(1) Some retailers said April's downpours led to pent-up demand which was unleashed at the first sign of summer, with shoppers rushing to update their summer wardrobes.
(2) Once the temperature rises above 28C, shoppers' behaviour changes in all kinds of ways, according to Jones.
(3) Other Christmas favourites, including stollen, organic mince pies and Schweppes tonic will also be included among 100 seasonal products on the list of 1,000 items which shoppers can choose from over the next few months.
(4) Energy UK said the help offered by its members to pensioners and low-income households was the equivalent of giving shoppers £135 per year.
(5) His latest thinking includes introducing concierge desks to welcome shoppers and tapas bars in its wine departments.
(6) We found that even after a "half price" reduction, shoppers are sometimes paying more than they were being charged just a few months earlier.
(7) From the initiative they have started, they can see there is a major problem and it needs to be dealt with.” Handley said that dairy farmers were being used by Morrisons so it could get more shoppers into its stores.
(8) But he said the 5C was likely to pick up sales after launch with more price-sensitive shoppers.
(9) So, they start to create these almost fictitious things they can sell, whether it’s a prime shelf [at the height a shopper is most likely to see] or a gondola end [the promotional buckets often found at the top of the aisle].
(10) Record numbers of shoppers hit the stores this weekend for the Thanksgiving Day sales but retail experts are sceptical that the trend can continue into a bumper Monday for online retailers.
(11) "Shoppers will not be attracted to a high street if they feel unsafe," said Robertson.
(12) The company’s success reflects affluent shoppers’ willingness to pay extra for products perceived to be of high quality, made with premium ingredients.
(13) Boxing Day sales shoppers were soaked as downpours continued across the country on Wednesday, and there were warnings that an Atlantic storm would bring more heavy rain at the weekend.
(14) Argos shoppers are largely drawn from the core mass market – the C2 and D socio-economic groups, which have not benefited as much from big falls in mortgage rates as those on higher incomes.
(15) Like many British shoppers, she finds she has to play a cat-and-mouse game with Tesco's myriad offers (some real, some less authentic) to keep costs down.
(16) But the retailer has also been making efforts to cut back on promotions, and Merriman said its relatively higher prices could have pushed shoppers elsewhere.
(17) People have been suspended for getting a negative review from the secret shoppers," he said.
(18) This is all about enabling shoppers to make informed choices."
(19) Apple's flagship stores are understood to be preparing to welcome shoppers at 7am on 14 October, with a number staying open until midnight.
(20) Like many other high street names, it has already begun offering large discounts at the start of this week in an attempt to get shoppers spending.
Stopper
Definition:
(n.) One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
(n.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something.
(n.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia.
(v. t.) To close or secure with a stopper.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the basis of genetic, phenotypic and physiological criteria, these mutants are divided into four groups: 1) the cytochrome aa3 and b deficient "poky" variants that are defective in mitochondrial ribosomes assembly, 2) the cytochrome aa3 deficient mutants, [mi-3] and [exn-5], that appear to have genetic lesions affecting a component of a regulatory system controlling cytochrome aa3 synthesis, 3) the cytochrome aa3 and b deficient "stopper" mutants with physiological lesions that probably affect mitochondrial protein synthesis, and 4) cni-3, a mutant that is constitutive for an inducible mitochondrial cyanide-insensitive oxidase in spite of having a normal cytochrome mediated electron-transport system.
(2) The cannulation system consists of an injection port 'In Stoppers' as a flow swivel, connected to an injection needle, which is inserted into a polyethylene tube protected by a steel spiral.
(3) The system prevents stoppers from being dislodged by gas-producing anaerobes and keeps the stoppers sterile so that the closed system of transfer can be conveniently utilized.
(4) "I am not sure there was any single policy show-stopper, but they just wanted to go in with the Conservatives in the end.
(5) I’ve always thought, if you like eating it, you should learn to make it, so that you can eat it more often.” The season closes on Wednesday, with a final show-stopper challenge, and the return of all the candidates who have died trying.
(6) Mixed cultures of epithelial cells and fibroblasts, derived from primary cultures of the skin of embryo rats, grown always in rubber-stoppered T-60 flasks, first yielded a transplantable tumor from the 52nd passage, at the end of 13 months of frequently repeated subculture.
(7) Rubber stoppers adsorb (or dissolve) HCN when in contact with this gas.
(8) Rather, the product moisture content increases with time and reaches an apparent equilibrium value characteristic of the product, amount of product, and stopper treatment method ("SV1" much greater than "U" greater than "SV1").
(9) At 72 hr, stoppered Erlenmeyer flasks, which originally contained 1% ethanol, still had a concentration of 0.85%.
(10) The drinking tube is fitted to a rubber stopper at the top of a 250 ml soft polyethylene bottle.
(11) The capacity of stoppers to bind Chinosol physically is expressed quantitatively by a partition coefficient.
(12) The number of particles released from a stopper during sterilization varies considerably between different stoppers and even between different batches of the same stopper.
(13) A comparison of the two groups suggests that the average "spacer" among new acceptors is 24 years old and has 2.6 living children, of whom the youngest is 12.0 months, while the average "stopper" is 34 years old and has 6.2 living children, of whom the youngest is 25.9 months.
(14) The cause of there abnormal values was investigated, and significant interference was observed when blood samples were drawn using evacuated glass tubes sealed with butyl rubber stoppers.
(15) The toxic material originated from zinc compounds that were present in the rubber stopper and plunger of the container and that subsequently leached into the formulation.
(16) Not even when I put a stopper in it and that bottle lasts well over a month.
(17) An extensive bacteriological screening of the staff was negative, but in the ward environment, F. meningosepticum was found around sinks, on rubber stoppers for milk bottles and on "cleaned" teats.
(18) Bill Hamid, Nick Rimando, Adam Kwarasey, Sean Johnson, David Ousted among others are all exceptional shot-stoppers and could certainly command a place at a top European team if they so desired.
(19) Deschamps’ problems lie elsewhere, namely in a back four which – with Kurt Zouma, Raphaël Varane and Jérémy Mathieu injured and Mamadou Sakho not picked because of his initial doping suspension – will miss the presence of a true stopper to play alongside Laurent Koscielny in central defence.
(20) In Expt I, Co2+ concentration increased after drinking, and remained elevated until the stopper was removed.