Sentence examples for obtaining business from inspiring English sources

A. We usually frame it in the context of obtaining business with a sense of urgency.

Before making these payments, according to the attorney general, Carlyle/Riverstone had only limited success in obtaining business from the New York State pension fund.

A sum of £29.5m was now due to be paid to the Tanzanian people – "the victims of this way of obtaining business", said the judge.

"I made these phone calls with the understanding that my efforts on behalf of these people could assist them in obtaining business from these government agencies.

Most companies that are seriously interested in obtaining "business intelligence" about their customers gather information from multiple channels -- including the Internet, offline transactions and the call center -- to retain customers, not attract new ones.

Rodman ended up obtaining business from one of them and was the sole underwriter of a $10 million offering that proved to be a poor investment for Rodman's customers.

Then, as now, the company had a strict rule against making illegal payments to obtain business.

Since Austria joined the European Union in 1995, young artists have been taking advantage of government incentives to obtain business licenses.

It is concerned a Howden subsidiary in an emerging market may have been embroiled in "irregular payments" to obtain business.

The United States attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, said Mr. Davis had lied before a grand jury, which was investigating whether the insurance plan executives made kickbacks to union officials to obtain business.

Federal regulators have cautioned that such upfront payments might be construed as illegal kickbacks if they were used to obtain business.