How To Use Procure In A Sentence

This proposed procurement is a continuation of an existing contractual agreement for the developed prototype NASA Student Ambassadors Virtual Community (NSAVC) web site. ... Curious Virtual Community Procurement - NASA Watch
Upon these, and along the walls, which in most castles were topped by a parapet and a kind of embrasure called crennels, the defenders of the castle were stationed during a siege, and from thence discharged arrows, darts, stones, and every kind of annoyance they could procure, upon their enemies. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)
Delvile, by which her own goodness proved the source of her defamation: and though something still hung upon her mind that destroyed that firm confidence she had hitherto felt in the friendship of Mr Monckton, she held it utterly unjust to condemn him without proof, which she was not more unable to procure, than to satisfy herself with any reason why so perfidiously he should calumniate her. Cecilia
Further development of reversible clothing and equipment covers will reduce the logistics burden, increase mission flexibility and reduce procurement costs.
Her longings grew more varied and virulent with each passing year: raw pig meat, Hawaiian pineapples infeasible to procure in revolutionary Cuba, chewing tobacco, cockscomb stew. The Lady Matador’s Hotel

This is procured by mixing massicot, or Naples yellow, with a small quantity of realgar, and a very little Spanish white. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets
So without a substantial increase in arms and equipment procurement the Armed Forces defense capabilities could decline considerably.
And I stand here to-day, sir, to say that with an exception, of which I shall soon speak, _to procure such a lawful investigation of the authority under which they claimed to act, was the part I took in that day's proceedings, and the only part_. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time
As this is is an inclusive service, the fee also covers the procurements of gifts to the happy couple.
John Hales, clerk of the hanaper, a learned and able man, and, like all who espoused this party, a zealous protestant, had written, and secretly circulated, a book in defence of the claims of the lady Catherine, and he had also procured opinions of foreign lawyers in favor of the validity of her marriage. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
Inasmuch as the defence needs only to secure the vote of one juryman to procure a disagreement, this offer is a comparatively safe one for the defendant to make, since the prosecutor, who must secure unanimity on the part of the jury (at least in New York State), can afford to take no chances of letting an incompetent or otherwise unfit talesman slip into the box. Courts and Criminals
They proved that fungi can be identified in virtually all patients with chronic rhinosinusitis if meticulous, painstaking efforts are taken to procure samples.
Vegetables and bread, when they indulged in such luxuries, and even fresh water, was to be procured from the main land, which was about five miles distant. Chapter 19
Article 4 The municipal people's government shall enact standards for the materials and services that the government procures according to the principle of economy.
Web based tender system to source, award and manage the total procurement process. Leverages supply and demand, through reverse auction, ensuring that goods are bought at the best possible price.
The bloodhounds, known as the seducer, the libertine, the procurer, are upon her track; she is trembling on the frightful brink of the abyss. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics
Tea was steeped, cakes and cookies presented, comfortable seats procured for the triplet to lounge in.
The essentials were, first, to be certain Schuyler was going to advance in the general direction of Montreal; second, to procure the necessary batteaux for the ascent of the rivers; and, third, to find an able man to lead the expedition. Washington
Typically, public agencies have to secure competitive bids for any procurement contract over a set amount-say, $ 5, 000.
He also hopes that Taiwan will open up the market for foreign contractors in public procurement projects.
This budget abandons all hope of reforming wasteful military procurement and distorts America's priorities at home and abroad.
Another mode of making a springe, which is a capital plan for catching almost any bird, whether it be a percher or a runner, is this: Procure an elastic wand (hazel or osier makes the best) of about 3 ft. 6 in. long, to the top of which tie a piece of twisted horsehair about 3 in. in length; to the free end attach a little piece of wood of 2 in. in length, by the middle, cutting one end to an obtuse point, flattened on the top and underneath. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling a
We watched their clandestine purchasing and procurement network very carefully.
