Sentence examples for transitional role from inspiring English sources

Already the Americans and British are waffling about his "transitional" role in a future Syrian government – a "transition" which we all know could last for years.

Gas would also play an important transitional role, in the absence of nuclear power.

Gas will play an important transitional role in the UK's energy supply over the next 15 years.

Lodewijk J. R. de Vink, the chairman of Warner-Lambert, was offered a transitional role, but as of yesterday it was not clear if he would accept.

Mr. Moore, 46, will continue to work at the company in a transitional role for an undetermined amount of time, the company said.

The US and most western countries insist Assad must leave office, but have suggested in recent months he might be able to play a transitional role for some period.

Some DoubleClick employees were being laid off Wednesday, while others were being offered transitional roles, Google said.

The transitional roles are expected to end after the two companies are fully integrated, said the person with knowledge of Google's plans.

But he was careful to state that the emphasis should not be on retribution, an indication of the persisting links between the old and new orders, and the fact that some in the transitional council played roles in the Qaddafi government.

But even he accepts that his role is transitional, which makes stability all the more uncertain.

His latest transitional, not-quite-adult role will be screened on BBC1 over Christmas.