Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' company [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is that the view of Anglo-American finance as a casino full of rapacious capitalists has become popular at the same time as those countries ' companies were being taken over by the people themselves . |
| 2 | At about the same time he began buying copyrights : the first book to bear his imprint was an edition of Horace 's Lyrics , published in 1653 ; the first copyright he registered with the Stationers ' Company was a translation by Sir Kenelm Digby [ q.v. ] of Albert the Great 's Treatise Adhering to God , entered 19 September 1653 . |
| 3 | The enterprising Campbell Freight Agencies ' company was formed in May 1979 when Alan decided to go out on his own after working for a multi-National freight firm . |
| 4 | A Royal Commission was established to inquire into Charities , and its chapter on the Goldsmiths ' Company was published in 1822 . |
| 5 | For this the four Wardens of the Company would receive 3s 4d each : there was also a " potation " which was to be held on the preceding evening ( at a cost of 12s 6d ) and after the service there was a dinner ( 15s 6d ) ; finally , twelve poor members of the Goldsmiths ' Company were to be given a shilling each . |
| 6 | but on the other of simmering discontent on the part of some prominent members of the town about the School and in particular its Headmaster , into which the Goldsmiths ' Company were dragged as unwilling participants . |
| 7 | Farr-Jones said the whole notion of a players ' company was for all the players to be involved , not to feather the nests of a select upper echelon . |