Example sentences of "[noun sg] contracts [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 British firms or consortia have won two-thirds of the consultancy contracts for the territory 's £8.5 billion port and airport project .
2 Part ( 3 ) was introduced by the County Court ( Amendment No 2 ) Rules 1991 , which has also abolished the restrictions on the venue in hire-purchase and sale of goods instalment contracts in the case of any action commenced after 1 July 1991 .
3 Darlington Waggon and Engineering Company ( DWEC ) won many bridge building contracts on the Assam Bengal Railway between Chittagong , Syhlet and Dacca from 1884–92 .
4 While traditionally little NHS audit work has been awarded to private sector firms , eight pilot contracts were awarded in 1983 These trial contracts for the audit of district health authorities required these firms to spend 40 per cent of their time on value for money work .
5 The onward march of the Trust program is destined to swallow up the N H S as we know it , health care delivery biased in favour of the money orientated , terms and conditions for the workers on a take it or leave it basis , short term contracts as the norm and reduction in sickness entitlement .
6 The company says it has been able to generate high levels of repeat income from long term contracts in the financial services area and is keen to collaborate with other suppliers to expand its service and product range .
7 ( c ) Goodwill Before the Finance Act 1956 and the introduction of tax relief for contributions to retirement annuity contracts for the self-employed , outgoing partners in solicitors ' firms invariably relied upon being paid out for their interest in the firm 's goodwill as the principal means of providing for themselves and their families during their retirement and after their death .
8 Like the Urban Institute , founded in Washington in 1968 after racial riots across America , it thrived not on private philanthropy but on research contracts from the government .
9 The absence of such guarantees had blocked new German export contracts since the collapse of the Soviet Union .
10 Kubota will honour existing support and maintenance contracts for the 1,200 Titan 1.0 users worldwide .
11 It has also won engine maintenance contracts from the Nato central procurement office , from the US Air Force in Europe and from the UK Ministry of Defence — for the GE-engined Phantom — among others .
12 BR will award multi-million pound contracts for the introduction of a computer-guided Automatic Train Protection system in the next few weeks .
13 Courtaulds Engineering , based in Coventry continues to win multi-million pound contracts during the recession despite fierce competition .
14 The dispute had begun in April 1989 when Pittston announced that it intended to cut costs by withdrawing from the Association of Coalmine Operators , the body responsible for negotiating labour contracts with the UMW on an industry-wide basis and for providing health and pension benefits .
15 ‘ A body corporate or an unincorporated association shall not be appointed as , or be permitted to continue as , a member 's appointed representative unless the member is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the controllers , directors and senior management of that body or association are of good character and are competent and otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on the member 's behalf .
16 The core contracts under the weight of the star and the hydrogen-fusion reaction continues in regions progressively further away from the core .
17 If a house is bought this way all the surveys and investigations should be carried out first , and you must be ready to sign and exchange contracts on the day of the auction after paying over the 10 per cent deposit .
18 Will the Minister use his powers to enable local authorities to provide houses for homeless people , whether through local authorities or housing associations , jobs for redundant construction workers , and new business contracts for the building companies which are going bankrupt ?
19 ( vi ) all business contracts for the hire or barter of goods , and for the supply of labour and materials .
20 Category of contract : business contracts for the hire , rental , lease or bailment of goods .
21 Category of contract : business contracts for the barter of goods , for the supply of labour and materials , and for the hire , lease rental or bailment of goods .
22 Category of contract : business contracts for the barter of goods , for the supply of labour and materials , and for the hire , lease rental or bailment of goods .
23 Despite this local work , Fothergill adds his voice to the current vociferous debate , overseen by Teesside Chamber of Commerce , about keeping business contracts in the region .
24 The Law Society has been negotiating the terms of franchise contracts with the Legal Aid Board for some weeks and although a number of matters remain to be resolved , the negotiations have been conducted in a positive manner .
25 It estimates that there are at least 150,000 photocopiers in use on copy-plan contracts in the UK , and that the whole photocopier industry is worth more than £1.2bn and increasing at between 5% and 25% a year .
26 It is believed to be one of the biggest individual race contracts in the history of athletics .
27 Second , the purchasers of care need to be skilful in negotiating with providers and in specifying service contracts across the full range of NHS provision .
28 copies of service contracts of the Directors with the Company ;
29 In Iraq as in Iran , the country 's backbone was the oil industry , now entirely under Iraqi control , though a number of foreign companies concluded service contracts with the Iraq National Oil Company ( INOC ) .
30 Find out the terms of available service contracts for the equipment .
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