Sentence examples for officials knowing from inspiring English sources

But Yankees officials, knowing the rules, said yesterday they would negotiate with anyone Rodriguez chose.

British officials, knowing that the bombers were likely trying to escape the country, issued an emergency directive: "Close England".

But city officials, knowing that Bear Stearns was given financial incentives to move jobs to Brooklyn a decade ago, were reluctant to provide additional subsidies for the company to move them back to Manhattan, no matter how beleaguered the downtown area was after the attack on the World Trade Center.

While the regime asserts that "North Koreans with healthy mental and moral qualities have no intention of turning out or exporting narcotics", it's clear that no large scale economic activity happens in North Korea without officials knowing about it – I mean, what kind of totalitarian regime would they be if they didn't?

While the regime asserts that "North Koreans with healthy mental and moral qualities have no intention of turning out or exporting narcotics," it's clear that no large-scale economic activity happens in North Korea without officials knowing about it—I mean, what kind of totalitarian regime would they be if they didn't?

I envy the white mothers I've seen at my children's private school hurling F-bombs and berating school officials, knowing that if I exhibited the same behavior it would be viewed as "threatening" and would most likely lead to a call for security.

Clinton has said she complied with laws requiring the preservation of documents, including emails, because she emailed other government officials at their official accounts, knowing their emails would be retained on public servers.

The White House was forced to concede on Thursday that it killed two innocent hostages – one American, one Italian – in a drone strike that targeted an al-Qaida compound despite officials not knowing precisely who was in the vicinity.

The situation is not so simple, however, because many locals were in debt and often asked the district council for loans, with council officials often knowing how the loans would be spent.

"It seems that the way this is proceeding, any hint that this was an act of terror will not be allowed, and that to me is preposterous," said Neal M. Sher, one of the lawyers representing victims and their families in a lawsuit accusing Pentagon and federal officials of knowing Major Hasan was a security threat and failing to act before the attack.

Grief over the large number of dead in the floods last summer quickly became a crisis of public distrust after local officials admitted knowing about the dangerously accumulating rainwater several hours before it began flooding homes, where many of the victims were asleep.