Sentence examples for retained big from inspiring English sources

In total, the group won or retained big contracts worth £795m, down from £1 billion in 2009.

The government has retained big, high-profile schemes like Crossrail and High Speed 2 while ending some of the previous government's projects.

But Britain had retained big business interests.

Mr. Keator said his doctor clients were either retaining big ownership stakes, accepting much lower prices or just not retiring.

This means that the facility has to retain big cash reserves in order to achieve the same rating for itself.

It is questionable whether direct handouts are the best way to attract or retain big businesses downtown.

City officials framed the arrangement as a victory over New Jersey officials, who have been offering large packages of financial incentives to attract and retain big employers.

Herrera laments the fact he has had little time to prepare for Brazil 2014, but retains big ambitions at the World Cup.

In a statement last month, the firm dismissed as "absurd" the accusation that it compromises its standards to retain big clients.

Certainly these results reinforce how well placed Egmont is to attract and retain big brands and licenses and convert them into market leading magazines".

If that really happened, they argue, it would initially strengthen the hand of Google: only huge firms would retain big enough distribution networks, and sufficiently massive datasets, to make advertising pay at all.