In court, her mother told of how generous she was to her parents saying she had bought them a caravan as an anniversary present and added that she had paid the rents of flats they lived in.

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In the face of the present economic crisis, many governments have bought time by sending foreign workers home.

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It bought the loans with promissory notes that the banks can present, all at once, after ten years.

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The cabinet, which meets weekly, will present her with a gift which they have bought to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee year.

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The Economist has interviewed, anonymously, executives past and present at 11 Western companies that have been bought by or have sold stakes to Chinese firms, or have been in negotiations to do so.

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But just like the guy who bought the older Volkswagen off my dad, I rarely believe those who present everything as perfect without any dents or challenges.

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The CML recently suggested that only 34% of all first-time buyers bought their first home without the financial help of their parents or other relatives at present.

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Just as Mr Becker proposes that a worker would be able to buy his loan off his present employer if he decided to change jobs, the bond in the Caribbean could also be bought off.

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The egg, an engagement present for Germaine Halphen, who became the wife of Baron Edouard de Rothschild, was originally bought by Edouard Ephrussi, the representative of the Rothschild family's oil interests in Baku, in modern-day Azerbaijan.

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