Sentence examples for a big purchase of from inspiring English sources

That deal allowed Enron to profit by taking a position in its own stock before the announcement of a big purchase of Sun Microsystems computers intended to form the backbone of the broadband unit's expansion.

So far, Amazon has shied away from making a big purchase of an independent mobile ad network.

UK property listings site Zoopla is splashing out £120 million in cash (~$150M) on a big purchase of its own — announcing its intention to acquire real estate analytics firm Hometrack as it looks to expand its data and analytics services.

The department plans a big purchase, but not of an experimental drug developed by a tiny company.

Virgin Holidays' customers are making a big purchase and they want lots of detail.

It was Twitter's second big purchase of a social TV analysis firm.

After that comes the big purchase of a single-family home.

Today's big purchase of Vicuron Pharmaceuticals by Pfizer continues a broader trend among the large drug makers: They're using their hoards of cash to buy new products and fill up their pipelines with new drugs.

Then there is Ángel di María, the dynamic scoring midfielder already a Maradona pick and very likely to be the next big purchase of the January transfer window in Europe.

"I've not made many purchases lately of autographs or letters because of my big purchase of the violin," he said, adding that it is "the ultimate for me in terms of collectible antiques".

Here are a couple pointers: Whenever you make a bigger purchase, divide the cost of the item into your hourly wage.[7] So if you're eyeing those $300 pair of shoes, but you only make $12/hour, that's 25 hours of work, or more than half a work week.