Sentence examples for sought it for from inspiring English sources

That cut was imposed on most of the Met's nonunion staff, including Mr. Gelb and top administrators, and Mr. Gelb is said to have sought it for all the Met's unionized workers.

Every major film festival for the last two years has sought it for their lineup, and industry watchers have confidently predicted it would show up in successive Cannes, Sundances and Torontos.

Proudhon's country childhood and peasant ancestry influenced his ideas to the end of his life, and his vision of the ideal society almost to the end remained that of a world in which peasant farmers and small craftsmen like his father could live in freedom, peace, and dignified poverty, for luxury repelled him, and he never sought it for himself or others.

The Nets attracted bids of $275 million from Bruce Ratner, who wants to move them to Brooklyn; $267.5 million from Charles Kushner and Senator Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey, who do not want to take the team out of the state; $265 million from Charles Wang, who sought it for Long Island; and $257.5 million from Stuart Feldman, who has indicated he would not move the Nets.

Some surely seek it for its own sake ("In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it," wrote Tolstoy).

While he dictates caution and warns judges not to "seek publicity for its own sake" nor to seek it for causes, his seven principles empower judges to speak.

And Kennedy understood how, as he wrote, "far from seeking to devalue marriage, the petitioners seek it for themselves because of their respect — and need — for its privileges and responsibilities.

The truth is that the president seeks it for regional agreements only.

More affluent parents seek it for the potential benefits of exposure to so many cultures.

At present, the English seem to accept devolution in Scotland and Wales, but do not seek it for themselves.

When Alec Wilkinson decided to become a writer, his father suggested that he seek Maxwell's advice; Wilkinson kept on seeking it for the next 15 years.