Sentence examples for firm negative from inspiring English sources

The answer is a firm negative.

"Do you believe in reincarnation?" he asks his big brother hopefully, and on receiving a firm negative in response, "stopped listening to what Alex was saying and wrote his name using risotto to stop himself crying".

By using a LAL assay (see Methods), we have obtained a firm negative results (<0.125 EU/ml) on the presence of a significant level of LPS in our [BF/S+L/Ep] extract fraction.

In our investigation we found the expression of FOXG1 strikingly in contrast with the expression of MECP2 in the brain, but we could not get firm negative correlation for this observation of discordance in expression.

As a benchmark, Table 11 shows the (biased) OLS estimates for the three countries, which reveals the same patterns as for micro firms: negative correlations in Spain and positive correlations in France and the UK.

And it is also well below the overvaluation of 40.3percentt, in June 1998, when the ratio was 29.8 and the firm went negative on the market.

When I asked William Shawn, The New Yorker's editor, if he would approve and underwrite the project, his response was firm and negative.

Last month, Fitch, a credit-rating agency, downgraded the outlook for the triple-A rated firm to "negative", citing Mr Buffett's age as the main reason.

A Goldman spokesman said the firm's negative bets didn't keep it from suffering losses on its mortgage assets, taking $1.7 billion in write-downs on them in 2008; but he would not say how much the bank had since earned on its short positions, which former Goldman workers say will be far more lucrative over time.

Since two of its hedge funds collapsed in June, Bear Stearns and Mr. Cayne have become the public face of the plunging debt markets — a point that was underscored on Friday when Standard & Poor's changed its outlook for the firm to negative from stable.

Fitch, a rating agency, reduced the outlook for the AAA-rated firm to negative in April, giving as its main reason Berkshire's heavy reliance on Mr Buffett.Mr Buffett is anxious to perpetuate Berkshire's "culture and character" by peopling its board with like-minded folk.