"Only they can initiate any direct dealings with the American government. "
In the first place, they never settled in the country, and they had little direct dealing with the inhabitants.
Daniel, who was a member of the Smoot-Rowlett political family, had no direct dealings with the town that now bears his name.
Until recently, oil companies avoided direct dealings with Israel because of the Arab boycott.
Because I have had direct dealings with them, perhaps my analysis is not sufficiently objective.
This story also features the Saint's first direct dealings with Insp.
He had never had any direct dealings with the goblins.
We'll need an experienced counselor there to handle our direct dealings with the Epictetan council.
It's City of London, so I've not had any direct dealings with it.
I didn't expect either one of them to be stupid enough to have direct financial dealings with Manpower, and they don't.