Sentence examples for posts were held from inspiring English sources

From Other Newspapers About 84percentt of the Police Department's leadership posts were held by white men in December, with the percentage of black men and women in the command structure at 3.7percentt, according to documents obtained by the New York Civil Liberties Union.

He was appointed Premier of the Ukrainian SSR in addition to his earlier party post, one of the rare instances in which the Ukrainian party and civil leader posts were held by one person.

In our regional health system, 68% of the health personnel were female in 2007 but only occupied 34% of management posts were held by women (37% in the primary care [PC] sector) [ 4].

Only 42% of permanent academic posts are held by women, while men are four times as likely as women to be professors.

While two-thirds of its members are elderly, half of its 44 executive board posts are held by people under 55.

Scotland could adopt a variant on the model used in the US and some European countries where the most senior posts are held by political appointees.

Most of Burma's top government posts are held by military officers, many of whom have a frighteningly weak grasp of governance.

Only 3 of the 19 most senior posts are held by women, and only one of them holds the title of (acting) assistant secretary general — Stefanie Babst, who in Berlin lamented the alliance's male "monoculture".

As things move down the political ladder, women become rarer, perhaps reflecting their lower status in the countryside than in cities. Less than 7 percent of province-level ministerial posts are held by women.

Negotiating a shared approach will be essential, but may be particularly difficult where these posts are held by representatives of different political parties, with differing views over how best to tackle crime.

He promised us parity; how many of the key posts are held by women?" After signing the code of conduct, it was down to work for the new ministers.