Contracted marriages

In the US, as the financial sector soared, the manufacturing base contracted sharply.

As a result of the tsunami, the GDP contracted by about 3.6 in 2005.

Human contracted itself blind, malignant.

In 2004, 29 of these courses were contracted (PICs), as compared to 12 in 2003.

My father contracted pneumonia last month.

It is classified as either community or hospital acquired depending on where the patient contracted the infection.

In 1924 at age 27, Rodgers contracted tuberculosis.

According to the BBC News, 255,000 people on Réunion had contracted the disease as of 26 April 2006.

The fees vary for each of the managers contracted.

Vedeneyev contracted tuberculosis but received no proper medical treatment.

There was no shortage of privately contracted surveillance and wiretapping.

For UNFPA, large spending was not contracted through other agencies and 4.8 per cent of the procurement value of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) was contracted through another organization.

At the age of 15, Harmaja contracted the lung disease tuberculosis.

Marriage is contracted on the mutual desire of the prospective spouses.

As Spain s tradable goods sector contracted in response to the expansion in Germany, it could respond in one of only three ways.

Emetine was reported as successful in cases in early 20th century with British soldiers who contracted Blastocystis infection while serving in Egypt.

In Egypt s case, the crucial tourist sector contracted sharply after the revolution.

Real GDP contracted by 5.7 , and unemployment rose by 4.9 percentage points.

At least 38 US states now host FDI projects from China, and competition for Chinese investment has intensified as states budgets have contracted.

The proof, it is often argued, is that external deficits have contracted substantially.

In the few industries that contracted in China, the US has gained employment.

Member States were therefore duty bound to honour the financial obligations so contracted.

Philip Nowlan and the syndicate John F. Dille Company, later known as the National Newspaper Syndicate, contracted to adapt the story into a comic strip.

A Geneva based consultancy, MANNET, was subsequently contracted to carry out an independent study.

During 2002, gross production of electricity contracted by 1.4 per cent, falling from 121,139,700 kWh as at 31 December 2001 to 119,466,000 kWh by end 2002.

The economy contracted in 2012, and wages declined, despite increases in Germany and some northern countries.

In June two women were contracted for a period of nine months to compile the Report.

UNICEF will ensure that existing programme assets (including its own staff and staff from partner and contracted agencies, in addition to equipment and supplies) are made available as appropriate.

The Spanish economy contracted by 3.6 in 2009, and is expected to shrink by 0.4 this year.

The weapons producer Krauss Maffei Wegmann was contracted to deliver 270 of its Leopard 2 A7 tanks.

The number of staff supervised has also increased from one to seven, with approximately six consultants contracted.

Nonetheless, the Government received only 6,164,750 on the sale of 679,086 tons, or 626,120 less than contracted.

The buyer, located in Michigan, contracted to buy scrap metal from the seller's recycling operation in Ontario.

I witnessed random acts of violence, contracted malaria and had close encounters with lions, elephants, crocodiles and snakes.

In 1914, before the war, the British government had contracted with the company for oil for the navy.

(v) A specification of what will be done by the State's own staff, and what will be contracted for

The region s economies have contracted, owing to a sharp drop in tourism revenues and disruptions of production and trade.

Respiratory syncytial virus is typically contracted when people touch contaminated objects and then they touch their eyes or nose.

Cases diagnosed in Italy and Spain were believed to be acquired abroad, with one case possibly contracted in Colombia.

Henry Priestley died 11 December 1795, possibly of malaria which he may have contracted after landing at New York.

Since this time private firms have increasingly been contracted to provide critical support to ADF units deployed outside Australia.

Across cultures, stereotypes remain that people living with HIV AIDS contracted the disease through some sort of deviant activity.

In addition, UNDP contracted a consulting firm, through competitive bidding, to review control issues in the internal control framework.

UNOPS is adhering to the requirements that personnel contracted under such agreements provide medical certificates before contracts are renewed.