Sentence examples for directing affairs from inspiring English sources

When Laguna becomes president of Esthar, Ward joins Kiros as an advisor, directing affairs with gestures and ellipses.

Acilius Attianus, as prefect of the Praetorian Guard, directed affairs in Rome before Hadrian's return.

As a leading member of the committee overseeing the navy (where he was joined by schoolmate Thomas Scot), he directed affairs in the naval First Anglo-Dutch War (1652 1654).

After the Restoration, Charles II nominated his own privy councillors and set up a council in London through which he directed affairs in Edinburgh, a situation that continued after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 9.

Left to the mercy of the markets we are arguably now less capable of directing our affairs than we were.

It would create an intolerable conflict of interest for a secretary of state to be looking ahead to directing the affairs of another country.

He maintained a direct control over its operations, directing its affairs in an autocratic manner, and refusing to tolerate rival sources of power - or constraints upon his freedom of action.

By contrast, Jorge Valdano, the scorer of Argentina's second goal in the 1986 final, glows with the patina of a man who has spent his middle years dividing his time between writing perceptive and often poetic football commentary and directing the affairs of Real Madrid.

This further fuels the feeling that the PLC directors are not in fact directing the affairs of the company.

Earlier that year, former Sen. Michael Rubio (D-Shafter) resigned to take a job directing government affairs at Chevron.

For a while, at least, he was a colossus upon South Africa's political and national terrain, dominating his party and directing the affairs of state.