Sentence examples for lines of trade from inspiring English sources

From very early times, and in many lines of trade, buyers and sellers have found it advantageous to enter into contracts termed futures contracts calling for delivery of a commodity at a later date.

A group leader contacts a politician and offers to sell a "vote bank" for money and goodies-in-kind, such as saris, booze or cricket sets.So much illicit money is usually diverted to election spending that the flow of cash almost dries up in some lines of trade, such as the construction industry.

The world's most enthusiastic jailer had 1.96m of the population under lock and key at the end of 2001, some 25,000 up on a year before, and 4.66m people on probation or parole.A group of big international banks promised to maintain their "general level of business" with Brazil but stopped short of promising to restore the lines of trade credit that were cut during recent financial-market turmoil.

The film does come alive in a couple of scenes, which are precisely the ones extended to a length to enable a bit of dramatic interaction, and allow for more than a couple of lines of traded dialogue.

The FCA said its investigation involved a team of up to 30 people trawling through more than 110,000 lines of trading data, more than 700,000 phone communications and more than 10m emails and instant messages.

Kevin P. Gallagher, a professor of international relations at Boston University who studies trade and investment policy, said Mr. Azevêdo faced "a tall order" in restoring Doha to the front line of trade discussions.

Now, a line of trading desks packed with power to run monitors and computers has been turned into a workbench covered in motherboards, testing equipment and touch displays.

A line of trading cards was also released.

For one thing, China's leaders have taken a hard line on trade of late, imposing fresh tariffs on imported poultry and sport-utility vehicles.

But bad though the effects of the crisis are, shippers know the cost of being on the front lines of global trade, uniquely exposed to economic storms.

In August, officials at the Salamabad trade center received an order from the Indian Ministry of Finance that only goods made in the Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir should be brought into the Indian Trade Facilitation Center as part of the cross-Line of Control trade.