Sentence examples for purchase of items from inspiring English sources

Mr. Barrio said that he had found irregularities, including overpricing and the purchase of items that had not been ordered as well as improper down payments.

If food stamps are not used for purchase of sugar-sweetened beverages, they can be used for purchase of items with nutritional value.

Increasingly, nonprofit experts are beginning to question one of the fastest-growing sectors of giving, the practice of building a donation into the purchase of items as varied as fine jewelry and Always feminine products.

Another project announced two weeks ago would give homeowners a $10 or $20 coupon toward the purchase of items from the LIPA catalog if they buy an energy efficient air-conditioner.

Rebate Coupons/Water Efficient Technologies to encourage the purchase of items that help reduce water use: pool covers to reduce evaporation; rain sensors to cut garden watering when it rains; drip-irrigation systems; low-flow toilets….

He also used the plan to finance the purchase of items including $2,900 worth of coat hangers, a $17,100 traveling toilette box, and a $445 pin cushion, according to the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

New Yorkers, meanwhile, are still bound to pay sales tax on the purchases of items that they use in the state — regardless of where the purchases are made, said Thomas Bergin, a spokesman for the Taxation Department.

The CIT Group, which finances purchases of items like aircraft and trains, agreed to buy the GATX Corporation's technology-leasing unit for about $200 million in cash and undisclosed debt to lease more computer equipment.

The airlines will form a new United States-based company to create and operate a Web site to handle some $32 billion in annual purchases of items like fuel and fuel services, airframe, avionics and engine components and maintenance services.

Under the law, businesses will be required to report purchases of items like office equipment, food and bottled water, gasoline, lumber and plumbing supplies if payments to any vendor in the course of a year total at least $600.

Economists suggest the same forces now pushing the economy into a downward spiral must be reversed; housing prices must level off, stock markets stabilize and consumers — now deferring purchases of items like cars and appliances — must start to replace older models.