Sentence examples for supreme position from inspiring English sources

Instead, he paraded the tribunician power as the expression of his supreme position in the state.

On the decline of Meissen after 1756 from its supreme position as the arbiter of fashion, Sèvres became the leading porcelain factory in Europe.

By the turn of the 20th century, acrobatic acts had grown in popularity, although they never usurped the supreme position of the horse in the circus.

Even the Dylanesque Mr. Namjoo adopted more strident language in his last album, going so far as to ridicule the supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the "supreme position of superiority".

Scholars have theorized that the chief Javanese clown figure, Semar, is derived from an ancient Javanese god who was deposed from his supreme position by the introduction into the drama of the later Hindu gods.

Astronauts, who look back through the deadly distance to that beautiful planet they call home, have the supreme position.

This is the third time that Obama has considered Garland for a supreme court position: he was a runner-up in the process that led to the appointments of both Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, in 2009 and 2010 respectively.

"We made a decision to invest now for a supreme leadership position in the post-genomic era," Marvin says.

Rafsanjani has appealed to the Guardian's Council to consider the replacement of Khamenei and even a rejigging of the supreme leader position.

Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangalacharn, better known as Somdet Chuang, is the frontrunner for the post of supreme patriarch, a position that leads 300,000 monks in the most populous Buddhist-majority country.

Since he inherited the supreme leader's position in 1989, Ayatollah Khamenei has rested his authority on a rigid interpretation of a concept written into the constitution, velayat-i-faqih, the guardianship of the religious jurist.