Has Mr Reece not heard of the Procurement Directive (97/52/EC) with its many additions and corrigenda? What does it take?
After much yardage of "feel-good" waffle, EurActive gets down to brass tacks on regulatory issues, telling us that Witney, "…does not believe a change of the overall situation for European defence procurement can be achieved with 'dirigiste' measures from Brussels that members states are not comfortable with. White man speak with forked tongue
It is'Where does the earth procure the food? The Times Literary Supplement
On one shoulder was fixed the painted figure of an owl; and he bore in the right hand his pastoral staff, and in the left a small mirror having a handle to it, thus resembling a celebrated jester, whose adventures, translated into English, were whilom extremely popular, and which may still be procured in black letter, for about one sterling pound per leaf. The Abbot
We shall get thee out of the army, appoint thee to the police bureau, and procure for thee an inspectorship of customs; and, in fine, allow thee to move in a better sphere than that in which The Memoires of Barry Lyndon
When he was four years old, I quarrelled with the English nurse who had attended upon him, and about whom my wife had been so jealous, and procured for him a French gouvernante, who had lived with families of the first quality in The Memoires of Barry Lyndon
Hot water plates are very convenient, and easily procured at any large china shop; but if they cannot be found, put the hot plate containing the chop over a bowl of boiling water, and cover with a hot saucer, fold a napkin around the baked potato, and you can carry the tray containing the dinner through cold halls and up staircases and it will arrive at your patient's room _hot. Making Good on Private Duty
My dictionary defines a bribe as ‘Money or other inducement offered to procure action in favour of the giver’, so bribe it is.
Of course, EU competition cases aren't confined just to subsidy cases, there are lots of actions involving mergers and acquisitions and also public procurement.
Public procurement laws also need urgent reform to prevent graft and corruption.
Many more organ donors, however, are available than are being assessed through existing organ procurement efforts.
Each medicinal plant was procured in 3 batches obtained during the summer, rainy season, and winter, respectively.
This amount is in addition to the 243 billion annual public procurement budget. Times, Sunday Times
Support staff for the IT department such as procurement are also likely to be offshored.
Shope virus in vitro and reimplanted in the animals from which they had been procured, their cells, on proliferating anew, exhibited the mongrel aspect indicative of viral influence, and their malignancy was also greatly enhanced. Peyton Rous - Nobel Lecture
On our premises, without exception, they are condemned to remain exploited with the hands of the procurers.
For the convenience of customers to purchase products, effectively reducing procurement costs, save time, and in particular has opened up a group clients (that is, large customer sales section.
On this occasion I moved him to procure us a firmaun for trade with A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
Roberts meant a lot to a vast audience of Pentecostals, those believers ridiculed - by atheists, agnostics and mainstream religions alike - as backwater snake charmers, poor, uneducated serfs lucky to scrape up enough money to pay the rent on the shack and procure "vittles" for Sunday dinner. Lonestartimes.com
This is in part due to the efficient procurement of resources by many schools as well as a drop in prices of individual units. Computing
A woman might well conceal her condition for four or five months and procure an abortion, at the actual climax of which the abortionist might be prudently absent.
The man was charged with using the Internet to procure a child under 16, using the Internet to expose a child to indecent material and possession of tainted property relating to computers.
He procured girls of 16 and 17 to be mistresses for his influential friends.
On the other hand, maybe these sessions were merely held to procure media coverage for the issue, in order to affect the election.
From thence I propose to move to the neck of Williams - burgh, which is represented as healthy, and where some subsist - ence may be procured; and keep myself unengaged from opera - tions which might interfere with your plan for the campaign, until 1 have the satisfaction of hearing from you. Memoirs of the war in the Southern department of the United States
Recently we procured another flower color type from a local dealer in horticultural plants.
