Sentence examples for succeed upon from inspiring English sources

York tried to claim the throne but settled for the right to succeed upon the death of Henry.

Hence, success of our project would depend not so much on our ability to reach different distant places, climbing mountains and crossing rivers on the way; neither would it succeed upon the excellence of our questionnaires.

The Browns continued to succeed upon entering the NFL in 1950, winning the championship that year and reaching the title game in both 1951 and 1952.

"It is ORR's responsibility to provide a solution to the violent and sexual victimization of LGBT youth, in accordance with its mission to provide a high quality of care to unaccompanied immigrant children in federal custody, therefore enabling them to succeed upon discharge," the letter reads.

Chosen regent of Scotland in 1571, he was succeeded upon his death by James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton.

John de Warenne was son and heir of the 5th earl, William de Warenne, and succeeded upon his father's death in 1240.

8Edward VIII succeeded upon the death of his father, George V, on Jan . 20 , 1936but abdicated on Dec. 11, 1936, before coronation.

"Jeffords has made up his mind, and he told me what his decision was," said Mr. Stafford, whom Mr. Jeffords succeeded upon his retirement in 1989.

She was succeeded upon her death in 1965 by her son Prince Tupoutoʿa Tungi, who had been Tonga's prime minister since 1949.

The last king of León, Alfonso IX, was succeeded upon his death in 1230 by his son, Ferdinand III, who was already king of Castile.

Throughout you have the sense not only of events but also of entire cycles of history succeeding upon one another rapidly and inexorably.