Sentence examples for larger greed from inspiring English sources

Their very existence is offensive to me and serves as metaphor for the larger greed and selfishness whose strangle-grip on the moral fabric of our society threatens to erode our very capacity for empathy for our neighbor".

Trying to shoehorn 105,000 fans into Cowboys Stadium, and scrambling at the last minute to finish, is unlike the N.F.L. and contains a large dose of greed.

"The myth of 'celebrity' is not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a powerful and fundamental part of a larger movement revolving around greed, apathy and hierarchy that is currently dragging us down, down, down, lower and scarier, and perhaps weaker than we've ever, ever been".

Mr. Fuller concluded that "this is a sad but most illuminating example of the results of the greed of large scale poisoning of one's fellowmen for gain and an example of total disregard of obligations which any government de facto or de jure which hopes to enjoy respect, confidence or recognition has toward other governments of the world".

The motivation: "greed and large consulting fees"–E&Y earned nearly five times as much as a financial adviser to Tower as it did as its auditor, the suit claims.

The people who are suffering the most from the failure of public officials and the greed of large bankers are the least able to endure it.

For reasons that must have something to do with a combination of ignorance and greed, a large group of investors, private sector money people and government officials get together and decide -- against all logic, common sense and let's not forget historical precedent -- that three week event is about to miraculously rescue the economy of their city.

Of course, the court's apparent majority on this has shown no such consistency and has intervened aggressively, as did the justices' ideological predecessors, to deny the states the power to protect consumers, workers and homeowners against the greed of large corporations.

As much as his own greed, all these larger problems stymied the intelligent but naïve Mr. Zheng.

Perhaps it's not capitalism that's the problem here but the greed of the (large) investor class.

Germany's interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, said: "We cannot and we will not tolerate these criminals sacrificing human lives on a large scale out of sheer greed".