Sentence examples for of tier from inspiring English sources

"It is in the bottom half of tier one, isn't it?

Officially, the big banks have some ¥23 trillion of "tier one", or core, capital.

In fact, UK banks are actually top of the pops in terms of tier 1 capital ratios:.

Only tier one (the highest) is externally audited, says James Cronin, CTO of tier one-compliant e-commerce platform provider Venda.

Reflecting the tactics of tier one operatives, it's possible to join up with a friend to take on the maps together.

All the theaters were built on the same basic model of tier upon shallow U-shaped tier of seating, rising over a bare wooden-floored orchestra section.

Typically, their ratios of tier-one capital to risk-weighted assets exceed 10% (see chart).

Their shareholdings as a percentage of tier-one capital range from just below 50% to above 60% (see chart).

Last year China Construction Bank shoved aside America's JPMorgan Chase to become second largest in terms of tier-one capital.

Deferred taxes, which will not materialise unless banks start making profits, make up about half of big banks' ¥17 trillion of tier-one capital.

Regulators, taking the market's lead, have come to prize common stock over other forms of "tier-one" capital, such as preferred stock.