Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] on [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investment business While a summary of the Solicitors ' Investment Business Rules 1990 may be found in Chapter 12 , it is appropriate at this point to note that every firm which carries on investment business within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986 is required to be authorised either through a Self-Regulating Organisation ( SRO ) such as FIMBRA or through a Recognised Professional Body ( RPB ) or directly from the Securities and Investments Board . |
| 2 | And Wing Cdr Geoffrey Smith , who takes on Robert Atkins in similarly marginal South Ribble , is a retired surgeon who was educated at Cambridge . |
| 3 | ‘ … each person to whom this report is being issued in the United Kingdom is a ‘ professional investor ’ ( for the purposes of the Financial Services ( Conduct of Business ) Rules 1987 of the Securities and Investments Board Limited ) or a person who carries on investment business for the purposes of the Financial Services Act 1986 … ’ |
| 4 | Can my right hon. and learned Friend take any action to shorten that period and clear up what is a highly unsatisfactory situation , whatever view one takes on Sunday opening ? |
| 5 | Another Williams-bred youngster , Pond Curlew , which receives start of eight metres , looks like being favourite for the Easter Handicap after clocking the fastest time of 27.44 , though he takes on Florida Bill , unbeaten in three rounds of the competition , also off eight metres , tonight . |
| 6 | STUART BARNES will have England and New Zealand firmly in his sights when he takes on world champions Australia at Twickenham today . |
| 7 | Catch the great British Bulldog as he takes on brother-in-law Bret ‘ Hit Man ’ Hart . |
| 8 | Under the overseas person exemption , many types of investment business which are actually carried on in the UK ( albeit from a non-UK office ) , are in effect treated as carried on outside the UK for the purposes of the FSA ( and so do not require authorisation under the FSA ) if the firm does not have a UK office from which it carries on investment business and : ( 1 ) The firm deals with or through , or arranges transactions with , an FSA-authorised person , such as a UK stockbroker , or an exempted person , such as a listed money market institution , acting within the terms of its exemption ( para 26 of Sched 1 ) ; this applies even if that person is an affiliate ; ( 2 ) the firm did not solicit the business in contravention of the FSA 's restrictions on the issue of investment advertisements and cold calling ( para 27 of Sched 1 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you know what hangs on Mrs Danby 's covenant ? ’ he said . |