Sentence examples for contemplating a purchase from inspiring English sources
Charles and David Koch are no longer contemplating a purchase of the Tribune Company's chain of newspapers, a spokeswoman for the billionaire industrialists said on Thursday.
On a July 2008 call, Mr. Gupta told Mr. Rajaratnam that the bank's board was contemplating a purchase of Wachovia or the American International Group.
What do you say to an investor who either owns or is contemplating a purchase of a stock like Yahoo, for instance?
More broadly, spending on durable goods tends to be much more volatile than spending on nondurables and services, because all that is needed to induce a surge in durables spending is something that pushes consumers from merely contemplating a purchase to actually making a purchase.
She points out that the vocabulary of real estate ads is "flirty, seductive, a come-on" ("Prewar Beauty," "Light & Lovely on West End Avenue"), and that buyers use similar language in contemplating a purchase: they talk about making "an offer" -- a proposal -- for a property or wanting "to see it again".
But you probably are contemplating a future purchase even as you read this: You know that you can trade your boring van for a two-door roadster as soon as you haul the youngest child to college next fall, and the SUV will reach a point of questionable reliability by the end of next summer.
There's a widow contemplating a house purchase who is trying to understand the benefits she's paid, the tax implications, and how to budget so the benefits and resources left by her husband will sustain her and their children for the long term.
For the cynics who consider this to be the same old binge-spending at a different checkout, and those who point out that contemplating a non-essential purchase will be an impossibility for many after a VAT hike, it's worth then considering some fresh qualitative research from the Craft Council, which assesses the social contribution made by makers.
TalkTalk, worth £3.1bn, can't contemplate a £9bn purchase.
Contemplating a barbecue?
But responder is already contemplating a slam.
