Sentence examples for securing the post from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

In his first interview since securing the post, White said his priorities were unifying the federation, and "rebuild[ing] the level of trust the police service has with the public", which has been "so severely damaged" by national stories such as "Plebgate", tales of bullying among officials and of secret bank accounts laden with tens of millions of pounds.

A last-minute surge from voters in the Democrat-leaning suburbs of Washington DC helped clinch victory for McAuliffe shortly before 10pm ET. Democrats also won the battle for lieutenant governor and were within a whisker of securing the post of attorney general – an unprecedented sweep in a state that until recently was a Republican stronghold.

It was as an adviser to François Mitterrand, then president of France, that she learnt the art of politics, securing the post at the age of 31, a few years after leaving the Ecole des Mines, a distinguished postgraduate engineering school.

With no party achieving a majority in the House of Commons, Clegg and the Liberal Democrats subsequently formed a coalition with David Cameron and his Conservative Party (Britain's first coalition since World War II), with Clegg securing the post of deputy prime minister.

Walking beside a minefield on his way to meet Afghanistan's provisional leaders, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld offered America's long-term support to the new government today but made clear that the Pentagon's war aims had not been fully met and must not be compromised in securing the post-Taliban peace.

With the European Union a bigger economic than political force, large countries like France and Germany asserted their power by securing the posts they wanted, analysts said.

And, with the E.U. a bigger economic than political force, large countries like France and Germany asserted their power by securing the posts they wanted, analysts said.

This would secure the post of first minister for Robinson.

Ashdown, however, would need the support of other EU member states to secure the post.