It was not until 1997 that the Ray family began actively courting development.

There was no point actively courting negative news coverage, after all.

Both companies have actively courted deals with the big program suppliers.

Once suspicious of outside influences, schools these days are actively courting business involvement.

It is a group the hotel industry is now actively courting.

To fill beds, many are actively courting poor patients covered by Medicaid.

Fund managers said some buyers seemed to be trying to minimize risk, while others were actively courting it.

To facilitate this goal, the government has actively courted donor assistance and foreign investment.

The conservative trucking brotherhood is one of the few unions Bush has actively courted.

Less visible in the press, they have actively courted New York's cultural and civic organizations.