Sentences with phrase «done by their predecessors»

I am eager to build upon the outstanding work done by my predecessors and further develop the excellent relationships I have formed with law firms across the United States from my time as a deputy editor.»

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They do not want to be dictated to by the younger generation, who in turn are also very respectful and submissive given the success of their predecessor.

The fintech community has been watching closely to see if Joseph Otting, appointed Comptroller of the Currency in November, would push ahead with a charter to allow fintech firms to do business nationwide that was first announced in 2016 by his predecessor, Thomas Curry.

This is even more complicated when a CEO inherits a board that was picked and groomed by her predecessor and doesn't have the collective skills for her new strategy.

Did you know that prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, there were five predecessor civil rights bills proposed to Congress — all by the Republican Party.

They've done this before, he claims: Think of «their predecessors who opposed legalizing divorce but lost,» and who then «accepted divorce» in practice if not in theory — for example, by hiring divorcées.

(CNN)- Chicago's new archbishop does not plan to live in the $ 14 million mansion that housed many of his predecessors but was seen by some Catholics as out of touch with Pope Francis» emphasis on simplicity.

Nor do I rest content in the mere spotting of an historical error in Popper, for Sir Karl's (as, indeed, Whitehead's) place in history is secure on grounds far more weighty than a reputation for faithful reiteration of the words written by one's predecessors (important as such accuracy may be).

The Evangelist Luke, who did not yet know the Gospel of John, speaks of «many «predecessors, and he certainly does not mean by this only Matthew and Mark.

The second, though, was the suggestion that he'd somehow «redefined» goalkeeping through his hyper - aggressive interpretation of the sweeper - keeper role, a claim that rather ignores the sterling work done in the field of silly goalkeeping by plenty of his predecessors and colleagues, from Jan Jongbloed through René Higuita and on to Víctor Valdés.

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Jordan Henderson's indifferent form continued once again at the WWK Arena, as the 25 - year - old Liverpool captain failed to do what his predecessor Steven Gerrard had done so many times on tough European away grounds: lead by example.

Barack Obama's 2012 campaign didn't rely on social media for fundraising any more than its 2008 predecessor did — they banked their online millions largely by contacting their supporters via email again and again (and again and again and again and....).

Andy Coulson did not go through the full security checks undertaken by his predecessors, it has been revealed.

But de Blasio said what he and his aides did is a common practice that's been used by his predecessors to influence upstate elections.

Mr Reid damned the Conservative party leader with faint praise, saying in «presentational terms» he is doing well, «especially by the standards of his predecessors».

Cuomo has earned admiration from local leaders who say he understands issues faced by the Adirondack Park's economically stressed hamlets better than some of his predecessors did.

Sacha says he has done a study that shows cases have gone down almost 50 % during Flaherty's administration and that of his predecessor Frank Sedita, while the budget has gone up by 50 %.

Unfortunately, unlike today, in their long battle our predecessors did not always have the good fortune of being supported by the Liberals.

Wilson is calling on DiNapoli, who was in Buffalo yesterday raising concerns about the state budget, not to sign off on the spending plan (once it's officially finished), insisting that the comptroller has the power to refuse to certify — an assertion DiNapoli insists is false (as did one of his predecessors, H. Carl McCall, who was needled on the same point by his then - primary opponent in 2002, Andrew Cuomo).

He said this bi-partisan tradition has consistently been upheld by successive governments that do not tamper with agreements entered into by the predecessor.

In an unusual step that county Democrats say is politically motivated, a former Rensselaer County prosecutor wrote a letter to the Justice Department earlier this year asking federal prosecutors to investigate whether District Attorney Richard McNally had improperly ended the grand jury probe that was started by McNally's predecessor, Patricia DeAngelis, a Republican who did not seek re-election in 2007.

Those close to and within City Hall argue Mr. de Blasio is still doing a better job at lining up supporters the old - fashioned way than his predecessors and judging him by the standard of national politics — surrogates freely defending a favored candidate under attack — is unfair.

In Ghana, the government of the day work and do things on their own in consultation with their political ideologies and manifestos that do not take into consideration any national plan but here we are, the new government takes over and meet a commission mandated to ensure planning of the nation in the next 40 - years which was constituted by its predecessor.

