Sentence examples for officials drag from inspiring English sources

To divert attention from Daqing's troubles, local officials drag visitors to a museum commemorating "Iron Man" Wang, an oil worker who in the 1960s helped to cap a blazing wellhead by jumping into a vat of badly mixed concrete.

As Florida election officials drag through the courts their disputes over what kind of dimples count and what kind do not, the Legislature in Texas has made it much easier to handle such recounts.

But until 2005, Mexican court rulings limited extradition to those cases in which neither the death penalty nor life in prison was sought, and Mexican pride about sovereignty made Mexican officials drag their feet.

Officials drag her from her home to a hospital where doctors heave her to the operating table and sterilise her.

"Why aren't corrupt officials dragged through the streets?" read one posting.

This is a scheme!" he shouted as officials dragged him from the courtroom.

Instructed by the national government to prosecute the riot's instigators, these local officials dragged their heels.

I was a pastor in Los Angles in the 1980s and 1990s when government officials dragged their feet on AIDS medicines and research.

Referees can be seen in the video already breaking up a fight between players, as one official drags a player to the side and 'hits' him in the face.

As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave her speech at George Washington University on February 16 condemning anti-democratic governments in the Middle East that arrest protesters and restrict free expression, police and an unidentified plain-clothes official dragged 71-year-old McGovernvern from the audience in plain view of Secretary Clinton.

Local officials routinely drag their feet so that companies will pay them to hurry up.