Sentence examples for opaque relationship from inspiring English sources

The deal, announced today in London and Johannesburg, would transform a cumbersome and often opaque relationship between Anglo American, the world's largest mining company, and De Beers, the dominant diamond miner and trader, in which each owned one-third of the other's stock.

Massimo Calabresi and Michael Weisskopf examine the "last hours...in the mysterious and mostly opaque relationship at the center of a tumultuous period in American history," a press release from the magazine reads.

It is therefore unable to incorporate two key aspects of modern molecular knowledge: first is the richness of genomic variation, so much more complicated than simple mutation, and second is the opaque relationship between the genotype and its resulting phenotype.

Social and professional ladders are blocked by factors ranging from underdeveloped institutions to a power structure built upon opaque relationships of mutual obligation ("guanxi").

"The lawsuit also provides a look into the often-opaque relationship between federal regulators and Wall Street.

On the other hand, every so often there's a stark reminder of how opaque the relationship between us and our many purchases remains.

His first test will be reforming the jumble of opaque, interlocking relationships and conflicts of interest that passes for Samsung's corporate governance.The "Samsung group", as it is often known, has no legal identity.

He considers himself the father of the first 24-team European Championships, but was banned from its birth due to the unfortunate unpleasantness surrounding his opaque financial relationships with Sepp Blatter.

I don't buy that one either — no one forces us to post messages to Twitter and they have every right to the fruits of the service they've created — but talk of Track being back as either an API to be leveraged by third parties or opaque business relationships not available to all comers is the talk of those willing to accept take it or leave it terms.

The legal and illegal industries continue to operate in parallel, within an opaque system of relationships and rules set by the Alaba cartel, Emeka Mba, head of Nigeria's efforts to regulate the film industry, told me.

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