Sentence examples for for being shrewd from inspiring English sources

HAVING a reputation for being shrewd can, paradoxically, be a problem.

Berra praised Robinson for being shrewd enough to try to steal home off pitchers who worked from a windup.

That would be madness and amount to penalising investors for being shrewd enough to choose a low-cost tracker.The original version of this post quoted from an advance version of Mr Haldane's speech provided to the press.

But I couldn't help wondering what it would take for these people, who had made the money for such investments by being shrewd in other lines of work, to sell their stake in a fascinating second career.

The trades for Nieuwendyk and Jamie Langenbruner were shrewd, but General Manager Lou Lamoriello did not make them for long-term building.

Andrew Davies, who adapted the novel for television, was shrewd enough to regard his function as one of artistic midwifery — to get the thing out of the page and onto the screen in as undamaged a state as possible.

To compete, Lord Hall has promised another £30m for drama, which is shrewd.

Scarpa had other qualities that made him a dangerous choice for informant: he was shrewd, and he had a proven ability to bend people to his will.

Several Assembly members said Mr. Silver had no real stomach for punishment, and was shrewd enough not to make enemies of a large corps of people who could be won over.

Although Georgina was too stupid and spoiled to think for herself, her parents were shrewd opportunists.

That experience does count for something and Martinez was shrewd enough both to nourish a sense of injustice and put some pressure on other rivals.