Sentence examples for were seized on from inspiring English sources

His comments were seized on by critics, who said the hard-line rhetoric risked escalating tensions with students organising the nationwide grassroots campaign against education cuts.

More recently, Mr Carmichael indicated he could join Scotland's negotiating team for talks on independence if there were a "Yes" vote - remarks that were seized on by Alex Salmond.

According to local sources in Sevastopol, three Ukrainian officers, including General Nikolai Zentsev, believed to be a high-ranking Ukrainian counterintelligence officer based in Kiev, were seized on 2 March by irregulars at one of the informal border checkpoints that has sprung up between Crimea and the rest of Ukraine.

The two journalists were seized on Tuesday at a rebel roadblock in the state of Arauca, one of the most violent regions of Colombia.

They were seized on the BBC China.

Venezuelan authorities, however, said the drugs were seized on 20 September.

The two were seized on Sept. 7 by more than 10 policemen.

The others remain unaccounted for after they were seized on Sunday.

But suggestions made by Speechly that Pietersen was under instructions not to run were seized on by the ECB.

The Prince George's County Police Department posted a photograph of the weapons that were seized on its Twitter account.

The four children, who were seized on Tuesday, have been separated from their parents according to the Cameroon government.