Sentence examples for general sought from inspiring English sources

He resisted again when the attorney general sought in May 2000 to have Mr. Batra completely removed from the case.

*The inspector general sought quick settlement of a case against York Hospital in York, Pa., after three Republican members of Congress urged her to settle it quickly.

The Latin writers in general sought their models less in Greece than in Augustus' Golden Age, when Latin literature had reached maturity.

DOWNSIZING Mr. Cuomo, the state attorney general, sought to promote an image as someone who can reduce the size of government.

AFTER the stunned general sought to proclaim himself president anyway, his military government was literally chased from office by tens of thousands of supporters of Mr. Gbagbo, who now claimed power.

In his testimony earlier, Judge Waugh repeatedly voiced misgivings about his own inattention as he described documents ignored, edited or lost as the attorney general sought to avoid a court challenge from the Justice Department.

Mr. Obasanjo, a retired general seeking his second term in office, described the challenge before him as twofold.

Only one other attorney general seeking re-election besides Mr. Cordray was defeated Tuesday: Democrat Steve Six, of Kansas, lost to Republican challenger Derek Schmidt, a state senator.

The Alta East site is designed to capitalize on the downdrafts of air on the eastern side of the hills; condors in general seek out updrafts.

The F.C.C.'s push to hold a hearing on the deal follows a lawsuit by the Justice Department and several state attorneys general seeking to block the transaction.

Such criticism, however, assumes that fighting corporate crime wins votes -- and that assumption is about to be tested by another state attorney general seeking higher office.