Sentence examples for pursuing professional from inspiring English sources

Instead, he dedicated his time to pursuing professional magazine commissions.

Speaking sparingly -- "he's kind of quiet around strangers," Mr. Turo said -- Danny said he would also like to go to college before pursuing professional ball.

Some saw him "merely as an entertainment journalist targeting celebrities", but Mahmood had "often placed himself in personal danger in pursuing professional criminals" and had "raised awareness in areas of genuine public concern", said Kelsey-Fry.

"He does not have an interest in pursuing professional baseball," Cashman said of Cole, a right-hander from Orange Lutheran High School in California who was represented by agent Scott Boras.

Warren K. Zola, an assistant dean at the business school at Boston College who works extensively as a counselor for athletes pursuing professional careers, said he pushed the N.C.A.A. to clarify its position on loss-of-value insurance in late 2011.

The study surveyed 1255 (Male = 847, Female = 408) University students who are pursuing professional courses.

Instead of hoping for her patients to tell her how to improve, she proactively pursued professional enrichment that would maximize therapeutic results.

In the Netherlands, though, youth players may end up with less education than their parents in order to pursue professional soccer careers, starting with a less-demanding high-school curriculum than they otherwise might take.

But how much better off would Newark be if Newark had pursued professional soccer instead and had Red Bull Arena to go along with the Prudential Center and other development projects, including a $7 million movie theater renovation spearheaded by Shaquille O'Neal?

Mr. Dixon had pursued professional football for New Orleans since the late 1950s, when the mayor at the time, DeLesseps Morrison, spoke with him about building a lakefront stadium to bring major league baseball to the city.

In 1989 he left industry to enter seminary, and three years later he graduated with a bachelor's degree and a diploma in theology (enabling him to pursue professional work in ministry) from St . Johns College, Durham.