Sentence examples for sort of contractor from inspiring English sources

One of the many questions in the case of Raymond Davis — who shot two men dead in the streets of Lahore, Pakistan — was who, exactly, he worked for; he was, reportedly, some sort of contractor working for or with the C.I.A.

I go away for just one week and, of course, all sorts of contractor related items happen.

I sort of agree.

A sort of heavenly contractor, this god keeps watch on the construction of palaces and houses from his mansion in the sky.

It signs up the law firms as a sort of outside contractor.

But then as people pass others and you climb up this ladder of the stand-up world there's backstabbing, stealing, fights, accusations flying around, the competitiveness of being a sort of independent contractor in this world where you sacrificed a lot on the hopes that you might make it as a comedian.

Pick the kind of contractor you need.

Daniel Kohl, proprietor of Old King Kohl's Antique Shop in N.Y., was a sort of rug-stealing contractor.

Daniel Kohl, proprietor of Old King Kohl's Antique Shop in N.Y., was a sort of rug-stealing contractor.… AMERICAN CHRONICLES about Larry(Fats Goldberg, of Kansas City.

So what do we make of the Cabinet Office making 'crown representative' Ian Tyler responsible for the good conduct of G4S? Tyler is – it's reported – to be a sort of overseer for the contractor, checking its doings and (the government hopes) steering it back to the correct path after its well-publicised problems with tagging and overcharging.

Over the past couple of years, there has been a huge increase in the number of workers who operate as some sort of independent, free-agent contractor or consultant.