Sentence examples for fully seized from inspiring English sources

"This is still possible if the opportunities for international cooperative action are fully seized".

"The president is fully seized with the problem of doing everything possible to reduce the H.I.V.-AIDS rate.

"I would not say that we have become an intermediary, but it is fair to say that we are fully seized with the issue," the senior official said.

The Queen indicated that she is fully seized of the historic importance of the referendum when she spoke about the vote outside Crathie Kirk after a well-wisher joked that they would not mention the referendum.

If you embrace the metaphor of the economy as a huge machine requiring the lubrication of credit, you can express it as being in danger of seizing up (in which case you are fully seized of the problem, to use diplomatic jargon).

"The broadband opportunity is a big one which we feel has not been fully seized by any of the regular groups yet, and the right kind of person needs to be able to make the company really sing in those areas," Eyre said.

Neither player could fully seize momentum.

Because of the two wars that the president inherited, he said, "we were not able to fully seize other opportunities or meet other pressing challenges".

While the Syrian government has kept rebels from fully seizing the three largest cities, he said, "it has been unable to dislodge them" from their footholds there.

Unfortunately, the global recession and soaring deficits in advanced nations have made it unlikely that sufficient money will be available to fully seize the new opportunities.

The Lib Dems did not fully seize their opportunity at the next election, when they faced an unpopular government and unelectable opposition.