Example sentences of "[prep] the banks ' [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The two systems have been carefully designed to enable their joint use both for local issues , such as individual branch manning , and for broader events such as participation in production of projections and sensitivity analysis during the banks ' annual corporate planning and budget cycles .
2 While recognizing that poor local economic management was partly to blame for the region 's debt crisis , the report argued that what it described as the banks ' irresponsible lending practices meant they should also share responsibility and assume greater losses .
3 Prior to the 1970s most banks relied on their networks of overseas correspondent banks ( sometimes referred to as the banks ' own banking system ) to meet customer needs as regards international trade payments and finance .
4 B C R executive , Hamish , is sceptical about the banks ' sudden endorsement of angels .
5 While the uncovered debts of the banks in respect of residents ' foreign exchange deposits are known more or less precisely , the amount of the banks ' other uncovered foreign liabilities is a matter of guesswork .
6 The results of the banks ' self-imposed credit rationing , and of the mounting creditor distress , are beginning to show in the leap in outstanding commercial paper issued by non-financial companies .
7 Mr Matthews reckons that about half of the banks ' retained earnings comes from securities gains .
8 All members will have vivid recollections of the Banks ' huge publicity campaign , between January and May last year , attempting to sell Extended Opening Hours to both the Public and our members and the guarantees which accompanied this publicity .
9 Operational balances in the Bank of England are like the banks ' own current accounts and are used for clearing purposes .
10 ‘ This is the harsh truth behind the banks ' glossy and expensive advertising campaigns . ’
11 The Bank has an estimate based on past experience of daily and seasonal patterns , and on the banks ' declared requirements , of likely changes in the note circulation .
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