Sentence examples for sweeping asset from inspiring English sources

For almost seven years, since an international warrant was issued for his arrest, the search has stretched from the mangrove swamps and diamond fields of West Africa to Swiss banks and shell corporations — a state-of-the-art version of the sweeping asset hunts that have accompanied the fall of autocrats since the shah of Iran's demise in the 1970s.

A million jobs would materialize if President Obama proposed sweeping asset sales.

Colombia a year ago passed a sweeping asset-forfeiture bill.

This argues against a sweeping asset-price deflation and a hard landing.

The credit crunch has been a series of multiple crises, starting with subprime mortgages in America and progressively sweeping through asset classes and geographies.

The talks had stalled because Cyprus's outgoing communist president, Demetris Christofias, refused to agree the IMF's demands, such as sweeping state asset sales.

The joint venture was formed in 2014 as part of a sweeping $20 billion asset swap and revamp that included combining the Novartis over-the-counter business with the GSK consumer healthcare business.

But the legislator responsible was also instrumental in creating a law that gives the city's emergency manager, who sparked speculation about liquidation of the Detroit Institute of Arts' assets, sweeping authority.

California is largely defined by its sweeping shoreline — an 1,100-mile 1,100-mile contassetvasthatacontainsnspoiled coast and powers a $45-billion-a-year ocean economy dominated by tourism, shipping and agriculture.

But its greatest asset is the sweeping vistas of the broad, gleaming river.

But today the sell-off of assets is so sweeping that some analysts compare it to the widespread privatizations in Russia after the Communist era.