(n.) A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
Example Sentences:
(1) Howard Archer of consultancy IHS Global Insight said: "Given the dominant role of the services sector in the economy, the steady growth in May reported by the purchasing managers is welcome news and supports hopes that it can avoid further contraction in the second quarter."
(2) 10.34pm BST Rays 2 - Red Sox 8, bottom of the 6th David Ortiz leads off the inning against Chris Archer, still in the game, he grounds into the Maddon shift.
(3) Archer said he was sticking to his view that house prices would see "solid but limited increases" in 2013, but admitted "there is a growing possibility that … house prices could surprise on the upside over the second half of in 2013".
(4) In 1998, when Jeffrey Archer's son, James, and his trader friends, known as the Flaming Ferraris, took a stretch limo to their bank's Christmas party, the Sunday Telegraph could barely contain itself.
(5) Archer, which Reed originally pitched to the FX channel as "James Bond meets Arrested Development" takes this premise – the comedy of displacement activity – and runs with it.
(6) "It is premature to call the all-clear on the jobs front, despite recently improved economic activity and the overall resilience of the labour market through the economy's travails," said Howard Archer, economist at IHS Global Insight.
(7) Two right-handed archers presented with posterior instability of the shoulder.
(8) Large-scale demonstrations of low-carbon vehicles, smart energy grids and green buildings received £25m of the money, with £13m going to a high-performance computing facility called Archer.
(9) Howard Archer, UK economist at IHS Global Insight, said the construction sector is exhibiting "marked sustainable improvement following extended, deep weakness".
(10) "Pressure for accelerated fiscal tightening in the UK is being maintained by countries across the eurozone stepping up their austerity measures in reaction to the region's sovereign debt crisis," Archer added.
(11) Howard Archer of IHS Global Insight said: "While the further pick-up in UK car sales in October was clearly driven primarily by the scrappage scheme and a desire to beat January's VAT hike, it may also be a sign that a significant number of consumers have greater scope and willingness to step up their discretionary spending.
(12) This was the tragedy that established Bridge Farm as the most woebegone of Archers homesteads.
(13) Continued harsh lending criteria means many would-be buyers are finding it difficult to secure a mortgage unless they have a large deposit, said Archer.
(14) 7 | John Archer’s death Facebook Twitter Pinterest Sam Barriscale as John Archer in 1990.
(15) Their second album slumped in the charts, guitarist Gem Archer fractured his skull , and Liam Gallagher split with his wife, Nicole Appleton.
(16) "Latest mortgage data and survey evidence suggest that housing market activity has – at least temporarily – lost momentum recently," said Howard Archer, economist at IHS Global Insight.
(17) Archer also said China had its eye on the global EV market, as well as on cutting its own air pollution crisis.
(18) These results are very similar to those reported by Pancoast and Archer (1989) who found remarkable stability in the MMPI scale scores of normal adult samples across 40 years.
(19) Howard Archer of IHS Global Insight said: “The strong suspicion is that housing market activity will be pressurised in the immediate term by a combination of weakened interest from the buy-to-let and second home sectors as well as heightened concerns and uncertainties over the UK economic outlook, particularly in the run-up to June’s referendum on EU membership.
(20) She's also a fan of the BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers.
Sheaf
Definition:
(n.) A sheave.
(n.) A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
(n.) Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four.
(v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
(v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
Example Sentences:
(1) Buy what you love, there is no guarantee you will make money from it,” warns Sheaf.
(2) They consist of cylinders of cytoplasm (about 550 A in diameter) arranged in sheafs within cisterns of the endoplasmic reticulum.
(3) "Ms Kanelli got up first ... hitting him unprovoked in the face with a sheaf of documents," it said.
(4) Birefringent needlelike crystals in rosette or wheat-sheaf-like arrangements were found in pulmonary cytology specimens from 11 of 65 patients who had either sputum cultures positive for Aspergillus or histologically confirmed pulmonary aspergilloma.
(5) His press officer watches attentively, holding a clipboard and a thick sheaf of documents.
(6) Auction houses have taken enormous strides to make it accessible for everybody.” You can view upcoming sales online and visit the auction house to talk to experts, Sheaf says.
(7) President Ghani is an impressive technocrat with a worked-out sheaf of projects for social and economic renewal.
(8) We conclude that the presence of birefringent needlelike crystals with rosette or wheat-sheaf-like arrangements in pulmonary cytology specimens is a reliable marker for the presence of Aspergillus infection, which may be detected before cultures are positive or a fungus ball is evident on X ray.
(9) Vaz, waving a sheaf of printed emails about cases referred to him by other MPs, revealed that he had texted the home secretary on Saturday to resolve a problem facing one of his constituents.
(10) Since 2009, the attorneys at the Justice Department’s pardon office have received more than 30,000 applications, each a hefty sheaf of facts, claims, counterclaims and technicalities.
(11) She is juggling a sheaf of worries about her children; some pressing, others less immediate but more disturbing to a mother.
(12) All you would need to convert them from homebrew approximations to the actual stuff is a factory, a skilled workforce, some raw materials and a sheaf of legal certifications.
(13) And second, it presents her as a professional woman writer; there are pens on the table, a sheaf of paper.
(14) Just because a coin is old, it doesn’t make it valuable.” ■ Art and antiques Investing in art and antiques might sound daunting, but Colin Sheaf, chairman of Bonhams UK and Asai, says things have changed.
(15) A clearer and less destructive treaty than the text that emerged would be a sheaf of blank paper, which every negotiating party solemnly sits down to sign.
(16) Come on kids ... [Film of the Sex Pistols in action is shown; then back to Grundy] Grundy: I am told that that group [hits his knee with sheaf of papers] have received £40,000 from a record company.
(17) Rather like the run that had the culture secretary state clearly at last year’s Edinburgh TV festival he had no plans to privatise Channel 4, only for a civil servant from his department to be photographed not long after with a sheaf of papers outlining the logistics of embarking on such a move.
(18) The round Mongolian structure has a gaily painted red door and sheafs of herbs hanging from the ceiling.
(19) McConnell cites a sheaf of shocking statistics: 28% of UK children (3.5 million) live in poverty; one in four eats crisps or sweets for breakfast; the same proportion has hot meals only at school; and 100,000 primary pupils a day begin classes without having eaten.
(20) The official photo shows the EU side on the left: two women and one man, each with a hefty sheaf of papers, a pen poised.