Sentences with phrase «took over from sir»

Spielman, who took over from Sir Michael Wilshaw at the beginning of the year, told the Guardian: «I don't see it as something that has much to do with making the most of every school, of Ofsted making the most of its work and contributing to system improvement.»

In 2002, O'Donnell took over from Sir Andrew Turnbull as Permanent Secretary of the Treasury when Sir Andrew became Cabinet Secretary.

David Moyes was Everton manager for 11 years before taking over from Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.

Let's be real here — United should have brought in Mourinho to take over from Sir Alex. He would have stayed the 2 - 3 years we needed to keep winning; you can almost guarantee the silverware would have continued to flow had they brought in the man who really wanted the job.

Especially as he is the man that has taken over from Sir Alex Ferguson.

It was announced on Thursday that Carney, who will take over from Sir Mervyn King next summer, will himself appear before the select committee on 7 February next year.

Taylor will replace Amanda Spielman, who takes over from Sir Michael Wilshaw as Ofsted's chief inspector in the New Year.

The next chief inspector will take over from Sir Michael Wilshaw, who is set to step down from the role in January 2017, following five years in the role.

When Maria Balshaw takes over from Sir Nicolas Serota at Tate (not yet officially confirmed as I write this, but a racing certainty), she takes over an empire that seems to be in excellent health.

Nicholas Serota tipped as the next Arts Council Chairman According to reports from the Sunday Times and Evening Standard, current Tate director Nicholas Serota has been offered the opportunity to become Chairman of the Arts Council England, taking over from Sir Peter Bazalgette who will step down in January 2017.

Not exact matches

Sir Alex Ferguson believes Ryan Giggs is the right man to take over from veteran manager Louis van Gaal as Man United's next manager according to Goal.com.

Sir Alex appears to be looking for a reliable pair of hands to take over from Edwin rather than trust the job to Foster.

he won't learn anything he hasn't seen in training at the Arsenal countless times, better to bide his time, do what he wants and wait for The greatest ever Arsenal player «Sir Denis Bergkamp» to take over, he'll learn better from a modern coaching style

The Red Devils are already finding themselves under massive pressure following the club's worst start to a league campaign for 24 years, with new United head coach David Moyes receiving most of the criticism after taking over from legendary former manager Sir Alex Ferguson in the Old Trafford dugout during the summer.

Businessman Whyte, who took over the cash - strapped Scottish club from Sir David Murray in May, has other, more pressing concerns at the moment.

When Sir Henry Norris took over Woolwich Arsenal in 1910, from his personal wealth he paid off the clubs significant debts, paid for the building of Highbury stadium, appointed Herbert Chapman, backed him financially and was eventually banned from football for life while at Arsenal because of illegal payments to players.

In April 1955 Sir Anthony Eden wanted a personal mandate when he took over from Churchill — although the Parliament was already three and a half years old.

A wicked witch from Hell called Morgan le Fay comes to Earth, taking over the body of an innocent but big - haired girl called Clea, to kill the ageing «Sorcerer Supreme», who is none other than our very own Sir John Mills, mostly in a Noël Coward - type dressing gown.

Further doubts have been cast over the potential for an educator from the United States (US) to take up the position as Ofsted chief inspector when Sir Michael Wilshaw steps down, according to reports from TES.

Our planned route to the Rocky Mountains would take us from Prince George, over Tabor Lake, Purden Lake, the Fraser River, Torpy River, over the McGregor Range and Plateau, and finally around Mount Sir Alexander within the Kakwa Mountain Range.

The chair was Christoph Grunenberg, director of Tate Liverpool, taking over that position from Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota, who usually commands the proceedings.

Sir Ian, who took over from Lord Thomas at a ceremony at the Royal Courts of Justice this week, practised common and public law from Temple Garden Chambers until 2008, when he joined the High Court.