Sentence examples for were exercised from inspiring English sources

Those options were taxable as compensation when they were exercised.

Few were exercised about the matter until the bubble burst.

Despite Daunt Books' recession-defying performance, many eyebrows were exercised over Daunt's new position at Waterstones.

If all the options were exercised, Shell would hold 56percentt of the combined company.

It appears that many of the options were exercised after the shareholder vote.

In periods of decentralization similar functions were exercised by local grandees.

But S.E.C. filings show that some options were exercised by Sprint executives soon after the shareholder vote that removed vesting requirements, and others were exercised after the Justice Department sued in June to halt the merger.

If all options were exercised, the Embraer and Bombardier orders would be worth more than $13 billion.

During Mr. Roh's two months of political limbo, presidential powers were exercised by the prime minister, Goh Kun.

It's fair to say that the readers of all newspapers, including those who read the Guardian, were exercised by the media mood music.

Bradshaw and Farrelly were exercised by the fact that the PCC's annual statistics did not show which titles had generated the most complaints.