Sentence examples for figures intended from inspiring English sources

In recent years, there have been repeated arrests of journalists, editors, bloggers and opposition figures, intended to stifle opposition, Mr. Bahgat said.

Inviting his fellow senators to "cipher" with him "at the blackboard," Doolittle shared census figures intended to allay fears of a post-emancipation racial Armageddon.

Typical of Fang work are bieri, boxes containing the skulls and bones of deceased ancestors and carved with figures intended to represent their protective influence.

But the collection of plastic nonviolent action figures, intended for toddlers, hung on, braving the retail lull, and this year they are rescuing themselves.

You see it in the rice-flour diagrams called kolam that female members of a household draw each morning on the earth outside the doorstep, geometric figures intended to invite prosperity or thwart evil spirits or provide an easy meal for ants.

In advance of a symposium on Friday about the attack on the Oklahoma City federal building and its current relevance, Mr. Clinton, who was in his first term at the time of the bombing, warned that attempts to incite opposition by demonizing the government can provoke responses beyond what political figures intend.

Among the most notable examples of private equity featured in motion pictures included: Wall Street (1987) – The notorious "corporate raider" and "greenmailer" Gordon Gekko, representing a synthesis of the worst features of various famous private equity figures, intends to manipulate an ambitious young stockbroker to take over a failing but decent airline.

The same 20percentt figure, intended to combat widespread discrimination in the workplace, would also apply to Civil Service jobs.

Was the common figure intended as a subversive response to the elite object and the dominant social forces it represented?

The $170 million goal, which strategists in each party assume is a low-ball figure intended to diminish expectations, is simply a rough estimate of how Mr. Bush's popularity will translate into financial support under a new campaign finance law that doubles the maximum individual contribution to a campaign to $2,000, Mr. Reynolds said.

The reverse shows a kneeling figure, intended to be the goddess of music.