The word 'disciplined' ... is conceding that there used to be a problem, he said, adding that a publicly funded procurement could benefit Bombardier, owner of Britain's last remaining train factory, because it will not have to provide guarantees on private financing. Transport for London warns against PFI deal for Crossrail
The revised notice says "The purpose of this modification is to revise the minimum number of Soyuz seats which maybe procured from a minimum of 18 seats to a minimum of 3 seats. Is COTS-D Gaining Ground? - NASA Watch
It remained very difficult to procure food, fuel and other daily necessities.
Supplier" in these regulations refers to the provider or the contractor who may conclude or have concluded a procuring contract with the procurer.
Set up and execute procurement procedure base on chain store industry and needs of franchise development.
Mrs. Anne Turner was a dame somewhat of the occupation of Mrs. Suddlechop in the text; that is, half milliner half procuress, and secret agent in all manner of proceedings. The Fortunes of Nigel
The achievement of such a role requires a set of well-established system of government procurement policy, including the location, organization, implementation and coordination of policies.
Although China has laws and rules for government procurement and bidding, foreign executives said that much Olympic contracting is governed by neither.
The perjured evidence was not procured or knowingly adopted by Orion, nor was it given by someone who was part of the company's directing mind and will.
It tends to be the complex IT implementations that are badly procured or badly implemented that become visible. Computing
Imagine, then, that we are the guests of the charming wife of a successful counsel ( 'advocaat en procureur') -- Mr. Walraven, let us call him -- settled in a large and prosperous provincial town. Dutch Life in Town and Country
This notch on a stick was the Indian mode of gazetting a warrior; and a certain number of these notches was pretty certain to procure for him a sort of savage brevet, which answered his purpose quite as well as the modern mode of brevetting at Washington answers our purpose. Oak Openings
“It refers to the dissipation of your fortune to the advantage of a certain Madame Jeanrenaud, the widow of a bargemaster — or rather, to that of her son, Colonel Jeanrenaud, for whom you are said to have procured an appointment, to have exhausted your influence with the King, and at last to have extended such protection as secures him a good marriage. The Commission in Lunacy
We all know that sort of transaction: the squabbling, and gobbling, and popping of champagne; the smell of musk and lobster-salad; the dowagers chumping away at plates of raised pie; the young lassies nibbling at little titbits, which the dexterous young gentlemen procure. Mrs. Perkins's Ball
They are reported to have a substantial budget for the procurement of military supplies.
This same motif of the observing procuress appears in one of the prints in the notorious series of pornographic designs by Giulio illustrating various positions of copulation between men and women.
The principal production of this palm is the toddy, which is procured in the same manner as from other palms, or in the following mode: one of the spatae or shoot of fructification is, on the first appearance of fruit, beaten for three successive days with a small stick, with a view of determining the sap to the wounded part. North Coast Culture
In the American Civil War, textile shortages again hampered the Quartermaster Department's efforts to procure tentage.
It carries out more testing and evaluation of defence products and works with governments on the procurement process. Times, Sunday Times
The industry's strategy is to adhere to the facts and procure accurate information from third party experts.
The payment of kickbacks to mid-level and senior bureaucrats is necessary for firms to win government procurement contracts in many parts of the world.
Vida was a known dabbler in the black arts, but also a procuress for Mr. Prince.
The otto which exists in the santal-wood is readily procured by distillation; 1 cwt. of good wood will yield about The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants
One girl indentured in the early 1980s reported that her mother was tricked by Han procurers who had promised a waitressing job.
-- Rolland, I think, was the founder of these modern Franciscans, and with this miserable affectation he machinated the death of the King, and, during some months, procured for himself the exclusive direction of the government. A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Part II., 1793 Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners
The KMT legislature blocked Taiwan's military procurements during the Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) years, and thus ensured Taiwan's long-term defenselessness against China. Taipei Times
He cancelled expensive procurement programmes for fighter planes and aircraft carriers. Times, Sunday Times
Thanks to e-procurement, the turnaround time for approving purchase requisitions is down from 2 weeks to 24 hours.
