Sentence examples for lost sold from inspiring English sources

State officials said they preferred the electronic system because it was simpler to administer and helped reduce fraud and abuse by eliminating the paper coupons that can be lost, sold or stolen.

Not one is ever lost, sold or even so much as coveted unlike Emmy herself, whose cuckolding of her husband with an array of fine young men is still a topic of mirth among Vienna genealogists a century later.But Mr de Waal, a noted British potter and ceramicist, is intently concerned with "how objects get handled, used and handed on".

To prevent straw buyers from selling or giving their weapons to people who would not meet the restrictions — girlfriends buying guns for gang members is a common problem, the police here say — the city requires permitted gun owners to report their weapons lost, sold or stolen.

"BYOD always brings risks, especially in the areas of breaches of the UK Data Protection Act, as it is too easy for confidential and sensitive information to end up in a personal device that may be lost, sold or taken to another employment.

The spokesman said the claim will now be studied by the Restitution Commission, a group of experts set up in 2001 to advise the government on the return of cultural property that was lost, sold or stolen after the Nazis invaded the Netherlands.

There is no information on the current status of the pre-war livestock and land (i.e. whether it was lost, sold or still in possession).

Supporting clients can cost dearly too, and not just on the trading desks — witness the millions Goldman and Deutsche Bank lost selling a large block of Vivendi Universal stock in 2002.

"One reason I like fingerprints is the inability to lose, sell or counterfeit them," he said.

QVC and HSN generate significantly more in gross margin per hour and therefore have more to lose selling programming blocks.

This has been especially apparent in the past year with HP, Dell, and even Asus creating "unique" products at a higher price to offset the cash they're losing selling $299 laptops at Wal-Mart.

More likely, perhaps, the soldiers lost or sold their lighters before heading home.