Sentence examples for secure the post of from inspiring English sources

This would secure the post of first minister for Robinson.

Having failed to secure the post of conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic concerts, he settled in Vienna in 1863, assuming direction of the Singakademie, a fine choral society.

Poland's long-shot bid to secure the post of secretary general of NATO for its foreign minister, Radek Sikorski, diminished even further this week when the United States threw its support behind Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister.

Mr. Zapatero distanced himself from Mr. Blair, saying that the center-left bloc, to which both men's political parties are affiliated, should try to secure the post of E.U. foreign policy chief.

The head of the Our Ukraine faction in Parliament, Mykola Martynenko, said Tuesday that his party would be willing to negotiate with factions other than Ms. Tymoshenko's, in a bid to secure the post of prime minister for one of its members.

Without an overwhelming choice, though, it now seems as if Europeans have set out to secure the post for one of their own.

Since Millepied secured the post of director of dance at the Paris Opera Ballet, the family has relocated to Paris.

He sought and secured the post of inaugural secretary-general of Unasur, a pan-South American group inspired by Brazil.

Its focus was not running trains but the future of railways, and in 2002 he secured the post of director of strategy.

In 1796 the Federalist Party supported John Adams for president, but it split its vote such that the Democratic-Republican candidate, Thomas Jefferson, earned the second greatest number of votes, thereby securing the post of vice president.

He led the party to a surprise performance in 2003 elections, gathering 15 seats in the 120-seat Parliament and securing the post of justice minister under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.