Sentence examples for tactic given from inspiring English sources

It is a smart tactic given the Iraqi clergy's historical distaste for non-Muslim "invaders".

It could be a profitable tactic, given that the court has been sympathetic to tennis players in the past.

Much of the package seems to be about channelling more government subsidy to housebuilders, an odd tactic given their long history of failing to deliver the goods.

The government's agreement to go into talks with Acas was merely a stalling tactic given how very little they have conceded, coupled with the complete and utter disrespect they are showing to junior doctors.

On Friday, Amy Schatz, of the tech blog Recode, called Mayday's decision "an odd tactic," given Upton's ties to the tech industry and his avowed support for campaign-finance reform; she quoted an unnamed Internet-industry lobbyist speaking about the Mayday PAC: "If I was a donor who gave five dollars to this group or one who gave $500,000 to this group, I'd be asking for my money back".

Sellers anticipates that more on-demand companies will adopt the same tactic, given their apparent control over the manner in which these workers do their jobs — a trademark of employer-employee relationships.

But Edwards's tactic gave him a surprising advantage.

This cynical tactic gave new life to the Republican effort to repeal Obamacare.

One tactic gave the company lots of leeway in how it valued the loans held on its books.

Mr Rohani's offer of talks may be a delaying tactic, giving the centrifuges more time: in the past he has boasted of outwitting the West.

Later this tactic gives way to self-starvation, and in both cases Mr. McQueen, a well-known English artist making his debut as a feature-film director, seems intent on pushing the visual medium of cinema toward the capture of sensory, corporeal experience.