A noticeable feature in French manuscripts is the red or copper-hued gold used in their illuminations, in strong contrast to the paler metal of England and the Low Countries.

Low gold prices of 1997-1998 caused Royal Oak to go bankrupt in April 1999, and its mining assets were liquidated.

The Low Pay Commission found that, rather than make employees redundant, employers have reduced their rate of hiring, reduced staff hours, increased prices, and have found ways to cause current workers to be more productive ( especially service companies ).

Low commodity prices and economic difficulties in Uruguay's main export markets, first in Brazil with the devaluation of the real then in Argentina in 2002, caused a severe recession — the economy contracted by 11 %, unemployment climbed to 21 % and the percentage of Uruguayans in poverty rose to over 30 %.

Low silver prices closed Presidio Mine at Shafter.

The developers marketed the houses nationally, with ads in magazines such as Life .< sup > 1 </ sup > Low prices and small down payments enticed many retirees to purchase homes sight unseen via mail.

Low prices act as a barrier to entry ( see Porter's 5-forces analysis ).

Low trading volume can cause artificially low prices for securities, due to investors being apprehensive of investing in a company they perceive as possibly lacking liquidity.

Low prices are achievable due to the lack of sales tax in Hong Kong and its proximity to China.

Low hydro-levels had driven the wholesale market spot prices to very high levels.

Low prices are charged to maximize revenue through gain in market share by undercutting competitors.

Low land prices in other colonies made attracting tenants difficult, but an offer of six years free rent to dissatisfied residents of Lunenburg was a success.

However opponents point all the achievements where over 10 years, at time of Strong Global economic growth, Low oil prices and relative to other countries the achievements where average, particularly since a massive Balance of Payments crises began in 2008.

Low copper prices saw the Britannia Mine Company reduced to seven employees, and in 1959 it went into liquidation.

Low prices of gasoline forced the industry to be closed despite the significant reserves.

Low property prices, a blue-flag beach, and the village now having high-speed internet access, is giving the village a resurgence with an influx of people working from home.

Low rental prices coupled with the fact that most could not qualify for a council house attracted many commonwealth immigrants to Harehills, throughout the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Low rice prices and smaller harvests due to mismanaged land had rendered his farm unprofitable.

* Low prices combined with high sales volumes.

Low prices and wide options are important because in the highly competitive Brazilian food market one can find, in addition to traditional restaurants and fast food chains, snack bars serving meaty eats, churrascarias, street vendors selling snacks or hot-dogs, and, most of all, the ubiquitous self-service restaurants where one serves oneself freely from dozens of options and pays after the weight of the plate ( the latter type is especially popular and low-priced, usually with clean and nutritious food ).

Comet operates a policy called Every Day Low Pricing, meaning it checks competitors ' prices and, wherelower prices are found, it reduces its own to match.

For a second time in his youth, Richard was forced to seek refuge in the Low Countries, which were then part of the realm of the Duchy of Burgundy.

* January 10 – WWII: Mechelen Incident: A German plane carrying secret plans for the invasion of western Europe makes a forced landing in Belgium, leading to mobilization of defense forces in the Low Countries.

* February 10 – Mary of Burgundy, the daughter of Charles the Bold, is forced by her disgruntled subjects to sign the Great Privilege, by which the Flemish cities recover all the local and communal rights which had been abolished by the arbitrary decrees of the dukes of Burgundy, in their efforts to create in the Low Countries a centralized state.

In July 1340, Edward returned and besieged Tournai ; again, Philip brought up a relieving army which harassed the besiegers but did not offer open battle, and Edward was again forced to return home, fleeing the Low Countries secretly to escape his creditors.

In order to get released Philip was forced to sign a treaty with Henry VII – the so called – which included a mutual defence pact, the extradition of rebels, including the Earl of Suffolk who as an exile was a guest of Philip in the Low Countries, and a trade agreement which allowed English merchants to import cloth duty free in to the Low Countries.

Louis was swift to re-engage, and forced Maximilian to agree to the Treaty of Arras ( 1482 ) by which Franche-Comté and Artois passed for a time to French rule, only to be regained by the Treaty of Senlis ( 1493 ), which established peace in the Low Countries.

With Louis XIV concentrating his resources in Alsace and the Low Countries, Catinat was forced onto the defensive.

England's entry into the war later that year led to the French capture of Calais, and French armies plundered Spanish possessions in the Low Countries ; but Henry was nonetheless forced to accept the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, in which he renounced any further claims to Italy.

The pronunciation, the vocabulary and the syntax of Low Latin were modified step by step by the Germanic tribe of the Franks and others as their settlements in the Empire were accepted by the Romans, or forced upon them, and finally as they conquered portions of Roman Gaul that are now France and Belgium during the Migration Period.

" Reivers served as mercenaries, or were forced to serve in English and Scots armies in the Low Countries and in Ireland.

Following Germany's invasion of France and the Low Countries on 10 May 1940, 4 Squadron was frequently forced to change bases by the approach of the advancing German armies, being withdrawn to the UK on 24 May.

When Daniels's greed for the X Division Championship initially forced Low Ki out of Triple X, Low Ki would go on to battle Daniels in Ultimate X, but his pursuit was unsuccessful.

England's entry into the war later that year led to the French capture of Calais, England's last possession on the French mainland, and French armies plundered Spanish possessions in the Low Countries ; but Henry was nonetheless forced to accept the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, in which he renounced any further claims to Italy.

The Brethren were forced to operate underground and eventually dispersed across Northern Europe as far as the Low Countries, where Bishop John Amos Comenius attempted to direct a resurgence.

Low participation levels forced the university to close in 1893.

He also made some appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, making his debut there on July 10, 2002 in a six-way elimination match that included Tony Mamaluke, Christopher Daniels, Elix Skipper, Jerry Lynn, and Low Ki, although Loman was eliminated after Low Ki forced him to submit.

Excluding Plautdietsch, Low Prussian can be considered moribund due to the evacuation and forced expulsion of Germans from East Prussia after World War II.

Moog was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in 1980 and spent most of the season in the minors, until injuries to goaltenders Ron Low and Eddie Mio forced him into action late in the season.

Maximian then forced the Salians in Toxandria ( the present Low Countries ) to accept imperial authority, but was not able to follow on this success by reconquering Britain.

Toby Austin Richard William Low, 1st Baron Aldington, KCMG, CBE, DSO, TD, DL, PC, ( 25 May 1914 – 7 December 2000 ), was a British Conservative Party politician and businessman best known for his alleged role in Operation Keelhaul, the forced repatriation of Russian, Ukrainian and other prisoners of war to the Soviet Union where many were executed.