Sentence examples for secured the position. from inspiring English sources

Comrie believes that had the British Government properly funded Babbage's Analytical engine, then Britain would have secured the position of leading the world in mechanical computation.

Hall, 61, was director of BBC news, and was a candidate for the top job in 1999 when Greg Dyke secured the position.

A committee aide added that Royce had played no role in his wife's selection for the position, and that she secured the position on her own merit.

Getting elected president requires shrewd political skills, and Steele secured the position, in part, by muscling the university newspaper, for which he had been writing, into endorsing his candidacy.

But the Clintons and Congressional leaders, including Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Representative Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri, a longtime friend who was in Mr. McAuliffe's wedding, secured the position for Mr. McAuliffe.

As the clock ticks to a special election for the seat on Saturday, neither James D. Oberweis, the Republican candidate, nor Bill Foster, the Democrat, have secured the position of front-runner, and the race is a toss-up, the nonpartisan Cook Political Report says.

"We've secured the positions we wanted to around Kerbala," said Colonel John Peabody, commander of an engineer brigade.

After Khomeini's death in June 1989, Rafsanjani was instrumental in securing the position of Pres.

Reno's nomination followed the failure of Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood to secure the position.

Quaedvlieg also failed to disclose that he had an interest in the candidate securing the position.

Yet its purpose is still to secure the position of the dominant class.