Sentence examples for pursuing membership from inspiring English sources

Russia, the most important country outside the W.T.O., has been pursuing membership for 16 years.

That made the revelation that UConn was pursuing membership to the A.C.C., which was first reported by ESPN.com, perhaps less surprising.

Opinion surveys show that for Poles, as for other Central Europeans, the promise of prosperity of the sort the west enjoys is one of the strongest motives for pursuing membership.

He is a minister in the most westward-leaning government Serbia has ever had, one that is aggressively pursuing membership in the European Union and good relations with the United States.

By the mid-2000s, Romania was actively pursuing membership in the EU, which required that the country adopt measures to establish a free-market economy and curb corruption and smuggling.

Paul's son has adopted his father's bombastic mien to much less effect while working in real estate and pursuing membership, unsuccessfully, in the elite club of National Football League team owners.

His predecessor had ardently pursued membership in the alliance.

Beijing pursued membership for 15 years of on-and-off talks.

He promises to improve relations with Russia, and also says he will continue to pursue membership in NATO.

It is often faster to enroll in a class than to pursue membership.

Instead, the government liberalized the economy, joined the Council of Europe, became an associate member of the Western European Union, and pursued membership in the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATOO).