Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] bought the " in BNC.

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1 San Jose , California-based Alliance Semiconductor Corp has bought the Sparc Mbus/Sbus chipset designer Nimbus Technology Inc on undisclosed terms : the Santa Clara , California start-up created a stir last year with its chipset designed for use with the superscalar Sparcs from Texas Instruments Inc and Cypress Semiconductor Corp ( UX No 383 ) — Nimbus received $1.5m funding from Cypress subsidiary Ross Technology Inc .
2 San Jose , California-based Alliance Semiconductor Corp has bought the Sparc Mbus and Sbus chip set designer Nimbus Technology Inc on undisclosed terms : the Santa Clara , California start-up created a stir last year with its chip set designed for use with the superscalar Sparcs from Texas Instruments Inc and Cypress Semiconductor Corp — Nimbus received $1.5m funding from the Cypress subsidiary Ross Technology Inc .
3 If there is no reliance then , notwithstanding the fact that the goods were offered for sale by description , the buyer has bought the goods on other terms .
4 Hewlett-Packard Co has bought the French and German subsidiaries of Leasametric , which leases personal computers , workstations and test instruments , according to La Tribune de l'Expansion .
5 Dixons has bought the PC World chain of computer superstores after an £8.5 million takeover of Vision Technology Group .
6 Warner Brothers has bought the rights to the animated Oscar winner .
7 Richard 's bought the forty three I think
8 After negotiations between Pavilion 's editorial director Trevor Dolby and Stewart Steven , editor of the Evening Standard , Pavilion has bought the Evening Standard Guide to London Restaurants 1994 , by Fay Maschler , for ‘ a substantial five-figure sum ’ .
9 North-East office equipment company NEP has bought the fax and photocopier division of crashed business Hill International .
10 On top of these , Frank has bought The Social Survival Handbook for October 1993 , by journalist Guy Browning , through Julian Alexander , and has done a further two-book deal ( following the last three-book contract ) for a ‘ healthy six-figure sum ’ with Lucinda Edmonds , author of Lovers and Players , through Arthur Goodhart .
11 By partaking in the demonstration and tacitly accepting its results , the purchaser has bought the product and not been sold it .
12 CITIZENS Financial Group has bought the failed New England Savings Bank for £32 million .
13 PENTLAND Group has bought the specialist outdoor clothing and equipment maker , Berghaus , for £4 million .
14 The First Bank of Kazakstan has bought the software element only of the same system .
15 Wales , Toshiba took over the Rank factory in Plymouth , Tatung of Taiwan took over the Decca factory in Bridgenorth , Mitsubishi took over the Tandberg factory in Scotland and Sanyo has bought the Philips factory in Lowestoft .
16 Worldspan Travel Information Services , owned by Delta Air Lines , Northwest , TWA , and Abacus Distribution Systems Pte Ltd of Singapore has bought the Pars Service Partnership airline reservation system from Northwest Airlines and Trans World Airlines , paying $25m for it .
17 With this in mind , the BBC has bought the rights to a clutch of old black-and-white feature films , which it hopes people will buy or rent for lazy Sunday afternoon viewing .
18 SINCE the BBC has bought the rights to the Thatcher Story , let's hope they tell it all .
19 Motor distributor Lex Service has bought the Nissan dealership in York for £300,000 .
20 Dow has bought the remaining minority interests in Donichem , its joint venture with the Hungarian Nitrokemia and Chemolimpex .
21 PORTADOWN pony international rider Roger McCrea has bought the 148cm European team gold champion pony Dunmacreena Davy , formerly jumped by Alan Griffin of Galway .
22 Transworld has bought the autobiography of Status Quo , written with Roger Kasper , for publication by Bantam Press in November .
23 HOLIDAYS giant Airtours has bought the Pickfords travel agents ' chain , Britain 's third biggest , for £16 million .
24 The reclusive Inspector Morse star has bought the £425,000 Cotswold stone retreat in Luckington , Wilts , so he and his wife , actress Sheila Hancock , can get away from the hurly-burly of London .
25 Atochem has bought the polymerisation catalyst and blowing agent business of the Société Français d'Organo Synthèse , a subsidiary of Rhône-Poulenc .
26 Portfolio Foods has bought the Keillers , Barker & Dobson , Bensons and Milady sugar confectionery brands from Alma , which went into liquidation last month .
27 Contamination control specialist MDH has bought the remaining share capital of Cambridge Isolation Technology , manufacturer of flexible film isolators .
28 The National Westminster Bank has bought the freehold of its premises in Whitby Road , Ellesmere Port , where it was previously a tenant on the ground floor .
29 LONDON Electricity has bought the power distribution networks of Heathrow , Gatwick and Stansted airports from BAA , formerly British Airports Authority , for £90 million .
30 Kao Infosystems Co , Plymouth , Massachusetts has bought the assets of American Helix Technology Corp , Lancaster , Pennsylvania compact disk and CD-ROM duplicator and packager for an undisclosed sum in cash : it will become Kao Infosystems Co Optical Products Division .
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