Sentence examples for be a shrewd operator from inspiring English sources

He has proved himself to be a shrewd operator - adroit at knowing when to fight and when to talk - and how to combine the two strategies to maintain his leading position among Shias.

Whatever his initial reservations, Whitfield was a shrewd operator.

He is a shrewd operator, but hardly a man of the people.

His French-based handler John Hammond, who also trained Montjeu, is a shrewd operator with an excellent strike rate in England.

But some senior American officers say he is a shrewd operator who played a significant role in managing Mr. Mubarak's nonviolent ouster.

Wolfson is a shrewd operator, and Next's sale rose slightly in the past three months after a fall in the previous quarter.

McKenzie is a shrewd operator who has worked the media extremely well since becoming Wallabies coach following the British and Irish Lions series debacle last year.

"Draghi, or let's call him Draghiavelli, is a shrewd operator who waited for the moment when his solution would seem the most opportune," he said.

Alan Pardew is a shrewd operator and, after last season's fine 10th-place finish, he could take the Eagles into the top six.

My old friend Les is a shrewd operator, while Plumtree has transformed the team's work at the set-piece, which makes him the unsung hero of this excellent tournament.

That is code for getting rid of Mikhail Saakashvili, the Georgian president who rode to power in the 2003 Rose revolution, and whom Mr Putin detests.But Mr Saakashvili is a shrewd operator.