Sentence examples for representatives bought from inspiring English sources

The money went to home builders, whose stocks did very well and whose sales representatives bought cars and boats.

Mr. Bloomberg appears to have had the latter in mind when, during his campaign for mayor in 2001, his representatives bought the rights to addresses like ihatebloomberg.com.

What baffles so many of them, though, is how ordinary Americans in startling numbers have been persuaded to dislike "big government" and yet support its new representatives, bought and paid for by the rich.

Fernandes argued that in Norwood's case, the representative bought into the fallacy that Section 5 was trying to solve low voter registration and turnout among minority communities.

The company sold its product using direct sales, in which an independent sales representative buys the product at a discount then sells it to the public.

"There's a view there that reminds me of Switzerland, a smaller version," said Tina Sylvia, a retired newspaper advertising sales representative who bought a new house on one of Ossipee Lake's back bays in 2003 for $600,000.

Kuechenberg recalled that he and Foley had parties at the mansion where they would persuade people to sign up as Amway representatives or buy its products.

Last year, Mr. Hartz admitted that he funneled money to Mr. Volkert and other employee representatives to buy their support for management policies on Volkswagen's supervisory board, where they held seats.

The Somali-based Shabab recently rejected an attempt by Islamic State representatives to buy its allegiance, according to a report by the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors online militant activity.

There is a prevailing suspicion that elected representatives are essentially bought and paid for by wealthy special interests.I have covered elections in America, and certainly hear such views all the time.

Angry, distrustful British voters are convinced that democracy is being undermined by vast sums of corrupting money, to the point that elected representatives are essentially bought and paid for by wealthy special interests.Yet British election spending is regulated more tightly than any model dreamed of by even the most starry-eyed campaigner in America.