(1) They are fundamental: the lifeblood – without them, there is no tech sector.
(2) The EU would stop its oil embargo and end its banking sanctions, and Iran would be allowed to participate in the Swift electronic banking system that is the lifeblood of international finance.
(3) We think Miliband exists to give us stories and controversy, the lifeblood of journalism.
(4) From the Amazon to the Nile to the Mekong, rivers are a lifeblood for many nations, filling taps and irrigation canals and generating hydroelectricity that is powering economic development.
(5) The lifeblood of recovery is a flow of finance to business.
(6) "The confidentiality of government communications is the lifeblood of diplomatic comfort," Tharoor told a local reporter.
(7) Once the lifeblood of this beach, fishing is no longer an option, villagers claim.
(8) The directors, designers and actors we nurture become the lifeblood of the commercial theatre, which is a prime draw for tourism in the UK.
(9) There are communities that have just been left behind by the rest of the country, there are communities cut off from the economic lifeblood of the rest of the country," he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.
(10) Although celebrities might save on income tax through K2 schemes (or asking to be paid in Wall's Cornettos instead of money) these great people, the lifeblood of Great Britain, give so much more back to the economy than a million factory workers or call centre operatives combined.
(11) For Skosana, these people are the city's lifeblood but see none of its rewards.
(12) This is being reflected in the growing number of first-time buyers, which is significant for the health of the housing market as they really are its lifeblood," he said.
(13) As the industry’s lifeblood, suppliers are still recovering from the recession, and until they get back to full capacity, the continued lengthening of delivery times may become a restraining force on the sector in the coming months.” Our economics reporter, Katie Allen, wrote last month that British brickmakers are working flat-out to meet orders as the construction recovery picks up.
(14) Duty-free access to western markets and low wages for its workers helped turn Bangladesh’s garment exports into a $28bn-a-year industry that is the economic lifeblood of the country of 160 million people.
(15) And all of this, it is worth remembering, is about nothing more or less than money – lifeblood of a modern capitalist economy to be sure, but hardly the most uplifting or noble cause around which to fight for the soul of Europe.
(16) Social housing is the lifeblood of London, London will be losing its lifeblood.
(17) I think it will inspire them, I think it will inspire others to want to be a part of it.” If England’s youth are to be the lifeblood of the senior team then Southgate is right to want to carry on with what he started.
(18) His success or otherwise in fixing the company that manages the lifeblood of the economy – oil – could make or break his presidency and determine whether or not Nigeria lives up to its potential.
(19) Some drivers have tried to organise a switch-off, in which hundreds of them would gather, turn off their apps and so deprive Uber’s network of its lifeblood.
(20) It goes to conference wracked by infighting that Zuma insists is the lifeblood of internal democracy.
Seat
Definition:
(n.) The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.
(n.) The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.
(n.) That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.
(n.) A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.
(n.) Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
(n.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.
(v. t.) To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.
(v. t.) To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
(v. t.) To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.
(v. t.) To fix; to set firm.
(v. t.) To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.
(v. t.) To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.
(v. i.) To rest; to lie down.
Example Sentences:
(1) The manufacturers, British Aerospace describe it as a "single-seat, radar equipped, lightweight, multi-role combat aircraft, providing comprehensive air defence and ground attack capability".
(2) A triphasic pattern was evident for the neck moments including a small phase which represented a seating of the headform on the nodding blocks of the uppermost ATD neck segment, and two larger phases of opposite polarity which represented the motion of the head relative to the trunk during the first 350 ms after impact.
(3) "I pulled the microphone in front of my seat, not a knife.
(4) A dozen peers hold ministerial positions and Westminster officials are expecting them to keep the paperwork to run the country flowing and the ministerial seats warm while their elected colleagues fight for votes.
(5) The last time Vince Cable had a seat in the business department, it was during a high noon of industrial action and state interference in the economy.
(6) A series of hierarchical multiple regressions revealed the effects of Surgency, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Intellect on evoking upset in spouses through condescension (e.g., treating spouse as stupid or inferior), possessiveness (demanding too much time and attention), abuse (slapping spouse), unfaithfulness (having sex with others), inconsiderateness (leaving toilet seat up), moodiness (crying a lot), alcohol abuse (drinking too much alcohol), emotional constriction (hiding emotions to act tough), and self-centeredness (acting selfishly).
(7) Indeed, the nationalist and religious right bloc merely held steady , gaining just one seat.
(8) Animals were chronically implanted with epidural or deep recording electrodes and a cannula in one lateral ventricle, and tested whilst seated in a primate chair.
(9) Records were broken on seats lost and swings suffered.
(10) The number of seats has been reduced from 72,000 to 68,000, with another 12,000 to be added after the Games to meet the 80,000 minimum required in case Japan launches a bid to host the football World Cup.
(11) The result will be yet another humiliating hammering for Labour in a seat it could never win, but hey, never mind.
(12) As he gears up to contest the Liberal Democrat seat of Gordon in north-east Scotland, Salmond effectively assumes a commanding role in the general election campaign.
(13) He won the Labour candidacy for the Scottish seat of Kilmarnock and Loudon in 1997, within weeks of polling day, after the sitting Labour MP, Willie McKelvey, decided to stand down when he suffered a stroke.
(14) The most common seenario was a vehicle-vehicle collision in which seat belts were not used and the decedent or the decedent's driver was at fault.
(15) There are a few seats, such as South Dorset and Braintree, where the Liberal Democrats are in third place and a third party revival would help the Conservatives to regain the seats lost to Labour but they are outnumbered by vulnerable Tory marginals.
(16) The nervous system might therefore be the seat of carcinine biosynthesis and thus the site of action of histamine.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whether Sia, Jason Derulo, Coldplay’s Chris Martin or Sir Elton John is in the passenger seat, Corden plays the part of a real fan with a deep knowledge of their discography.
(18) Now remarried, and a father, he is standing for Plaid Cymru, again in the Cardiff Bay seat.
(19) He is joined by Cathy O’Toole, the ALP candidate for the crucial swing seat of Herbert where Rudd’s campaign bus has stopped on Sunday evening.
(20) Clinton lost the presidency and Democrats lost those seats, as Democrats suffered staggering defeats across two branches of government.