Sentence examples for Government heavyweight from inspiring English sources

He's a government heavyweight".

Rick Santorum, in response to being called an "economic lightweight" by Mitt Romney, called the former Massachusetts governor a "government heavyweight" as he spoke to reporters on Monday morning at a campaign stop in Dixon, Ill.

After months of work, civil society, private sector and government heavyweights will gather in New York this week to chart their vision for the future of global development.

Opposition to the July 30 vote has come not just from Venezuelan opposition parties but also from the chief state prosecutor Luisa Ortega and one-time government heavyweights such as former intelligence service boss Miguel Rodriguez.

But it will eliminate heavyweight government gas guzzlers that are pulling lightweight duty".

The United States government pursued the heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, who had vanquished the great white hopes and broken racial and sexual taboos, until he lost his title and served jail time on a ridiculous Mann Act charge.

From a display event at the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1954, wheelchair fencing became a competitive sport at the Rome Games of 1960, at which point fencers still competed in the old-style heavyweight government-issue travaux chairs (as they became lighter over time there was a period when chairs were held in place by crouching stewards).

The 72-year-old Nottinghamshire miner's son was brought back from the political wilderness two years ago to give the coalition Government some much-needed heavyweight experience at a time of economic crisis.

The new government brings in some heavyweights.

Japan is rapidly ramping up its presence in the country with a heavyweight deployment of government assistance and corporate investment that is challenging China's dominant position in Myanmar.

Under pressure Come on, try getting excited Unrolling stock Self-strangulation Europe's heavyweight weakling ReprintsThe government has chosen to extend the referendum over two days in the hope of attracting more voters: a similar ploy worked well in next-door Lithuania last month, where a two-day referendum drew a 63% turnout and a 91% yes vote.