Example sentences of "be sold to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Chairman and chief executive Paul Myners claims that Gartmore would only be sold to a party acceptable to the management . |
| 2 | A quarter of the group 's assets worth £339million will be sold to a new listed company , New British Land , which will operate in the manner of the old group and look to expand its portfolio of properties . |
| 3 | It buys minority stakes , usually of less than 10% , and stresses that the stake is friendly — that is , it will not be sold to a hostile bidder . |
| 4 | In such circumstances , the new engineering which could apparently transform wetland wastes into sources of valuable crops to be sold to a growing population , must have seemed like something for nothing , and therefore irresistible . |
| 5 | NME news editor Chris Hutchin interviewed Elvis ' manager and found that Colonel Tom Parker had yet to see any of his charge 's films : ‘ I went to see Kid Galahad but the theatre was full an ’ I did n't see the point of taking a seat that could be sold to a paying customer . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Osenat received a fax from the Ministry of Culture quoting a law of 1913 and informing him that no classified object belonging to a public establishment — the hospital — could be sold to a private buyer . |
| 7 | Each house will then be sold to a purchaser , ( P1 ) who after a number of years may sell it to another purchaser ( P2 ) . |
| 8 | The defence secretary Malcolm Rifkind wasted no time in announcing that the Rosyth Dockyard in Fife will be sold to a private company next year . |
| 9 | Waste will be sorted centrally at a waste stream sorting plant ; easily recyclable materials such as metals , glass and plastics will be sent to reprocessing plants in the region ; organic material will be composted and sold for fertiliser ; heat generated by the decomposing material will be used to warm ponds to farm prawns and crayfish , and gas will be sold to a local power-generating company . |
| 10 | The parties should agree a period of time during which they can continue negotiations and the investors can undertake investigations without fear that the target may be sold to a third party . |
| 11 | An historic mansion looks set to be sold to a private buyer , despite its owner 's dying wish that it be opened to the public . |
| 12 | In one of the biggest about turns in city politics , six thousand council house tenants have been told that their rents wo n't after all be going up by forty five per cent , and their homes wo n't be sold to a private landlord . |
| 13 | Rents will go up by almost ten percent instead of forty five , and houses themselves wo n't be sold to a housing association . |
| 14 | For example , a large family shareholding which , if sold , might render a family company vulnerable to takeover , could instead be sold to an Esop . |