Sentence examples for capital marking from inspiring English sources

The second quarter of 2008 was entirely devoid of IPOs from companies backed by venture capital, marking a low-water mark not seen since 1978.

The treasurer, Scott Morrison, is hitting the airwaves to sell the benefits of debt as a vital source of capital – marking a further departure from Abbott-Turnbull goverhetorichetoricastingng debt as a disaster, an emergency, a financial melanoma or a house on fire.

Kim did not show up for a huge military parade in the capital marking the 60th anniversary of North Korea's founding not the sort of symbolic event a dictator whose power base is the army brushes off lightly.

On Wednesday, two suicide bombers struck the Iranian cultural center in Beirut, Lebanon's capital, marking another step in the widening of the long, savage war in neighboring Syria.

Forty-one of 53 legislators had signed a proclamation declaring April 12 as "George Flint Day" at the capital, marking his "outstanding and valuable contributions as Nevada's longest-standing senior lobbyist".

The Anglo-American decision to circumvent the arbitrary Soviet closure of road and rail routes to the German capital marked the start of the cold war.

THE crowds in Nuuk, Greenland's pretty coastal capital, marked the devolution of more powers from Denmark, on midsummer's day, with cheers, processions and flags.

THE SUMMIT OF Songshan mountain, some 60 miles (100km) from China's capital, marks the boundary between Beijing municipality and the neighbouring province of Hebei.

An opening victory against co-hosts Wales, who were backed by 45,000 supporters in the nation's capital, marked Italy's arrival at the tournament in style.

The sale of 141m new shares, equivalent to 10% of G4S's existing share capital, marks a spectacular fall from grace for the company, which two years ago announced a £5.2bn takeover of Danish facilities management firm ISS to create a global giant with more than 1.2 million employees.

Activists said the court's ruling on Monday in Yaoundé, the capital, marked yet another setback for gays and lesbians in the west African country, widely viewed as the most repressive country in the continent when it comes to prosecuting same-sex couples.