Example sentences of "sell at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The couple were also forced to sell at a loss , the nearby post office and general store , which were also found to be contaminated . |
| 2 | It is hardly fair to expect a widow , for instance , to sell at a discount because you ca n't find the cash to meet a fair valuation . |
| 3 | If a product fails to sell well , the company may be left with a lot of unwanted stock which it has to sell at a reduced price |
| 4 | Other competitors include Audi 's new 80 2.8E V6 and the forthcoming new Volkswagen Passat VR6 , likely to sell at a similar price . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the farmers had to sell at a controlled price and vast sums were retained by Britain , exporting cocoa for dollars . |
| 6 | And there are some properties producing rent , though not many , because the group 's business is in speculative purchases of property to sell at a profit — it 's not a property company in the sense of owning blocks of officer or flats to rent . |
| 7 | ( Care must be taken in interpreting these probit equations : note that positive because the higher the price the more likely it is that all will be sold ; is positive because as the horizon approaches one gets less fussy , and so one is more likely to sell at a lower price ; the other signs follow from similar arguments . ) |
| 8 | Suppose that a contract to sell at a given price for a specified period is , for whatever reason , advantageous to both buyers and sellers . |
| 9 | A contract is therefore concluded to sell at a price P for a set period ( the exact length of this period is of no immediate concern ) . |
| 10 | But if an entrepreneur perceives the possibility of gaining profit by offering to buy at a price attractive to sellers and by offering to sell at a price attractive to buyers , the opportunities he thus offers to the market can in principle be made available by anyone . |
| 11 | In the bond market , the Bank does not actively try to sell at a time when prices are falling ; indeed its spokesmen have often asserted that it can not sell in such conditions , that the views of investors in the short-term are predominantly extrapolative and that few will wish to buy stock when the price is falling . |
| 12 | GOODS are needed to sell at a church fete next month in Tarvin . |
| 13 | The shadow Environment Secretary , Mr Bryan Gould , maintained water was being sold at a loss . |
| 14 | The shadow Environment Secretary , Mr Bryan Gould , maintained water was being sold at a loss . |
| 15 | ‘ It is a grey area but I would say if these toys are sold at a fête or bazaar then they are being retailed . |
| 16 | These three vices are universally regarded as so detrimental to a horse , and so incurable , that if one is detected in a horse soon after it has been sold at a reputable horse auction , it is grounds for its sale to be cancelled . |
| 17 | Potential purchasers can willingly stay out of the market and owners can stay put , but lenders — and the insurance companies which share the losses — will face yet further provisions as more repossessed homes are sold at a loss . |
| 18 | Invariably such products are sold at a premium price quite unjustified by the cost of their components . |
| 19 | Except in a few cases , where the law states that a product must be sold at a fixed price ( ie all retailers must charge the same price ) , retailers can charge what they like ! |
| 20 | ) . Once inside the store , the retailer hopes , the customer will not only buy the product on offer , but also many other items , which are sold at a much higher profit . |
| 21 | Out of-date-stock Life-dated products not sold before their expiry date may have to be sold at a lower price ( or even discarded altogether ) . |
| 22 | Where an offer is made to shareholders and shares are sold at a higher price than the original offer , the compulsory bid is deemed to be revised , again ensuring that shareholders are treated equally . |
| 23 | As most of the privatisation issues are sold at a discount , there is usually a substantial capital gain to be made . |
| 24 | This is an independent , five-year parts and labour warranty , which is sold at a competitive rate . |
| 25 | Of course the cones with brand names , sold by the firms we know ( and love ) are well worth having ; often these are sold at a reduction , especially for the Show . |
| 26 | these cones can be a real bargain , since they are usually ‘ ends of line ’ from the commercial manufacturers and are sold at a very good price . |
| 27 | The cost of his travels and his books ( many of which were distributed free or sold at a subsidized price ) was heavy . |
| 28 | Rather than waste unwanted vintages they are sold at a huge discount straight from the barrel — the resulting parties are superb fun . |
| 29 | First there is the fact that when the work has become a commodity , produced to be sold at a profit , the internal calculations of any such market production lead directly to new forms of cultural control and especially cultural selection . |
| 30 | So , for example , a new fibre-tipped pen , in a range of such pens offered by a newcomer to the market , may be sold at a loss in order to draw attention to the range as a whole , and to establish a share of the total market . |