Sentence examples for purchases has been from inspiring English sources

Criticism of the current round of bond purchases has been more muted, but nonetheless evident.

But since then, the slowdown in such purchases has been a drag on G.D.P. and employment growth.

But there's a price to pay when he learns that one of his prized purchases has been destroyed during transport.

The decline in new-car purchases has been so steep that the average life of a car on the road today is at a historic high.

But its economic impact, like those of the Fed's earlier asset purchases, has been muted by the inability of many businesses and consumers to obtain loans.

The same cannot be said for the contents of "The Obama Nation," by Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D., which, thanks to bulk purchases, has been the No. 1 New York Times best-seller for three weeks.

But its purchases have been intermittent and begrudging.

The implication, they said, is that the purchases had been suppressing those rates.

Some purchases have been relatively small by the standards of commercial real estate.

More than 7.6m background checks for gun purchases have been performed in January, February and March.

But their purchases have been confined to about 50 of the better-known companies.