Sentences with phrase «positioned as a successor»

In size, it slots between the Golf and Passat, larger than the Beetle convertible that has been positioned as the successor to the Golf convertible.

We had previously thought that the NX launch would have only a limited impact on 3DS and Wii U sales as it is not being positioned as a successor to either console, but we have now altered our view because 3DS sales have been weakening a little recently, particularly in terms of software, as the machine enters its sixth year, and to factor in a harsher competitive climate and what happened to other existing consoles when new machines were launched in the past.

Positioned as a successor to the Gionee S5.5 and S5.1 smartphones launched in 2014, the handset is just 5.5 mm thick and has an aluminum magnesium alloy unibody design with Gorilla glass 3 on the front and rear.

Not exact matches

In June she promoted Antonio Neri, head of HPE's enterprise group, to president, positioning him as her likely successor.

The corollary of that is an enfeebled fin de règne in which Merkel defends a centrist legacy against attacks from both sides, accompanied by a gradual loss of party discipline as potential successors jockey for position.

Lynch had served as C.E.O., before Manchester appointed Mike Hodges as his successor a year ago, and Lynch took up a position as investment advisor to Manchester.

When Pope Francis read the «almost completed» draft of Lumen Fidei one does not imagine that he thought to himself: «Yes I want to endorse Ratzinger's position on X, Y and Z.» Rather, he thought: «The Successor of Peter, yesterday, today and tomorrow, is always called to strengthen his brothers and sisters in the priceless treasure of that faith which God has given as a light for humanity's path» (LF 7)(italics added).

Like Georg Christoph Biller, Leipzig's current Thomaskantor and Bach's sixteenth successor in that position, Suzuki sees himself as a missionary.

Many names have been tipped to be the Special One's long - term successor, but it appears as though 46 - year - old Conte is now in pole position.

I believe what he is doing at the moment, as well as building a squad capable of winning the top trophies, is trying to leave the club in the best possible position for his successor.

The issue of a successor for the managerial position at Arsenal does not arised as the position is not yet vacant.

Morata is in an unlucky position of being in the same club as the natural successor to Aguero.

Ferguson reportedly sees Alba as a long term successor to Patrice Evra as well as a strong enough talent to challenge the French international for his full - back position.

It's the fans that keep sacrificing because this team can't get their head out of their own ass... please give me some examples when a top club ever let their best player leave for free at the end of a season... Wenger needs to go to PSG and get some money and talent for Sanchez so that we can end this nonsense once and for all... then he needs to publicly apologize for the way in which they handled the whole situation... if they allow Sanchez to go for free there is no way this club, under the tutelage of Kroenke and Wenger, will ever layout the necessary coin to replace such a talented player, especially considering that Wenger will be a lame - duck manager once again in the final year of his contract and we know how well that went last year... open your eyes people, Wenger has spoken publicly about how he hopes that the next manager can take this club to the next level... WHAT?!?... he then went on to speak about leaving them in the perfect position to be successful, which is one of the reasons why several pundits felt Wenger would leave after last season based on the financials and the fact that so many players had only one year left on their respective contracts... who says this shit??? If you believe you're leaving things in the best possible shape for your potential successor to achieve greatness it raises a couple of serious questions: Why can't you take things to the next level if everything is as great as you say?

The feeling that somebody has just passed away whose horizons and global appeal extended the international significance of this country is omnipresent — as well as the prevailing idea that his death marks an end of one era... Even the other Vaclav in the presidential office, his successor Klaus, who has been Havel's rival and critic ever since 1989, is now giving him credit — to the degree of admitting that we owe his predecessor «like nobody else for the international position, prestige and authority of the Czech Republic in the world.»

Cantor endorsed current GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy as his successor during his resignation speech announcing he will step down from his leadership position at the end of July.

Where a Prime Minister chooses to resign from his or her individual position at a time when his or her administration has an overall majority in the House of Commons, it is for the party or parties in government to identify who can be chosen as the successor (p. 15).

Flanagan aside, two upstaters are also seen as viable successors to Skelos for the leadership position in the Senate, where Republicans currently control 33 of the chamber's 63 seats.

They are unique to her in her position as Monarch, and will be inherited by her successor upon her death (or abdication).

His efforts to position his wife Grace as his successor triggered fury in the military that had underpinned his regime.

Some Labour MPs think Miss Harman is positioning herself as a possible successor to Mr Brown as Labour leader if he is forced from office, possibly after a general election defeat.

Flanagan, whom Skelos backed as his successor, received 32 votes from the full Senate after Skelos officially resigned the leadership position.

After he was elevated from shadow attorney general to shadow home secretary in 2008, a surprise appointment as David Davis's successor, he had dinner with Rebekah Brooks; her horror at his position on the convention, relayed to Andy Coulson, is said to have been responsible for his losing the job, although Brooks denies it.

Still, sources said, his name has been floated as a potential successor to his boss, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, a position that some close to him said he would relish.

Recently, reports supposedly based on «leaked» information, attest that the car will be based on KTM's X-Bow and positioned as an affordable successor to the beautiful 8C Competizione.

The A9 e-tron name will position the advanced saloon at the top of the Audi line - up as a leader for a new range of electric vehicles, which will also include a successor to today's A3 e-tron.

The listing that can be accessed below suggests that the BBF100 - 1 features the Snapdragon 660, Qualcomm's mid-range SoC launched earlier this year, with this choice of silicon indicating that the unannounced handset may be positioned as a direct successor to the BlackBerry KEYone which also shipped with specs suitable for a smartphone competing in the upper mid-range segment of the market.

Xbox 360 passes the baton as the king of the hill - a position that puts all the more pressure on its successor, Xbox One.

This perspective has empowered me to make artworks that view leaders of slave revolts as heroes, challenge American patriotism as a unifying value, burn the US Constitution (an outmoded impediment to freedom), and position the police as successors to lynch mob terror.

After accepting dual positions at the Whitney and the Harvard Art Museums in 2001, Mancusi - Ungaro and her colleagues continued interviewing artists, as did her Menil successors, Elizabeth Lunning and Brad Epley.

Their successors today may be in an entirely different position, however, as user profiles and functions continue to align more closely with those of the providers.

As I also practice estates and trusts law, I assist individuals who may find themselves in the untenable position of being both a successor trustee and / or beneficiary of a loved one's trust and also a debtor in a bankruptcy case.

Two of the iPhones Apple is planning to launch in 2018 will be positioned as direct successors to the iPhone X, one with a standard 5.8 - inch display like the current iPhone X and one in a larger «Plus» size with a 6.5 - inch display.

Fitbit will be positioning its upcoming new wearable as a successor to the Blaze and not the Ionic though.

With less than a year before the Google Pixel and Pixel XL are replaced, many are eager to see what the search engine giant will be doing with the successors to these phones as it looks to bolster its position as a top smartphone seller beside the likes of Apple and Samsung.

As the federal government considers reform of the secondary mortgage market, the Board reaffirmed NAR's position that any successor to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac maintain an explicit government guarantee to ensure that mortgage funds remain available to credit - worthy homebuyers, even during economic downturns.

Begin by asking the people in top positions — CEO, CFO, COO — to write job descriptions for their successors as part of their annual goals.