Sentence examples for seized to settle from inspiring English sources

The ruling meant that any British assets owned by the couple, David and Linda Oram, could be seized to settle the dispute.

In Russia, Yukos said the government renewed a freeze on the shares of its main Siberian oil unit, renewing concern that its assets would be seized to help settle a $3.4 billion tax bill.

Toddlers related to senior government officials and business leaders have been seized to extract ransom payments or settle political disputes.

The ascent of Mr. Erdogan's government since 2002 has radically shifted the balance of power, and analysts say the Gulenists have seized the opportunity to settle old scores and tame their former rivals, including the military.

The strike announcement comes as Green faces calls for assets including his £100m yacht to be seized in order to settle the £571m pension deficit at BHS, the collapsed retail chain he owned for 15 years.

He seemed to settle down.

He never seemed to settle".

So when New Yorker Carrie is asked to set up a new auction house in London, she seizes the opportunity to settle an old score.

Mr. Schumer's concerns mostly relate to two firms hired by the Iraqi government that helped defeat a proposal in Congress that would have allowed Americans to seize Iraqi assets to settle certain outstanding legal claims.

But the beleaguered oil giant's main production subsidiary, Yuganskneftegaz, was handed a bill for nearly $1 billion for taxes in 2002, increasing the likelihood that the government will seize the unit to settle Yukos's debts.The price of oil topped $52 a barrel after supplies from the Gulf of Mexico failed to recover in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan.

Socialism would have meant nationalization of industry something the Constitution does not allow as President Truman would later learn when he tried to seize the steel mills to settle a massive strike in 1952.