"sales" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Although diamond sales have soared in the last year, De Beers's profitability has not.
- Ms. Gordon also said the move came when diamond sales by rebels from Angola were substantially lower.
- The diamond sales have paid for a guerrilla war there.
- Belgium issued new rules governing diamond sales on March 4, but the report had been largely written by then.
- With an estimated $3 billion in legal diamond sales, he built Unita into a highly mobile war machine with 35,000 well-armed troops.
- "The world looked the other way in Angola for most of the 1990's, while revenues from diamond sales were used to butcher innocent civilians," he said.
- Last month, the council voted to ban diamond sales from the country until a certification system is put into place by the government.
- "But we have had nice increases in diamond sales, especially in larger single stones," he said.
- The Bush administration, however, has sought to water down international inspection and certification measures, preferring to deal with illegal diamond sales on a case-by-case basis.
- "They wanted to do a proper sales agreement," he said, "and they were also looking for an advance against future diamond sales."
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