Bought In

Primary and secondary schools spent about £2.6bn on administrative staff, administrative supplies and bought-in professional services. ❋ Unknown (2011)

One, which has contemporary resonance, is that there is little new in current concern over a Liverpool squad almost entirely composed of bought-in talent. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I would have to say, with all due respect sir, that if you really have bought-in to all the politically-motivated NCLB claptrap, then I wish all YOUR children to be thoroughly educated in multiple-choice-type thinking and little else. ❋ Jim Horn (2009)

You bought-in to her brand of campaign, now YOU can pay for it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell today wrote to the head of every Government department suggesting they should replace bought-in bottled water with tap water for all meetings in future. ❋ Thatsnews (2008)

But we have to engage and get them involved and bought-in into dealing with some of these transnational problems. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But, following a sale, deals are made quietly by all parties: Consignors of bought-in lots, especially those with reserve prices, may owe the auctioneer money -- called a "buyback" -- for various fees, such as for catalog photography, outside expertise, insurance and shipping. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In addition, in May 2006, self-regulatory organizations adopted SEC guidance that any shares bought-in by a broker to satisfy undelivered shorted shares must be applied to the earliest undelivered shorts. ❋ Harvey Pitt (2006)

This essentially requires brokers to buy-in all shares they've failed to deliver once any shares must be bought-in. ❋ Harvey Pitt (2006)

One of the many roads to improvement will be reducing bought-in parts. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Papua New Guinea where the government is confronting an armed rebellion on the island of Bougainville with the alleged help of bought-in soldiers. ❋ Unknown (1997)

We had scout uniforms and everything all bought-in our minds. ❋ Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1913)

These were three-quarters filled with our own compost, and topped up with bought-in multipurpose stuff. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In autumn it might be the tag end of the summer line or a special bought-in range. ❋ WalesOnline (2011)

I think our rearing programme is less susceptible to disease or lack of vigour that may accompany bought-in birds. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Danger, the exciting mobile technology company that produced the Hiptop, better known as the T-Mobile Sidekick line, was purchased for an estimated $500 million in 2008; the result of that purchase was the disastrous KIN phone and a complete failure to integrate the bought-in talent. ❋ Peter Bright (2011)

IBR is a highly contagious disease of the upper respiratory tract and the most common way of bringing it into a herd is through bought-in cattle of unknown health status or via semen of infected bulls. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Haley's points are made all the more pertinent in light of the fact that it seems that BP has bought-in on as Obama's new best friends in the cap and tax fight (H/t - Ace). ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Local yokel's] bought it! ❋ Dailenth (2021)

1. When looking at your [friend's] new big screen [HDTV], you would say "Damn, that shit is bought!" 2. When seeing an exceptionally good-looking woman [walk by], you would say "Damn, that bitch is bought!" ❋ JaredS (2008)

Damn, girl, [you look like] a real bought-it in those little [ass boy] [shorts]. ❋ Lilmama007 (2006)

"Yo, I don't [have enough] [for these] [headphones] so I'm going to bought them." ❋ Miimz0rz (2006)

[I'm not sure] if this has [happened] before. ❋ Missing (2003)

[Jimmy], Man, she sure has some [large breasts].. [Harry], yeah, they look "store bought" to me... ❋ Olericat (2020)

Did you hear that Jim caught his girlfriend [on the couch] with another man while [peering] through a [glass door]? He really bought the wine. ❋ Wezzie22 (2014)

"28 of us started out in my class in [UPT] (Undergraduate Pilot Training) but only 11 of us earned our wings. 13 washed out, 2 got held back, and [Higgins] and Baker [bought the farm] when they lost power on climb-out." ❋ Speedstan (2010)

The girl at the [wine] bar almost [spilled] my glass of [chardonnay] with her bought knockers! ❋ Missy ADK (2010)

I just [bought out] your ass by writing you a check for $[3800] making you my [property] for the next month. ❋ Bought You OUT (2008)