Sentence examples for effect seeks from inspiring English sources

"If Mr Mitchell had accepted that offer, then he would have got that which he now in effect seeks," he said.

So when a company seeks an exemption from the mandate, it in effect seeks to deny this federally guaranteed benefit to its employees.

"To put the reasonably held beliefs of Christians into such a category is alarming and in effect seeks to rule out Christian principles of morality from the public square.

Since these settlements are at the centre of the Israeli political divide (and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict), the law in effect seeks to silence opposition to the central thrust of the government's policy.

The project, The Oakland Effect, seeks to gauge the impact of the Oakland tragedy on the policing of nightlife, and to take the temperature of our nation's live music culture on the whole.

"The Commission is seeking to recover amounts related to tax years prior to the announcement of this new approach – in effect seeking retroactive recoveries," it stated.

Moreover, the English grand committee would in effect seek to legislate on matters such as health and education, which have revenue-raising implications, without having control over taxation.

Mr. Stone's lighting system is not used; a fountain he put there has been covered up and a livelier, more theatrical effect sought after.

In making a film about Hollywood movies of the early fifties, the Coen brothers are, in effect, seeking to find out where they come from, who they are.

Some commentators have made much of the fact that there is no "smoking gun" in Milosevic's hands; others say the painstaking assembly of a mosaic showing links, responsibilities and outcomes will have the effect sought by prosecutors.

They said the investigation would try to determine whether anyone acting on behalf of Mr. Rich in effect sought to buy his pardon or obtain it by fraudulent misrepresentation.