Sentence examples for taking a top from inspiring English sources

Shortly after Mr. Merrifield retired from the commission in 2007, Shaw, a nuclear services company, announced that he was taking a top executive position with the company.

He also rejected the idea of Tony Blair taking a top role in Europe, saying that the rest of the continent was not clamouring for the former UK prime minister to be handed a post.

Compounding the unease here are complaints by some in the campaign that Mr. Coelho has had a turbulent relationship with Ms. Brazile over disagreement about her taking a top post at the Democratic National Committee.

One potential downside for Mrs. Clinton taking a top job in the cabinet: she would presumably have to disclose much more about Mr. Clinton's earnings, especially from foreign sources, and donors to his presidential library than they have been willing to disclose so far.

The UK may be offered a consolation prize with the next British commissioner taking a top economic post.

Current interest has therefore partly shifted to lower taxonomic levels, taking a "top down" approach to reconstruct annelid phylogeny.

DARPA, renowned for its role in catalysing the development of the internet, has been taking a top-down approach.

Yet to understand how things like trade and GDP evolve, tracking the biggest companies is essential.At first sight, the numbers seem to justify taking a top-down view.

Since going down to the Lions in Melbourne in early June the Dogs have been quite good, taking a top-eight scalp (at the time) in Collingwood, and then again on Saturday in the form of the Suns.

That is why our defence review is taking a top-to-bottom look at our priorities and posture, questioning conventional wisdom, rethinking old dogmas and challenging the status quo.

"It begs a number of questions about the law and legislation and how it would work in practice – who is going to oversee this?" A better approach, says Harman, would be to use regional school commissioners to bring state and independent schools together on a voluntary basis to discuss best practice – rather than taking a top-down approach.