Contract
in sentence
825 examples of Contract in a sentence
Europe’s voters, thankfully still through the ballot box, are expressing their fears stemming from the economic crisis, the breakdown of the social contract, and perceived threats to national and cultural identity in the absence of coherent policies and pan-European legislation to address issues such as immigration and minority integration.
Whatever Russians think of the country’s economic malaise – GDP is expected to
contract
by 3.8% this year, while inflation could top 15% – they are assured that they would be much worse off without Putin.
Bloomberg Market magazine recently published an extensive article on the unethical practices of the largest
contract
research organization conducting some clinical trials in Florida.
With the global land area suitable for growing coffee set to
contract
by up to half by 2050, price pressures will only intensify.
In a high-growth environment, each group or individual could count on getting a lucrative
contract
or project.
The forecast errors have three potential sources: failure to recognize the time needed for economic recovery after a financial crisis; underestimation of the “fiscal multipliers” (the size of output loss owing to fiscal austerity); and neglect of the “world-trade multiplier” (the tendency for countries to drag each other down as their economies contract).
The April 2010 WEO forecast a UK annual growth rate of nearly 3% in 2012-2013; instead, GDP is likely to
contract
this year and increase by roughly 1% next year.
For example, Portugal’s GDP was expected to grow by 1% this year; in fact, it will
contract
by a stunning 3%.
In the late 1980’s, for example, then-European Commission President Jacques Delors, raising the prospect of a two-speed Europe, suggested that one or two countries might need a “different kind of marriage contract.”
I am not accusing Putin’s government of the
contract
killing of Politkovskaya.
It is this implied social
contract
that is now endangered by economic collapse.
Of course, the terms of the
contract
vary with place and time.
The global economy’s downturn increases countries’ political risk to varying degrees, depending on the severity of the shock and the nature of the implied social
contract.
Analysts also must pay attention to the nature of the implied social
contract.
Igor Yurgens, one of Russia’s most creative political analysts, has been quick to draw the moral: “the social
contract
consisted of limiting civil rights in exchange for economic well-being.
This was clearly demonstrated late last year when a South Korean consortium won a
contract
to build four nuclear reactors in the United Arab Emirates late last year, beating out the French.
Finally, employment continues to
contract
rapidly.
Exporters and importers no longer need to know one another, because they can write a
contract
that a court will enforce.
When she does, she will define her vision of, among other things, the social
contract
in America.
But with higher employment and lower inequality, challenges to the social
contract
itself are far more rare than they are elsewhere – particularly the US.
This might lead Afghanistan into a situation of no return: becoming a narco-state that drifts away from any form of rule of law and disengages itself from the fragile social
contract
with its own citizens that it has started to establish.
The new Basel III capital-adequacy ratios, the ECB’s upcoming asset-quality review and stress tests, and even the European Union’s competition rules (which force banks to
contract
credit if they receive state aid) all imply that banks will have to focus on raising capital – and thus not providing the financing needed for economic growth.
Shortly after assuming office, Macierewicz earned the nickname “Minister of National Disarmament,” when he canceled a carefully negotiated
contract
for the purchase of 50 Caracal helicopters from the manufacturer Airbus Helicopters.
You can take such a loan provided that an RFP approves such a
contract.
The concept of a “social contract” based on rights and obligations – the essential values that constitute the most important precondition for effective environmental protection – goes largely ignored.
Unlike at a firm, Uber’s relationship with its drivers does not rely on a traditional employment
contract.
Rather than being regulated by a contract, the value of labor is being subjected to the same market forces buffeting any other commodity, as services vary in price depending on supply and demand.
Again, such behavior undermines the employment
contract
as a basic social institution and makes a number of its associated features, such as annual income taxation, suboptimal.
So there is great tension everywhere between how the public, and how doctors regard a possible
contract
in the field of assisted dying.
A new “social contract” between finance and the people, through their governments, is required.
Back
Next
Related words
Social
Which
Would
Their
Under
People
Other
Economy
Could
After
About
Economic
There
First
Government
Between
While
Public
Signed
Countries
