Example sentences of "[prep] business you [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's in our line of business you might say . ’ |
| 2 | Plea please can I ask you if you bring in any other ideas of business you 'll be considered to be |
| 3 | To compete in business you 'll need more than just a good idea — you 'll need commercial ability and experience to create that viable growing concern . |
| 4 | But it was true , what Jim said , in business you ca n't stand still , you go up or you go down , you ca n't just sit comfortably in your own 1972 executive four-bedroomed plate-glass-windowed centrally heated wall-to-wall-carpeted gadget-equipped house , with your Rover and your wife 's Mini in the two-car garage , and your pot plants in your loggia , and your electric lawn mower in the shed : you ca n't sit still and enjoy it , you ca n't call it a day and call a halt when you own it all and do n't owe anyone a penny , you have to go on and on , relentlessly onwards , juggling with larger and larger sums , owing more , paying out more , until finally perhaps the whole thing comes tumbling round your head like a pack of cards . |
| 5 | This new capitalism is a cut-throat enterprise : to stay in business you must not only compete with but beat your competitors . |