Sentence examples for past officials from inspiring English sources

In the past officials would avert their eyes if taxpayers greased their palms.

While  Germany had allowed failed Afghan asylum seekers to remain in the country in the past, officials now favor deportation.

But residents blamed past officials and legal advisers, saying they failed to properly negotiate in 1997 in the first place.

In the past, officials who wobbled in their support for Mr Lukashenka have disappeared, probably because they were murdered.

Many Mexicans remain skeptical about their government's determination to bring past officials to account.

In the past, officials had a different view of Al Qaeda.

In the past, official rage was channelled through a single demonstration.

In the past, official investigations into assassination attempts have rarely uncovered the identities of the assassins.

Some democrats go on to argue that granting impunity for past official crimes encourages current and future ones.

In the past, official GDP figures have been much lower than his own estimates, but now the gap has disappeared.

Ms. Norton, like other cabinet choices, could not comment on past official actions pending her confirmation hearing.