Example sentences of "a [noun pl] company " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've got ta be the only band in history to be sued by a comics company and a clothing company , ’ says Eugene , wryly . |
| 2 | His rousing address finished with the exciting claim that ‘ IBM has been transforming itself into a solutions company ’ . |
| 3 | Bill , next door , he 's d company d boss of a plastics company . |
| 4 | The redesign contract was won by Pressgang , a publications company where MD Bob Ireland and designer James Parks both worked on a concept chosen by Alan Jones and C & W communications group manager David Baird over other competitive pitches . |
| 5 | Interesting gifts have included pestles and mortars from a spice company , silver measures from a whisky company , small silk scarves from a cosmetics company , cuff links from an industrial diamond company and paper knives from a leading stationery company . |
| 6 | And while IBM is undoubtedly now more of a computer-services company , much of this business is a spin-off from its installed base of mainframes — hardly a growing market . |
| 7 | ‘ Three years ago , he said , ‘ How about starting a promotions company — jockeys are n't promoted properly . ’ |
| 8 | On Jan. 8 the Azapo-linked Azanian National Liberation Army ( AZANLA ) bombed the offices of a promotions company involved in the South African tour of the United States musician Paul Simon . |
| 9 | The agency say they broke new ground by bringing together a drinks company and an existing client , the DoE , to sponsor a major anti-drinking and driving campaign . |
| 10 | Technalysis is a services company developing applications , products and systems on mainframe , mid-range and microcomputers ; Compuware wants it to expand its presence in the US mid-west . |
| 11 | Mr Montignac says he discovered his ‘ method ’ while lunching in fancy European restaurants when he worked for a drugs company . |
| 12 | IWP is a holdings company with interests in the United Kingdom , Holland and the Republic of Ireland . |
| 13 | The bit about odd jeans was totally accurate , by the way ; Cousin Josh made his fortune firstly by dealing in cars , then by risking all on a jeans company which at the time was tottering on the very hem of bankruptcy ; under Josh 's regime , their jeans were n't any better or any cheaper than anybody else 's , but he had the garments made in odd sizes ; waists of 29 , 31 , 33 inches , and so on , as opposed to the products from all other companies , domestic and foreign , which tended to favour the even numbers . |
| 14 | STUDENT Chris Smith was given £1,000 from a pools company — and then told : ‘ Sorry , we 've made a mistake . ’ |
| 15 | Net profit at Rhone-Poulenc , a chemicals company headed by Mr Jean-Rene Fourtou , jumped 48% to FFr3.5 billion ( $587m ) . |