Sentence examples for pursuing prospects from inspiring English sources

For example, a life insurance company, noticing that its customer acquisition costs were higher than normal for the industry, introduced prequalification procedures in order to discourage agents from pursuing prospects when the likelihood of writing a policy was low.

The company is also pursuing prospects in Cameroon and Gabon.

The U.N. Security Council has approved a 30-day extension for a ceasefire observer mission, but Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has recommended changing the focus of its work to pursuing prospects for a political solution - effectively admitting there is no truce to monitor.

They had no incentive to cold-call or to pursue prospects actively.

And stories he heard from some of his recruits who had gone to Iraq and Afghanistan made him reluctant to pursue prospects by emphasizing the Army's benefits.

Francis L. Giacomozzi, the police chief of Killeen, a town of 63,500 people that borders the nation's largest military base, Fort Hood, said investigators were pursuing the prospect that Mr. Hennard might have been driven by an intense hostility toward women.

We also need to encourage students to pursue career prospects both in and out of academia.

Both firms offer essentially identical services, maintain similar client bases, and pursue comparable prospects.

Overwhelmingly male, single and in their 20s, they have sought to take advantage of their sudden liberty to pursue brighter prospects in Europe.

In "Look who's coming to Europe" (Views, May 10), António Guterres calls it understandable that so many young, male Tunisians are taking advantage of their sudden liberty to pursue brighter prospects in Europe.

Granted, you and your competitor may pursue similar prospects.