Sentences with phrase «lands you a contract with»

Just after he started, he landed a contract with a large retail store to install carpets as a contractor.

The Post has previously reported that the firm landed a contract with the state Senate soon after the Independence Party formed an alliance with the Republicans who controlled it.

My passion is bicycling, but how do I go about landing a contract with an elite cycling squad with a marketing budget of zero and this big industry gorilla already in the jungle?

Are you hoping to become well - known and well - loved enough as an author that the popularity of this book lands you a contract with a conventional publisher?

By the time I had all five blogs, I landed a contract with a traditional publisher.

We are on a land contract with our house and were looking to purchase this summer on a Rural Development loan.

For the first time in quite a while, ASUS has landed a contract with a major US carrier, and the biggest one of all at that.

I like duplexes a lot but I am also buying single family homes and doing land contracts with tenants in them.

With 18 percent interest rates and a flood of properties on the market, they were able to buy the property on a land contract with 11 percent interest for $ 75 per front foot.

Not exact matches

For example, he is drawing on his work with the Navy to land contracts in the shipping industry.

Hamilton - based GeoDigital International, whose main business is developing 3 - D maps power utilities use to inspect transmission lines, recently landed a multi-year contract with an unnamed carmaker to map America's roadways using the same technology.

The struggling apparel company lands a key contract with one of the best college sports conferences.

Currently residing in London, Ont., he has contracts with several clients, and is hopeful of landing a permanent job with a beer company.

The three, all working with one branch or another of a company called Cryptometrics, are accused of having joined with Karigar in a failed attempt to bribe officials at Air India in order to land a contract to provide security to the airline.

Still, landing long - term contracts with universities may very well be the most lucrative.

The turning point was landing an $ 800,000 contract from the GSA to work with the IRS, a quest that began with a cold call.

Aside from technology, the company is also expected to benefit from a contract it landed with the Ontario government, which said earlier this week that it would use Shopify's e-commerce platform for cannabis sales online and in stores as part of its plan to be the province's sole distributor of legal recreational marijuana.

Thanks to his own success in landing a few big contracts, he managed to finish the year with only slightly declining sales — but that still added up to a $ 100,000 loss.

Scaling up to 125 employees by 2001, CORE competed for contracts with larger, more established names like George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic, landing dozens of feature film jobs, among them Hollywood blockbusters like X-Men and Doctor Doolittle.

«I had landed my first contract with the city of Chicago, which guaranteed me about $ 150,000 worth of income.

In 1977, Larry Ellison teamed up with two colleagues from an electronics company to start their own programming firm, which landed a contract not long after to build a relational database - management system for the CIA under the project code Oracle.

Revel names Cinnabon and Chobani among its customers and just landed a big contract with Shell.

This sacred contract formed the fundamental law of the land whereby their relations with England were to be determined.

For example, the dominant firm buying up all available land, restricting supplies of essential materials, engaging in predatory pricing, or tying up customers in long - term contracts with anti-competitive rebates.

Vassar's songwriting career blossomed in the mid -»90s when he landed a publishing contract with EMI and penned hits for Collin Raye («Little Red Rodeo»), Alan Jackson («Right on the Money»), Tim McGraw («For a Little While»), Jo Dee Messina («Bye Bye,» «I'm Alright»), and BlackHawk («Postmarked Birmingham»).

Sundrop Farms has secured a 10 - year contract with Coles and grows tomatoes on desert land north of Port Augusta in South Australia using solar thermal energy and desalination.

Beginning with a pilot facility in the arid lands north of Port Augusta with support from the SA government, Sundrop secured a 10 - year contract with Coles supermarkets to supply 15,000 tonnes of truss tomatoes per year.

We maintain our own certified planting seed, and personally contracted with «Seedsmen» who have not grown any wheat, rye or barley on their land for the last 2 years and who use their combines for only Gluten Free Oats, LLC or non gluten crops.

United can also land Seri for just # 35million this summer due to a clause in his contract, though the likes of Manchester City have also been linked with him.