Dominating U.S. military UAV procurement in 2009 will be the Global Hawk high-altitude, high-endurance UAV, and the Predator reconnaissance and attack UAV.
It also proposed a new and transparent procurement process to help rivals to enter the industry. Times, Sunday Times
Ideas such as a centralised IT procurement look good in theory, but often founder when faced with the scale and complexity of the organisation. Times, Sunday Times
It beggars belief that they are calling for spending cuts when many businesses stand to suffer from cuts in public procurement. Times, Sunday Times
Sir, — Your being personally present in this sever sea - son which we know stroungly impresses your mind with a scene of their suffering circumstances, therefor having no doupt of your humanity to relieve them, and justis to hear their complaints when founded on justis and reason, gives us, the commanding officers of the regiments in the 3 1 * and 4 th brigades, to lay the complaints of the soldiers to the officers of the scantity of their present alowance of their provision under the heavey fatigue this garrison is now subject to, which is more sever than at any other time, in hailing provisions, forage and material for the barracks over and above the supply of wood for the garrison and ourselves; and the beef being thin and not any vegetables at this season to be procured as in time pass. Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Tuesday will see the resumption of the court-martialling of Gen Fonseka on charges of unlawful political involvement while in uniform and of irregular procurement practices. BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
The contract is for the engineering, procurement, construction and offshore installation, hook-up and commissioning of the satellite platform.
The book is out of print and difficult to procure.
Il est toutefois encore disponible puisque comme Timulus, meme si indiqué SOLD OUT chez le fabricant, j'ai reussi a me le procurer. Pinku-tk Diary Entry
As products and materials are procured , a value-added inventory flow is initiated that ultimately results in ownership transfer of finished products to customers.
The meat they'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger.
Government is notoriously lousy at procurement deals with business. Times, Sunday Times
In the Sixties record shops operated as music boutiques, equipped with several listening booths further to facilitate the procurement of happening sounds.
He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
He also procured over $1,000 worth of safety equipment for shop personnel (fire extinguishers, face shields, ear plugs, eyewash solution, and other housekeeping items).
( "Barham-Sevier") to acquire a crosstie procurement business that includes land and equipment for an undisclosed purchase price. Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
PECOS Internet Procurement Manager (PECOS. ipm) is a complete e-procurement solution that supports automation of the procurement process from supplier discovery to financial settlement. Purchasing - Top Stories
The government therefore has frozen rice procurement price at the 2002 level of Rs 6.10 for a kilogram of rice paddy.
There is procurement cost-cutting taking place and production efficiencies are being tackled.
Meanwhile the land forces of the Peloponnesians who were with the Chians and of the allies on the spot, moved alongshore for Clazomenae and Cuma, under the command of Eualas, a Spartan; while the fleet under Diniadas, one of the Perioeci, first sailed up to Methymna and caused it to revolt, and, leaving four ships there, with the rest procured the revolt of Mitylene. The History of the Peloponnesian War
The contract is for the engineering, procurement, construction and offshore installation, hook-up and commissioning of the satellite platform.
And, he said just before DePuyt said goodbye to the TV audience, "If you really want to see cronyism, look at the lottery contract" -- a reference to the well-politicked procurement that the council long refused to approve. Fenty pledges to 'change some things' in TV debate
Both of these countries have wealthy white landowners whose procurement of the land was with duress against the indigenous people.
Hence, these items are either procured from the nearest "kirana" store or from the nearby "small vendors" at a higher frequency in a week. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
Sooner or later the procureur général is going to demand a decision from him. DISPLACED PERSON
Deidre A. Lee, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has served as the A.sociate A.ministrator for Procurement at the National A.ronautics and Space A.ministration since March 1993. Deidre Lee Named Administrator For Federal Procurement
But when you try to make American-style cheesecake in France, you quickly run into a procurement hurdle: neither cream cheese or graham crackers are readily available.
When he reached twelve his father cut short his education and procured him a naval cadetship in March 1800.
