Sentence examples for operative thing from inspiring English sources

"I think the operative thing here is awkwardness," Dean said to the actors.

The operative thing here is let the voters get to have their say before the Washington politicians have their say".

In trying to make their owners richer, company managers often find that it helps to train their employees, invest in their suppliers and do lots of other co-operative things.

But that's not exactly an operative, functioning thing, to have a conversation with somebody.

It looks for "undervalued" charities in the poorest regions of the world, where a dollar goes an awfully long way, then sends in its own operative to check things out.

Instead, it uses virtual patients: cheaper and more co-operative than the real thing.

Defending al-Qaeda operatives is not my thing.

But GOP operatives say the very thing Democrats criticize McConnell for ― his laser focus on the long game ― is one of his greatest assets.

That's when Jeff Goldblum's character, Dr. Ian Malcolm, offers the reply that should be the operative thought concerning all things Elvis as well: "Your scientists [or, in this case, record producers] were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn't stop to think if they should".

While such responses to the piece are less than flattering, Politico's editors -- who stress "driving the conversation" and "winning the morning" -- were no doubt pleased that the topic was being talked about by political operatives and journalists first thing Thursday morning.

If you can't hold better than a 50% lead in a recent poll on the general election in the most conservative state in the nation, against a black President where the Confederate Stars and Bars flew over the roof into the 21st century, it speaks to the thing Republican operatives fear most: Their extremist base is staying home if Romney is the GOP's favorite son.