The rights and wrongs of America's system of class action, which gives new meaning to the term extractive industry, are properly matters for the U.S. courts and legislators. From Wordnik.com. [International Tort Crisis] Reference
The probe comes amid intensifying global scrutiny of corruption and bribery in the so-called extractive industries that generate raw materials. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. Joins in Kickbacks Probe of Sojitz] Reference
Important as this kind of extractive activity is to the nation's well-being, of its very nature it is not nearly as labour-intensive as end product manufacturing and distribution. From Wordnik.com. [Build IndustryBuild Canada] Reference
We don't need a short term extractive industry. From Wordnik.com. [NZ On Screen] Reference
About 750 families live in the three proposed 'extractive' reserves (or Resex) up for approval, which include Baixo Rio Branco-Jauaperi (in the states of Roraima and Amazonas). From Wordnik.com. [WWF - Environmental News] Reference
But at the end of the day it is an extractive industry. From Wordnik.com. [‘Too Nice to Get Ahead’?] Reference
The ash was found in the usual way, and the extractive by the difference. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886] Reference
They contain tannin, resin, a special volatile oil, and extractive matters. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Corruption, especially in the extractive sectors, is a major challenge facing Angola. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
The coloring matter and extractive principle remain, but change somewhat by fermentation. From Wordnik.com. [The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines] Reference
These results in reference to extractive, etc., reveal nothing that has not been known before. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886] Reference
(HCG), a holding company for a group of inorganic chemical and extractive minerals businesses. From Wordnik.com. [Members Named To Advisory Committee For Trade Policy] Reference
Rolz at ICAITI (Guatemala) has developed an extractive fermentation system based on sugarcane. From Wordnik.com. [3 Ethanol Production] Reference
The taste and flavor of meat is to a large extent influenced by the amount of extractive material. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
And the problem is Father Greed has really been driving the extractive industries, the dirty fuels. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2009] Reference
Draw on and adapt best practices from successful extractive industry projects to avoid known pitfalls. From Wordnik.com. [Janet Ranganathan: REDD Alert: Lessons from Peru's Camisea Pipeline Project] Reference
Various extractive processes were tried by using hot and cold water; alcohol, chloroform, benzene, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
For the purposes of protecting the objects identified above, the Secretary shall prohibit all extractive uses. From Wordnik.com. [Proclamation On Buck Island Reef National Monument] Reference
After leaving Interior, Myers rejoined Holland & Hart, where he represents several extractive-industries clients. From Wordnik.com. [Texas Chainsaw Management] Reference
MENDELL AND FINE: The utilization of the proteins of wheat, barley, corn, legumes and extractive free meal powder. From Wordnik.com. [The Vitamine Manual] Reference
Foreign investors are pouring billions of dollars into large extractive projects such as mines and hydropower dams. From Wordnik.com. [Dams, Rivers and Stolen Millions in the Congo] Reference
Unfortunately, the finer extractive which give character to the nut of the better parent are prone to disappear also. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919] Reference
The most productive sectors will continue to be in extractive industries, especially oil and gas, mining, and timber. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Basically, the big planters, the guys who are in the extractive industries generally, I mean, whether it be oil or timber. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Hodding Carter, April 1, 1974. Interview A-0100. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
The following table, given by Dr. Ure, shows the quantity of extractive matter and tannin yielded by different substances. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
This prohibition supersedes the limited authorization for extractive uses included in Proclamation 3443 of December 28, 1961. From Wordnik.com. [Proclamation On Buck Island Reef National Monument] Reference
Vauquelin analysed it, and found it to consist of, tannin and peculiar extractive matter, 75; red gum, 24; insoluble matter, 1. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
His interests there were much more the local extractive industries -- the mining, the agriculture -- not the environmentalists. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: What Message Do Republicans Want to Send From National Convention? - July 30, 2000] Reference
The stability of the beer is increased, and a greater percentage of the extractive matter of the barley is obtainable by the brewer. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884] Reference
I think the tradition impression of Africa is that major opportunities are in the extractive industries, natural resources, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Experts Promote Investment Potential in Africa] Reference
Processing changes have included solid-phase fermentation, continuous fermentation, vacuum fermentation, and extractive fermentation. From Wordnik.com. [3 Ethanol Production] Reference
China is increasingly becoming a significant contributor to the rise of FDI in the extractive industries of several African countries. From Wordnik.com. [CONTENTS] Reference
The senior policy manager for extractive industries at Oxfam America, Ian Gary, says he hopes Chinese companies are aware of the problem. From Wordnik.com. [Increased China-Africa Trade Raises Questions] Reference
Beef that has been used in the preparation of beef tea loses its extractive materials, which impart taste and flavor, but there is only a small loss of actual nutritive value. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
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