One practice entails tethering cormorants by the neck, pulling them back to the boat after they successfully procure fish, then extracting the fish from the bird.
Howard was effectively acting as a procurer, as a pimp.
The root is then reduced to a pulp, by rubbing it up and down a kind of rasp, made as follows: -- A piece of board, about 3 in. wide, and 12 ft. long, is procured, upon which some coarse twine, made of the fibres of the cocoa nut husk, is tightly and regularly wound, and which affords an admirable substitute for a coarse rasp. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 572, October 20, 1832
Many private companies had pinned their hopes on broking houses to procure business for them from the corporate segment.
During our stay in the Sound, we were plentifully supplied with fish, procured from the natives at a very easy rate; and, besides the vegetables our own gardens afforded, we found every where plenty of scurvy grass and cellery, which I caused to be dressed every day for all hands. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14
Have market information and supplier development, optimize wholesale channels, reduce procurement costs, the organization to supplier investigation, evaluation and management.
The bill did include more rigorous punishment for procurers and for the clients of under-age prostitutes, and a reduction in penalties for adult prostitutes.
Deranged, self serving, sexually driven and yet likeable Wayne Ogden is our unscrupulous procurer and criminal ready to triumph with his blackmail schemes and the like. Carole Mallory: Review: The Adjustment by Scott Phillips
In 2007, the government launched a procurement for card account services. Computing
They procured a copy of the report for us.
It remained very difficult to procure food, fuel and other daily necessities.
I have been so haunted by diabolical deceptions in this matter, that what do I know but that the devil may assume the form of this rustical juvenal, in order to procure me farther vexation? — The Monastery
She reached into the diminutive pocket located near the bodice of her wrapper, and procured a set of metallic keys hanging from a rather large gold ring.
There are at least three reports each year of procurers kidnapping maids off the street and forcing them into prostitution.
Foreign Office papers showed they were egging on the Libyans and the Scots like a procuress in some ghastly 16th century painting, trying to drag a poor innocent girl into a young buck's bed. Sir Gus O'Donnell pleases all parties on Lockerbie bomber | Simon Hoggart's sketch
Français · Mexique: La nomination très contestée d'Arturo Chávez comme procureur général Global Voices in English » Mexico: Protests Against Nomination of Arturo Chávez for Attorney General
The figures of slave importations on the eve of the American Civil War bear this out - an expansion of the trade was the only way to procure more slaves.
Some suggestions for improvement of e - procurement in Chinese apparel enterprises are given.
I congratulate all those involved; at the shipbuilder, at the Defence Procurement Agency and associated organisations.
In particular, the central character, Sari Arany (which we can accept as a translatuion convention: in Hungarian she would have been Arany Sari) is a fascinating figure, developing from introspective teenager to being the village midwife, registrar and procurer of poison. Three Who audiobooks
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. George Washington
A charge very clearly made out against Peytel, is that of dishonesty; he procured from the notary of whom he bought his place an acquittance in full, whereas there were 15,000 francs owing, as we have seen. The Paris Sketch Book
Very well, madam," Kelson said, carefully concealing a smile, "here is what you want -- wear it next your heart;" and he gave her a locket, containing a magnes microcosmi charged with the essence of life of a leper, which he had procured at considerable risk and expense. The Sorcery Club
He procured me employment as butler or pantryman with Mr. Horace Williams, of East Hartford. Struggles for Freedom; or The Life of James Watkins, Formerly a Slave in Maryland, U. S.; in Which is Detailed a Graphic Account of His Extraordinary Escape from Slavery, Notices of the Fugitive Slave Law, the Sentiments of American Divines on the Subject
Inbound4010850_to_OrderFile.btm is the map that converts the purchase order message from Procurement System into a format expected by Order System. Site Home
Reductions would affect especially artillery and anti-tank weapons, while procurement of naval vessels would be slowed.
In an effort to procure tickets, I called All Sport Promotions, which has a fine record in promoting sports tours such as the recent match in Bahrain.
