Johnny Sanderson might be a cultivated, sympathetic member of the Edinburgh establishment, but he was greedy, and money could seduce anybody.

There was no time to search for Nathan or to look for more sympathetic members of the family.

Union officials and sympathetic members of Congress have so far focused their criticism narrowly on A.I.D.

They were joined by some sympathetic members of the Second and First estates.

In his tenure on the committee he gained a reputation as one of the more accommodating, sympathetic members.

Eleven years ago, these and other creditors pushed hard to re-elect sympathetic members of Congress who would enact a tougher bankruptcy law.

Androutsopoulos evaded arrest for seven years, with the alleged assistance of sympathetic members of the police.

From 1924 to 1939 he was a member of the Bolshoi, sympathetic to the efforts of innovative Soviet choreographers of the 1920s and 30s.

Nevertheless, his family situation is described as diverse, with members sympathetic to both the left and the right.

Packford was an active member of his local Labour Party, sympathetic to the idea of the paper, and liked Keith.