Sentence examples for straightforward acts from inspiring English sources

On this subject, we also note that an attempt has been made recently to defame Greece in connection with a conventional currency swap between the Greek economy ministry and Goldman Sachs at the end of 2001 – one out of hundreds transacted at that time by all member states in straightforward acts of public debt management.

And official acts of legal pardon are strikingly similar to such straightforward acts of forgiving as remitting a debtor's financial obligation by simply waiving it.

It's a straightforward act, though not an apparently evident one, bringing swift gratification.

The seemingly straightforward act of purchasing a good or service is fraught with mystery.

The seemingly straightforward act of dropping food into a war zone can, paradoxically, help keep that war going.

And video clips on YouTube and on designers' Web sites promise to turn the straightforward act of getting dressed into a kind of participatory sport.

What's particularly historic about Mr. Swinston's staging, for which "Interludes" is added to the title, is that it isn't a straightforward act of reconstruction.

This was not a straightforward act of charity, however: Chanel haute couture, which is central to the image, if not the bank balance, of the Chanel business, could not exist without the skills perpetuated in the ateliers.

Both Samoan adjustments are but two examples of the mind-boggling things that can mess up the seemingly straightforward act of timekeeping at or near the 180th meridian, ever since it was elevated to become the I.D.L. — the fixed borderline between the two calendar days that share the planet at any given time.

Knowingly peddling fraudulent securities is a straightforward act of securities fraud, one made all the more severe by the fact that WaMu never told its investors it had sold them securities full of fraudulent loans.

The straightforward Act would allow "the cultivation of flowers, fruits, nuts or vegetables defined as the product of any tree, vine or plant, and that these products be allowed for use on-site or sale off-site".