Sentence examples for been collateral from inspiring English sources

Chunks of real estate from Stockholm to London to Atlanta had been collateral for loans and occupied 70percentt of the portfolio of Securum.

Given that those euphorically priced shares have been collateral for a huge amount of borrowing by both individuals and corporations, the expansion could come to an abrupt halt in a market sell-off.

There has been collateral damage, though: last year, Apple initially turned down Eucalyptus, an app written by the British developer Jamie Montgomerie, because it provided access to out-of-copyright books via the net – including the Kama Sutra.

We flogged bits and pieces - the freezer, my mother's wedding ring - in the hope of staving off the debts, but in the end, the house, which had been collateral for the loan, had to be sold.

In fact, other top officials of the group were the strike's specific targets, and Mr. Awlaki's death would have been collateral damage — legally defensible as a death incidental to the military aim.

John McFall, Labour MP for Dumbarton, said the scandal was a "cancer" on the savings industry that had to be removed if confidence was to be restored, and Mr Tiner agreed there had been "collateral damage" to the rest of the sector.

"I'm collateral damage".

There is collateral damage.

Mullin, unfortunately, was collateral damage.

One threat is collateral damage.

… No, we're collateral damage".