Example sentences of "customers ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The administration would like more states to follow California 's lead in allowing electricity companies to reap profits from their customers ' investments in conservation . |
| 2 | A key factor in these companies ' success is knowing their customers ' preferences . |
| 3 | Fears of a ‘ credit crunch ’ have prompted policy changes at the Federal Reserve in recent months : the Fed has cut its benchmark interest rate four times and , a bolder move , has reduced the amount of reserves that banks are obliged to hold with it against their customers ' deposits . |
| 4 | If we were to look at the balance sheets of these other banks , we should find that their customers ' deposits had increased and that this increase was matched on the asset side by an increase in their operational balances at the Bank of England . |
| 5 | Remember , we said that increases in bank activity are likely to lead to increases in the supply of money because their liabilities , customers ' deposits , are included in official definitions of money . |
| 6 | On the assumption that there was some desired ratio of bankers ' deposits ( part of the monetary base ) to customers ' deposits below which banks would not wish to fall , then limiting the base by controlling these flows must limit the scope for deposit expansion and therefore for lending . |
| 7 | Customers ' deposits in banks and other deposit-taking institutions such as building societies are liabilities to these institutions . |
| 8 | Thus banks ' liabilities ( customers ' deposits of government payments ) and assets ( balances with the Bank of England ) have both increased by £1 billion . |
| 9 | They wanted to achieve a 40% reduction in plant labour and overhead costs , 100% quality from vendors , 100% quality through customers ' processes , 25% reduction in time to market , and 14 inventory turns per annum through ‘ just in time ’ techniques . |
| 10 | Cray Research Inc says it could sell 30 to 40 massively parallel systems in 1994 ‘ if we do things correctly ’ : Derek Robb , director of sales , told Reuter that Cray 's massively parallel systems cost several million dollars at the low end , and run up to the multi-millions ; they link together hundreds or thousands of Alpha RISC processors and in 1994 , Robb said , he ‘ could see ’ its parallel revenues reaching 25% of the Cray total ; at the very top end , customers ' budgets are now topping out at about $50m to $60m , he said , meaning the most processors it would likely offer on its T3D system is 2,048 . |
| 11 | Over the past 18 months the giant Cincinnati firm has slashed the wholesale prices of about 70% of its products and eliminated discounts to retailers in an attempt to reward customers ' loyalties with ‘ everyday low prices . ’ |
| 12 | The following graph gives a general idea of how quickly the real value of those customers ' accounts erode if they are not collected and slip down the scale to customer 5 . |
| 13 | Maximum cash amounts are then withdrawn from the customers ' accounts . |
| 14 | This is a copy of the customers ' accounts in the books of the bank . |
| 15 | The two banks then make the necessary adjustments to all their individual customers ' accounts . |
| 16 | Any member of staff who sat down at his or her desk and wept with sorrow at the pain they are constantly having to encounter in their customers ' lives , anyone who wept with frustration at their helplessness in the face of the world suffering that they perceive would be considered mentally unstable . |
| 17 | The X Business Group is organising ‘ X and Beyond , ’ a major X industry conference focused on customers ' perceptions of X and client/server computing . |
| 18 | The information stored includes names and addresses of existing and potential customers together with details of the customers ' operations and views on the customers ' credit worthiness , payment facilities , discounts , etc . |
| 19 | We know that the recent privatisation of bus services has led to escalating prices , a lowering of standards and customers ' complaints being ignored . |
| 20 | I hope that the Minister will listen carefully to the call from the Opposition and ensure that when privatisation takes place , the golden opportunity will not be missed to set up the Scottish bus passenger consultative committee , which , we hope , will examine customers ' complaints and safeguard their interests . |
| 21 | To add to customers ' problems , he said , old mainframes ca n't run new software with additional functionality . |
| 22 | By looking after customers ' interests , they built up their business . |
| 23 | Anyone who believes that the Bill goes far enough or is radical enough to satisfy customers ' interests is living in cloud cuckoo land . |
| 24 | Contrary to popular assumptions , German banks are preferred by criminals for money-laundering purposes because of their notoriously cavalier attitude towards the origins of their customers ' finances . |
| 25 | Many such wagons spent long periods hidden away in marshalling yards or being used as storage containers on customers ' premises , practices which the business-led Railfreight sector was understandably keen to eradicate . |
| 26 | Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc , Toronto says it will launch a wireless data link service enabling portable computer users with a special modem to send and receive data from airports , taxis , hotels and customers ' premises within the Rogers Cantel Mobitex cellular area . |
| 27 | These colour posters are being displayed in customers ' premises , local authorities , hospitals and schools . |
| 28 | Eleven regional electricity companies have also announced their support for the scheme , which may eventually be part funded by small surcharges on customers ' bills . |
| 29 | To better understand and service your needs , we make a special effort to answer all of our customers ' questions and to help them with any technical problems that may be related to MiLAN products . |
| 30 | A standard feature is the Personal Financial Advisor ( PFA ) , a helpful expert who is available to answer customers ' questions . |