Sentence examples for previously held that from inspiring English sources

The militant who previously held that position, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, was killed in an earlier drone strike last May.

Martha Gallo, who previously held that role, was named the head of global compliance and regulatory management.

When the job is done, American will have 130,000 employees and 900 aircraft, making it the world's largest airline (United previously held that position).

Ling Jihua was expected to advance to the elite Politburo, as every person who previously held that position since 1942 had done, including former Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.

Correction: February 12 , 2004 Thursday An entry in the Addenda listing of Business Day on Jan . 30about the selection of the Draft agency to handle direct marketing for American Century Investments misidentified the agency that previously held that role.

Abbott Laboratories, which previously held that crown, has signed a deal with Genset to help finance its SNP maps in exchange for rights to develop diagnostic tools from them.

Mr. Huseby has served as chief financial officer since joining Barnes & Noble in March 2012; previously he held that position at Cablevision Systems, a media company.

Ms. Abbracciamento previously held posts that included executive vice president and global business director for the Merrill Lynch account at another WPP agency in New York, J. Walter Thompson.

He had previously held posts that included chief executive of Lyris and senior vice president for sales at Omniture, now part of Adobe Systems.

Such an adjustment, never easy, requires unprejudiced, honest assessment of the new realities with clear eyes, unencumbered by the defence of previously held paradigms that have lost any explanatory power.

Some current analytic work is motivated less by the desire to forward an overall theory than by a wish to destroy a prevailing or previously held theory that is considered objectionable.