Sentence examples for schemes of asking from inspiring English sources

Colin Vaines, executive vice-president of the Weinstein Company and former editor of Screen International, says similar schemes of asking people to chip in small sums have long been used to finance films (the 1997 Scottish film The Bruce, for example, offered investors the chance to appear as extras).

Companies can "offload" their pension schemes by asking insurance companies to assume the burden on their behalf; the cost of doing so varies with government-bond yields.

In order to perform a fair comparison the developers of the schemes were asked to solve a number of problems selected in view of the evaluation criteria.

It is likely, though, that the agency will turn a deaf ear to such entreaties and instead will emphasize the alleged benefits of the CARU scheme while asking for suggestions to strengthen it.

Question 13 (multiple choice) assesses the student mating scheme by asking about the gender choices of the first cross.

That plan includes making a success of the Bus Rapid Transit scheme, asking private school's to share their "excellent sporting facilities" with state schools, and not resting until the city has an Arena and two new football stadiums.

Mark Silvester's lawyer, James A. Wade, called his client "just a bagman" on the periphery of his brother's schemes and asked Judge Covello to reduce the sentence because Mr. Silvester had cooperated with investigators.

Soon the other workers in the warehouse hear of the scheme and ask Hank to put down their bets, too.

Before the newly-empowered districts and provinces could flex a muscle, the architect of the scheme asked to leave the cabinet.The former regional-autonomy minister, Ryaas Rasyid, believes the whole scheme has been botched.

Most schemes asked for a minimum length of commitment from volunteers to enable a successful volunteer-client relationship.

The trustees of the British Steel pension scheme have asked its 130,000 members to accept scaled-back retirement benefits to avoid having to use the pensions lifeboat.