Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] companies [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sooner the markets develop confidence in the Government 's commitment to the ERM , the sooner it will be possible to get our interest rates down as well , and thus provide a much-needed boost for companies ' ability to invest for the future . |
| 2 | The sooner the markets develop confidence in the Government 's commitment to the ERM , the sooner it will be possible to get our interest rates down and thus provide a much-needed boost for companies ' ability to invest for the future |
| 3 | The end of the bland three-line statement and of the understated ‘ subject to ’ comment comes into effect for companies ' annual accounts with year-ends on or after 30 September with the introduction of the Auditing Practices Board 's first statement of auditing standards . |
| 4 | The figure for companies ' cash , deposits and marketable securities relative to their quarterly sales was 63% in 1990 , well above the 45% or so that was normal between 1974 and 1986 , before the liquidity boom . |
| 5 | Return on capital attempts to measure the efficiency or otherwise with which directors use the funds entrusted to them : while employment is a rather important measure of companies ' progress which tends to be overlooked in conventional financial circles . |
| 6 | The choice of financing method will clearly be constrained by availability of different forms of finance , but there are other factors which have a greater influence on companies ' decisions . |
| 7 | In the previous recession electronics were to some extent protected from the slump by companies ' enthusiasm for replacing old technologies with new . |
| 8 | What is the relationship between companies ' usage of large international headhunting firms compared with smaller , specialised consultancies ? |
| 9 | What is the relationship between companies ' use of large international headhunting firms compared with smaller , specialised consultancies ? |
| 10 | ( Mr Lilley 's package has a treatment for that , too : more publicity for companies ' spending on R&D — as though City analysts might be persuaded by the civil servants to give research more importance . ) |
| 11 | The Commissioners ' powers , unlike the Registrar of Companies ' , come into being only after registration . |
| 12 | The rise in companies ' income gearing has also stabilised . |
| 13 | As regards BS 5750 , s 401 gives a similar relief for companies ' pre-trading expenditure incurred ( as for the sole traders and partnerships ) within five years of commencement , and this section ought to validate such expenditure for tax purposes . |
| 14 | Factoring — factoring services can involve the full operation of companies ' invoicing and debt collection , credit protection through cover on sales made , and payments of up to 80 per cent of debts in advance of collection . |
| 15 | The obligation under companies ' legislation ( CA 1985 , ss198-206 ) to disclose interests in shares in public companies also applies to persons " acting in concert " . |
| 16 | Company liquidations have increased more sharply recently than at the same stage of the last recession , when defaults significantly lagged the deterioration in companies ' financial position , but corporate indebtedness has been much higher both at the outset of the recession and subsequently . |
| 17 | The reason for companies ' single-minded loyalty to their workers is fading , as is the reason for workers ' loyalty to their firms . |
| 18 | However , allied to the improvement in companies ' financial position has been an increase in large companies ' liquidity ratios , to their highest level since the end of 1987 ( though this may have been partly at the cost of the liquidity of smaller companies , because of trade credit effect ) . |
| 19 | Business confidence was undermined in 1990 by a spate of major corporate failures caused primarily by high interest rates ( both in Australia itself and worldwide ) putting great strain on companies ' abilities to meet interest payments on their debts . |
| 20 | The idea is to soothe workers ' fears about 1992 with a ’ solemn declaration ’ on their rights to social security , to join trade unions , to equal pay for equal work , to information on companies ' reorganisation plans . |
| 21 | The continued pressure on companies ' cash flow may well accelerate the gradual unwinding of Japan 's complex web of cross-shareholdings . |
| 22 | The tax treatment of companies ' foreign exchange gains and losses is to be reformed , and the Government has now authorised the preparation of draft legislation . |
| 23 | But second , and more important , is the positive element of companies ' wanting to monitor absence for more paternalistic reasons . |
| 24 | Taxable profits , which are calculated in a similar way to companies ' taxable profits , are treated as personal income to the sole trader , or split between partners in proportion to their share of profits in the year of assessment . |
| 25 | But the change will further enhance the power of companies ' sponsoring brokers , who are already frequently the only analysts providing research on these illiquid shares . |
| 26 | It is widely accepted that attempts to apply the concession theory in modern conditions are inapposite : there is no longer any ‘ privilege ’ involved in obtaining corporate status and the source of companies ' ’ economic energy ’ undoubtedly lies in individual initiative and not in the state . |
| 27 | A companion project , funded by the Joint Committee ( ESRC/SERC ) , will be looking at ‘ Strategic and R&D Decision Making in Biotechnology ’ and will , among other things , explore the impact of risk regulation on companies ' research strategies . |