Miscellaneous

1. Personal evaluation obtained from references may not be of much value because applicants tend to list only references who are likely to say good things about them.

2. Designed by a top class international team, this product must be a winner.

3. Although pleased with the results, we still have a long way to go.

4. Considering the problem from this point of view, one notices that absence of any conventional rule specifically prohibiting nuclear weapons.

5. When asked for his views on his own job, Welch directly stated, "I love what I'm doing. I've got a terrific job."

6. Hired by General Electric in 1960, John F. Welch helped make a plastic called Noryl a market success and became general manager of GE's plastic division in 1968.

7. Many managers are reluctant to delegate simply because they want to be sure that the work gets done properly.

8. The personal service offered to customers is a major competitive weapon of small business - one that large firms try to match but often cannot.

9. Sometimes the facts about millionaires are surprising. For example, millionaires are typically middle-aged and lead quite, stable home lives.

10. Management today is under pressure from business owners, customers, employees, creditors, and competitors. Pushed and pulled by such diverse demands, some managers compromise personal ethics in their business dealings.

11. The profit earned by a business becomes the property of its owner.

12. Sport clubs wain that they are not liable if members injure themselves using their equipment.

13. When invited to clarify Mr. Powell's comments on the resolution, Mr. I loath rushed to his defence saying the attacks on Powell were unjust".

14. If permitted by state law, a branch of a foreign bank can conduct fill I -sei vice banking that includes acceptance of both foreign and domestic deposit.

15. Krishna Copy Centre is busy 14 hours a day with students creating fancy resumes, and musicians producing concert programs.

16. The more perishable the goods involved, the shorter the credit terms offered tend to be.

17. Having calculated the programme, he paid attention to possible changes.

18. The goods having been loaded, the dock workers left the port.

19. The lawsuit was doubly embarrassing for Kodak, a company that has always prided itself on technical know how, manufacturing expertise, and unshakeable profitability.

20. Exhausted from the long hike, he decided not to go to the party.

21. Without a doubt, management is one of the most exciting, challenging, and rewarding of professions.

22. Unsupervised employees will find things to do other than their assigned tasks, or they will do their jobs in an unacceptable manner.

23. Every proposed business policy should first be analysed in terms of its effect upon the company's image.

24. Telephone sales and direct selling can be successful selling methods; however, many potential customers can be annoyed by telephone sales calls.

25. Some business owners will choose to purchase off-the-shelf training programs designed by professionals for a generic audience.

26. The information obtained from database companies is not always totally accurate, and it is not cheap.

27. Satisfied, happy customers are the best form of advertising and promotion.

28. Having established acceptable criteria, buyers can proceed to look for companies that meet those criteria. Where a person looks for a business to buy depends to a large extent on the price range of the company being sought.

29. An organisation is a group of two or more people working together in a predetermined fashion to achieve a common set of goals.

30. A neighbourhood grocery store owned and operated by a husband-and-wife team is an organisation.

31. As unpopular as tobacco firms now are, they might also win a lawsuit being brought against them by the states.

32. Tolerated at the top, corruption has multiplied like malarial microbe in the human bloodstream.

33. Having found similar levels of the toxic waste outside the plant, the local government is checking the health of residents in the neighbourhood.

34. Cutting the workforce, the company improves its profitability.

35. People interested in becoming self-employed often consider the option of buying a business rather than starting their own from scratch.

36. Having signed all the necessary documents, we left to visit our first

client.

37. While demonstrating the equipment, he noticed a major design fault.

38. Outraged right-wing deputies stormed out of the chamber, demanding Mr. Jospin's resignation. Fearing damage to his carefully nurtured image of honesty and moderation, Mr. Jospin hastened to express his "regrets".

39. Being his or her own boss, the owner-manager of a small business does not need anyone's permission to adapt to change.

40. Compared to other systems of identification, fingerprinting is simple, quick and cheap, and is still the best method of proving the guilt of people involved in crimes such as burglary.

41. If a reliable employee refers a friend for a job, it is quite likely that the referred person will prove to be a valuable employee. Similarly, if the referring employee is only a marginal worker, then the person being referred should be scrutinised more closely to be sure that he or she is qualified and competent.

42. The persons forming a company are required to submit several documents to the Registrar of Companies.

43. Having been repaired, the device began to work much better.

44. A country wishing to limit its population may discourage immigration and encourage emigration.

45. Increasing concern has been expressed about the continued growth in world population.

46. If land is defined as the total surface area of the planet, including oceans, lakes and rivers, than its total quantity is fixed.

47. Clinton had at his disposal a political machine consisting of men and women honed in the most advanced techniques of modern politics.

48. Some direct marketing methods are suffering from growing criticism these days.

49. Strikes which began on Monday in Denmark have already dislocated transport. If not quickly ended, they may bring large parts of the economy to a standstill.

50. Japan's population has grown by 1 million in one year to 115.1 million, with women outnumbering men by 1.7 million.

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