Sentence examples for surprise provisions from inspiring English sources

The true financial performance of the firm is not easy to pin down, not least due to frequent surprise provisions in its accounts.There are also restrictions on individual shareholdings, although this week Mr Turner said these did not amount to a barrier to being taken over.

Meanwhile, conservation groups are fighting some proposed H.C.P.'s by enlisting scientists to challenge the no-surprises provisions.

The Accenture vote was no surprise; similar provisions have been killed or weakened over the last two years.

The bank made a loss in the third quarter of 2013 of £440m, largely because of a surprise £750m provision for PPI mis-selling, which took the total bill for Lloyds to more than £8bn.

High street banks were under intense pressure to give up their fight against paying out claims for mis-selling payment protection insurance, after Lloyds Banking Group's surprise £3.2bn provision to cover claims by millions of customers.

But even he was surprised the provision had led to so many heirs using the property as rentals.

There, to their surprise, they found provisions that civil defense types had stockpiled some 50 years ago, items like medical supplies, water drums and drugs.

Also tucked into the 107-page mearere are several Senate procedural changes intended to curb a practice that has become more common in recent years: adding surprise, last-minute provisions to bills.

Banks have been hit by the surprise announcement of extra provisions by Royal Bank of Scotland, down 8.7p at 252.2p.

That's no surprise since the tax provisions are nearly identical except for slightly different changes in the medical expense deduction.

Part of the goal is ensuring that lending countries know their loans can be repaid while ensuring that receiving countries are not surprised by hidden contract provisions.