Sentence examples for capital on behalf from inspiring English sources

New Jersey is a predominantly Democratic state, and one where Mr. Obama invested his own political capital on behalf of Mr. Corzine.

Compared with other writers of his eminence, he is uniquely willing to risk artistic capital on behalf of his own opinions.

In fact, the president, whose father had been strongly antislavery and who had crushed the Klan in 1871, risked considerable political capital on behalf of the ex-slaves.

Also, we cannot be certain indeed, have no reason to suppose that if society forgoes the climate-stabilising project today and instead invests the capital on behalf of its distant descendants, the benefits will ever reach them.

At the end of a six-hour mission to the Libyan capital on behalf of the African Union, Mr. Zuma listed Colonel Qaddafi's conditions for peace, which included an immediate cease-fire followed by talks with the rebels.

Goldman Sachs continues to be a leading market maker in thousands of global securities, and its willingness to risk its own capital on behalf of clients is unparalleled in the industry.

In addition, he leads the IRC's advocacy efforts in Washington, Geneva, Brussels and other capitals on behalf of the world's most vulnerable people.

That summer, Grove Street Advisors, which makes venture capital investments on behalf of large institutions and wealthy individuals, became the new fund's first investor.

"Firms absorbed money so quickly in the late 1990's that the partners would be back on your doorstep 12 months after raising the last fund, saying, 'Jeez, we've committed the whole thing already,"' said Catherine A. Crockett, a managing director at Grove Street Advisors, a firm in Wellesley, Mass., that invests in venture capital funds on behalf of wealthy clients.

"Ah, to be young again," sighs Dunn, 72, whose Idanta Partners has overseen venture capital investments on behalf of the Bass brothers since he formed the firm in 1971.

There is a perception like, 'Hey, if you don't help us, why should we exert any political capital on your behalf?' It's a perception you get by playing.