Sentence examples for arrangements rather than from inspiring English sources

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One approach, he said, might be more emphasis on the American Zipcar rental model of car-sharing, or other shared-ownership arrangements, rather than sales to individuals.

While the directors said they were able to confirm the majority of Sino-Forest's forest holdings, they were unable to value them and noted that most of them relied on informal arrangements rather than legal ownership.

Perhaps the most magnificent "swing machine" that ever was, the Basie band strongly emphasized improvised solos and a refreshing looseness in ensemble playing that was usually realized through "head arrangements" rather than written-out charts.

About half of Americans are invested in the stockmarket, compared to a third of British people, and a higher proportion actively manage their retirement arrangements rather than relying on corporate plans.

In fact it was designed to explain why Mr Medvedev, a young politician in good health with apparent ambitions to stay on in the Kremlin, had stepped aside.In Mr Putin's Russia it is informal arrangements, rather than such formalities as elections, that carry weight.

It's easy to imagine songs like "Take Me Alive," "Long Gone," "Never Far Away" and "Scream" itself in smoldering rock arrangements rather than Timbaland's Bollywood exotica ("Take Me Alive"), layered chorales ("Long Gone" and "Never Far Away") and chattering double-time beats ("Scream").

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So a student asking about tuition fees is told about the "tripartite funding arrangement" rather than a three-way split.

Worse, some families in places with different cultural norms and legal systems relinquish their kids believing that it is a temporary guardianship arrangement, rather than an irrevocable severance of family ties.

If the deal goes through, because this is what's known as a "scheme of arrangement" rather than a standard takeover offer, it's binding on all shareholders, even if they didn't vote for it.

Even Wodehouse's 61-year marriage to Ethel Wayman, a twice-widowed former chorus girl (Malcolm Muggeridge called her a "mixture of Mistress Quickly and Florence Nightingale with a touch of Lady Macbeth thrown in"), seems to have been a fond and companionable arrangement rather than a profound emotional attachment.

Yes, Isabella, the eldest of a combined step-family of 21 children, spent some of her adolescence living in the grandstand on Epsom race-course, but it was by no means unusual for large families of this period to disperse their offspring among sundry relatives and business premises, and it was a temporary arrangement, rather than the fairytale-like banishment it becomes in some accounts.

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