Sentence examples for and a liability of from inspiring English sources
In the past decade, he has emerged as a strength and a liability of a government that finds its bastions of support shrinking and a figure to watch as Mr. Assad's inner circle tries to deal with protests shaking his family's four decades of rule.
The fund may choose to disburse the entire $1 of income to fund shareholders (again, typical), in which case the fund's books will show an asset of $10 (the MLP share) and a liability of 23 cents (potential income tax).
Wan and imperfectly socialised, Dylan has one GCSE, no girlfriend and Bobby – a liability of a father (outrageously funny Mark Addy).
British Energy treats the plutonium as a zero-value asset, and records a liability of £4.8m (discounted) in its accounts relating to the management of the plutonium".
The financial expenses of the city was P45 million, and has a liability of 3.3 billion.
Endorsement transfers the rights of the endorser to the new holder and also creates a liability of the endorser for payment of the amount of the draft if the drawee does not meet payment when the draft becomes due.
According to the report: The emergency manager includes $5.8bn of debt from the water and sewerage department as a liability of the city, even though the department serves more than 3 million people across southeastern Michigan.
But Brandis said it was important for the bill to set out specific defences so people were aware of the law and not subject to "a liability of uncertain dimension".
Illinois was rated the most troubled pension system during the study period, with a 54 percent funding level and a total liability of more than $54 billion.
As Merck's new chief, Mr. Clark will lead a company suffering from poor morale, a lack of promising new drugs and a potential liability of $15 billion or more over Vioxx.
