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• The building society is Scotland's biggest source of finance for house building.
• The European Investment Bank would provide finance for a range of activities including regional development activity.
• The next step was to obtain finance in order to start manufacturing and selling full-sized engines.
• If you are selling a larger property, which is paid for, and buying a smaller one, then you will not have to raise finance (= obtain it )
• The appointment of a top finance executive as vice chairman suggests that finance will play a prominent role in the company's future.
• Russia's finance minister said he expects the ruble to stabilize soon.
• He is professor of finance at Wharton Business School.
• Italian state finances are about the worst of any major world economy.
• The television network hired McKinsey to conduct an overall strategic review of its structure, operations and finances.
• We discussed leasing and other forms of business finance.
• Consumer finance was easily the biggest component in new lending last year.
• The corporate finance group will act as advisers to corporate clients on such matters as strategic restructuring and mergers.
• Most European companies use only one form of debt finance — the traditional bank credit.
• If taxation is not available to cover public expenditure, governments must resort to debt finance or increases in the money supply to finance their activities.
• They fell into the trap of relying too little on equity finance and too much on bank credit.
• Their influence has spread as they have moved into the corridors of high finance and big business.
• Banks, federal credit agencies and mortgage brokers now provide the vast majority of mortgage finance to the nation's homeowners.
• The organization provides advice and guidance on personal finance.
• Agencies can become dependent on public finance and end up relying too much on the government departments who give the funds.
• The new company will be financed by a total of $200 million in equity and $300 million in bank debt.
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Other ways of raising finance include equity release on a home and flexible mortgages.
arrange/provide/offer finance for sth »The state-owned bank provides finance for buying homes.
require/need/seek finance »All of these strategies required finance.
Employment is expected to grow in finance, insurance, real estate, trade and services industries.
finance minister/director/committee »The finance director reported a 3% rise in sales.
There, he studied corporate finance and learned how to read income statements and balance sheets.
20% of the budget has been set aside to help finance the project.
be financed by/with/through »Corporate acquisitions will likely be financed through the issuance of high-yield bonds.
Financial and business terms. 2012.