Sentence examples for maverick groups from inspiring English sources

Cole stresses the ballot box to separate Mebyon Kernow from former maverick groups such as the Cornish Republican Army, which briefly threatened the homes of the so-called "English colonists" in the 1970s.

These maverick groups included some unnecessary and/or redundant medically related activities, which seemed to appear mysteriously on a daily basis and, at times, were totally counter to the mission and plan of the central command.

We know something about the makeup of this maverick group from voting statistics.

Regardless of the altruism of any maverick group (i.e. groups functioning outside the parameters of the command center), their activities were eliminated.

A maverick alumni group has won another round in its effort to get Rutgers University to focus less on athletics and more on academics.

The five-player combination of Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Ron Artest, Paul Gasol and Derek Fisher has scored 151 more points than it has allowed in 604 minutes together through Friday, which easily surpasses the Dallas Mavericks' top group at 111.

California has earned an F on a report card issued by the maverick education-reform group StudentsFirst.

But, like his turn as an abolitionist-minded maverick amid a group of brutal slaveowners, Pitt spoke volumes as he stood on the stage with cast and filmmakers.

PARIS — Almost from the minute he seized power in 1969 as he and a group of other young officers toppled Libya's monarchy, Muammar el-Qaddafi has displayed an overwhelming urge to secure the world's attention — often as not through maverick support of violent groups committed to overthrowing the existing order.

Sometimes regional regulatory bodies are too restrictive and maverick wine makers or groups of wine makers will openly flaunt the regulations and make whatever wine they want, opting to produce wine with a broader regional (Vin de Pays) or national (Vin de Table) label.

Cantona, despite his maverick reputation, also values group effort.