| Italian chemical giant Montedison S.p.A. , through its Montedison Acquisition N.V. indirect unit , began its $ 37-a-share tender offer for all the common shares outstanding of Erbamont N.V. , a maker of pharmaceuticals incorporated in the Netherlands . | <s> start /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc field /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj production /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj Tuesday /R-41^n/ERR/nmod:tmod </s><s> begin /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc S.p.A. /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj offer /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj </s> |
| Kenneth Mayland , economist for Society Corp. , a Cleveland bank , said demand for exports of factory goods is beginning to taper off . | <s> begin /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc S.p.A. /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj offer /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj </s><s> begin /1089/Process_start/RootInDisc demand /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj taper /R-36^n/PAT-arg/xcomp </s> |
| The Polish government increased home electricity charges by 150 % and doubled gas prices . | <s> begin /1794/Activity_start/RootInDisc Seoul /R-27^n/ERR/nmod:in official /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj remove /R-36^n/ERR/xcomp </s><s> increase /177/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc government /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj charge /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj $NUMBER$ /R-2^n/ERR/nmod:by </s> |
| The magazine combines how-to pieces on topics like backyard composting , explanatory essays on such things as what happens after you flush your toilet , and hard-hitting pieces on alleged environmental offenders . | <s> increase /3/Change_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc membership /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj $NUMBER$ /R-43^n/EFF-arg/nmod:to </s><s> combine /522/Cause_to_amalgamate/RootInDisc magazine /R-46^n/ERR/nsubj piece /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj topic /R-58^n/ERR/nmod:on essay /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj </s> |
| We are able to increase our price above the $ 70 level if necessary . | <s> increase /3/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc it /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj price /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj </s><s> increase /3/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc price /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj level /R-28^n/ERR/nmod:above </s> |
| `` We could prevent many of these fatalities with minimum roof-crush standards , '' he said . | <s> increase /3/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc price /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj level /R-28^n/ERR/nmod:above </s><s> prevent /108/Preventing/RootInDisc we /R-46^n/ERR/nsubj many /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj standard /R-4^n/ERR/nmod:with </s> |
| Ford began installing the rear-seat belts in trucks with its F-series Crew Cab pickups in the 1989 model year . | <s> prevent /108/Preventing/RootInDisc we /R-46^n/ERR/nsubj many /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj standard /R-4^n/ERR/nmod:with </s><s> begin /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc Ford /R-46^n/ERR/nsubj </s> |
| Copperweld Corp. , a specialty steelmaker , said 445 workers at a plant in Shelby , Ohio , began a strike after the United Steelworkers Local 3057 rejected a new contract on Tuesday . | <s> increase /3/Change_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc wine /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj price /R-27^n/ERR/nmod:in </s><s> begin /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc worker /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj strike /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj </s> |
| NCNB Corp. of Charlotte , N.C. , recently introduced its Financial Connections Program aimed at young adults just starting careers . | <s> start /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc negotiator /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj </s><s> start /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc career /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj </s> |
| They are better able to get to those segments in the wake of the deregulation that began in the late 1970s . | <s> start /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc career /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj </s><s> begin /83/Process_start/RootInDisc that /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj 1970s /R-27^n/ERR/nmod:in </s> |
| Says Mr. Sale : `` I think more banks are starting to realize that we have to be more like the department store , not the boutique . '' | <s> begin /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc it /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj </s><s> start /83/Process_start/RootInDisc bank /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj realize /R-36^n/PAT-arg/xcomp </s> |
| The S&P index started sliding in price in September 1976 , and fell 12 % in 1977 -- despite a 15 % expansion in dividends that year . | <s> fill /205/Adorning/RootInDisc ringer /R-31^n/ERR/dobj intoxication /R-4^n/EFF-arg/nmod:with </s><s> start /83/Process_start/RootInDisc index /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj </s> |
| For the Agency for International Development , appropriators approved $ 200 million in secondary loan guarantees under an expanded trade credit insurance program , and total loan guarantees for the Overseas Private Investment Corp. are increased by $ 40 million over fiscal 1989 as part of the same Poland package . | <s> begin /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc time /R-16^n/ERR/nmod:at he /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj </s><s> increase /340/Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc guarantee /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj $NUMBER$ /R-12^n/ERR/nmod:agent part /R-14^n/ERR/nmod:as </s> |
| Typically , these laws seek to prevent executive branch officials from inquiring into whether certain federal programs make any economic sense or proposing more market-oriented alternatives to regulations . | <s> prohibit /52/Prohibiting/RootInDisc Act /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj service /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj government /R-43^n/ERR/nmod:to </s><s> prevent /108/Thwarting/RootInDisc official /R-31^n/ADDR-arg/dobj </s> |
| Probably the most egregious example is a proviso in the appropriations bill for the executive office that prevents the president 's Office of Management and Budget from subjecting agricultural marketing orders to any cost-benefit scrutiny . | <s> prevent /108/Thwarting/RootInDisc official /R-31^n/ADDR-arg/dobj </s><s> prevent /108/Thwarting/RootInDisc that /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj Office /R-31^n/ADDR-arg/dobj </s> |
| They have begun sending letters explaining the program , which began Oct. 18 and will end Dec. 18 , to about five million card holders . | <s> fill /205/Filling/RootInDisc box /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj edition /R-4^n/EFF-arg/nmod:with </s><s> begin /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc they /R-46^n/ERR/nsubj begin /83/Process_start/RootInDisc which /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj Oct. /R-41^n/ERR/nmod:tmod </s> |
| In the aftermath of the stock market 's gut-wrenching 190-point drop on Oct. 13 , Kidder , Peabody & Co. 's 1,400 stockbrokers across the country began a telephone and letter-writing campaign aimed at quashing the country 's second-largest program trader . | <s> begin /83/Process_start/RootInDisc year /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj Oct. /R-41^n/ERR/nmod:tmod </s><s> begin /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc aftermath /R-27^n/ERR/nmod:in stockbroker /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj campaign /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj </s> |
| But the Big Board 's leadership -- over the specialists ' protests -- two weeks ago began trading a new stock `` basket '' product designed to facilitate program trading . | <s> begin /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc aftermath /R-27^n/ERR/nmod:in stockbroker /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj campaign /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj </s><s> begin /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc leadership /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj product /R-31^n/ERR/dobj </s> |
| The Big Board 's uptick rule prevents the short sale of a stock when the stock is falling in price . | <s> begin /83/Process_start/RootInDisc example /R-54^n/ERR/nmod:for future /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj trade /R-36^n/PAT-arg/xcomp </s><s> prevent /108/Thwarting/RootInDisc rule /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj sale /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj </s> |
| Spreads will become so tight that it wo n't matter which market an investor chooses -- arbitrage will prevent him from gaining any temporary profit . | <s> prevent /108/Thwarting/RootInDisc rule /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj sale /R-31^n/PAT-arg/dobj </s><s> prevent /108/Thwarting/RootInDisc arbitrage /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj he /R-31^n/ADDR-arg/dobj </s> |
