Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [unc] firm " in BNC.

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1 According to a recent Law Society survey , some 22 per cent of solicitors ' firms in England and Wales are considering merging with another practice : that percentage rises to 47 in the City of London .
2 Many of the more intractable problems involved with merger of solicitors ' firms will be within the province of the accountancy profession : and the best advice as to how to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable will be obtained not through the pages of any book but from a fellow professional who has actually and successfully observed the process at first hand .
3 At the end of the hospital treatment , they went away to the Caribbean on holiday , by an airplane that belonged to a director of Simon 's firm .
4 Almost 90 per cent of firms in the Corby zone are in manufacturing , while over 25 per cent of Swansea 's firms are in retailing .
5 I 've told the police the name of Frank 's firm and they 'll trace him .
6 Execution of the partnership agreement as a deed is only required when , and this will rarely be the case with solicitors ' firms , it seeks to transfer land or an interest in land : otherwise an agreement under hand will be sufficient .
7 I 'm about to clinch a very attractive deal with Sam 's firm , and all this — ’ he gestured ‘ — has helped .
8 The Law Society has today published the findings of a research survey into practice management in solicitors ' firms .
9 The Law Society has issued guidance notes for equal opportunities in solicitors ' firms which reproduce a standard policy for their use which has been drawn up on the basis of recommendations of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality .
10 ( 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 .
11 I inquired after my brother , Max , who had finally agreed a few months ago to work for Dad 's firm , and I established that he was in Paris for a few more days .
12 He had added that his new possession would need ‘ a bit of doing up ’ , but other engineers working at Nigel 's firm seemed almost as fascinated as he himself , and once it arrived on the premises Nigel remarked jokingly , ‘ Not too many lighthouses were made for a couple of years . ’
13 I mean majority of blokes at Dave 's firm have changed their cars three times .
14 This Service would provide legal help to CABx and other social agencies , similar to that hitherto provided by solicitors to CABx on an honorary basis ; would establish close liaison between the local profession and CABx and other social services ; would provide oral advice for the public in cases that could be readily disposed of ; would maintain permanent advisory centres where necessary , offering advice and assistance short of proceedings or representation in court ; and would set up permanent local centres offering representation in magistrates ' courts and county courts and the conduct of litigation so far as this could not be absorbed by solicitors ' firms .
15 The former , covering all or most categories of legal aid work , would almost always be provided by solicitors ' firms ; the latter could be provided by solicitors ' firms , law centres , advice agencies and national organisations giving advice to individual clients .
16 The former , covering all or most categories of legal aid work , would almost always be provided by solicitors ' firms ; the latter could be provided by solicitors ' firms , law centres , advice agencies and national organisations giving advice to individual clients .
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