Sentence examples for influence the award from inspiring English sources

Dr. Brown says Questcor's donations — the amount has not been disclosed — to the foundation didn't influence the award.

If confirmed as secretary, DeVos would be in a position to influence the award of debt collection, servicing and recovery contracts, in addition to the oversight and monitoring of the contracts.

Mr. Millard, in his letter to the inspector general, denied he was using his ability to influence the award decision to help line up a future job, saying that he had worked at Lehman Brothers and Prudential Securities, two of the losing bidders, and was just being friendly.

Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California, has now formally requested that the House Ethics Committee dismiss any charges against her and terminate its investigation into allegations that she improperly tried to influence the award of federal bailout funds to a bank in which her husband owned stock.

Lester N. Shafran, the former director of the parking bureau, was charged by a Federal grand jury with accepting a bribe, in the form of a partnership in a real-estate development firm, to influence the award of a contract to a private collection company.

"These facts raise questions about Mr. Perrotta's compliance with EPA regulations and concerns that he may have used his position at the agency to influence the award of EPA contracts to a person or company in which he has a financial interest," they wrote in Tuesday's letter.

Earlier this month, 11 officials were indicted on bribery charges, accused of trying to influence the awarding of public contracts.

But ward councilors are also a conduit for development projects in their areas, and they can influence the awarding of government contracts.

In addition, their proposed bill would force lobbyists who try to influence the awarding of contracts at the authorities to report their earnings and expenditures to the state lobbying commission, just like those who try to influence legislation.

What seemed like an agreement to restrain the people who try to influence the awarding of massive state contracts fell apart when Mr. Pataki and Mr. Bruno unveiled a sham substitute at the last minute.

It will not be easy to sell the present state government on the idea of requiring lobbyists to register before they try to influence the awarding of state contracts.