Sentence examples for seniority over from inspiring English sources

That act binds the military into a system that honors seniority over individual merit.

Bondholders with seniority over others will be paid back before other bondholders.

This is not surprising, since many Japanese companies continue to reward conformity and seniority over cleverness and talent.

Some holders of Spanish bonds are worried that Europe's loan will be given seniority over existing government debt.

Another faulted the agency's pay structure and promotion system, saying it favors seniority over skill and competence.

Senator Fulbright resigned four days before his term expired, in order to afford Bumpers some seniority over other freshman senators.

He gave us his dream of a ranch, which had been promised a continuing flow of water "like a stream running constantly through the land". The only other problem was that he had to start his seniority all over again.

Typical grievances may include the promotion of one worker over another who has seniority, disputes over holiday pay, and problems related to worker discipline.

When former Representative James R. Grover Jr., a Republican from Suffolk County on Long Island, was in his ninth year in Congress in 1971, he deferred moving out of his rather cramped, modest quarters in the Longworth House Office Building near the Capitol, even though he certainly had enough seniority to take over newer, more resplendent rooms in the Rayburn building.

He has a baby face but his cropped gray hair and the low number on his name tag (Peter, Usher #4) signal his seniority, earned over 42 years as an usher.

If the same candidate wins both contests, he or she would take office in the 113th Congress in January with a seniority edge over other incoming freshmen — slight but significant from that one extra month, and enough in the pecking order to make a possible difference in committee assignments.