Thanks to Japanese car producers, American manufacturers learned to produce more efficiently and competitively.

It is in a country s interest to lower its import barriers so that it has cheaper access to goods and services that it cannot produce competitively.

For example, the US wage insurance program is confined to manufacturing workers over age 50 who are in competitively vulnerable industries and are deemed by the Secretary of Labor to have nontransferable skills.

When Americans paid 120 per barrel, Europeans paid only about 76 per barrel.

Salaries are paid in local currency while allowances are paid in US dollars.

Layla paid Sami.

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In most developing countries, financial service providers are not yet in a position to use modern credit risk management techniques to assess borrowers' risk and thus competitively provide capital, particularly trade finance, to enterprises.

I paid in coin.

Tom paid Mary back.

I'm paid by the day.

I'm paid by the day.

I paid him five dollars.

I paid for the tickets.

Tom paid for the tickets.

Layla's hard work paid off.

Layla paid attention to nothing.

Sami paid with his life.

Sami paid attention to Layla.

Sami paid that 160 dollars.

Sami paid all that money.

Sami paid some extra money.

This consistency has paid off.

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And public private partnerships between drug developers, basic researchers, and patient groups that share information pre competitively (that is, with no or limited patent filings) are an increasingly popular way to translate scientific findings into potentially meaningful clinical benefits.

b The total amount available for grants was paid in 1997 (US 23,850), and no new contributions were paid.

Have you paid your phone bill?

All of this effort paid off.

Their success has paid off handsomely.

And Abraham who paid his debt

And Abraham who paid his debt

Benefits are paid directly to individuals.

Demobilized combatants will receive a safety net package of approximately 940 with 25 per cent paid upon demobilization, 25 per cent paid 45 days later and the remainder paid 90 days after demobilization.

SW Yeah, he paid. He paid his life for this, and that is why he is great and we'll remember him.

One of these claims competes with a previously paid category C claim the others compete with previously paid category D claims.

The gang leader always got paid, OK?

I paid 1,500 yen for this dictionary.

He paid no attention to my warning.

He paid no attention to my advice.

She paid the dressmaker for her dress.

I haven't paid for the tickets yet.

How much do you want be paid?

They preferred to be paid without working.

The strategy appears to have paid off.