Sentence examples for may inflate its from inspiring English sources

This approach may inflate its predictive value.

The company's shares have fallen 56percentthis yearar, erasing $65 billion in shareholder value, on concerns that it uses aggressive accounting practices and may have inflated its profits.

This week, the drumbeat of investor discontent with the company accelerated as the company disclosed that the Securities and Exchange Commission had begun an investigation into accounting practices at AOL that may have inflated its past revenue.

Investors have anxiously awaited Mr. Parsons' decision to put his signature and personal liability behind AOL's accounting in part because of fears that AOL may have inflated its revenue in the period preceding shareholder approval of its acquisition of Time Warner in June 2000.

Although this may inflate the sample size, it would not lead to extended periods of maintained selectivity.

Although this may inflate the PMI score slightly, it more accurately reflects the effective shape of the snout.

At hearings Richard Schrader, its deputy commissioner, testified that chandelier bidding may inflate prices by snaring "unwitting bidders into thinking that they are competing with other potential purchasers".

Having a contest finalist may inflate the school's superintendant's ego but it does little to improve science education.

It has been posited that patients may inflate their reported satisfaction with medical services due to fear that negative feedback could result in services being lost [ 55].

You may inflate the minimum asking price so you can discount it some while negotiating with a potential buyer.

A drawback of this comparison may be underreporting of MDS as it is a newly reportable disease which may inflate the risk ratio comparison.