Sentence examples for severe business from inspiring English sources

"A strong yen and severe business environment could make companies more hesitant to invest," it said.

"A strong yen and severe business environment could make companies more hesitant to invest".

The country was thus able to weather a severe business downturn that crippled national economies across Southeast Asia in 1998.

Not to do so, she said, "would be a very severe business issue in terms of the existing economics of their newspapers, their revenues".

Four men vamp through a dance with shopping carts and are replaced on stage by a phalanx of women in severe business suits who rise, fall and writhe interminably.

It did not change Nomura's BBB+ rating, but advised the bank to reduce expenses "to an adequate level in this severe business environment, as a substantial recovery in earnings is unlikely".

It was a pretty serious business, severe and theoretical: Joseph Kosuth's "One and Three Chairs," an iconic early example, consists of a folding chair placed against a wall, a photograph of the same chair on the wall to one side of it, and a dictionary definition of "chair," enlarged and hung on the wall to the other side.

Lucent has been losing billions of dollars each year and has cut about 75percentt of its work force because of a severe industry slump and serious business missteps.

The move raised concerns that the impact of Wall Street's turmoil will be severe on business profits and the wider economy.

The economic impact of Sept. 11 appears to be even more severe than business leaders predicted in November, according to an updated report commissioned by the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce.

Selling prices have remained resilient (though as expected some downward pressure is now being seen in the Severe Service business) and low-cost sourcing initiatives and value engineering programs have reduced material prices by 5% year-to-date.