Sentence examples for official expression for from inspiring English sources

"Time immemorial" is a favourite official expression for explaining the duration of its claims to them, but as I looked at these old maps, I noticed that despite being written entirely in Chinese, the names of the islands were all phoneticised versions of the names westerners had given them in the 18th and 19th centuries.

He mentioned no names, but said that within their ranks are politicians who used their official power to stifle free expression, for instance by applying pressure on businesses to tear down billboards that carried unpopular messages — unpopular in New York, anyway — denouncing abortion, immigration and gay rights.

"We are concerned that today's conviction is retribution for Xu's public campaign to expose official corruption and for the peaceful expression of his views," spokesman Nolan Barkhouse said, calling it part of a pattern of arrests of those who challenge the Chinese government.

After this week's bloodshed, as the military cleared the Muslim Brotherhood protest encampments in the Egyptian capital, there were no such expressions of support, official or otherwise, for General Sisi.

The Japanese have four expressions for inebriation.

The laws also prohibit a client from paying a former public official as an expression of gratitude for work performed while a Government employee.

Robin Morrissey, as the man mistaken for a government official, wears an expression that suggests he can scarcely believe his luck.

The dossier said opposition to the IRA "has now been offset by official Eire government expressions of sympathy for the victims of the Londonderry shooting coupled with the denunciation of British army tactics on that occasion and promises of support to all those working for the overthrow of the Stormont government.

Nor are there official criteria for membership.

The official figures for John Kerry were $185m and $36m respectively.

There is no official document for confirmation.