Sentence examples for given a slice from inspiring English sources

The trouble, Mr. Abdullah said, is that the Taliban, once given a slice of power, would not be satisfied.

For the entire time, you are given only rice and seaweed; for the New Year party, we were given a slice of pizza and a can of Coke.

The scale of the atrocities amounted to a crime against humanity which must never be forgiven sufficiently for the RUF to be given a slice of power, it said.

In Making Policy Better (pdf), the Institute for Government suggests a head of policy effectiveness at the centre of a department could be given a slice of the budget to commission independent evaluations.

The book said the scale of the atrocities amounted to a crime against humanity which must never be forgiven sufficiently for the RUF to be given a slice of power.

The Afghan Peace Process Roadmap to 2015, first revealed by the McClatchy news agency, envisages direct talks between the Kabul government and the Taliban early next year, with Saudi Arabia as the preferred venue, and a ceasefire not long after, along with arrangements for insurgents to be reintegrated and their leaders to be given a slice of power.

Companies gave a slice of their profits to shareholders but invested the bigger portion of them.

Even a somewhat more comfortable life gives a slice of North Korean society more of a stake in the regime's survival, however, and less reason to consider defection or opposition.

The Guardian gives a slice of what this will mean across the country, highlighting a cross-section of 50 services that will shrink or cease to exist from the end of this month.

That reduces the value of the credit to the studio, because it must give a slice of the credit to the buyer and pay a commission to brokers like Reitz.

Given a lairy slice of Brighton-made big beat, Jonze decided it provided the ideal opportunity to showcase Christopher Walken's tap-dancing.