Sentence examples for engaged in frequent from inspiring English sources

Meade was respected by his associates though he engaged in frequent quarrels.

He was addicted to glue, alcohol and heroin, and engaged in frequent bouts of self-mutilation using razors and glass.

In the early months after the United States invaded Iraq, rival militant groups engaged in frequent gun battles in Amara, sometime overrunning government buildings.

Many banks provided some form of derivatives financing for hedge funds engaged in frequent trading of mutual funds, said Frank Partnoy, professor of law at the University of San Diego who was a derivatives salesman in the mid-1990's.

At the same time, the 3rd A.C.R. engaged in frequent combat; ultimately, the regiment lost twenty-one soldiers in northwestern Iraq, and one platoon suffered a casualty rate of forty per cent.

Far from living in harmony with one another, the tribe engaged in frequent chest-pounding duels and deadly inter-village raids; violence or threat of violence dominated social life.

Mr. Mosley testified on Monday that the caning he underwent in the session had drawn blood, but he said that people engaging in frequent canings developed sensitive skin and "bleed very easily".

Strong's trading practices are under investigation by Eliot Spitzer, the New York attorney general, who said that the company had allowed a hedge fund, Canary Capital, to engage in frequent trades, known as market timing, to the detriment of other shareholders.

Government agencies that oversee the activities of portfolio managers in some of the largest European fund markets have begun investigations into whether funds in their jurisdictions have allowed preferred investors to engage in frequent trading and late trading to the detriment of other shareholders.

Janus's trading practices are under investigation by Eliot Spitzer, the New York attorney general, who said Janus had allowed at least one hedge fund to engage in frequent trades, known as market timing, and to trade after hours, to the detriment of other shareholders.

Most felt that each child had to be "made into" a member of the tribe and that adults had to engage in frequent self-reflection and redirection to remain a tribal member; in other words, ethnic identity was something that had to be achieved rather than taken for granted.