Example Sentences

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These are recurring problems, not just for Tim Davie, but for all recent directors general.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2023

It is poachers taking a brief holiday from poaching, since directors general are normally brought in on two-year secondments from the City, after which they hop back to another lucrative investment banking post.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2010

First, Gérard Bolla, one of the United Nations agency's two deputy directors general, resigned.

From Time Magazine Archive