Example sentences of "carry on a business " in BNC.
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| 1 | The benefit of planning permission to carry on a business from premises is normally lost by a subsequent change of use of those premises . |
| 2 | Treaty , freely to carry on a business . |
| 3 | In partnership , which is ‘ the relation which subsists between persons carrying on a business in common with a view of profit ’ , every partner is an agent of the firm and of the other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership . |
| 4 | According to the Partnership Act 1890 a partnership is an association of persons carrying on a business in common with a view to profit . |
| 5 | The name of the individual carrying on a business as a sole trader . |
| 6 | You are carrying on a business if you sell or barter any of the livestock or their produce . |
| 7 | Partnership is the relationship which subsists between persons carrying on a business in common with a view of profit . |
| 8 | Common sense tells us that this requires some form of trading activity , and although this will cover such things as the purchase of raw materials , capital equipment , etc. , it should be noted that if such actions were merely preparatory to the later formation of a company then these can not be considered as the actions of a partnership ‘ carrying on a business ’ . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal held , however , that there was no partnership in existence , since no business was being carried on by the defendant and X ; on the contrary , the goods had been ordered in preparation for the formation of a company , and such transactions could not be considered as ‘ carrying on a business ’ . |
| 10 | The court was , I think , going no further than was necessary to decide the case before it : the corporation was a private corporation formed under an Act of Parliament which was capable of holding property and of carrying on a business . |
| 11 | Lord Porter , who delivered the only speech , referred to a number of earlier cases dealing with the construction of ‘ carrying on a business ’ for the purposes of jurisdiction over the separate property of married women . |
| 12 | The court held that , despite its literal width , the expression did not embrace two Chileans resident in Chile who had never been to England , although they were partners with persons in England carrying on a business here . |
| 13 | Criminal and civil liability under Part II of the Consumer Protection Act attaches only to persons who are acting ‘ in the course of carrying on a business . ’ |
| 14 | Another is to be found in the Business Advertisements ( Disclosure ) Order 1977 , which is designed to prevent a business advertising goods , e.g. in the small ads of a newspaper , without the advertisement making clear that the seller is indeed carrying on a business . |
| 15 | Salomon carried on a business as a sole trader . |