Example sentences of "companies [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't own the companies I worked for . |
| 2 | ‘ St Louis Music was one of the companies I went to see at that time , and it felt like Ampeg , especially , was home for me . |
| 3 | And I 've also gone for quality clients , companies I want to work for and who I know will pay on time . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I know they need to protect their client 's confidentiality but there are certainly many companies I would not consider working for and that ought to be got out of the way early on . ’ |
| 5 | The companies I mentioned are important acquisitions . ’ |
| 6 | the information there appears that there should be private companies I actually have n't looked in the Yellow Pages yet actually I should do that and you know and yeah |
| 7 | All the companies I 've spoken to accept an invoice as proof of ownership when it comes to either competitive or normal upgrades . |
| 8 | For those who have survived the recession intact there has been too much self-interest , need and greed , stab and grab , call it what you will , and companies I believe are suddenly beginning to realise that integrity , ethics and pragmatism may have a ‘ bottom line ’ value in the years to come that the accountant 's profit culture attitude may change a little . |
| 9 | Erm most other companies I know do it on two interviews . |
| 10 | But there are certain companies I know that individuals will slot into . |
| 11 | Expecting it to be someone high up in one of the many companies she had dealings with — though it was unusual for Jimmy not to supply her with a name — she announced efficiently , ‘ Leith Everett . ’ |
| 12 | However , with both companies you need to be on the share register for 12 months . |
| 13 | They can help to identify which companies you ought to be looking at , they may have a database of relevant information , and if you are looking at information-gathering from a number of companies they can save you time and effort if they do the legwork . |
| 14 | When you read the reports of your debtor companies you may find the following of help in getting to what is really meant . |
| 15 | For companies you need their full name , country of registration and registration number . |
| 16 | By creating demand for the group among record companies you could provoke an auction which would push up your advance ( signing-on fee ) by tens of thousands of pounds , and your royalty percentages by two or three ‘ points ’ . |
| 17 | The greater number of small companies you have , Branson reasoned , the greater number of people to whom you can give responsibility ; ‘ encouraging entrepreneurship ’ , as he put it , under the umbrella of Virgin . |
| 18 | And that would be you know companies you 're probably already familiar with , you know people like M and G , erm Fidelity , erm er . |
| 19 | ‘ All those companies you own ca n't run themselves . |
| 20 | One is that we do make acquisitions , we on , on the whole er , prefer er , organic growth because it is normally more profitable and the prices you have to pay for acquisitions er , tend to put significant premiums on the companies you buy which you may er , in the longer run eventually erm , er , turn into shareholder value . |
| 21 | Different companies you see |
| 22 | What you mean top one hundred F T S E companies you mean ? |
| 23 | Well how on earth do you start spot checking on a hundred and twenty eight thousand companies you know , the first nine hundred and ninety five that you do may be the ones that are running perfectly . |
| 24 | None of the companies we spoke to would forecast how many cars they aim to sell in 1993 , nor how many customers who would previously have bought kits are expected to switch to type-approved cars . |
| 25 | ‘ The companies we have today are capable of delivering 15% turnover growth a year . |
| 26 | ‘ We had companies we should have been factoring , not invoice discounting , ’ says David Pretlove , managing director . |
| 27 | You may be able to get separate insurance but the companies we tried did n't want to know — and none of the companies normally used by vets to insure pets were prepared to cover fish . |
| 28 | Why is it that we can look at organizations which we ourselves have worked in for most of our lives , where we have complained bitterly , where over drinks with our colleagues or at the Christmas pantomime or some other time we have given vent to our irritation at these bad organizational and behavioural characteristics ; and yet when we reach high positions in companies we consider them to be something which is beyond our capability to influence ? |
| 29 | We have an understanding with the companies we work with that we wo n't endorse them , and we 're not interested in anyone who 's looking to do a whitewash job . |
| 30 | The information-based organization requires far more specialists overall than the command-and-control companies we are accustomed to . |