He did away with the tights worn by Speakers in favour of dark flannel trousers and continued the precedent set by his predecessor as Speaker, Betty Boothroyd, by dispensing with the traditional wig.

The new version would leave the state with the same result as did its predecessor: Charter school students would find themselves in classes taught by teachers whose training was far less rigorous than that demanded of regular public school teachers.

David Cameron, some of whose referendum rhetoric was penned by Brown, did not bother to advise his predecessor that he would be calling for English votes for English laws on D - day plus one.

By piling on one example after another of problems that have resisted the onslaughts of our very best minds, Maddox gives us a bracing affirmation that future scientists will have a lot more to do than to add footnotes to the work their predecessors did in their first three hundred years.

Discovery in action.These words describe what we do at PNNL, which has been operated by Battelle and its predecessors since our inception in 1965.

Research done by Kim's predecessors suggested a link between chronic itch, a type of itch that lasts for more than several months, and irregularities in the immune system.

Driving this change is a new generation of chief executives and chief marketing officers who have more liberal values than their predecessors and find themselves facing growing pressure to use their positions of power to do right by society.

Dishonored 2 does not stray from the path marked four years ago by his predecessor.

Sure, it doesn't add much to the ol' audiolog / email / locked room paradigm pioneered by its predecessors, nor does it reinvent the space station, but Prey and Talos I are so well - constructed I honestly don't care.

With Black Panther, Coogler doesn't try to distinguish himself by making a sillier movie than his predecessors did.

I don't like Unchained quite as much as its immediate predecessor, but it still offers a vivid, satisfying adventure that reminds us that few filmmakers today can match the mastery shown by Tarantino.

An album more obviously influenced by urban music than its predecessor, which sees Sheeran gently, but confidently, pushing at the boundaries of what he does.

While it doesn't offer anything new and innovative, the new adventure of Mario is by all means faithful to the high quality standards set by its predecessors.

Perhaps it's a bit of a downer, but I'm going to start by listing every way this game does not exceed its predecessor.

By the time the Project Scorpio launches this fall, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be four years old, and if the PlayStation 5 does debut in 2018, it'll be five between it and its predecessor.

Similar claims have been made by many a tiresome music biopic over the last decade and a half but approximately zero actor - director combo's have pulled off the trick so convincingly as Taylor and Boseman do in Get On Up, which easily blows the former's mediocre predecessor The Help out of its shallow waters to the point of game - changing.

Daniel Licht, in my opinion, has done a great job with Silent Hill and has been accepted by his predecessors.

«Resurrection F» also improves upon its predecessor by giving the supporting characters more to do.

All we can do now is wait and see if this sequel can fill the massive mother ship - shaped shadow left by its predecessor.

Marvel has done well by making their sequels work just as well, if not better, than their predecessors.

Still, even if much of «Blade Runner 2049» feels like well - trod territory by this point — cribbing as much from sci - fi like «Ex Machina,» «Her» and «A.I. Artificial Intelligence» as Scott's original film — it's a beautiful revisit to one of sci - fi cinema's most striking visions that does right by its predecessor.

The game manages to do a good job iterating and improving over the formula set by its predecessor, Lords of the Fallen.

While the followup movie doesn't have the same luxury of time with regard to promotional activities compared to its predecessor — given that it's sandwiched by two other tentpole films: Marvel Studios» Avengers: Infinity War and Lucasfilm's Solo: A Star Wars Story — Reynolds, and his team are doing a great job making sure that their latest project generates buzz that would entice people to see it opening weekend.

The higher production values do wonders for connecting with the more enthusiastic cast and dialogue (compared to other recent FE games) and the great work done by returning specialist localisation company 8 - 4 (who also worked on 2013's Fire Emblem Awakening) deserve massive props; it vastly overshadows the English localisation in predecessor Fire Emblem Fates, which was handled entirely in - house by Nintendo.

It's a bold deviation from its predecessor in a lot of ways — some of which work, some of which don't — but it's also a departure from the storytelling conventions by which almost all games swear.

In fact, the movie ends exactly as its predecessor does, almost down to the same dialogue (Beatty & May retain screen credits, by the way).