Under the rules, merchants seeking larger signs must obtain approval from the community board and other bodies.

Some wealthy merchants sought higher social status by using money to marry into the samurai class.

The merchants have long sought such a move.

Already before the year 1490 the Hanseatic merchants were seeking permission to mark this peninsula with an outstanding landmark.

The merchants seek to extend the season year-round, transforming summer-season work into permanent employment, he says.

Okay, try this: the kingdom of heaven is like, uh, a merchant seeking pearls.

The older a wine got the cheaper its price became as merchants eagerly sought to rid themselves of aging wine.

Slade Farrow, posing as a peaceful merchant seeking trade in a new city, had left his greatest exploit to the last.

Despite the bustling street activity, many merchants, seeking protection, sell their goods from behind plexiglass partitions.

Local residents, for instance, want fewer new apartments, while local merchants, seeking customers, want more.