Sentence examples for sits ahead from inspiring English sources

Having spent most of her time directly in front of the trumpets and trombones, she now sits ahead of the percussion section.

The iDrive control knob still sits ahead of the center armrest, but it is surrounded by a cluster of seven buttons.

Though it is a front-wheel-drive car -- a fact bound to dismay enthusiasts -- it carries a new six-speed automatic transmission that sits ahead of the engine instead of behind it.

Most of the engine's mass sits ahead of the front wheels, and with 266 pound-feet of torque at only 2,750 rpm, this car has a lot of from-the-stoplight muscle.

Martin notes that Russia, which has shown significant improvement in recent years and sits ahead of the United States in all four categories, made a decision several years ago to add a year of primary schooling.

The film sits ahead of the other Platinum Dunes remakes, which includes 2003's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ($28,094,014), 2005's The Amityville Horror ($23,507,007), and 2007's The Hitcher ($7,818,239).

Sitting ahead of him in a small folding chair was a woman with long gray hair and a cane across her lap.

In 1913 the Vickers company in Britain had exhibited a two-seat biplane of pusher configuration (i.e., with the propeller behind the engine) that was armed with a machine gun fired by an observer who sat ahead of the pilot in a tublike crew compartment.

Sitting ahead of Macklemore and Daft Punk on the UK's list of most Shazamed songs of 2013 were Austrian duo Klangkarussell with Sonnentanz, a pleasant but unremarkable production showing just how embedded deep house has become as the soundtrack to student life.

End your morning with a drive along East Camino Cielo Road, far above Santa Barbara up to 4,000 feet elevation in the Santa Ynez Mountains, and hike around the Lizard's Mouth trail to release some endorphins before the long sit ahead.

When they arrived, an orange-and-white taxi sat just ahead, riddled with holes and smoking.