Sentence examples for seniority from inspiring English sources

Around 80 of the group's 1,100 dirigenti, or senior executives, many of whom owed their posts more to seniority than to ability, have gone since Mr Colaninno arrived.

The greetings performed at the Irish president's official residence did everything that was expected of them, sending a clear message: Britain and Ireland have reached out, and symbolically joined hands, and neither enjoys seniority in this newly affirmed relationship.

The conveyor belt, as Karan calls it, will now take him on a further nine-year journey to reach the seniority of Nick Sargant; a journey that's already seen him upping sticks and moving across the country, and will probably see that happen again.

In 2009, 27 staff got over €55,000 between them in bonuses while in 2010 another 52 staff getting what is known as "seniority allowances" worth over €115,000.

But it will not be Clegg's formal seniority that concerns his former Tory partners.

Dreyfus was finally exonerated in 1906, but the army refused to count his time on Devil's Island towards his seniority and promotion.

(He does caucus with the Democrats on Capitol Hill, voting with them and is considered a Democrat in terms of seniority and committee membership).

I was told to enjoy it while it lasts because, as the seniority builds up, the responsibility builds up, too".

The research also showed that job satisfaction was high (6.8 out of 10) and increased with seniority – a reassuring sentiment to hear in a time of mounting pressure and flux.

Varadkar's intervention, which is highly significant given his seniority in cabinet and the Fine Gael party, came during a debate in the Dáil (Irish parliament) on a private members' motion to further liberalise abortion laws and repeal Article 8 of the constitution giving equal rights to the mother and the unborn.

Over the past 25 Congresses, there have been, by my count, 49 senators who were selected by gubernatorial appointment in midterm (this excludes cases where a senator-elect acceded to office a few days early to gain seniority on his colleagues, a once-common courtesy that is becoming less so).