Sentence examples for low settlements from inspiring English sources

This leads to very low settlements, for two reasons.

Along with the thefts, prosecutors accused the lawyers of agreeing to low settlements for their clients so that they could speedily resolve cases and get cash.

"The concern is you're going to have people essentially being taken advantage of because they have economic straits — they get quick, low settlements and out of economic necessity take them, but in the long run they are not better off," said Stephen J. Herman, a New Orleans lawyer who serves as a liaison between plaintiffs' lawyers and the federal judge handling cases against BP.

In fact, studies done for the Texas Department of Insurance found that businesses facing lawsuits became more aggressive because of the new laws, making low settlement offers or refusing to negotiate.

In 2003, for example, he refused to approve what he saw as a low settlement the S.E.C. had negotiated with WorldCom, the phone company that collapsed in an $11 billion accounting fraud.

The early Bronze Age (3770 3060 cal. yr BP) is characterized by low settlement activity.

The whole episode, including the low settlement, left a sour taste in the mouths of many investors.

During low settlement periods, SMURFs performed better than light-traps in assessing the daily input of new settlers of two abundant taxa.

The aim of the research is to propose new settlements models, based on the development of quality rather than quantity, and tools to save, preserve and live a territory with low settlement density.

Semi-deep foundations socketed in rocks are considered to be a viable option for the foundations in the presence of heavy load imposed by high-rise structures, due to the low settlement and high bearing capacity.

"It's the low settlement amount that makes it a non-story, and makes it reasonable," Saybeck said.