Sentence examples for served as middlemen from inspiring English sources

The Nsenga served as middlemen between the Portuguese and such peoples as the Lamba farther north.

They also claim their electricity and water were cut off, despite frequent official complaints to police, who Lessena said served as middlemen between the owners and the tenants.

It would also require the five banks that have traditionally served as middlemen in derivatives trading, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Citigroup, to divest themselves of their derivatives trading arms, since their deposits are insured by the FDIC.

Meanwhile, another trial awaits the Sands, in Las Vegas in December; three co-plaintiffs, who say they served as middlemen in securing the Sands's Macao license, claim that they are owed five per cent of its Macao operations, and are suing for at least four hundred and fifty million dollars.

Others served as middlemen for groups of families or clothing wholesalers.

The 36-year-old Anaheim resident was the ringleader of a brazen bribery scheme that involved 11 other men who served as middlemen collecting and delivering payoffs to Lopez, according to the 38-count racketeering indictment a grand jury handed up against the group.

Gen. Yahya Khan, the Pakistani leader, served as middleman between Nixon and Zhou Enlai, China's prime minister.

Between January and July 2012, Russian marathon runner Liliya Shobukhova allegedly paid 569,000 euros ($612,500) to Russian trainer Alexey Melnikov — who served as middleman between athletes and ARAF — to cover up a positive doping case.

They serve as middlemen between the drug companies and the payers.

The Palestinian workers said they had been hired by Israeli Arabs serving as middlemen to Israeli Jewish bosses.

Many of these so-called princelings also serve as middlemen to a host of global companies and wealthy tycoons eager to do business in China.