They point to the difficulties which some carers experience in getting help from informal sources with particular forms of disability, especially for people with severe mental infirmity and incontinence.

We can interview Copies as an informal source of information, to guide an investigation, but nothing they say will stand up in court.

According to certain informal sources, Riker's persuasion had been based on more than just his debating skills.

Ideas and companies in the embryonic stage rely on informal sources of income - family and friends.

Sources may include literature, informal sources such as aboriginal residents, resource users, and/or environmental experts.

For every instructor's formal lecture, there would be dozens of informal sources, inside the Academy and out.

Referrals mostly come from informal sources (e.g. family, friends, word of mouth, self).

More importantly, since micro-credit represents only one source of loans, some reduction on the dependence on informal sources like moneylenders and family friends was noted.

This represents a significant improvement on the borrowing terms as informal sources were reported to charge interest rates of above 36 percent, sometimes even up to 200 percent for short-term loans.

Studies show that about 80% of the care and support that older people receive comes from informal sources, particularly family members.