Sentence examples for prices threw from inspiring English sources

And when falling oil prices threw the country into recession in the mid-1980s, he began buying up Riyadh property.

The strategy worked until the credit crisis – prompted by a collapse in property prices – threw a spanner in the works of the global financial system.

Fortunately for the Yankees, Price threw a fastball that Jeter smacked to left field for hit No. 2,999.

WASHINGTON 34, ILLINOIS 24 Keith Price threw for 342 yards and 2 touchdowns, Bishop Sankey ran for 208 yards and No. 19 Washington (2-0) topped Illinois (2-1) in Chicago.

And remember, BP turned itself into a global player via a bold acquisition spree in the late 1990s, when the low oil price threw up takeover opportunities.

In the past thirty-five years, there has not been a single case in which high oil prices have thrown an otherwise propulsive economy into reverse.

Last year, conversion of palm oil into fuel was a fast-growing source of demand, but in recent weeks, rising prices have thrown that business into turmoil.

A DECADE ago, Venezuela abandoned its previous policy of restricting oil output to force higher prices, and threw its state-owned oil industry open to investment by multinationals.

When they seemed to be softening to G.E.'s pitch, he did not give an inch on price, but threw in some extra services and features so the hospital's clinicians would not feel they had been second- guessed.

He shipped the Calera OCR technology, which was a PC co-processor card listing for $6,000, to blind customers for less than half that price and threw in DECtalk voice synthesizer.

The highest and lowest sets of prices were thrown out; the rest averaged.