Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] of company " in BNC.
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| 1 | The merger of Mills and Boon and the Harlequin imprint acts as a paradigm for the sequences of company mergers and takeovers that took place in the sixties and seventies in publishing in Britain and America , a period in which the ownership structures of publishing underwent a profound shift away from specialist producers and distributors of books , towards groups of publishing houses owned largely by corporate organizations whose primary interests were not in publishing . |
| 2 | These include very practical interests such as the contaminated land legislation , as well as more general cultural reasons such as the needs of companies to sustain reputations and human societies to explore their own identities and pasts . |
| 3 | Here again there is a vital difference between the powers of companies and partnerships . |
| 4 | The past year has seen much debate in the UK about the duties of company directors , both executive and non-executive , and about the structure and functioning of boards . |
| 5 | This issue is taken up in the next chapter where some of the rules of company law that support the functioning of the market are examined . |
| 6 | The growth of intra-industry is deemed to require a considerable amount of Europeanisation of the activities of companies by merger and acquisition , and DFI . |
| 7 | Pursuant to the Directives ' aim to promote comparability of the accounts of companies of the various member States , companies are required to adopt one of two prescribed formats for the balance sheet and one of four for the profit and loss account but in doing so they may use either the prescribed ‘ historical cost accounting rules ’ or the ‘ alternative accounting rules ’ which pay greater recognition to the impact of inflation by a type of current cost accounting . |
| 8 | Also , some of the profits of companies attempting a takeover may be captured by insiders , and the acquiring company may find it more difficult to buy up shares in the target company as a result of insider dealing . |
| 9 | As a final note on the range of legal options , it should be pointed out that there have been several suggestions that a new form of incorporation should be introduced to combine some of the features of company and partnership but without the problems associated with limited partnerships . |
| 10 | It is also consistent with the requirements of companies legislation ** . |
| 11 | A pilot investigation into the effects of company and employee motivation of the self teach Open Learning Scheme at Jaguar Cars Ltd . |
| 12 | Instead their reports should stick to investigating and reporting the facts , he told the MPs ' inquiry into the methods of company investigations . |
| 13 | It is developed from research into the characteristics of companies at risk that best differentiated those which ultimately failed from those which were able to recover . |
| 14 | Both may find new partners instead from the ranks of companies eyeing the sudden boom in aerospace : including those from Japan ( see below ) . |
| 15 | This authority must include at least these four elements : ( I ) the right to veto any applicant who , in the manager 's opinion , falls below the minimum standards of ability ; ( 2 ) the power to make work assignments ; ( 3 ) the power to carry out performance appraisals and , within the limits of company policy , to make decisions — not recommendations — about raises and merit rewards ; and ( 4 ) the authority to initiate removal — at least from the manager 's own team — of anyone who seems incapable of doing the work . |
| 16 | ‘ I am a great believer in the egos of company chairmen , ’ he says , adding hastily ‘ and their concern for the good of the country . ’ |
| 17 | What is more , officials in the department have become more , not less , involved in the affairs of companies . |
| 18 | There have been a number of trends in the sources of company finance since 1970 : |
| 19 | It is clear from s.1(2) that once deemed an insider , the individual can be held liable for dealings in the securities of companies with which he has no direct relationship . |
| 20 | Levine , an investment banker at a prestigious Wall Street firm , was alleged to have been involved in insider trading over a period of six years , during which time he made huge profits while trading on the basis of material nonpublic information in the securities of companies . |
| 21 | Rent from landownership and shares in the profits of companies have been the twin foundations of the wealthy upper class . |
| 22 | On May 25th he resigned after admitting that he had speculated in the shares of companies associated with Daimler-Benz while sitting on its supervisory board . |
| 23 | One of the major risks stems from an ‘ information asymmetry ’ ( Dixon 1989 ) where the knowledge of investors as to the prospects of companies is extremely low . |
| 24 | The conclusion can only be this : that if a ‘ radical extension ’ of industrial democracy means the appointment of trade union representation to the boards of companies , then the case for it — always improbable in principle — has been shown by events to be insupportable . |
| 25 | A RECENT ruling by Customs and Excise could add millions to the costs of company takeovers . |
| 26 | But the collapse of the junk-bond market is a big blow to the scores of companies which were planning new offerings . |
| 27 | For convenience , however , auditing shall be described with reference to the requirements of companies . |
| 28 | Competitive pressures are intense and economic fluctuations are highly significant to the fortunes of companies . |
| 29 | The Ethical Investment Research and Information Service ( EIRIS ) , an independent organisation which advises investors on the activities of companies , has found that nearly a quarter of Britain 's major companies breached the limitations on discharges into rivers and waterways on numerous occasions in the last three years . |
| 30 | Above-average yields can sometimes be spotted on the convertibles of companies that are going through a bad patch , and these more risky recovery situations appeal to speculators . |