Sentence examples for exploiting their position. from inspiring English sources

From Athens — where an American default could have turned an unending economic crisis into catastrophe — Nikos Konstandaras wrote in the daily Kathimerini that Aristophanes, the master of ancient Greek comedy, "would have loved the idea of a group of lawmakers exploiting their position to abolish the state they are sworn to serve.

You have politicians exploiting their position through cronyism, and they've become worse than any street gang that I've ever known of.

The bad news is that prices have not yet dropped, because the country's vested interests are exploiting their positions to hang onto excess profits.

Mr Khin Nyunt and his intelligence colleagues, it seems, had gone even further than the rest of the top brass in exploiting their positions for financial gain one of the reasons for his downfall, perhaps.

But when banks seek to exploit their position and make a quick killing, they can cause enormous damage.

Caliphate-wide rules also forbid Isis members from being involved in state investments or to "exploit their position... and work in the state for personal interests".

The economists said Brussels and the IMF, which were the main creditors to Greece, also exploited their position to make unreasonable demands.

"We say it provides the club with an almost unfettered opportunity to exploit their position at the expense of the footballer.

There are many excellent male managers in the sport who are there through choice but there are others who exploit their position of power and authority over the women they coach.

However, the result is often unhappy contractors, inferior services and future problems such as an increased risk of legal disputes where suppliers exploit their position after being forced to concede low prices.

At the same time, Taliban leaders can still exploit their position as moral authorities — Taliban means religious students — which gives them overarching power over the various commanders, bandits, smugglers and insurgents fighting around Afghanistan.