Sentence examples for niggardly from inspiring English sources

He argued recently with Mr Wasserstein over what Mr David-Weill considers niggardly payouts to the bank's founder families.The ownership structure of Lazard is so complex that even senior bankers at the firm do not understand it.

Perhaps Musical chairs Soaring In brief ReprintsThis package is far from niggardly.

Since his election last year, Mr Barak has released about 400 prisoners, but always in niggardly batches.

Japan has the world's second-largest economy, yet its promised $200m so far is niggardly.

India might get its own poor law a prospect the niggardly Victorians could not "contemplate without serious apprehension".India's coalition government, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), finds itself in the predicament the British Raj was so anxious to avoid.

Their niggardly lending, they say, is due to problems seizing collateral from borrowers who don't pay.

But the first batch of 250, out of the niggardly 750 to be freed under the Wye accord, had more common criminals than political prisoners.

Mr Howard, who is white, resigned from his job as an aide to the mayor of Washington after describing the city budget as "niggardly".

In a horrible incident on March 13th a Jordanian soldier fired at Israeli high-school girls on an outing at the Jordanian-Israeli frontier, killing seven of them.In the West Bank, Israel's decision to build a new Jewish settlement in occupied East Jerusalem, and its niggardly offer on withdrawal, have sent Palestinian-Israeli relations into free fall.

Here too the Americans think the Europeans are being niggardly.

SO ENDURING is Ryainair's niggardly reputation, that when it recently announced a new service aimed at business travellers, the Daily Mash, a satirical website, ran a story under the headline "Ryanair 'business class' just ticket for different airline":RYANAIR has introduced 'business class' by selling tickets for proper airlines.