Example sentences of "of the few companies " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is one of the few companies exposed to the full blast of petroleum revenue tax but , as a recent National Audit Office report showed , the whole offshore tax system is in a mess . |
| 2 | One of the few companies willing to talk about RFI is Foxbro , based in Massachusetts , which makes control equipment for petrochemical plants . |
| 3 | British Coal , one of the few companies still nationalised , has the unenviable task of proving to its customers that it is more than a dinosaur of the industrial revolution , slouching towards privatisation and a slow demise . |
| 4 | Headline is one of the few companies that has lost no staff during the recession — in fact it has taken more on . |
| 5 | One of the few companies to have had any serious success in selling generic products is Interactive Information Systems ( IIS ) who offer their customers the opportunity to lease the hardware needed to run the laser disc applications . |
| 6 | We are one of the few companies in the pet food industry not to have seen a decline in sales during this period as wholesalers and retailers reduce stocks to compensate for the high interest rates . |
| 7 | Stoddard Templeton is one of the few companies to become a Registered Firm under this scheme . |
| 8 | Well good luck to you because er you know I can tell you right now we are one of the few companies that take on people in their fifties . |
| 9 | According to Fidelity — one of the few companies which is to date offering these funds — the yield on its Tax Free Income Plan ( a unit trust comprising 51 per cent equities and 49 per cent bonds ) will fall from about 6 per cent now to 5.75 per cent after 5 April . |