Sentence examples for interested officials from inspiring English sources

When we achieve something, usually some business or lobby or interested officials are involved, and it's hard to get a final victory".

In practical terms, though, DROP's have been abused again and again by naïve or self-interested officials, who have pumped up benefits well beyond what the rank and file expected or what the pension fund could pay.

Among those interested are officials at NASA, who have approached the neurologist about designing light on the International Space Station in a way that promotes alertness during waking hours and encourages sleep during times of rest.

Yao will spend a week meeting interested team officials before returning to China to start training with the national team for the 14th Asian Games, which will be held this fall in South Korea.

Mass happenings like those at Bethel and Watkins Glen have never much interested city officials, for obvious reasons; promoters of multiday events are largely confined to perimeter islands and parking lots, and not to more centrally situated parks where the city's free outdoor concerts take place.

Whereas Greenspan placed himself first, and was interested in officials to follow, Bernanke has sought a more collective approach to monetary policy.

To quote Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in the past, any attempt by self-interested government officials to overturn our vote is "disgusting".

After the 1968 student uprisings in Western Europe, young Yugoslav artists were even less interested in official art channels, or in conventional art making.

Dozens of colleges — including Amherst, Bates, Carleton, Colby, Vassar, Wellesley and Yale — are embracing student blogs on their Web sites, seeing them as a powerful marketing tool for high school students, who these days are less interested in official messages and statistics than in first-hand narratives and direct interaction with current students.

As a consequence, collusions between self-interested government officials and coal enterprises should be easily found in coal-rich areas.

This notion of service has been missing from many of our wealthy, self-interested elected officials when Democrats and Republicans fight to make sure neither side gets anything done for the people at large.