Sentence examples for promoted a few from inspiring English sources

Hilda Longinotti, 81, who joined the office in 1953 as a receptionist and was promoted a few years later to be Mr. Nelson's secretary, was a hiring coup.

He has promoted a few interesting ideas aimed at getting money into the poor rural areas, where it is badly needed, though the results have been patchy.

He then talked about his Congressional record, called for bipartisanship in Washington and promoted a few details of his "mainstream tax relief plan".

When an investigation was opened, in December, 2004, General Craddock, Rumsfeld's former military aide, was in charge of the Army's Southern Command, with jurisdiction over Guantánamo — he had been promoted a few months after Taguba's visit to Rumsfeld's office.

However Sunderland were promoted a few weeks later in place of Swindon, who were kept in the Second Division after admitting financial irregularities.

I would say that even when I was invited to join the strategy practice full time a few weeks after this event, which meant I reached my goal of becoming a management consultant, and even when I was promoted a few months later, my confidence did not go up that much.

Mr. Arafat forced Mr. Abbas to promote a few of his longtime allies.

But he added, "If there weren't any misconceptions, I might have to promote a few".

One reason for this misconception is the decision made some years ago to promote a few big programmes at the expense of the rest.

Record companies are promoting a few classical stars they think can compete in a sound world of pop, crossover and easy-listening world music.

Incentives for clever foreign students have been cut back.In Germany the idea of promoting a few universities above the rest has met with resistance.