Sentence examples for affair for example from inspiring English sources

Writing about the Thalidomide affair, for example, often meant hazarding a jail sentence or a heavy fine for contempt.

But he is not a Russia expert (he undertook the journey for a BBC television series), and makes some mistakes and simplifications, over Chechnya and the Yukos affair, for example.

Of the several occasions when he himself attracted critical attention — the Pat Tillman affair, for example, or the leaking of his Afghan strategic assessment — McChrystal offers explanations that fall somewhere between perfunctory and disingenuous.

It may be possible to have the court require reimbursement of the expenses of an extramarital affair, for example.

Santa Ana catering firm A Perfect Affair, for example, says in its application that it is likely to serve last meals to some 100 to 1,000 souls.

The BBC Trust says we are doing that pretty well in current affairs for example.

Her policy interests include veterans' affairs, for example injured soldiers, unemployment and national security.

The authorities may not be looking for people indulging in extramarital affairs, for example, but they have no doubt recorded some.

"National interest" should also apply to domestic affairs – for example a good education for the masses and rebuilding the middle class.

If a future owner tried to water down these requirements – by broadcasting less news and current affairs for example – then the regulator should say no, he said.

Privatization of state-owned companies has continued, but more slowly, and under President Putin the government has intervened more freely in economic affairs, for example, to solidify state ownership of Russia's energy industry.