Sentence examples for fair instead of from inspiring English sources

A shoestring catch in the outfield that was not made or a line drive that was fair instead of foul will present challenges.

"We tried to break away from what had become a formula of a lot of rooms filled with one-artist exhibitions that often resembled a commercial art fair instead of museum exhibitions," Ms. Sussman said.

He is tweaking the free-for-all flea market setup of the Tokyo fair: instead of 1,000 or so ad hoc participants selling work, Geisai Miami will have 20 jury-selected artists culled from thousands of online applicants who hope to become the next Shiro-A, a group that made its debut at Geisai No. 7 in 2005, then quickly bagged a spot at the Venice Biennale.

Now many fear the investment will go directly into the pockets of the corporations involved in the fair, instead of benefiting their recession struck country.

So if one spouse has significantly poorer credit, it could put you in a different credit range (i.e. "fair" instead of "good"), and give you higher interest rates.

"People hate it, saying, 'Wait a minute, you are not negotiating.' I say, look, I came up with what's fair instead of you starting here and them starting there.

Buffett credits his partner, Charlie Munger, for moving him toward buying "wonderful companies at fair prices instead of fair companies at wonderful prices". Picking the right business to buy, says Buffett, involves finding a company with durable competitive advantage that is surrounded by an enduring "moat"—a quality that makes it almost impossible for a competitor to overtake it.

The other is selling stocks when they reach "fair value" instead of waiting until they complete a period of outperformance.

Companies may choose to adjust the prepaid-compensation account to fair value instead of the paid-in capital option account.

In cities such as Hamburg, locals have organised so-called "FAIRteilung" protest marches with the motto: "Fair distribution instead of ghettos".

That means charging suspects and bringing them to open and fair trials instead of Kafkaesque secret commissions and punishment without charge.