Sentence examples for was once sought from inspiring English sources

He was once sought for questioning in the US where the FBI wanted to interview him in connection with a suspected four million dollar fraud, the Irish Independent reported.

The otterhound — a big, goofy mess of a dog with a slobbery beard, unruly coat and happy-go-lucky grin — was once sought after in England because it kept the country's river otter population in check.

Ramírez argues that the quality of Spanish democracy is now eroding, under fire from the same concentration of powers that were once sought to protect it.

It is sometimes used for cabinet panelling and in ornamental turnery, and natural bends were once sought after for making boat knees.

The Wales Office said it was disappointing that the first minister was "once again" seeking confrontation rather than co-operation with the UK government.

Dearman was once a highly sought Indianapolis high school player whose stock fell, Weber said, because "his lifestyle was inconsistent".

One of them, Elton Simpson, was once suspected of seeking to join militants in Somalia, but his Phoenix flatmate and accomplice Nadir Soofi was not known to authorities.

Every Jew was once a refugee, seeking sanctuary and a new homeland.

Many Internet companies that were once hotly sought after now find themselves investment pariahs.

In Churchill's Shadow: Confronting the Past in Modern Britain.By David Cannadine.Allen Lane, The Penguin Press; 386 pages; £25.(To be published in the United States by Oxford University Press in spring 2003 ALAN COREN, a British humorist, was once advised that anyone seeking to catch the attention of the book-buying public should write about cats, golf or Nazis.

The issue was settled then – it is a pity that Nicola Sturgeon is once again seeking to stir resentment and grievance".