However, both clubs have been dealt a huge blow in their attempts to land the Frenchman as reports in L'Equipe [via talkSPORT] claim that the defender is ready to snub interest from abroad and sign a new contract with last season's Ligue 1 runners - up.

We can not deal with Ox's contract and be landing our transfer targets at the same time.

The other two contracts averaging more than $ 12 million — Mike Glennon's contract with the Bears and Stephon Gilmore's with the Patriots — didn't land the Buccaneers or Bills early selections because both teams were relatively active in free agency.

Griezmann signed a new contract with his current club a matter of months ago, with his club keen to dismay any interest in their star player, but that is not believed to have put off Arsene Wenger, who is keen on landing the forward for his side.

Philadelphia made several significant moves in the summer — re-signing leftwinger John LeClair to a five - year, $ 45 million contract, adding steady free - agent defenseman Eric Weinrich and landing the rights to elusive Czech center Jiri Dopita in a trade with the Panthers — but none had the power to heal like dealing a once - in - a-generation talent such as Lindros to the rival Rangers for defenseman Kim Johnsson, winger Jan Hlavac and forward prospect Pavel Brendl.

The problem, though, for those three top - flight sides is that Dutch heavweights Ajax have by all accounts already agreed a deal in principle to land the youngster, whose current contract with Zagreb now only runs until June 30 2014.

By merely overcalling with one heart you might miss the chance to land at a sound spade contract.

Maybe because Hingis, who has won four Grand Slam titles and is an IMG client, recently landed endorsement contracts with Clairol and Ocean Spray.

And actually, for next year, unless we can land an FA like Tavares are there any teams with a bad one - year contract out there we can take on to leverage a trade?

Meyer could be an ideal signing for Arsenal if they lose their own contract rebel Jack Wilshere as well, with Mislintat's influence possibly crucial in helping the club land the top talent available from the German top flight.

It is unclear just how much money Barcelona will be willing to part with to land this short - term target, while the likes of Klose could be cheaper as they run towards the end of their current contracts.

And with the 23 - year - old's contract set to run out in June 2015, United were said to be confident of landing the defensive midfielder in a deal worth # 32m this summer, with former Dortmund star Shinji Kagawa going the other way.

This No. 1 - pick rookie left wing of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, with a $ 6.5 million contract for the next three hockey years, has landed in the home of a pediatrician and his wife and their kids instead of in the nearest Lamborghini showroom.

Liverpool are also keen on landing Valencia midfielder Dani Parejo, with the Merseysiders prepared to meet the player's # 20.4 m release clause in his contract at the Mestalla.

If we start this season without either extending Sanchez's contract or selling and replacing him with a SUITABLE alternative (S) it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... if nothing is resolved and we lose him for free, then try to find a replacement in the much inflated marketplace, this would be typical of the half - baked decision - making that has plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams that don't develop or recruit enough talented young players tend to lose the plot from an organizational standpoint

Man United's hopes of landing Southampton right - back Nathaniel Clyne have been given a shot in the arm by speculation stating that the England man is unsure about signing a new contract with the south - coast outfit according to the Daily Star.

By taking a roundabout route Tom Cousineau landed a big - money contract with the Cleveland Browns, who are hoping he can cement their defense

The Premier League have announced record breaking TV rights with Sky and BT winning an auction to land the contract which allows them to televise the most exciting league in the world.

A report from The Sun has revealed that the Welshman has landed a job in Vietnam signing a two - year contract with the Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talents FC with Giggs expected to start as early as next week.

With the futures of both Nacho Monreal and Kieran Gibbs up in the air, it seems as though the North London club are eyeing up a quick replacement in the form of the 23 - year - old Bosnian, who has stalled on contract talks at the Veltins - Arena, which means the Gunners can land him on a free transfer in the summer.

The Red Devils are keen to land the world class Spanish international, who wants out of the Bernabeu this summer after a contract dispute with the club.