Sentence examples for portion of business from inspiring English sources

I think it's high time the government genuinely localised at least a portion of business rates.

This means that the firm is among those that can compete for a specified portion of business awarded by the state or city.

Mr. Sata's populist rhetoric over the years had called for routing these foreign investors and specifically suggested expelling the Chinese, who not only make up a sizable portion of business owners in Lusaka, but also own much of the copper mining industry, which is among Zambia's most lucrative natural resources.

They absorb a minimal portion of business cycle variation since our measure of cyclicality is based on 3-month averages of local area unemployment.

Smaller regional brands would come along, offer better markups and sell goods on credit and take away a significant portion of business in a short span.

One can argue over whether it's sad that a non-trivial portion of business in Silicon Valley gets done this way.

Despite the inevitability of this "smart" future, today only a small portion of businesses regularly merge data and physical products.

Video marketing also appears to make up a growing portion of businesses' marketing budgets.

Federal License This license really only applies to a very small portion of businesses that are selling products or services that are highly regulated by government agencies (i.e., if you are selling firearms or offering investment advice).

Large portions of business and commerce have moved to the Web, and much of our critical infrastructure, including the electric power grid, is controlled online.

The next year, Boeing bought portions of business units of two of its suppliers to help regain control of its Dreamliner production.