Sentence examples for tries to manipulate a from inspiring English sources

Mr. Thornton will play a con artist who tries to manipulate a small-town insurance salesman.

In many ways, the Li Gang case, as it is known, exemplifies how China's propaganda machine — able to slant or kill any news in the age of printing presses and television — is sometimes hamstrung in the age of the Internet, especially when it tries to manipulate a pithy narrative about the abuse of power.

"Hello, Dolly!" is the story of matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi at the turn of the century as she tries to manipulate a match of her own.

UBS said Tuesday that United States and Japanese regulators were investigating whether the Swiss bank had tried to manipulate a benchmark used to set interest rates around the world.

The British bank Barclays recently admitted that its traders tried to manipulate a crucial global interest rate, and multiple major banks are under investigation.

I love desperately trying to manipulate a garrote-like piece of string that's pulled so tight around my fingers that it cuts off circulation.

Against Plymouth Argyle last Monday, he refused to be bullied and stood his ground, which is frustrating for the striker who is trying to manipulate a better position to receive the ball.

In testimony before a Senate panel, the second Congressional hearing this week to focus on Mr. Geithner, he promoted the government's efforts to punish banks that tried to manipulate a benchmark interest rate during the financial crisis.

Mr. Jenkins took over as chief executive from Robert E. Diamond Jr., who resigned in July after Barclays agreed to pay $450 million to settle charges that it had tried to manipulate a key benchmark, the London interbank offered rate, or Libor.

Republicans took aim at Mr. Geithner for, in their view, going easy on Wall Street despite knowing that some banks had been trying to manipulate a key interest rate.

Whether bottle-feeding is voluntary or has been dictated by circumstance, neither the government nor the medical establishment should try to manipulate a woman's decision by withholding samples that formula manufacturers are more than happy to provide.