Sentence examples for major purchasing from inspiring English sources

The slump in manufacturing extended its run in July to a year, but might be moving toward a rebound in coming months, a major purchasing survey suggested today.

"People of modest income are still worried about the effects of the recession, including their job security, as well as the uncertain credit market," he said, "and they are therefore not making major purchasing decisions.

IN the recent Hollywood issue of Vanity Fair, 15-year-old Hilary Duff was aptly named "The Tween Queen" for her virtual domination and definition of cool for kids in the "in-between" years -- those roughly 9-to-13-year-olds with major purchasing power who are too grown up for cartoons but not quite ready for "Gilmore Girls".

That's not that surprising when you take into account that women are the nation's chief consumers who make their families' major purchasing decisions for everything from computers to mutual funds.

Gendered roles mean that men do not spend much time in the house; however they often make major purchasing decisions for the household as a result of traditional gender power divisions.

We find that the lack of operations support for eight major purchasing initiatives in a construction company negatively affects supplier resource mobilization, resulting in poor exchange outcomes for the suppliers.

NOTE* Generally, several inquiries for a "major" purchase, like a home or auto loan are counted as "one" inquiry.

His first major purchase was Newson's Orgone chair.

For CVC, this would be the first major purchase of a financial services business.

He recommended that consumers contact their local Customs office when contemplating major purchases abroad.

It was my first major purchase, and it cost something like £4,000.