Sentence examples for earnest consumer from inspiring English sources

He said the central bank would be pushed to act as the government's public spending cuts began in earnest, consumer demand remained weak and worries circulated concerning Britain's two largest trading partners, the United States and Continental Europe.

But as defaults in the commercial real estate arena begin in earnest next year — and consumers continue to feel the economy's pinch — the relative fortunes of the small fry and leviathans of finance will almost certainly converge.

Though its flaws were vastly overstated in 1993 by commentators fearful of the growing influence of game adaptations, Super Mario Bros' enduring notoriety will ensure that this new restoration appeals as keenly to ironic consumers as earnest ones.

A witty paean to white-collar loserdom in the fund-raising racket, "The Ask" describes a crisis in the life of one Milo Burke, a deeply cynical academic development officer, earnest binger on doughnuts, avid consumer of Internet porn, and devoted father and husband.

Mr. Wolf of Needham said that the concept of sexy phones equaling or superseding network quality as a selling point for consumers started in earnest in 2006.

J.& J.'s troubles with some of its consumer products began in earnest last January, when McNeil recalled millions of pill bottles after some consumers complained that they smelled like mold.

"How do we begin to tell the story that we're in the car business in earnest?" The bigger challenge may be drawing consumers into showrooms.

Whitehead deftly cloaks his cynical take on race and consumer culture in his narrator's earnest philosophizing.

"It's awfully tough to raise prices," Mr. Bernstein said, "if consumer demand starts to lag in earnest".

However, despite the spectacle that Beavan makes of this project, I was completely drawn in by his earnest approach and well-placed criticisms of American consumer culture.

(2) Major consumer brands follow suit and act in earnest.