Example sentences of "is [adv] own by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under present UK law , a company has a separate legal personality ; and its members , even if it is wholly owned by another company , are not — at any rate in theory — liable for its debts and other obligations . |
| 2 | For Craigendarroch is wholly owned by a major public company , Cannon Street Investments P.L.C. |
| 3 | The company is wholly owned by the Royal Bank , has a staff of just over 90 and forms part of Branch Banking Division . |
| 4 | The company is wholly owned by the founding directors who now seek a partner to provide the support required to take advantage of the rationalisation expected in the European metal stockholding industry . |
| 5 | WordPerfect is entirely owned by its top two executives , but is considering going public later this year or in 1994 . |
| 6 | This has paid for the first phase of development and is entirely owned by a group of Japanese businesspeople plus Francis Charig , formerly head of trading systems business at the London Stock Exchange , who acts as managing director and the link between TK and Tao Systems . |
| 7 | This has paid for the first phase of development and is entirely owned by a group of Japanese businesspeople plus Francis Charig , formerly head of trading systems business at the London Stock Exchange , who acts as managing director and the link between TK and Tao Systems . |
| 8 | For some reason the nonsense of ‘ monster Goldfish ’ was reiterated in most of the reports , thought the fish , which is apparently owned by Christine Kirby of Sheffield is in fact a giant Gourami . |
| 9 | The Tesco chain is largely owned by Dame Shirley Porter , former Tory leader of Westminster City Council . |
| 10 | A few years ago , MORI sold a 25 p.c. stake to venture capitalists 3i for £2m , but 51 p.c. is still owned by director Bob Worcester , who abandoned plans to float . |
| 11 | It is now in Glen House , Innerleithen , Peeblesshire , which is still owned by Lord Glenconner but operated by a private company as a conference centre . |
| 12 | Of course , the original John Birch model is still owned by the Sabs ' mainman . |
| 13 | No one carried on the cheesemaking tradition in our family , although West Park Farm is still owned by the Birketts , run as a beef farm by my sister-in-law and her young son . |
| 14 | For example , in Dundee the Tayside Public Transport Company , which is still owned by the regional council , has been forced , under the provisions of the 1985 Act , to alter some of the services and make them commercial . |
| 15 | [ The grass patch beyond the courts and to the old cooking centre is still owned by the Foulis Trust ] . |
| 16 | To this day part of the woods above Halling is known as Dalison 's , and I believe is still owned by Dalisons . |
| 17 | This is still owned by the abbey and , according to the annual accounts you submit to the exchequer , provides 5,000 eels a year for your kitchen . ’ |
| 18 | ( The grass patch beyond the courts and to the old cooking centre is still owned by the Foulis Trust ) . |
| 19 | First , however , it needs to be ascertained whether this land is still owned by you , or has become the property of the airport authorities . |
| 20 | The building is still owned by the United Biscuit Company and is currently leased as a warehouse to telecommunications giant GPT . |
| 21 | Sam Chisholm , chief executive of Sky , which is partly owned by TODAY publishers News International , said : ‘ The new deal will bring all the biggest stars of world golf to Sky Sports , making it arguably the very best sports channel in the world . ’ |
| 22 | ( b ) Shortly after , view on left opens out across the Vale of Pickering ( much of which is also owned by the Castle Howard Estate ) to the N York Moors . |
| 23 | Fulham , whose lease on Craven Cottage , which is also owned by Cabra , expires in May 1993 , are also involved . |
| 24 | The land adjacent to the site is also owned by Audley Square Properties and is now available for the construction of other purpose-built commercial buildings . |
| 25 | It is now owned by the Paternoster Association , which is made up of British , American and Japanese interests . |
| 26 | In the early 1960s she played a part in saving Brownsea Island from development : the island is now owned by the National Trust , and the Dorset Trust for Nature Conservation manages part as a nature reserve Helen Brotherton is the current Chairman of the latter organisation and , as well as serving on the National Trust 's Council , Appointments Panel and Conservation Panel , she was Chairman of the Wessex Regional Committee for a number of years . |
| 27 | Laid across a map of Israel , these documents form a patchwork of disputed ownership , a matrix of lands from northern Galilee to Ashqelon for which there are now in existence two perfectly legal deeds : one , in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv or Beersheba , proving irrefutably that the land is now owned by an Israeli , the other — in Beirut or Amman — showing that the rightful owner is a Palestinian Arab . |
| 28 | One of the oriental features of this very special Victorian garden which is now owned by the National Trust |
| 29 | It is now owned by the Agra group of companies , based in Dubai . |
| 30 | Most of the Alresford reservoir — which began life in the 12th century as a fisheries pond for the Bishop du Lucy — is now owned by the Alresford House Estate Trust , one of whose trustees is the prospective Conservative candidate for Stoke-on-Trent South , Peter Maxwell . |