Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [noun pl] ' company " in BNC.
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1 | I decided to write to the Grocers ' Company about the matter . |
2 | Lapworth 's academic career began as lecturer in chemistry at the School of Pharmacy in Bloomsbury ; in 1900 he moved to the Goldsmiths ' Company 's Institute at New Cross as head of the chemistry department . |
3 | Before there could be any school in Stockport , it was first necessary for the executors to purchase property which could then be legally transferred to the Goldsmiths ' Company . |
4 | While retaining an interest in the Artillery Company , he transferred to the Stationers ' Company in 1777 , becoming a liveryman in 1776 at the time of his move to 33 Leadenhall Street . |
5 | " that it is desirable that before anything is done as to interfere in the internal arrangement of the School , that application be made to the Goldsmiths ' Company for an additional grant . " |
6 | Several questions were put by the Deputation and answered , and then the Mayor told the Committee that the Corporation was " very sensible of the liberality of the offer made by the Goldsmiths ' Company " . |
7 | He was apprenticed in the Grocers ' Company of London in May 1634 . |
8 | At about the same time he began buying copyrights : the first book to bear his imprint was an edition of Horace 's Lyrics , published in 1653 ; the first copyright he registered with the Stationers ' Company was a translation by Sir Kenelm Digby [ q.v. ] of Albert the Great 's Treatise Adhering to God , entered 19 September 1653 . |
9 | Jaggard 's first book was registered with the Stationers ' Company on 4 March 1595 ; he rapidly became a successful businessman . |
10 | Dear Mr. Lum — who had been admitted to the Weavers ' Company himself in 1787 — had agreed to recommend his friend William Charles Titford , and the deal went through as a freedom by redemption — that is , by virtue of payment — rather than by apprenticeship or patrimony . |
11 | In 1875 he was awarded an exhibition in physical science newly created by the Clothworkers ' Company ; in the following year he was awarded an entrance scholarship at Christ 's College , Cambridge . |
12 | As ‘ agent of the army ’ his name reappeared in the Stationers ' Company register during 1653–5 , when he entered The Perfect Diurnall and several pamphlets . |