Sentence examples for executive against from inspiring English sources

It can safeguard the rights of citizens and protect the executive against the criticism of having acted in an arbitrary manner.

The event in Westchester was staged as a protest by the county executive against "unfunded mandates," or programs the state requires but does not provide full financing for.

[C5.] Boardroom Battle at Spectranetics A boardroom squabble at Spectranetics has pitted the chief executive against the rest of the board.

Film star Russell Crowe pinned a TV executive against a wall after his Bafta award acceptance speech was cut short on Sunday night's broadcast.

On June 24th the United States Supreme Court ruled in favour of an appeal by Jeff Skilling, Enron's former chief executive, against his conviction on charges of failing to provide "honest services" to the firm.

"I cannot be sure that this package is getting us any closer to true universal suffrage," said Alan Leong, who ran as the pro-democracy candidate for chief executive against Mr. Tsang in 2007.

While detaining company executives against their will is not new in France, the tactic has been used only sparingly.

While detaining company executives against their will is not new in France, the tactic has been employed sparingly.

Ms. Varis was political as well as ambitious, founding "New Jersey Business Executives against the Vietnam War".

The flood of heartfelt tributes tells the story of a pro football fraternity that has found itself splintered — young players against old, team executives against players.

Those planned selling programs, which are intended to protect executives against accusations of trading on inside information, have begun to draw the scrutiny of the S.E.C.