He commenced preaching, and the people appeared to receive the word gladly, and when he had gained about fifty converts who were ready to be baptised which ceremony he was not authorised to perform by the Virginia law, he procured the services of Preacher Bowles, and he baptised them. Biography of London Ferrill, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Colored Persons, Lexington, KY.
It is not without a certain degree of romantic pride that I look back and know that the first expenses of my son's life were defrayed from the price of that first creation of my brain; and before that child was two years old, I had procured for my husband, – (for the husband who has lately overwhelmed me, my sons, and his dead patron with slander, rather than yield a miserable annuity) – a place worth a thousand a year; the arduous duty of which consisted in attending three days in the week, for five hours, to hear causes tried in the simplest forms of law. English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century
The commissary, a commissioned officer, handled food procurement and, like the quartermaster, on many questions answered directly to his superiors in the national capital rather than to the army commander.
The alternative is that procurement policy will continue to be tested literally under fire. Times, Sunday Times
I affirm, comprehends the whole nature of a law precisely considered; and as for the annexion of punishments to the violation, or of rewards to the performance of it, they are not of the precise intrinsic nature and obligation of a law, but are added only as appendages to strengthen it, and procure a more certain awe to it and performance of it: forasmuch as man will be more likely not to transgress a law, being under the fear of a declared punishment for so doing, and to perform it upon a persuasion of a sure promised reward for such a performance, than if neither of these were added to it. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. IV.
He sells a nonbreakable pocket comb for 25 cents that he procures from his vendor for eight cents. THE NEWS BLOG
The Met has filed a public sector procurement notice detailing its plans. Times, Sunday Times
All subjects had participated in an earlier experiment in which they pecked at black and white symbols to procure food rewards.
Witness the current status of Palin, the right-wing's best procurer of unhappy wing nuts. Authorities report rise in threats against members of Congress
One of my classmates procured an excellent bottle of sweet Champagne, and after two or three glasses of this, I downed a double shot of absinth.
He is gone but his good deeds as a procurer of justice will let his spirit live on forever. Anthony Papa: The Passing of a Drug Reform Hero: Retired Judge Jerome Marks
He walked to the rounded crown of the hill, he procured a metal box from his backpack, unhooking it from a solar battery, and set it down on the earth.
NB in publicly procured schemes this rate is set by the Treasury.
It is also likely to look at that the role government procurement can play in helping to boost manufacturing. Times, Sunday Times
The OECD defines "aid tying" as when "the procurement of the goods or services involved in ODA is limited to the donor country or to a group of countries".
Second, in doing so, we create short term opportunities for our businesses to help facilitate that participation through procurement opportunities. Michael Likosky: Geithner and the Post-WWII Utopian Vision
But I heartily agree with your supposition on information technologies 'impact on efficiency, e.g. in procurement and logistics or gov't stats on the economy (a poll as it were), particularly in regard to Coase and organisational program size complexity. Policy in a Fog, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Then the procureur comes to the regrettable conclusion that there is not a case that would stand up in court. DISPLACED PERSON
Je jubile interieurement car c pas la galere qui s'est fait discrete pour se le procurer celui-ci! Pinku-tk Diary Entry
In 2006 he was embroiled in the cash for honours scandal after being made a Labour life peer and minister for defence procurement. Times, Sunday Times
Some of the other issues complained of were the dilapidated state of their palaces, late remittance of chiefs' allowances and failure by Government to procure uniforms for chiefs retainers.
Efforts were made at home to procure for him the position of Secretary of Legation in London, which drew from him the remark, when they came to his knowledge, that he did not like to have his name hackneyed about among the office-seekers in Washington. Washington Irving
Reductions would affect especially artillery and anti-tank weapons, while procurement of naval vessels would be slowed.
This training system uses the scenario management to present the primary activities of procurement process in SAP, and feedback users their operation effects with help window on-demand.
