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Words in Business News
By Jon Fernquest

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September 21, 2007

Context

context (noun) - the general situation surrounding something, that helps one to understand it better

put into context - all related factors considered

in context
put into context
out of context
an out of context remark
taken out of context
you're taking this all out of context!
quoted out of context

in this context
in another context
in a wider context
see the important issues of the day in a wider context
the broader context of
the broader context of his actions
the larger context
in different contexts
in a variety of contexts
changing contexts

analysis and context in news programmes
place in context
examine the context of
is clear from the context
in meaningful contexts
understand the context
seen in the proper context
in an appropriate context
considered in the context of
depends on the context
these activities must be set in context
needs to be put in the context of
have no place in the context of
an important issue in this context
the context in which they are relevant

skills best learned in the context in which they are relevant
the context in which the business operates

social context
business context
a global context
the local context
see it in the context of your home
within a local or regional context
an everyday context

certain contexts
specific contexts
only have meaning only in certain contexts
in a variety of contexts
the historical context

conversational context
communicative context


Example sentences:

* "A number of retail outlets will allow you to take a rug home for a few days so that you can see it in the context of your home, and this simple precaution cannot be recommended too strongly."

* "I relish the trend towards more analysis and context in news programmes."

* "Statements of harmony, as with statements of conflict, have to be placed in their context."

* My remarks were taken out of context.

* Children need meaningful contexts to learn.

* The broader context of his actions pretty well explain them and this difficult to see for those involved in the action viewing them up close.

* One of the problems for those entrepreneurs, and other corporate managers, who do seek to act as professional industrialists is that the context in which they operate is dominated by values that are slow to change.

* "We must consider the issue in the context of what actually happened, and what actually happened is that Jennie went on that dive with a lot of extra weight, and in the space of less than two minutes disappeared from those around her."

* The discussions were held in the context of the twice-yearly World Economic Outlook meetings.

* Insanity, in a legal context, is a term designating mental incapacity and fundamentally modifies a person's status under criminal and civil law.

* Speculators and opportunists will always arise in the context of struggles for corporate control.

* Any losses will be negligible in that context.

* Today's news should be put in a longer term context.

* There is no background, no context to this story.

* Her actions only have meaning within certain contexts.

* Let's not get lost in the broader context of the problem. We have a problem to solve here.

* Most of the things that we have taken for granted here, that we are assuming are true in this case, have been given to us without any accompanying proof but only in the context of commons sense.

* Asking us to do this on such short notice would be inconceivable in any other context.

* Only the context is new here.

* The negative political ad was misleading because it did not mention the context of that statement.

* In the context of balance payments assistance, the IMF provides emergency assistance.

* This was explained earlier in another context.

* "IMF supported programmes should be framed in a medium-term context to ensure consistency and credibility."

* The last point will be taken up in a wider context, later.

* The difficulties in negotiating a solution to the problem must be considered in the context of the longstanding enmity between the two groups.

* In different contexts this word means "opportunity."

* "This depends upon the context of the claim; there is no single definition that can be used to identify third parties for all purposes."

* Their awareness of gender as an important issue in this context is therefore crucial.

* The teacher suggested that relevant skills are best learned in the context in which they are relevant.

* "Football merely provides the opportunity because a match is taking place but if they we if the football matches weren't taking place those criminal acts would be committed in another context."

* Students need to be encouraged to move out from their locality to see the important issues of the day in a wider context and to compare their own situation with that of other places.

* In a context of intense labour shortage sudden changes in the demand for labour, across regions or industries for instance, can also result in unemployment because the supply of suitably trained workers is fixed in teh short run.

* "We are creative, innovative individuals but only by virtue of socially created selves, and our actions all take place in the context of patterned social relationships with others."



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