Sentence examples for hostile approach from inspiring English sources

At a recent hearing, Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito nearly pleaded for a less hostile approach.

The members of Queen had a different, less overtly hostile approach to band dysfunction.

And suddenly you didn't see any more solar billboards, and suddenly they started taking a hostile approach".

The deal ends Blue Circle's yearlong attempt to fend off a hostile approach from its French rival.

Its directors, including Jean-René Fourtou, the chief executive of Vivendi, are said to be furious at this hostile approach.

The board appeared to decide that this was not a viable option, perhaps because Kinder Morgan threatened a hostile approach.

In the sedate world of German publishing, where hostile approaches are almost unheard of, the letter landed like a howitzer round.

Members of the European Parliament have argued that empowering managers to fend off hostile approaches without the consent of shareholders is simply providing them with defensive measures similar to so-called poison pills that United States companies are allowed to use.

A hairdresser testified about the irate phone calls her salon received for continuing to tend to the hair care of Ms. Drew, and an interior designer detailed both how she sold Ms. Drew blinds to block the hostile approaches of neighbors, while being hectored herself for continuing to advertise her business in a coupon book distributed by Ms. Drew.

P&O Princess is fending off a hostile takeover approach from the Carnival Corporation in favor of a preferred merger with Royal Caribbean Cruises.

The move comes even as the clothing company prepares to defend itself against a potential hostile takeover approach by Jos. A. Bank.