Sentence examples for gain contract from inspiring English sources

With the October gain, contract signings are 18.3 percent above June's index, which was at the lowest level since the private group began tracking signed contracts in 2001.

Critics say the legislation encourages workers not to pay union dues (but still gain contract benefits through them), weakens unions and tends to drive down wages.

The City Charter, the board said, is explicit in conflict-of-interest rules, however, and states: "No public servant shall use or attempt to use his or her position as a public servant to obtain any financial gain, contract, license, privilege or other private or personal advantage, direct or indirect, for the public servant or any person or firm associated with the public servant".

The civic groups contend that the deal violates a provision of the City Charter, which says that a mayor cannot "use or attempt to use his or her position as a public servant to obtain any financial gain, contract, license, privilege or other private or personal advantage, direct or indirect, for the public servant".

In fact, they say, it is tacitly supported by Beijing, and includes forcing foreigners to disclose their technology in order to gain contracts.

It is on the lookout for acquisitions, and is keeping an eye on further opportunities to gain contracts from the collapsed Connaught group, as well as monitoring the activities of privately owned rivals.

Had Pepsi not been pushing hard to gain contracts in universities in the mid-90's, it's unlikely that students would have focused on the company's practices abroad.

Alstom, the French engineering giant, acknowledged on Tuesday that some employees had been questioned recently by French and Swiss investigators looking into accusations that the company paid hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to gain contracts in Asia and South America from 1995 to 2003.

However, there is a potential risk that they will not gain contracts with other banks in the future.

Cresson also was criticized for helping a French friend with dubious qualifications gain contracts to work for DGXII and, later, the EU's Joint Research Centre.

Despite their negative impact on teacher quality and stability, third-party agencies continue to gain contracts with schools around China.