Sentence examples for which we have operated from inspiring English sources

Defending the delay, Sir John said: "We have to maintain the principles by which we have operated throughout: fairness, thoroughness and impartiality.

Destroying the fundamental norm under which we have operated for more than two centuries — that criminal law is not used for political purposes — will send this country to a dark place where we don't want to be.

* * * The real question, though, is whether the System under which we have operated since the Magna Carta has become more vulnerable today.

The very encouraging context in which we had operated in the early 70s all but disappeared by the early 80s – and so did a lot of the funding.

'Terrorism is the backdrop against which we have to operate': Full interview.

Clearly, there is a European legal framework within which we have to operate".

"They are in a really difficult position but they are understanding of the framework in which we have to operate," he said.

He said: "The climate in which we have been operating has presented many challenges.

"The Supreme Court's decision today paves the way to an entirely different landscape, one in which we have not previously operated," the league said in a statement.

The financial meltdown is the only "crisis" in which we have observed McCain operating.

In his 2007 autobiography, the former director of central intelligence, George J. Tenet, said that the awkward meetings with Moussa Koussa, the Libyan intelligence chief, were "illustrative of the surreal world in which we had to operate" as C.I.A. operatives had to exchange pleasantries with the man they believed responsible for the Pan Am 103 bombing, among other terrorist plots.