Sentence examples for reference to agencies from inspiring English sources

Mr. Putin also proposed the unification of counterterrorism efforts in a single agency, citing the examples of "a whole number of countries which have been confronted with the terrorist threat". That appeared to be a reference to agencies like the Department of Homeland Security in the United States, which some here have said Russia should emulate, but Mr. Putin did not provide any details.

[Comment number 353] Areas of concern identified included the importance of both availability of staff (including access to 24 hour/bank holiday cover) and concerns about appropriately educated and trained staff (with particular reference to agency health care assistants).

MPs have instead been summoned to meetings to talk to "experts" – David Cameron's reference to intelligence agencies that he is reluctant to identify after the disaster in Iraq.

"They've outsourced political power," Mr. da Silva complained early this year in reference to the agencies' independence in setting utility rates and the price of gasoline.

However, the summary contains no reference to UK agencies.

The published report contains no reference to UK agencies.

The US Senate report, which alleged the "brutal" interrogation and treatment of al-Qaeda suspects in the wake of 9/11, contained no reference to UK agencies.

He said much of the flooding was down to "almost a deliberate policy of neglect of the watercourses" that had seen the Environment Agency "putting birds first and people second", a reference to the agency's attempts to encourage more wetland areas in the UK to promote biodiversity.

He called the reference to his agency "unauthorized" and noted it was included in the contract "without D.O.I.'s knowledge or consent".

The defense raised the concerns about potential monitoring after an episode this month when the public feed from the courtroom, which is transmitted on a 40-second delay, was abruptly cut by an outside censor, apparently from the Central Intelligence Agency, after one lawyer made an oblique reference to the agency's secret overseas "black site" prisons.

I wish more of our leaders would," Comey wrote in reference to the agency's strong opposition to releasing the memo crafted by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee.