Sentence examples for position previously held by from inspiring English sources

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

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.

At the same time, Labor will axe the human rights commissioner position previously held by Liberal candidate Tim Wilson, dubbed the "freedom commissioner".

The fact that he was in position to win an office previously held by Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry made clear, he said, that anything was possible with hard work, grit and determination.

As under secretary of defense for policy, Mr. Edelman holds one of the most senior positions in the department, a post previously held by Douglas J. Feith.

His 3 jobs are: Blogger for redstate.org, CNN television personality, and WSB radio host (A post previously held by Herman Cain, who took home a tidy $165K/year in that position).

There is, too, something uncomfortable about the novel's end, when Smith seems somehow to run out of steam, and both Leah and Natalie retreat shufflingly to a position previously held up by the novel for our disapproval (the idea that people get what they deserve).

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