Sentence examples for officials equal to from inspiring English sources

Corruption is on the rise (businesses now pay an estimated $33 billion a year in bribes to government officials, equal to about 10percentt of the gross domestic product).

Placed in the executive office of the president, headed by a Senate-confirmed official (with rank equal to the deputy head of a cabinet department) who reports to the national intelligence director, the N.C.T.C. would track implementation of plans.

Over all, today's games feature about 27 more pitches than in 1988 (the oldest official pitch counts), equal to nearly an extra full inning of play — although stronger players, smaller ball fields and tighter baseballs also give pitchers more incentive to work around the strike zone.

A bar-owner says that when setting up a venue last year, Mumbai officials expected a bribe equal to the cost of each licence they issued.

Uralkali fears that officials will seek compensation equal to future taxes and fees that the company would have paid to the government if the section of the mine that collapsed had continued operating, a penalty that could amount to well over $1 billion.

Genetic correlations in the simulation were set equal to official estimates from Interbull [ 16].

The Red Cross estimated the number of fatalities as 1,836, which was taken as the official count by the National Weather Service for many years (and exactly equal to the official count for Hurricane Katrina).

Edwards campaign officials say that they are equal to the task.

The diplomat calculates Taylor's private revenues to be "possibly equal" to the official budget.

New York City's mail return rate, at 52percentt, was below the national average but, bureau officials were relieved to say, was equal to the April rate a decade ago.

One thing hasn't: Exxon Mobil's implacable opposition to adding sexual orientation to its official equal employment opportunity statement.