Sentence examples for contracts were let from inspiring English sources

In 1925 contracts were let to private concerns.

Last year, Mr. Beame said, $68‐million in such consultant contracts were let.

And at its main factory for mobile phones in Germany, at Kamp-Lintfort, near the Ruhr region, all 2,600 workers on temporary contracts were let go.

After initial experiments, in 1894 contracts were let for work.

The design specifications were completed in February 1945, and contracts were let to build the components.

In 1973, contracts were let to build structures along the freeway between the Christina River and Edgemoor.

Almost everywhere, governments push the limits of procurement laws to ensure major contracts are let in ways that suit local policy objectives.

Much of what he said was logical in terms of the way in which contracts are let by government and the way in which technology can be used to cut overheads and staffing costs.

"Our role will be to monitor those expenditures, but also how the contracts are let to ensure that there is no corruption in the system," Mr. Neafsey added in a telephone interview last week from his temporary office in Lawrenceville.

Better that, it seems, than taking on probation contracts being let by the justice secretary, Chris Grayling, or doing work capability assessments on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

When a rail franchise or contract is let, it is a legal requirement that there must be a certificated public-sector alternative ready to pick up the pieces if it all falls apart.