Sentence examples for seized upon without from inspiring English sources

Black's potential was spotted with alacrity, and seized upon without hesitation.

One is the abandon with which foreign influences are seized upon without the restraints of context or tradition: in this sense, Tokyo's mix of culinary styles mirrors the queasy architectural stew (mock-Tudor, Georgian, post-modernist) of the capital's shoddy buildings.

"It's an initiative the mayor seized upon," Mr. Carey said.

"This is the first occasion Hollande had or seized upon to act decisively, without the sort of waffling that had appeared to be his trademark," said François Heisbourg, a defense expert at the Foundation for Strategic Research in Paris.

That left Britain with the prospect of a 10-year gap without any carrier-borne strike aircraft, a prospect that the admirals seized upon in their letter to The Times.

Precedent is seized upon by both sides.

His gaffes have been seized upon with relish.

The words were quickly seized upon by Mr. Obama.

"Yet he has been seized upon by everybody".

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Her comments were seized upon by Jeremy Corbyn to ask Mr Cameron at Prime Minister's Questions: "where was she wrong?" Speaking on the Today programme, Lord Lawson said: "You cannot remove these tax credits without people being worse off.