Sentence examples for of some directors from inspiring English sources

The deal's biggest supporters include Robert H. Benmosche, A.I.G.'s chief executive, who pushed for the sale of A.I.A. despite the reluctance of some directors.

He has to fight the tendency of some directors and studio executives to pack films with wall-to-wall music that underlines every twist in the plot.

But with the board already under fire for insider relationships, even the idea that Wall Street executives would be suggesting one of their own has raised the hackles of some directors.

But to the dismay of some directors and shareholders, when it came to Mr. Lane, it took the combined efforts of the company's chief executive, Meg Whitman, other board members and Dodge & Cox, the mutual fund company that is H.P.'s largest shareholder, to get Mr. Lane to give up the chairman's title, people with knowledge of the board's deliberations said.

Several people close to the board have said that as Mr. Case lost the support of some directors over the last 12 months it was Richard D. Parsons, the chief executive and a veteran of Time Warner who in effect ran the board meetings, making Mr. Parsons one natural choice to succeed Mr. Case as chairman.

That's how the giant California Public Employees Retirement Systemm pension fund sounded last month in opposing renomination of some directors at 2,700 public companies.

And he accused Mr. Engibous, the chairman, of freezing out some directors and running a dysfunctional board.

In all of this, some directors would grant their actors more freedom for interpretation than others and some actors are more suitable for certain roles than others.

But even in the face of leaner times, some directors are trying to find an upside.

That has prompted some directors of Hollinger International to consider trying to oust him from his position as chairman.

"But it does give a picture of a board of directors - or at least some directors - bending over backwards to be generous to Sir Fred".