Sentence examples for were bribed with from inspiring English sources

For decades, many of this nation's newspaper editors, publishers and reporters were bribed with money, sex, promises of power and other pleasures by the leaders of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which has run Mexico since 1929.

"In the good old days, buyers were bribed with things other than money," said Mr. Miller, the president of the industry trade group, "but it's been a long time since that happened".

The Chinese authorities have arrested four senior Chinese GSK executives as part of the investigation into claims that doctors were bribed with cash and sexual favours in return for prescribing GSK's drugs.

Describing Election Day problems ranging from accusations that some people voted more than once to claims that homeless people were bribed with cigarettes to vote for Democrats, Republicans said today that they were considering whether to seek a recount in Wisconsin.

Its subtitle was "But They Are Usually So Obedient!" Mulghire's take on the effort to provide free cell phones and minutes, and inspirational texts was, "Kids were bribed with free cell phones in return for receiving daily texts encouraging them to study hard, stay in school, blah blah blah".

Governments that question this are bribed with cheap Nigerian oil.

Mostly, she was bribed with food and grew quite fat as a result.

Maybe it was the AMARETTI Mr. Pahk left for us (I can always be bribed with sugar).

"Villages are being bribed with £20,000 a year in pocket money if they support permission for local turbines," Jenkins claims.

Pilots are to be bribed with a 10% stake in the company, which may prove more valuable than the pay they forfeit.

Now I was extremely conflicted; anyone who thinks teenagers cannot be bribed with food and flip-flops does not know teenagers.