The most important lobbying forces in any society are the various entities of government: national, regional, and local government agencies and institutions such as the military.
"We have numerous examples all over the state of people of faith being harassed or treated in a hostile way by various entities of government," McKoon said.
"The management of Anglo-Persian could endlessly repeat that the company operated as a commercial entity, independent of government," writes the energy historian Daniel Yergin in "The Prize," "but no Persian would ever believe such an assertion".
Kuehl argues that her time in state government — she was a member of the Assembly for six years and a state senator for eight — perfectly prepares her to help administer the county, which is an entity of state government and executes many programs created in Sacramento.
In Mr. McGregor's China, the government plays too large a role in the economy, and big state-owned entities dominate because of government subsidies and preferential treatment.
Illumina has characterized BGI as an entity of the Chinese government.
A financial entity of the Chinese government has acquired a sizable stake in BP, one of the world's biggest energy companies, for about $2 billion.
Rep. Steve King of Iowa said recently on his website: "The military is an entity of the federal government, and federal law states that marriage is between a man and a woman.
Gen. Mark Martins of the Army, told reporters on Sunday, "My staff and I spent a full week diligently running every rumor to ground, and I can say unequivocally that no entity of the United States government is listening to, monitoring or recording communications between the five accused and their counsel at any location".
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