Sentence examples for firm to adjust from inspiring English sources

If Citigroup ignores the vote, the bank could face a number of pressures that may subsequently force the financial firm to adjust the compensation of its chief, Vikram S. Pandit, above, and other executives anyway.

Another might be to encourage new DB schemes by letting firms copy the "conditional indexation" used in the Netherlands, which allows a firm to adjust pension rights according to how well its pension fund is doing.

In this case, keeping the projects separate allows each firm to adjust its leverage more adequately than in the joint operation case.

For example, such an exercise might suggest that a sharp change in asset prices would not only affect the value of a particular firm's holdings but also impair liquidity in key markets, with adverse consequences for the ability of the firm to adjust its risk positions or obtain funding.

We have the benefit of being nimble as a smaller firm, to adjust course and capitalize on new, innovative and cost-effective ways of delivering legal services as a trusted advisor to our clients.

Just-in-time inventory management had enabled firms to adjust stocks more judiciously.

Although a weaker currency will eventually increase exports and discourage imports, it takes a while for firms to adjust.

The sanctions will be implemented after a warning period of 120 days to allow firms to adjust and review their dealings with Tehran.

"The addition of Bruce and John is particularly exciting now, with the challenges in the U.S. and global marketplaces and the need for major law firms to adjust rapidly to change," said Richard A. Rosenbaum, president of Greenberg Traurig, in a statement at the time.

Finally, the RBA notes that our industrial relations system is more flexible than in the past and that "greater labour market flexibility may be allowing firms to adjust hours rather than heads by more than usual".

Because the extent of the slowdown was not anticipated by businesses, it induced some backup in inventories, despite the more advanced just-in-time technologies that have in recent years enabled firms to adjust production levels more rapidly to changes in demand.