Sentence examples for stagnant activity from inspiring English sources

"What we find is there is a lot of stagnant activity which would usually be engaged on import-export mining operations.

Mr. King, the donnish governor of the Bank of England, has been accused of presiding over the worst stagflation — a dreaded combination of stagnant economic activity and rising inflation — happening in any major developed economy.

Already the government has had to slash its growth estimate to 1.7 percent, from 2.4 percent, for this year, as consumer incomes are under pressure from high inflation, weak wage growth and stagnant economic activity.

When maize roots were exposed to low-oxygen environment due to stagnant conditions, activities of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) synthase and of ACC oxidase increased (He et al. 1996 a ) and, as a result, enhanced ethylene production induced cell death in root cortex and induced lysigenous aerenchyma formation (He et al. 1996 b ).

Since then, market conditions have deteriorated further, with investment banking activity stagnant and trading revenue under pressure from market volatility and price declines.

activity broadly stagnant, C.E.O.'s elsewhere might consider the lesson from Valeant.

The data pointing to the economic recovery is leveling off, showing weaker manufacturing activity and stagnant personal income.

Figures compiled by Ernst & Young for 2009 show that after a stagnant first half, IPO activity worldwide picked up in the second half, driven by deals in Asia and South America.

He said that the Giants looked as if they "could have benefited from some activity" in the stagnant days before facing the Vikings.

And innovation will mean that activities within the stagnant sector, like hand-delivered post, can be replaced by alternatives where productivity improvements are more likely, like texts and e-mail.Rising costs will also encourage hard thinking about whether a personal and tailored touch is needed.

"Leasing activity has been pretty stagnant over the past several years — there's no migration out to the suburbs and no new growth coming in," he said.