Sentence examples for sought like from inspiring English sources

British companies, he adds, have not reduced prices to pursue sales growth with the devaluation of sterling, but have sought (like Diageo) to hold prices and boost margins.In Spain, Mr Thanassoulis notes, foreign companies are furiously scrambling to match their assets and liabilities so as not to be caught short; they keep just enough cash in the country, and repatriate any spare.

"M— sought, like Doctor Faustus, to master all forms of human knowledge".

Lillian was a generous champion of younger writers at the magazine, especially younger writers who sought, like her, to chronicle New York's human comedy.

This outward embodiment of the terms contained in the patent is the thing invented, and is to be properly sought, like the explanation of all latent ambiguities arising from the description of external things, by evidence in pais". Ibid.

And because it is a state law and not a federal one, some of the benefits being sought, like citizenship for same-sex spouses, will not be forthcoming, and that has somewhat muted their response.

It sought, like the Protestants, to attract mass support; its clandestine organization was built around the house of Guise rather than the monarchy, from which it was increasingly alienated.

Others sought like-minded people, and some came questioning their own position, preferring to describe themselves as agnostic.

After Applewhite's release, he and Nettles resolved to contact extraterrestrials, and they sought like-minded followers.

Seeking like-minded statesmen elsewhere, he found them in the leaders of the developing countries.

Parents may seek like-minded play groups, and even move to communities where they believe their children will be more accepted.

Current has been seeking like-minded programs to surround Mr. Olbermann's in an effort to create a rival to the stable of liberal shows on the cable news channel MSNBC.