Example sentences of "[to-vb] or sell " in BNC.

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1 A LETS system is a group of people agreeing to acquire or sell goods and services using a notional currency instead of the equivalent in ‘ real ’ money .
2 Advertise the requirements of clients and contacts who may wish to acquire or sell through the NEWSFLASH system .
3 These factors can affect consumer demand , types of product developed , the services offered and choice of business to acquire or sell .
4 Since the track authority needs this information to access the capacity and other related constraints on the system , it is best placed to provide or sell timetable information nationally , regionally or at an individual service level .
5 The judge also said that Brenda had no protection from the 1906 Dog Act which allows the police to destroy or sell a dog after seven days .
6 Although Allied have been working steadily to free or sell their required quota of pubs under government rules , few of the disposals have come from the 700-plus London estate of Taylor Walker .
7 This bearish tactic does not work as well as in a stock market , for art works are widely dispersed , and decisions to buy or sell may be thoroughly unpredictable .
8 No miller was allowed to buy or sell grain or flour except surplus toll corn until after the reign of Elizabeth I and although the influence of the soke began to wane during the seventeenth century , toll-in-kind was not replaced by a monetary charge until an act of 1796 .
9 Each contract covers the right to buy or sell 1,000 Dixons shares at a given price in the future .
10 Should an instrument come with an option attached allowing investors to buy or sell at particular prices ?
11 There is plenty of choice for the investor who wants to dispense with a broker 's advice and simply issue specific instructions to buy or sell shares and deal with settlement .
12 For a business to buy or sell goods within the Community without incurring EC VAT , the seller must obtain his customer 's VAT number .
13 Central banks agreed to buy or sell unlimited amounts of currency at points 1 per cent either side of their established par values , although the mere fact that they were prepared and willing to do this was often sufficient to limit the extent to which they had to intervene in practice .
14 The parity grid arrangement is similar in its operation to the snake in that absolute intervention points are set for each member currency against every other at which central banks are obliged to buy or sell their own currencies .
15 A person deals in securities , whether as principal or agent , if he buys , sells , or agrees to buy or sell any securities .
16 Therefore , without express authority by deed , a partner is unable to buy or sell land , or execute a legal mortgage on behalf of the partnership .
17 For information that affects the share price of only a few companies ( unsystematic information ) , traders will probably choose to buy or sell individual shares ( or their options ) rather than index futures because the movement in the index will be very much smaller than that in the share prices of the affected companies .
18 Generally , however , anyone wishing to buy or sell listed shares will want to do so at the best price obtainable and for that purpose to use the facilities of The Stock Exchange instead of himself seeking out a willing counterparty .
19 This often proves difficult , however , because of the way in which daily transactions between government and public affect bankers ' balances , causing banks to buy or sell bills to replenish their cash balances and thus to affect their yield .
20 The rationale for this quantity rule is that it implies that no agents are forced to buy or sell quantities in excess of their wishes , so the rule preserves the principle of voluntary exchange .
21 Modern telephone technology is such that it is already technically possible for people to use touch tone phones from the comfort and privacy of their own homes to buy or sell shares at any time of the day or night — BSL already operates a night shift — and it will not be that long before Vine-Lott will be able to offer such a service .
22 These confer the right — but not the obligation — to buy or sell the foreign currency required at a pre-determined rate .
23 a definition of the concept of a valuation , using such wording as : ‘ Fair market value is defined as the price at which shares would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller , neither being under compulsion to buy or sell , and both having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts and market conditions at the time . ’ ;
24 For this purpose ‘ dealing ’ means buying , selling or agreeing to buy or sell shares through a recognised Stock Exchange or an off market dealer .
25 are we dealing with those who either own the shares or have full authority to buy or sell ?
26 Each option contract consists of the rights to buy or sell 1,000 of the underlying shares .
27 An option is a contract that gives its holder the right , but not the obligation , to buy or sell a specific quantity of a specific quality of a specific asset at a specific price ( the " exercise price " or " strike price " ) on or before a specific day ( the settlement day ) .
28 Traditional options are contracts written by stock exchange market makers entitling their clients to buy or sell quoted shares in some stock in the future at a price fixed at the time the option contract is purchased .
29 They must maintain a permanent presence in the pit at all times , provide continuous bid-ask quotes on the strike prices traded and be committed to buy or sell on request up to 20 contracts based upon current displayed prices .
30 In contrast , Stephen Timewell , mayor of Taunton in 1682 – 3 , a man who prided himself as having " tamed these stubborn Fanatics " during his term in office , nevertheless found that he too had to " leave off my shop trade , for ever since I have done these things not one of a hundred comes near me to buy or sell and they make it their business to persuade people not to come near me " .
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