Sentence examples for determined behind from inspiring English sources

Second, the agencies operate in the public interest, but the public interest cannot be democratically determined behind closed doors.

In evidence to a Commons select committee, he declared it "unsatisfactory, to say the least, that the length of a prisoner's stay in prison should be determined, or partially determined, behind the scenes by someone who has not heard any representation by, or on behalf of, the prisoner, on grounds the prisoner does not know".

Until now, the leadership of the World Bank has been determined behind closed doors by the U.S. Treasury Department and European finance ministries.

Foreign policy is determined behind closed doors by powerful private interests that use our military presence abroad to secure their access to cheap labor, markets and resources.

Kidd, second in the league with 10 assists per game, began the season as one of seven new Nets players amid just two returning starters, an overhaul from determined behind-the-scenes activity.

We cannot leave it to law enforcement agencies to determine, behind closed doors, how these databases are used.

The briefcase, officials determined, was left behind by an absent-minded spectator.

Deng Xiaoping was the determined architect behind China's initial reforms in 1978 and their reinvigoration in 1992.

As is often the case with a rags-to-riches story, there was a determined mother behind it all.

The anti-­Dreyfusards were determined "to stand behind the men responsible for the defense of the nation," even at the price of truth and justice to an individual.

Tosha (Sonequa Martin), who lives in the housing projects of Anacostia, is a furious and single-minded striver, determined to leave behind every trace of her background.