Sentence examples for bought a position from inspiring English sources
Alison [disgraced former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke] bought a diplomatic passport and bought a position.
Even among many of the 500 remaining companies, Mr. Stansky would still have difficulty buying a position as large as his G.E. holding.
It's no secret, Angel said, that Nasdaq wanted to get into derivatives and now with the planned acquisition of the Boston Stock Exchange it would be buying a position in the options business.
There are also rumors that as with many other professions in Bosnia's public sector you can buy a position as a prison guard.
By buying a position, Rogers said, his attention gets focused more squarely on the company and whether it's something the fund should hold for the long term.
Even at the surface of the current scandal it is openly said that Ashcroft has written a hatchet job biography of Cameron because he is angry he couldn't buy a position as a minister.
You may be well-served to buy a position in an oil investment and hold it for the long term, while collecting any dividends paid out along the way.
"The central government was worried that if he really succeeded in giving out four hundred million in bribes he would essentially have bought a government position.
Mr. Gardiner bought a small position at $9 a share in the initial public offering in August; he added a big block of shares this month at $10.
And yesterday Ogilvy & Mather reported that it had bought a minority position in Charls E. Walker Associates, founded in 1973 by the former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the first Nixon Administration.
