Sentence examples for looking for advantage from inspiring English sources
When they talk to each other they are looking for advantage or covering against attacks, but never allow sympathy to undermine self-possession.
"It started to smell like the Republicans just looking for advantage," said Alan Nunez, an arts educator who opposed the recall, though he said he took the corruption charges seriously.
They are talking beliefs and charging hypocrisy, looking for advantage while promising the high road to voters already sensing the risk, amid the spectacle of once more mixing politics and religion.
Managers and coaches are looking for advantage in the statistics of the game: who has possession the most, which parts of the pitch do they cover, who passed to whom?
He thinks Assad will be as cagey as ever, holding his cards close to his vest and looking for advantage.
Such a process was far more complicit than we might expect, as Hawaiian kings and chieftains cut deals with European and American traders, looking for advantage and protection, and even sought out contact on their own.
"They were like spies working for hostile governments," Harrower writes of the couple, "looking for advantages, avoiding blows".
"It's not just that it makes you feel good: it also helps your career – it's a tough job market and people are looking for advantages," she says.
And yet, there have been some astonishing cases of attempting to bribe local government officials across the state — looking for advantages in a new system that's still coming into its own.
Beyond the western border, Iran, as always, looks for advantage.
