prudence - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • exercise: In such instances there is a need to exercise prudence in preparation of the financial statements.
  • have: I'm glad, my dear, you have so much prudence left.
  • show: Is this a time to show prudence or seek justice?
  • counsel: Saint-Venant wrote:- ... one could reproach him for having been too rebellious against those counseling prudence.
  • maintain: The next couple of years will be crucial for maintaining financial prudence to ensure school budgets are not overspent.
  • restore: So a top priority for the next Conservative government should be to restore prudence to the management of the nation's finances.

Converse of subject

  • guide: Strict fiscal policy Fiscal performance will be guided by prudence.

Adjective modifier

  • fiscal: Might such a concern with fiscal prudence hamper labor market reform?
  • extreme: Thanks to his extreme prudence this part of the journey was signalized by no incident whatever.
  • financial: Still, it is hard to believe that financial prudence is the real reason for his single status.
  • common: The captain said we ought to shorten sail anyway, out of common prudence.
  • economic: It threatens to destroy this government's reputation for economic prudence.

Modifies a noun

  • demand: Prudence demands that an amount equivalent to a maximum of one year's expenditure be kept in reserve.
  • trustee: Duty of prudence Trustees must: ( 6 ) ensure that the charity is and will remain solvent.
  • criterion: The power of investment is further restricted by the need to apply commercial prudence criteria as provided under the Trustee Act 2000.

Noun used with modifier

  • demand: Even the harvesting of the cocoa pods demands prudence as a stray machete chop could damage the delicate tree irreparably.

Preposition: of

  • assumption: Adequate cash flow projections ( prudence of assumptions ).

Preposition: as

  • virtue: In this respect both authors are following Aristotle, who names intuition, science, wisdom and prudence as intellectual virtues.

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