There are vested interests in China in the status quo.
We have no vested interest in this respect.
This is the power vested in a priest.
The policy that absolute authority in the Church should be vested in the pope.
But the market will destroy these vested interests in the end, as has happened in music.
The Banks have a vested interest in keeping the bond market stable.
By the power vested in me by the laws of the State of New York,
In material culture, the main influence is that of the status and the vested interest.
Tackle the drug gangs and the vested interests in the judicial system.
This is typically met with resistance from those who have a vested interest in keeping the status quo.
There's too much vested in the system, intellectually, financially, for Europe to abandon it, at least for now.
"Privacy has been used as an excuse by those who have a vested interest in hoarding this information," Heywood says.
The authority to issue Macao currency shall be vested in the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region.
Faust, in the spirit of the moment, said, "By the authority vested in me, let's cut and serve the cake." the crowd - still under a steady drizzle - roared.
There are a lot of people who are very vested in being skeptics, and, frankly, we live in a world where we do need some skeptics, "Zabel acknowledged."
Most hopes now are vested in a grouping known, with Asia's flair for alphabetical nomenclature, as the ADMM + (for ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting).
Another concern is that the people who take part in the project will represent vested interests-in particular, big technology firms which can assign staff to review patents.
Some sort of balance might also emerge between entitlements and provisions, or citizens' rights and vested interests, without blood running in the streets.
It was difficult to end the system of slavery before the Civil War because the people who owned the slaves had a vested interest in keeping it.
The materiality is metalwork and wooden the structure, the shell is covered by larch tiles and the interior is mainly vested in pine and other wood variety.
Ignore the vested interests, court the voters.
By and large this unelected system is made up of strong believers in the original ideology of the revolution, or at least people who have a strong vested interest in it.
Upon the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on July 1, 1997, the assets of the Land Fund Trust were vested in the Hong Kong SAR Government.
By the power vested in me by the state of Maine, I hereby order you to serve two life sentences back-to-back, one for each of your victims.
That could help square opposition from domestic vested interests.
Our policies are guided by scientific evidence, and not by vested interests.
The essence and steps were strategic defence more than offence and consolidating vested interests more than fighting for power areas.
Once the architecture is set, vested interests divide up the floors and reinforce existing patterns and practices.
Moreover, given the vast profits available under thecurrent system, the struggle to bring about a significant energy transitionfaces stiff resistance from deeply entrenched vested interests.
Sri Lanka's foreign ministry said Wednesday the U.N. decision has "the potential for exploitation by vested interests hostile to the process of reconciliation."
The media, however, are filled with voices of cynicism and pessimism, or groundless praises from vested interest groups who are anxious to maintain the status quo.
Allen is the chief objector to the proposed by-pass but he has a vested interest because it would take most of the trade from his garage.
Giving the football authorities a deadline to reform the FA and remove "vested interests" from the board, and streamline decision making.
The real issue is not whether France is reformable-for the answer must be yes. It is whether there is a Madame Thatcher who has the courage to take on vested interests.
