Sentence examples for layers of official from inspiring English sources

Hare wrote at the time that The Colour of Justice "peeled off the successive layers of official evasion, lies and incompetence, it showed an Ibsenite formal rigour... it seemed to expose other forms by the sheer seriousness and intensity with which it was able to bring the theatre's special scrutiny to bear".

Adding to the murky layers of official and unofficial law enforcement in Afghanistan, there have been a succession of programs for the local police that have been abandoned, but many of the people from those defunct programs still carry guns and attempt to wield influence.

Beyond the embarrassing spectacle of Turkish supply planes landing in Tel Aviv just six months after Israeli commandos massacred Turkish aid volunteers on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, or the confessions of impotence by the hard-men Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman, the fire exposed a terrible history that had been concealed by layers of official mythology and piles of fallen pine needles.

Even then, she said, numerous layers of officials at headquarters second-guessed the decisions of agents in the field.

Mr. Tung contends that the extra layer of officials above the civil service will improve the public accountability of the government, because Mr. Tung was elected, albeit after no one ran against him.

The university has begun the uniform land-use review procedure, which includes public hearings and votes by several layers of public officials.

At the largest firms, multiple layers of compliance officials oversee the calculation, though it is not due until noon the following day, giving firms significant leeway with reporting, industry officials say.

On the cost-cutting side, Mr. Kaiser suggested looking at reductions in layers of staff and official travel, particularly to conferences.

It is more like a shadow cast on the wall, generated by fallible human beings, refracted through layers of bureaucracy and official process.

To move a single truck, United Nations teams on the ground need to acquire multiple layers of approval from officials at various different levels, necessitating repeated rounds of negotiations".

CAPE CANAVERAL --  Steady rain and multiple layers of clouds forced officials to scrub Thursday's planned launch of the Cygnus space capsule to the International Space Station.