Sentence examples for always owed from inspiring English sources

The elaborate perks provided by French labour laws meant staff were always owed time off; the tax system was, he concluded, "hostile to wealth creation".

The L Word, the TV drama that chronicled the lives and loves of a glossy group of LA lesbians, always owed a debt to Sex and the City.

His popularity has always owed more to his raffish, well-rounded personality than to his views.I suspect that Mr Clarke has come to conflate defying the Tory right (something he rejoices in) with appealing to the national centre-ground.

Above all he shows how American wealth has always owed as much to government and to friends in high places as it has to free markets or genuine competition.

Mr. Riley said the taxes were always owed by one company in the chain, Shoppers Marketing Inc., whose president was a Polish-born house painter who spoke no English and lived in a room in a Brooklyn boarding house.

He has also always owed a debt to Michael Jordan, and this was the case here as well: Jordan, too, published an open letter to basketball in order to say goodbye to the game.

And for that the Wallabies will always owe Campese.

Despite recent difficulties, I know I will always owe Sir Alex Ferguson a huge debt.

But more importantly, I will always owe him a major debt: thanks to him, my son began to read books.

Bowlers always owe a debt to their keeper, but it's seldom as great as that which Mitch and his mates owe Haddin.

We always owe thanks to somebody for something -- birthday gifts, baptism presents, etc. -- and in my mind they'll all get written Sunday evening.