Sentence examples for consignments in the from inspiring English sources

We had secured consignments in the fall of 2008, after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, when the world was in turmoil.

This first of several health related consignments in the pipeline from UNICEF includes 140 emergency health kits, each covering the needs of a population of 10,000 people, 80 neo-natal resuscitation kits, 80 sterilization kits and special nutritional supplements for 110,000 children under five and 42,000 pregnant women.

The first photograph that I bought that signified that I could collect photographs was a picture that I had on consignment in the late 1980s, by Karl Struss (below).

The Koreans emptied the whole consignment in the high seas, vowing never to import this product from India.

I have great respect for Anna Brockway of Chairish.com, since she not only altered the landscape of consignment in the online marketplace, but is also super-mom to four children.

Auction houses may be tempted to cave in to their demands to secure consignments, but in the present circumstances, that course can be self-defeating.

The two agencies cannot even agree whether to tackle drugs by prosecuting key offenders (the crime squad strategy) or by seizing consignments anywhere in the world without prosecuting (the Customs choice).

The market for its expansion is big, however – there are over 25,000 consignments stores in the U.S., 40percentt of which are addressable, based on Snobswap's interest in high-end items.

The consignment in 1965 of the hangman's noose to the penal history museum was, by any standards, a monumental event.

Michael's opened in 1954 and was among the first consignment stores in the US.

I AM a habitué of vintage-clothes shops, and while on vacation here recently, I checked out Sherry's YesterDaze Vintage, a consignment shop in the Seminole Heights neighborhood that a friend had recommended.