So a conspiracy consisting of my brother Louis and Owen, our local chemist was entered into - Owen to supply the strychnine and Louis to procure from the butcher little gobbets of beef.
Uninterested, I thumbed through the seemly ancient pages until a title procured my attention. Archive 2009-06-01
Modesty or Pudor required in all your actions: This is the Virtue I shall labour to describe, which description I hope will be sufficient to direct you towards the acquisition of that agreeable deportment, which hath the power to concilate and procure the applause & affection of all sorts of people. The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex
Military procurement is a technical issue about which I know very little.
The depths of poverty make the area easy pickings for brothel agents, or Aunties, as the procurers of young girls are known locally.
Start by firing most of the wankers in procurement, and I mean firing as in out on the range. Cheeseburger Gothic » Prepping for Pucka.
If drugs are procured on the open market, the price increase can soar one thousand-fold.
He then took me into his laboratory, and explained to me the uses of his various machines; instructing me as to what I ought to procure, and promising me the use of his own when I should have advanced far enough in the science not to derange their mechanism. Chapter 3
This was no other than poor Jack Butts, who is a sort of small artist and picture-dealer by profession, and was a dayboy at Slaughter House when we were there, and very serviceable in bringing in sausages, pots of pickles, and other articles of merchandise, which we could not otherwise procure. Men's Wives
The rapid fielding initiative, for example, expedites procurement to provide better equipment where and when soldiers need it.
When officers investigated they discovered that she was working at a bar in South Pattaya and acting as a procurer for the sexual services of her eight-year-old daughter.
Robert Bruce had great veneration for Fillan, and on the eve of the battle of Bannockburn in 1314, having procured a relic of the saint to have with his army, he ".... past the remanent of the nicht in his prayaris with gud esperance of victorie. 01/01/2003 - 02/01/2003
As the first steps towards the execution of this honest scheme, he had subjected Aurelia to the superintendency and direction of an old duenna, who had been formerly the procuress of his pleasures; and hired a new set of servants, who were given to understand, at their first admission, that the young lady was disordered in her brain. The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
I remember speaking to a woman who was a prison officer "looking after" hindley. she told me about the "beautifull" gay marriage of 2 inmates where hindley was a bridegroom! what a picture of a woman who procured children for rape, torture and death now being a bridegroom at a gay wedding in a prison .... do gooders are ruining the society they live in by rewarding and comforting scum like hindley - and in this case fritzl who in life is a really nasty, weak, pathetic and pointless individual ... footnote: - Elisabeth is so traumatised by the torture she was subjected to by her pointless "father" that she cant yet be interviewed about her "life" in a cellar. New Statesman
They which tarried, when they were gone, considering partly on the reasons alleadged by Titus, and partly terrified by his latest speeches; became induced, to like well of his alliance and amitie, as (with common consent) they concluded: that it was much better to accept Titus as their kinsman (seeing Gisippus had made manifest refusall thereof) than to lose the kinred of the one, and procure the hatred of the other. The Decameron
Accordingly, while Chips and Sails again undertook to climb the cliff and procure some bananas for breakfast, Cunningham and I, accompanied by the boatswain -- who seemed, after a good night's rest, to be little the worse for the happenings of the previous day -- agreed to wade off and board the wreck, with the view of securing such weapons and ammunition as were come-at-able, and had not been spoiled by sea water. Turned Adrift
Business owners that team or subcontract to procure federal contracts are far more likely to win those dollars. Shortcuts On How To Increase Your Bottom Line With Government Contracts
Internet-based procurement now puts foreign suppliers on almost equal footing as domestic suppliers.
But the company is considering resuming operations at its Ogawa, Tochigi and Hamamatsu plants, which make parts for four-wheeled vehicles sometime this week, depending on the status of parts procurement, the Honda spokeswoman said. Toyota, Honda Delay Plant Restarts to Weekend
It remained very difficult to procure food, fuel and other daily necessities.
