Sentence examples for were not seizing from inspiring English sources

The chill of the previous week had lifted enough that even Willie's little hands were not seizing up.

Michael Eastman, director of labor law policy at the United States Chamber of Commerce, said companies were not seizing on the new rules to try to deny overtime pay to many workers.

Because of that, they were not seized.

"We gave him plenty of opportunities along the way," Tellem said, "and those opportunities were not seized".

But under the "totality of the circumstances," the men were not seized and their consent was the product of their free will, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority.

United States intelligence and law enforcement officials now also say that more recent opportunities were not seized on quickly or forcefully enough.

Such epiphanies would scarcely be possible if repressive regimes were not seized with an obsession to accumulate raw data on their citizens — the bytes of betrayal, the grist of control.

He said that the F.B.I.'s first search of Mr. Pellicano's office was limited to looking for evidence of the threat against the journalist and that his computers were not seized until two months later.

The redacted version of its report given to the family revealed that CCTV footage they believe could have provided vital clues about what happened was destroyed, while other tapes were not seized in time.

However, opportunities to develop or build on other pilot initiatives were not seized.

Despite the known difficulties of real democratic community involvement [ 28- 30], the windows of opportunity opened by these new exemption policies were not seized upon to revive this community-based participation.