Sentence examples for retained its position from inspiring English sources

It retained its position as the most visited gallery of modern and contemporary art in the world and was the second most popular tourist attraction in the UK, after the British Museum.

The IIHF recognized the Czech Republic's team as the successor to Czechoslovakia and it retained its position in the top division.

Despite the sneery suggestions to the contrary, the editors at Vogue are no fools – in fact, some of the smartest women I've met in journalism work at US Vogue, which might explain why it's retained its position as the globally pre-eminent fashion magazine for decades while nearly every other publication on the planet is in its death throes.

The warrior set, which was responsible for warfare and for tribal government, retained its position for about 15 years, after which it moved up to become one of the sets of elders, and the government was handed over to the next age set below it.

Despite these rapid dynastic changes, Magadha retained its position of strength.

The company's online fantasy game World of Warcraft retained its position as the biggest subscription-based title in the world.

Still, it plans to retain its position as the largest shareholder whilst bringing in expertise and more capital for growth.

And over the weekend, the company made clear it wants to retain its position in an LTE future: Docomo is ready to invest $3.4 billion in the next three years to build base stations and will start an LTE service in December this year (as the first of Japan's three major carriers).

If London wants to be the regional hub for trading China's currency, it will need to retain its position as the main centre for settling trades of cash and derivatives in euros.

Mr Mallon said people recognised that the SDLP, which is slugging it out with Sinn Fein to retain its position as the province's largest nationalist party, was the only party fully committed to the peace accord.

"If the company cannot compete in Asia, it will no longer be able to retain its position as a truly global tire company," the Swiss bank said.