Sentence examples for position previously held from inspiring English sources

Maybrick became masonic grand organist in 1889, a position previously held by Sir Arthur Sullivan.

Players are there to play not to be rested," the Frenchman said in contradiction of the position previously held.

Shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport A new job for the former shadow minister for the arts, in a position previously held by Harman.

As the new American and NATO commander in Europe, Admiral Stavridis, 54, becomes the first naval officer appointed to a position previously held by famed ground-warfare generals.

In the decade following the Second World War, the Lebanese capital had emerged as the center of Arabic intellectual life, usurping the position previously held by Cairo.

Utemeratov just happens to head Kazakhstan's Tennis Federation, while Dzhakysbekov chairs the Football Federation -- a position previously held by ex-Nazarbayev son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev.

The Trump administration has shown a zeal for installing loyalists in the nonpartisan civil service — for example, reassigning senior executives at the Interior Department, transferring dozens of career diplomats at the State Department to clerical work, installing loyalists in positions previously held by experts at a federal aid agency called the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

Mr. Nogawski's position was previously held by Roger King.

Lewis was the Minnesota Vikings' offensive coordinator last season, a position he previously held in Green Bay.

[email protected] | @martinxhodgson Tom is sport editor for Guardian US, a position he previously held for Guardian Australia.

Mehli Mehta's other son, Zarin, is executive director of the New York Philharmonic, a position he previously held with the Montreal Symphony and the Ravinia Festival in Chicago.