the very site now occupied by Windfloat.

APPOINTMENT IN HOUSTON Gary Tinterow, the new director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is carrying on a mission started by his predecessor, Peter C. Marzio, to extend the institution's global reach.

• Accompanying the CW announcements will be previews of new shows for the 2011-12 season, including "Ringer," with Sarah Michelle Gellar, the star of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on a CW predecessor, WB, and "Hart of Dixie," with Rachel Bilson.