(1) Brent crude surged by $1.05, or 1%, to $124.65 a barrel on Friday, while US crude jumped by 98 cents to $111.90, its highest level since September 2008.
(2) But it says the fall in the oil price, which for Brent crude is now below $50 a barrel , also presents opportunities to reform energy subsidies and taxes in both oil exporters and importers.
(3) Brent crude rebounded more than 7.5%, adding $2.23 to $31.48 a barrel, helped by comments from Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil producer.
(4) London's 120-store Brent Cross shopping centre was forced to close on Saturday due to "adverse weather conditions".
(5) O'Shea told the Brent & Kilburn Times : "I thought the behaviour of the immigration officers was heavy-handed and frightening.
(6) A verdict has not yet been returned on a judicial review of Brent council's proposed closures held in July.
(7) As a child growing up in the 1960s she loved comics and books including Elinor Brent-Dyer's Chalet School stories , but a career as a writer was not on her radar because she never came across black writers or characters.
(8) "For many of the communities in Brent, there is a strong culture of caring for extended family members on an informal basis.
(9) It’s a disease that can only be cured by police forces rooting it out from within.” The new prime minister, Theresa May, highlighted racial discrimination in the justice system as she took office last week, saying outside Downing Street : “If you’re black, you’re treated more harshly by the criminal justice system than if you’re white.” Kennedy-Macfoy was cleared of obstructing police after a two-day trial at Brent magistrates court.
(10) The biggest problem for BP has come from low crude prices , with Brent averaging $44 a barrel across the fourth quarter, compared with $77 for the same period 12 months earlier.
(11) The increase has been caused by a combination of factors: rises in the wholesale price of fuel have produced steady rises since the beginning of the year with Brent crude costing an 18-month high of about $86 (£56) a barrel, while tax rises since December 2008 have also added about 10p to the cost of a litre of fuel.
(12) Brent crude oil dropped $1 to $27.7 and US crude headed towards $26 a barrel.
(13) We demonstrate the special requirements of this team approach and also pay a tribute to Burt Brent, who has set the standards of modern ear reconstruction.
(14) Today, as the Brent field winds down its production, we are preparing for one of the world’s most complex engineering challenges.
(15) Better to have announced something, even if less than hoped for, than nothing at all...” A barrel of benchmark Brent crude was changing hands for less than $41 a barrel in New York on Monday night after Opec – heavily influenced by Saudi Arabia – did nothing about a market already seen as saturated.
(16) A quarter of a century after I was hanging around Brent Cross, I was one of the team at the New Economics Foundation on the Clone Town Britain campaign, a plaintive cry against everywhere looking the same.
(17) Brent crude declined 2.5% to $59.7 per barrel on Tuesday.
(18) Today, the Sunday Times reports that the Liberal Democrat children's minister Sarah Teather arranged a meeting between Gove and council leaders from her Brent constituency days before those schools won a reprieve from the cuts.
(19) China is the world’s biggest energy consumer, so signs of an economic slowdown helped push down the oil price last week: at one point benchmark Brent crude was below $43 per barrel compared with a peak of $115 last summer.
(20) London's 120-store Brent Cross shopping centre shut early on Saturday.
Brunt
Definition:
(v. t.) The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle.
(v. t.) The force of a blow; shock; collision.
Example Sentences:
(1) But Syrians have borne the brunt of the hatred because of the unfortunate way they became associated with Morsi in the dying days of his presidency.
(2) Nevertheless, it is the black male group between the ages of 25 and 34 years that bears the brunt of both suicide and homicide.
(3) Our members have had to bear the brunt of the passengers’ wrath, because the senior executives and staff went running for cover,” he said.
(4) Canterbury and Christchurch in the South Island were expected to bear the brunt of ex-cyclone Debbie, with rain expected to ease in the North Island later on Thursday.
(5) Their secrecy and diminished footprint make them harder than conventional wars to oppose and hold to account – though the backlash in countries bearing the brunt is bound to grow.
(6) The firms responsible must take the brunt of the blame the first time it happens – but if they keep winning more contracts even after such failures, then it's those running the commissioning process who are at fault.
(7) When you go up from the Championship everyone says how great you are and you sit there and take the plaudits, so when the team goes down I’ll take the brunt of the blame,” said the Scot.
(8) Moments earlier Olsson had given the visitors the lead with a glancing header from Brunt’s corner to the near-post.
(9) It was observed that the young and engergetic persons first became infected, but as the epidemic unfolded the older age-groups bore the brunt.
(10) Women play a very important role in food production and often have to bear the brunt of the added burden of adapting to climate change in forests and farmland.
(11) For industrial users, Germany has become a source of cheap electricity — but not for private consumers in Germany, who bear the brunt of building up renewable power sources as a result of German feed-in tariffs.
(12) "The poorest families and children are already bearing the brunt of the government's austerity agenda.
(13) Suu Kyi's relationship with the generals has reportedly turned sour again In her tireless efforts to secure cooperation from the military, Suu Kyi has repeatedly expressed her appreciation, respect and “genuine” affection for the Tatmadaw (feudal military), which her father founded under Japan’s fascist patronage in December 1942, much to the dismay of many minorities who have borne the brunt of the organisation’s ruthless policies.
(14) They will bear the brunt of the job cuts in the public sector and they will also be expected to make up for the disappearance of local social services such as respite and home care as local government implements the huge front-end-loaded cuts this government has demanded.
(15) Central banks have borne the brunt of attempts to boost growth for the past eight years, but the IMF said more active use of fiscal policy would provide a better mix.
(16) Craig Gardner sent a header wide and had a strong claim for a penalty turned down, but West Brom were wretched, and Tony Pulis made two changes at half-time, Chris Brunt coming on for the injured Darren Fletcher, and Salomón Rondón joining the hitherto isolated Victor Anichebe up front after replacing Jonas Olsson.
(17) Berahino was not enjoying trying to contain Zaha any more than Brunt was.
(18) Children often bear the brunt of separation, neglect, abuse and trauma.
(19) [But] this is a signal that things are about to go to the next level.” The American scholar predicted the brunt of Xi’s ideological offensive would be felt by social science departments.
(20) Dawson, a player Burnley had tried to sign in the summer, headed home Brunt’s corner and a second goal soon followed from another training ground routine.