Principles of equity, protecting home industries, directional procurement and reciprocity should be implemented for the choice of suppliers.
Public sector procurement policy, or the lack of one, was an important factor. Times, Sunday Times
The commissary, a commissioned officer, handled food procurement and, like the quartermaster, on many questions answered directly to his superiors in the national capital rather than to the army commander.
About two or three inches from the thick end of the arrow Guapo wrapped lightly around the shaft some strands of the soft silky cotton, which he had procured from the pods of the great "ceiba," or silk-cotton tree, already mentioned. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
Writing to Egbert, Archbishop of York, of whose bibliomaniacal character and fine library we have yet to speak, Boniface thanks that illustrious collector for the choice volumes he had kindly sent him, and further entreats Egbert to procure for him transcripts of the smaller works Bibliomania in the Middle Ages
Apart from forest controls, colonial regulations sharply circumscribed elephant hunting and ivory procurement at the turn of the century.
He walked to the rounded crown of the hill, he procured a metal box from his backpack, unhooking it from a solar battery, and set it down on the earth.
In this circumstance of their possessing a one-celled heart, and colder and darker blood, they approach to the state of fish; which thus appear not to acquire so much oxygen by their gills from the water as terrestrial animals do by their lungs from the atmosphere; whence it may be concluded that the gills of fish do not decompose the water which passes through them, and which contains so much more oxygen than the air, but that they only procure a small quantity of oxygen from the air which is diffused in the water; which also is further confirmed by an experiment with the air-pump, as fish soon die when put in a glass of water into the exhausted receiver, which they would not do if their gills had power to decompose the water and obtain the oxygen from it. Note V
China is not one of the 40 signatories to the "plurilateral" Government Procurement Agreement. U.S. Spends, China Benefits
MPV is a modified Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) equipment procured against an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) and replaces the MAMBA vehicle fleet of the mine protected vehicles. The wheels on the truck go round and round…
He returned briefly to the Commonwealth's service, but retired when the Restoration became inevitable and procured a royal pardon.
The second delivers a special exemption for footballers, making it easier for them to procure work permits. Times, Sunday Times
Remember, the poor F-22 was a really great JOBS program — only cost $2.5 million per worker per year, to create those great well-pensioned comfortable middle class $75-100k a year line and management and procurement jobs … Matthew Yglesias » Stingy Law Enforcement
[5] this maxim is as true as ever fell from poetical pen & there has more morality distilled from the waters of Helicon [6] than ever was procured from the withered skulls of metaphysicians or Philosophers. Letter 51
The functions of the Board are to regulate and control the procurement of goods, services and works for the Government and parastatal bodies, local authorities and other public institutions.
The Railway Procurement Agency has independent sureties and bonds for the trams valued at €8 million.
Whoever secretly overhears, or attempts secretly to overhear or to have any other person overhear the deliberations of a jury by use of a device commonly known as a dictograph or dictaphone, or however otherwise described, or by any similar device or arrangement with intent to procure any information relative to the conduct of such jury or any of its members, shall be punished by im - prisonment for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or both. Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
The issue of technology is becoming the forefront of American procurement and acquisition issues.
Chouake bemoaned just one Senator as being unmalleable - Virginia Senator Jim Webb - though they successfully procured 491 meetings with other members of Congress during the campaign. Jewish-American PAC Boasts of Instigating War With Iran
Typically, public agencies have to secure competitive bids for any procurement contract over a set amount-say, $ 5, 000.
Another procurer is awaiting trial in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu accused of selling 200 women.
This is seen as a key change in defence procurement and is likely to set the standard in future. Times, Sunday Times
We can use the intervening few years to make our markets more competitive, procurement more transparent and foreign investment much easier.
With an introduction from John Hodgman about the cash cow industry of satire, McSweeney’s aims its new book at the intellectual crowd as jokes and humor are procured at the expense of classic works and authors revered in collegiate halls. 2010 March 10 « The BookBanter Blog

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