Example sentences of "[subord] a firm [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a firm does provide services to a private customer on written contractual terms ( whether a two-way customer agreement required by the rules or a non-mandatory one used for commercial purposes ) , the agreement must set out in adequate detail the basis on which those services are provided . |
| 2 | The first level — the gift relationship — is characterised by an inequality in the relationship such as sponsorship where a firm offers an institution something with no direct or equivalent return . |
| 3 | The COB Rules make it clear that where a firm manages a collective investment scheme , such as a unit trust or limited partnership , the customer of its investment management activities is the scheme itself and not the investors . |
| 4 | Private generation remained economic where a firm had complementary process steam requirements ( and could use back-pressure sets to produce both steam and electricity ) , where waste heat from another process could be used , or where investment incentives ( not available to nationalised industries ) or local property taxation ( for which the Electricity Boards were more highly rated ) gave an artificial subsidy to private firms . |
| 5 | Where a firm consists of a group of companies , knowledge possessed by one company within the group will not be attributed to another group company , as it is a clear principle of company law that companies are separate legal entities . |
| 6 | Thus , dominance can be seen to arise where a firm has the power to behave independently of its competitors and customers , and this may result from a combination of a number of factors , none of which separately would necessarily imply dominance ( e.g. United Brands case ) . |
| 7 | Other examples of rules which may not be congruent with the requirements of fiduciary law are SIB Core Rule 2 , which states that where a firm has a material interest it must not knowingly act for the customer unless it takes steps to ensure his " fair treatment " ( this may not be sufficient under fiduciary law ) , and SIB Core Rule 25 which in conjunction with SFA Conduct of Business Rule 5 — 36(2) permits " front running " . |
| 8 | Where a firm enters into speculative trades for a customer it would be well advised to document any evidence that the customer has the financial ability to absorb any losses which he may incur without undue detriment to his standard of living . |
| 9 | Easier , in the sense that it bans Germanic tricks to limit the transfer of ownership ; but more difficult by requiring an offer to be made to all shareholders at the same price , once a firm has accumulated 30% of the shares . |
| 10 | If a firm considers it will have to spend too much to comply with the statutory requirements it can appeal to the Secretary of State . |
| 11 | If a firm charges an excessive price , it generates a welfare triangle loss ( as in the cartel case ) . |
| 12 | If a firm spends 0.5 per cent . |
| 13 | Therefore , if a firm engaged to write a computer program fails to measure up to the standards that would normally be expected from able computer programmers and the program turns out to be sub-standard then , prima facie , the firm will be liable in contract . |
| 14 | If a firm operates in several different markets the occasion more frequently arises for adjustments to be made in coordinating operational activities between functional areas . |
| 15 | It suggested that if a firm had low debts and was paying a lot of corporate tax its managers were actually being incompetent : while proudly keeping their credit ratings high , they were handing their shareholders ' money to the taxman . |
| 16 | If a firm made an issue thinking that Japanese assets were overpriced , it would be more sensible to invest the proceeds in assets thought to be underpriced , such as American buildings or companies . |
| 17 | Alternatively , if a firm made its issue thinking share prices were indeed going to rocket ( for that is what the low yields implied ) , then it could be worth its while to take the cash and invest it back into equities or other financial instruments . |
| 18 | It requires , among other things , that there be so many buyers and sellers that none can affect prices ; if a firm cuts its output it will not push up the price . |
| 19 | If a firm raises 1 million from issuing a bond with a coupon of 10 per cent , it makes annual interest payments of 100,000 at a net cost to itself of 65,000 per annum ( i.e. 100,000 ( 1 -0.35 ) ) . |
| 20 | If a firm expects to be rationed in the future in the goods market , it is more likely to increase its current sales rather than produce for inventories . |
| 21 | It may be that a product or process is protected by a patent and can only be produced if a firm purchases the patent right or enters a licensing agreement . |
| 22 | Even if a firm has roubles in a Kazakh bank , it can not necessarily use them to pay a Russian supplier . |
| 23 | If a firm has earnings from overseas , it will generally have to pay overseas taxation on them . |
| 24 | If a firm has a good product idea , but is short of capital to expand and exploit the commercial opportunity itself , licensing allows the earning of at least some profit , or more precisely , royalty , without having to commit scarce financial resources . |
| 25 | Quality : If a firm makes a component rather than buys it from an external party it has greater control over the quality of the component . |
| 26 | Whereas a firm offers units of output for sale at a price , a bureau offers a total output in exchange for a budget . |
| 27 | Briefly ( for MM will reappear later ) , their point was that whether a firm raised its money through debt or equity did not , itself , affect the firm 's value . |
| 28 | Other things mattered to value , especially tax and the incentives given to managers , and would determine whether a firm had borrowed ‘ too little ’ or ‘ too much ’ . |
| 29 | The firm must identify the bank concerned ; ( 5 ) Before a firm undertakes margined transactions through an intermediate broker who is neither an authorised person nor an overseas person whose regulatory system requires segregation of client money ; ( 6 ) ( In most cases ) where the firm wishes to contract out of the client money regulations and is entitled to do so ; ( 7 ) If the firm wishes to hold client money of a private customer in a free money bank account outside the UK it must identify the country concerned and state whether the bank concerned has given the required acknowledgement as to client money status and that , if such acknowledgement had not been given , client money held with that bank might not be protected as effectively as in the UK . |
| 30 | As a firm expands , the need for sophisticated financial control , possibly in the hands of one individual , will become necessary . |