Sentence examples for seeking to authorize from inspiring English sources

In an unusual move, Bear's board was seeking to authorize the sale of 39.5percentt of the firm to JPMorgan in an effort to move closer to majority shareholder approval.

Bear was reportedly seeking to authorize the sale of a 39.5% stake on Sunday night, which under Delaware law can be done without shareholder approval.

The literal terms of that Act clearly prevent what the Comptroller has sought to authorize here.

It seeks to authorize $4.4 trillion in spending for 2019, up 10percentt from the amount of money the government spent in 2017.

Johnson sought to authorize man's animalistic qualities during a state of disaster.

Introduced by Merkley in July 2009, it sought to authorize a handful of Oregon Indian tribes to obtain a 99-year lease for trust land.

During the trial North testified that on November 21, 22, or 24, he witnessed Poindexter destroy what may have been the only signed copy of a presidential covert-action finding that sought to authorize CIA participation in the November 1985 Hawk missile shipment to Iran.

The motion, which sought to authorize the government to use the proposal as a basis for negotiation with international creditors during the weekend, passed with 251 votes in favor, 32 against and 8 voting 'present' — a form of abstention — in the 300-member parliament.

The unanimous decision provided clarity for cities and counties that want to rid themselves of the dispensaries, which sprouted up statewide after a 1996 voter-approved measure that sought to authorize medical marijuana but lacked specifics in how it would be regulated.

Governor Cuomo, who as attorney general defended the state against lawsuits brought by five tribes seeking to overturn the law authorizing tax collection, has vowed to collect taxes on cigarette sales.

The contemporaneous legislation explicitly authorized advance directives seeking to avoid medical maintenance in a permanently vegetative state.