7 sentences with 'connections'
Example sentences and phrases with the word connections and other words derived from it.
• « The doctor then made connections between the holes with a small saw, and finally removed the section of cranial bone. »
• « By the mid-1930s Bennett had already drawn the Ford Motor Company into a web of underworld connections, and the unholy alliance was itself involved in Ford's increasingly fierce battle with the unions. »
• « One example of this phenomenon was the emergence of Freemasonry, "secret" though not difficult for most European male elites to find, groups of like-minded Enlightenment thinkers who met in "lodges" to discuss philosophy, make political connections and socialise. »
• « The wealthy came to regard their social and economic status as a test of their strong ethical character, not just luck, connections or hard work. »
• « Instead, for most, the only hope of achieving a decent standard of living and relative personal stability was to form the right connections within the huge party bureaucracy. »
• « Nor were there "checks and balances" to curb corruption, and for the Brezhnev era political connections were far more important than any kind of sincere devotion to Marxist theory. Thus, the kinds of decisions made by Soviet leaders were inspired by a pure and ruthless will to see results in a context of staggering inefficiency and corruption. »
• « According to Cooper, what mattered most was merit, not wealth, and admission to the school was based solely on ability; race, sex and family connections had no place. »