Sentence examples for affairs to take from inspiring English sources

All the matches, including the final, were originally two-legged affairs to take advantage of the prevalence of floodlights at most grounds.

That seems an odd way to treat men and women who were, in the words of a World War II-era Supreme Court decision, "obliged to drop their own affairs to take up the burdens of the nation".

His relationship with Franz Joseph was exacerbated by his continuous pressure on the emperor, who in his later years left affairs to take care of themselves but sharply resented any interference with his prerogative.

If they are too absorbed in their own affairs to take much notice of the urgent reports in the papers – murder, home-grown fascism, the threat of war – Quinn does not judge them for their weaknesses, even if society does.

President Bush told reporters at the White House late Wednesday that he had directed Robert M. Gates, the defense secretary, and Jim Nicholson, secretary of veterans affairs, "to take them seriously, and to implement them, so that we can say with certainty that any soldier who has been hurt will get the best possible care and treatment that this government can offer".

Now, as he works with Mr. Greenspan and other Fed officials to keep the slowing economy from sinking into recession, Mr. Kohn is leaving his position in monetary affairs to take on an amorphous but potentially more influential role as adviser to the central bank's board.

Neither had expected the affair to take a serious turn, Sebba writes, but they were powerless to resist once the king made up his mind.

In 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder asked U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who had handled the Valerie Plame affair, to take charge of the investigation.

We urge the government and the home affairs committee to take notice and follow Amnesty's lead.

The former Newsnight reporter dismissed any possibility of returning to the current affairs programme to take over from Jeremy Paxman, saying: "It's not on my radar.

Already frustrated last year by the slowness of reconstruction and the failure of aid organizations to reach the more remote areas, the American military decided last fall to use military civil affairs teams to take reconstruction efforts to the turbulent regions.