Sentence examples for high level of official from inspiring English sources

The cases, while not directly tied to rights abuses, underscored the high level of official malfeasance that has helped fuel Colombia's conflict.

Building a new church or even repairing an old one required absurdly high levels of official approval (up to the president).

The Great Recession of 2007-2009 may have officially ended in mid-2009 according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, but a deep recession remains in the nation's labor markets with very high levels of official unemployment, underemployment, and hidden unemployment.

He was returned to power during a violence-wracked ballot in 2000, with his second mandate marked by high levels of official corruption and political violence before he too was overthrown by an armed insurrection after months of large-scale street protests against his rule.

They spoke of the 210 million people currently out of work worldwide -- the highest level of official unemployment in history.

Recent pilot programs in the city, though, have shown an unexpectedly high level of participation, officials said.

Other officials said the budget deliberations were remarkable for the high level of cooperation among officials confronting suddenly changing economic conditions.

But Delhi's preparations have been persistently hit by allegations of corruption, fraud, mismanagement and a dangerously high level of hubris among senior officials.

As the nation returned to a high level of alert, state, local and federal officials stepped up security today at sensitive sites.

More than 150,000 children's necklaces have been recalled because they contain high levels of lead, federal officials said.

It could, for example, produce withdrawal symptoms in patients receiving high levels of oxycodone, the officials said.