Sentence examples for manipulative scheme from inspiring English sources
They were put there as part of a manipulative scheme created by adults to make a fast buck.
"F.E.R.C. finds that their actions demonstrate an affirmative, coordinated and intentional effort to carry out a manipulative scheme," the commission said in a statement.
Mr. Sandusky, in the interview, confirmed aspects of what prosecutors have said was a manipulative scheme: he gave money and gifts to Second Mile children, including computers and golf clubs.
Fails have also been an issue in the Treasury-bond market, where new penalties have been introduced for dealers who do not conduct and settle trades properly.Goldman and Merrill have always vigorously denied they were involved in any kind of manipulative scheme.
These are the ones whose images are archetypes: Katharine Hepburn, the independent woman; Jean Harlow, the platinum seductress; Joan Crawford, the manipulative schemer.
If being a manipulative schemer has backfired for Cersei, it's nothing compared to how being a mensch has backfired for Jon Snow.
The grief-stricken mother transformed into a manipulative schemer who had subverted the law in order to protect her wayward child.
The regulator, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, found that JPMorgan devised "manipulative schemes" that transformed "money-losing power plants into powerful profit centers," a commission document said.
They live in a "manse" in a comparatively well-off neighborhood, not far from the hotel that houses Logan's mother, a manipulative schemer who, as she nears 90, is still called "Girly".
On Tuesday, JPMorgan struck a $410 million settlement with the top energy regulator in the United States, which had accused the bank of devising "manipulative schemes" to transform "money-losing power plants into powerful profit centers".
Government investigators have found that JPMorgan Chase devised "manipulative schemes" that transformed "money-losing power plants into powerful profit centers," and that one of its most senior executives gave "false and misleading statements" under oath.
