Sentence examples for figures seeking from inspiring English sources

But he and Gov. George W. Bush are also political figures seeking the world's most important leadership position.

Both elections are a battleground between hardliners already in power and moderate and pro-reform figures seeking a comeback.

Long slated as a possible replacement for Hosni Mubarak by opposition figures seeking a bridge to democracy, Moussa's candidacy seems to chime with the public mood.

Should he enter the race, that would mean that there would be three major New York figures seeking the presidency this year.

The actress Sienna Miller is poised to become the latest litigant to join a growing queue of high-profile figures seeking damages from the publishers of the News of the World newspaper over the illegal hacking of voicemail messages.

Still, some things are predictable in the aftermath of a regime change: rioting and looting, the emergence of extremist figures seeking to fill power vacuums, and the disintegration of police forces and other groups that maintain security.

But the super injunctions offer a way of stopping stories before they come out and are frequently served on multiple newspapers to pre-empt any possible publication, said Charlotte Harris, a media lawyer who has represented public figures seeking injunctions and others arguing against them.

"Are we really going to say," he asked, "that somebody who has a true claim for privacy, perfectly well made, which the newspapers and media can't report, has to be at the mercy of somebody using modern technology?" But Charlotte Harris, a media lawyer who has represented both public figures seeking injunctions and people arguing against injunctions, said that could be extremely difficult.

Well-known figures sought solace in the SDP.

As it became clear that responsibility for the horrific massacres in Paris lay with so-called Islamic State, prominent figures sought to place the events in context.

Senior Labour figures sought to discredit Sky during the election by implying it is little more than a mouthpiece for its owner Rupert Murdoch, whose papers came out for Cameron at various points over the last 12 months.