| Some people have raised the question of higher-ups inappropriately influencing this settlement. |
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| To put it bluntly, a lot of the time I don't think the higher-ups actually hear, or even want to see, what's going on underneath them. |
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| The municipal corporation has become a gold mine for its corrupt officials, with higher-ups shielding them for obvious reasons. |
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| Do you think those higher-ups should be held accountable and should Law step down? |
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| If anything, the problem was that we had too little guidance from higher-ups in the organization. |
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| He agreed that if he could be convinced I wasn't a spy, he'd convince the higher-ups and arrange my release. |
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| She believes that higher-ups are attempting to make her the public face of failed leadership. |
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| Most disturbing of all are his allegations that he repeatedly tried to get higher-ups to follow through and investigate. |
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| But no higher-ups beyond the brigade are likely to face criminal prosecution in this case now. |
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| Mostly, though, the committee has improved the way higher-ups communicate with employees. |
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| All this could not be possible without the illegal influence of concerned officials and without active connivance of higher-ups. |
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| I know you higher-ups like to hide that sort of thing from us, but I can read you like a book, sir. |
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| There's so many problems to juggle in the first year or two of a TV show, especially when there's a lot of higher-ups to please. |
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| Jones, for example, seems to feel as if he is overlooked by higher-ups within the organization. |
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| Line-of-business managers may overlook risks or fail to alert higher-ups when they do see them. |
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| At my old job, there were some higher-ups who I don't think even bothered to learn my name until I'd been there a couple of months. |
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| In the age in which product placement counts as much as sporting prowess, their decision has angered higher-ups. |
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| She was looking for information, and she was chastised for doing that without getting permission from higher-ups. |
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| Conversely, but equally false, is the image of a toady who curries favor from higher-ups or someone who twists selfsacrifice into a self-serving art form. |
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| Conversely, but equally false, is the image of a toady who curries favor from higher-ups or someone who twists self-sacrifice into a self-serving art form. |
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| As for the higher-ups getting off scot-free, they do not with our proceeds of crime bill. |
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| The workouts may have been ordered by higher-ups. |
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| Ricks's fury at the Pentagon higher-ups is palpable. |
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| The higher-ups treat the rank-and-file very poorly. |
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| The strategy hasn't completely converted her higher-ups. |
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| His was the predictable response: Running to concerned higher-ups, complaining about officials indulging in such practices, and various others along similar lines. |
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| Then eventually the higher-ups started buying into the concept and allowing people...okay, if it's society-related you can do it as part of your job. |
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| But a manager checked with higher-ups and said that wasn't necessary. |
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| Whenever any appreciable number of lower-level offenders are summoned before an investigative grand jury, the higher-ups in the organized crime structure can never be sure what, if anything, is being said. |
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| He told me the case had again exposed fault-lines of principle between members of the military judicial service and higher-ups in the Pentagon and the White House. |
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| Workplace speculation, often fueled by gaps in information provided by higher-ups, has caused no shortage of trouble in businesses around the world. |
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| It's a great plan, but we'll have to get approval from the higher-ups to proceed. |
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| Salman Rafiq said that recommendations of the meeting would be sent to higher-ups for approval. |
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| Some of the protestors got injured while many were arrested by the police, later released on orders of the higher-ups. |
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| She warned of naming the higher-ups supporting land mafia if her property was not returned. |
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| Higher-ups in the Polish church apologized to all victims of abuse last year but refused to offer financial compensation. |
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