Example sentences of "goods and [noun pl] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from prisons , Howard 's abiding interest was in the prevention and treatment of contagious diseases and his later visits to hospitals and lazarettos ( port-side institutions where suspect goods and personnel could be quarantined ) were just as important to him as his continuing battle against gaol fever . |
| 2 | The fundamental weakness of this approach is that it relies to some extent on the researchers ' imagination as to what the future may hold , particularly about what new goods and services might emerge , either directly from the new technology or simply because its higher productivity may give consumers greater spending power and so create demands for hitherto undreamed-of goods and services . |
| 3 | Although the demand for other goods and services may increase at the same time , this does not immediately help the obsolete ship-builders . |
| 4 | Goods and services may be purchased because they " fit " these particular motivations . |
| 5 | Finally , there is the criticism that cash limits tend to ignore the fact that specific volumes of goods and services may be required to meet specific needs . |
| 6 | Economists are interested in the economy 's reactions to such changes because society 's ability to purchase goods and services may be affected . |
| 7 | A study in West Germany in 1978 said that , with a 30 per cent shortfall in supplies of the metal over a full year the country 's output of goods and services would fall by a quarter . |
| 8 | index to be constructed : for example , if a consumer price index is required , then a basket of all kinds of consumer goods and services would have to be selected ; if a food price index is required , then a basket of all kinds of foodstuffs would be selected ; and so on . |
| 9 | A pure capitalist economic system would be one in which property was privately owned , so that all goods and services would be produced by private enterprise in response to economic incentives . |
| 10 | A pure socialist economic system , by contrast , would be one in which all property was publicly owned so that all goods and services would be produced by state enterprises and in response to political priorities . |
| 11 | Trade in goods and services would , similarly , be a two-way flow in all categories . |
| 12 | In such a free market , goods and services would be efficiently allocated . |
| 13 | The total supply of goods and services would rise . |
| 14 | The second , ‘ tailor-making ’ , definition relies on whether the tax is sensitive to the particular ( economic ) characteristics of the taxpayer , so in this definition sales taxes of varying rates on different goods and services would be indirect , i.e. independent of who is the buyer or seller . |
| 15 | Since , in equilibrium , the aggregate demand for goods and services will be equal to the rate of national income ( which measures the total value of goods and services produced in the economy over a given time period ) , we can expect a direct relationship between the aggregate demand for labour and the rate of national income . |
| 16 | The particular approach to consumer contracts for the supply of goods and services will be discussed in detail in Chapter 5 . |
| 17 | Ken Smith believes all goods and services should be available free of charge . |
| 18 | For equilibrium , we require that the aggregate demand for the economy 's goods and services should be just equal to the total value of goods and services produced . |
| 19 | The people who manufacture and sell goods and services must want their custom and must understand its value . |
| 20 | goods and services must be available in the future — wars and national crises result in a flight from money into non-perishable foodstuffs , cigarettes , fuel , etc . |
| 21 | And the enterprises that supply them with goods and services can make a similar claim ; and so on . |
| 22 | A draft Treasury Order to be published later this year will set out in more detail which agricultural goods and activities will be covered . |