Sentence examples for skill led to from inspiring English sources

His writing skill led to his holding important posts in government while the Whigs were in power.

The total weight of the German team in the event was over 1,000 pounds (454 kg), and other teams complained that size and momentum, not skill, led to their victory.

Mr. Torricelli, whose fund-raising skill led to his appointment as chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, raised $9.2 million to defeat Representative Richard A. Zimmer in the 1996 Senate race.

The results showed that high proactive personality coupled with high political skill led to the weakest relationship between workplace ostracism and CWBs (i.e., CWB-O and CWB-I).

Low Red Army reserves and Wehrmacht tactical skill led to a bloody stalemate near Rzhev, known as the "Rzhev meat grinder", and to a string of Red Army defeats, such as the Second Battle of Kharkov, the failed attempt at elimination of the Demyansk pocket, and the encirclement of General Vlasov's army near Leningrad in a failed attempt to lift the siege of the city.

He points out that realistic rehearsal of any skill leads to enhanced performance and that it is an axiom of neuroscience that "cells that fire together wire together" [ 44], a process that may also be applicable to rehearsal of empathy.

His financial skills led to an invitation to help turn around Loral, which he joined in 1972 as chairman and chief executive.

A chance encounter with a lawyer friend who learned of his genealogical skills led to a post as executive director of the Ellis Island Restoration Commission.

His baseball skills led to a contract with the St Louis Browns, then owned by Bill Veeck, and a short stint with the minor-league Stockton Ports in the summer of 1952.

Taylor was reported to have crude handwriting, spelling and grammar throughout his life; practical skills led to a career in the military.

His compositional skills led to a recording contract the following year with Capricorn Records, for which he recorded his debut album In My Wildest Dreams (1994).