Sentence examples for operatives might be from inspiring English sources

Jordan insists that dozens of Islamic State operatives might be among them, waiting to carry out attacks in the kingdom.

Don't you think Islamic State operatives might be smart enough to have Bibles in their carry-ons rather than Korans?

It's therefore hard to imagine why party operatives might be pining to nominate a man who looks less like the popular conception of a president and more like the president's accountant.

The idea behind the aerial surveillance was that operatives might be moving around in sufficient numbers to be tracked, but so far such group activity has failed to materialize.

His other excuse for keeping the names secret was to prevent Al Qaeda from learning if any of its operatives might be locked up, as if our enemy were not cunning enough to figure out on its own which members he might have apprehended (if any).

In the course of an authorised operation it may be, for example, if an ASIO operative were to penetrate covertly a terrorist network or a terrorist cell and had to, as it were, play along with the planning, technically that ASIO operative might be liable but for an immunity for the offence of conspiracy," he said.

American officials said the intense bombardment in the tribal areas was intended to keep militant groups from sending operatives across the border into Afghanistan to replenish Taliban ranks, as well as to disrupt any communications between Pakistani militants and operatives who might be placed in Europe.

We agree that the pre-operative analysis of blood should be more informative for cancer detection, whereas the post-operative analysis might be more valuable to estimate tumor progression.

The co-operative model might be one option, with students ultimately leading their own study groups or offering seminars on alternative forms of culture.

Let us realize that it is not the United States, but the European part of the alliance, that directly borders on that country, and I believe that this kind of a test of its attitude, of its capability to reach agreement, and of its operative capabilities might be, at the same time, a test of its new identity and of its meaning in the world of today.

Assumes threat severity relates to monetary value whereas operative criteria might be legality and stakeholders values and norms.