Example sentences of "investigation by the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 An investigation by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission on the supply of beer appeared in 1989 and in the main agreed with CAMRA that a monopoly existed as a result of the complex vertical and horizontal grip of the nationals .
2 The timetable proposal is currently under investigation by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and a decision is expected before the end of 1989 .
3 The allegations , made in the Afrikaans newspaper Vrye Weekblad , implicated the Civil Co-operation Bureau , the activities of which were currently under investigation by the Harms commission [ see p. 37234 ] .
4 The Edinburgh Christian Church preaches extreme beliefs , and has links with a an English-based church which is currently under investigation by the charities commission .
5 Two company directors and a company were under investigation by the Customs and Excise Commissioners regarding possible offences against the Exchange Control Act 1947 .
6 A six-month investigation by the Securities Exchange Commission revealed that building bricks had been packaged and sent to distributors , then charged as stock in transit .
7 That is a question I am afraid that is impossible to answer at this stage , that wo n't be known until he 's had a thorough investigation by the surgeons at the hospital who er probably wo n't be able to answer that for a day or two yet .
8 But a further investigation by the auditors resulted in a £5.6 million exceptional charge being levied against the 1992 results .
9 Used for 30 years on British potatoes , tecnazene is now under investigation by the Governments ' Advisory Committee on Medicines for its possible impact on aquatic and human life .
10 Then we thought it might have been something criminal — but Joe is clever enough to steer clear of anything illegal , the last think he needs is investigation by the police .
11 They were reinstated by the deputy chief constable on the grounds that the investigation by the Police Complaints Authority had produced no evidence that they had removed anything from the Crown Court file .
12 The applicants , Coventry Newspapers Ltd. , ( ‘ C.N.L. ’ ) , defendants in a libel action brought against them by David Woodley and Roger Clifford , sought ( 1 ) a declaration that C.N.L. were at liberty to receive from Michael Thomas Bromell copies of all such witness statements , notes , notebooks and other documents which had come into existence in the course of an investigation by the Police Complaints Authority into the conduct of David Woodley and Roger Clifford as had been read to or by the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) or had been referred to in open court during the hearing of Reg. v. Bromell ( unreported ) , 22 June 1992 , C.A. , on a reference , dated 10 May 1991 , of his case by the Home Secretary under section 17(1) ( a ) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 ; and/or ( 2 ) variation of the implied undertaking pursuant to which Michael Thomas Bromell had received the documents under the order of the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) on 9 July 1991 , so as to permit him to disclose copies of all such documents described in ( 1 ) above to C.N.L. for the purpose of defending the libel action .
13 Following a special audit and an investigation by the police fraud squad , the Attorney General recommended that Cariscot should be put into receivership .
14 New Barnes School is the subject of a separate investigation by the police and social services into child abuse and has remained closed since it shut down early for the Summer break .
15 The answer is that the London Rubber Company , Hoffman LaRoche , Kelloggs , the Central Electricity Generating Board , and the National Coal Board have all been the subject of investigations by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission .
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