Sentence examples for previous claimant from inspiring English sources

IBM claimed that Blue Gene had surpassed the previous claimant to the title, NEC's Earth Simulator with a working speed of 36.01 teraflops.

But he has never built a commanding lead and Mr Gingrich suddenly finds himself the candidate best positioned to claim the "anyone-but-Mitt" mantle.It helps that the previous claimant, Herman Cain, a pizza mogul and radio host, is seeing his support wither, thanks to a series of allegations about his sex life.

In 1175, in an act of overlordship over the Kingdom of Dublin, Toirdelbach Ua Briain appointed Muirchertach Ua Briain King of Dublin, following a precedent set by Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó, King of Leinster (died 1072), a previous claimant to the Irish high-kingship who had done the same to his own eldest son, Murchad (died 1070), in 1052.

The synods of Sutri and Rome resolved the difficulty by deposing the three previous claimants.

That would guarantee that proceeds from future oil sales held in trust for the interim Iraqi authority would be immune from attachment by previous claimants.

Meanwhile, the previous claimants to the Duchy began to see that Sforza would be a threat greater than the Ambrosian Republic.

But the savings will still be generated by increasing pressure on claimants and former claimants.

The same applies to barriers, such as expectations based on knowledge of the claimants records or previous experiences of similar claimants.

With unemployment benefit at 80 per cent of claimants' previous salary for two years, the country's famous welfare state provides a safety net ensuring that no one's left out in the cold.

We have already stated that the number of previous assessment interviews a claimant has experienced, is an important claimant characteristic, explaining the difference between a first-time claimant and a claimant who has already attended one or more interviews.

She was uninterested in politics and devoted to James and their children, two of whom survived to adulthood: the Jacobite (previous Roman Catholic/Stuart dynasty) claimant to the thrones, James Francis Edward, (who would have become James III of England, but later in life known as "The Old Pretender"), and Louisa Maria Teresa.