Sentence examples for a taint on from inspiring English sources

This is a taint on one of the region's greatest successes.

DeLay, a senior Texas congressman, and a taint on several other Republicans.

"And MBIA and some of the others are operating with a taint on their name".

There is something unique and pure about the way he works, without a taint on it.

The Foreign Ministry opposed handing Mr. Sheikh over, arguing that it would be a taint on Pakistan's sovereignty.

Two days later Gentileschi married the Florentine Pierantonio Stiattesi, who accepted what was then seen as a taint on his honour.

Lobbenberg said her contact with the newspaper was one "day of madness" in 19 years' service "unblemished without a taint of corruption on her".

Mr. McCain said of the Enron scandal, "It's clear there is a taint out there on all of us".

Mr. Bloomberg hailed the deal as "a major victory for taxpayers," but the scandal remained a potential taint on the legacy of a mayor who prides himself on managerial efficiency and the power of the private sector to reform government operations.

Mr Blagojevich's corruption may have placed a permanent taint on the idea of a governor juggling favours to appoint a candidate of his chosing to a position as powerful as senator.(Photo credit: AFP).

The provision is meant for circumstances where fraud is sufficiently problematic — for instance if a campaign or a public official is aware of it — to cast a general "taint" on the integrity of the results.