Example sentences of "companies [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Rail , SNCF and SNCB ( Société Nationale de Chemins de Fers Belges ) are cooperating in the design of a special fleet of high speed trains for use on the London-Brussels-Paris lines , and an international consortium of companies has been formed to tender for their detailed design and construction . |
| 2 | Support from other UK insurance companies has been mixed — ‘ it is a very conservative sector ’ , he says — and it is too early to say whether the method will be generally accepted . |
| 3 | The naivety of Irish politicians in dealing with the foreign mining companies has been excellently summed up by O Faircheallaigh : Irish politicians ' ’ response … to this situation was to accept as valid the mining industry 's account of what it needed . |
| 4 | Similarly , the emphasis in large-scale Japanese companies has been on the creation of organisation-oriented , bureaucratic policies ( emphasising job security , seniority-based promotion , incremental pay scales , etc . ) . |
| 5 | The growth of transnational companies has been swiftly followed by the mushrooming of economic and political apparatuses above the level of the nation state — such as the European Economic Community — developments which mark a further stage in the development of monopoly capital and international imperialism . |
| 6 | Dealing first with ( a ) , the normal modus operandi in the case of new issues by public companies has been described in Chapter 13 : a would-be shareholder will apply in response to the prospectus , listing particulars or circular ; if the application is accepted he will be sent an allotment letter ; and this completes the needful agreement to become a member and shareholder . |
| 7 | However , in recent years a blitz on such companies has been mounted with the result that there has been some improvement . |
| 8 | In the field of area regeneration , in close partnership with Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde Regional Council , the network of locally-based Area Initiative Companies has been strengthened . |
| 9 | The general case for exporting for the good of the economy and for the good of individual companies has been covered , together with an overview of organisational and cultural issues . |
| 10 | Amongst the other companies to have been privatised during the Conservative second term are Jaguar ( 1984 ) , British Airways ( 1987 ) and Rolls-Royce ( 1987 ) . |
| 11 | Almost 100 new companies had been formed , and Schach had been able to secure over a million pounds in bank guarantees to finance not only such expensive disasters as Dreaming Lips , Love from a Stranger and The Marriage of Gorbal , but even films that were never made . |
| 12 | Four consulting companies had been sold . |
| 13 | Volvo confirmed recently that both companies had been holding ‘ discussions ’ over possible joint ventures in the European motor market . |
| 14 | This report accepted that unemployment had risen within the LDDC from about 3,500 in 1981 to about 5,000 in 1986 ; that approximately eighty companies had been relocated out of the area through compulsory purchases implemented by the LDDC ; and that many locals were not gaining from the corporation 's activities . |
| 15 | In October 1917 , minute 27640 states : The Acting General Manager mentioned that in connection with the aeroplanes which the Railway Companies had been asked to construct for the government , the L & NW had undertaken at Wolverton a share of the work , i.e. construction of wings . |
| 16 | By nightfall all the rifle companies had been over-run ; some sections , and platoons from these companies extricated themselves at nightfall . |
| 17 | These special forces were used as infantry , although the Independent Companies had been hurriedly raised for guerrilla operations , an idea fostered by Major Holland , an engineer who , by a lucky chance , was appointed head of the general staff 's research section , then known as GS(R) , in 1938 . |
| 18 | For many years both companies had been associated in the public 's mind as loss-making nationalised industries . |
| 19 | Both companies had been using BR 's Railfreight distribution network after the cessation of Speedlink in 1991 and subsequent collapse of TigerRail operations . |
| 20 | Fujitsu Ltd has come out with a new multimedia multiplexer in its DMIX series , one of a series of multiplexers designed for its Network Solution 2000 network architecture : the new E-2570 DMIX has a capacity of 10 data channels and six speech voice channels , and comes between the large capacity E-2570 DMIX and the compact E-2300 series Compact MUX ; Fujitsu expects to sell 5,000 units over three years , starting in June , at a price of $73,000 ) ; the E-2500 series DMIX and E-2300 series Compact MUX were released in September last year and Fujitsu says by the end of last month , sales to 100 companies had been made . |
| 21 | The decision to call an election was prompted by the prime minister 's failure to heal a split among his followers over accusations that state-owned companies had been arm-twisted into making contributions to the party . |
| 22 | The companies had been closely linked with the King 's court , and were also open to attack because they were monopolies . |
| 23 | Gresham chairman Sid Green professed himself ‘ modestly satisfied ’ with the company 's pre-tax profit of £767,000 on sales of £7.25m — last year 's sales were £6.29m but the two companies had been combined for only part of the accounting period . |
| 24 | A significant number of companies had been forced into liquidation , and potentially viable businesses capable of being rescued had been closed down , for want of such a floating charge . |
| 25 | Previously only joint ventures with foreign companies had been taxed . |
| 26 | Stating that the criteria for evaluating of public enterprises had been " designed more to ensure the success of the [ privatization ] operation rather than its profitability " , the commission claimed that state companies had been deliberately undervalued by between F8,300 million and F19,600 million . |
| 27 | Enabling legislation for the electricity privatization had been introduced in November 1988 [ see p. 36504 ] and enacted in July 1989 [ see p. 36820 ] , and the 12 regional electricity companies had been sold in December 1990 . |
| 28 | The privatization of the 12 regional electricity companies had been carried out by means of a share offer , raising gross proceeds of £5,200 million , which opened on Nov , 21 , 1990 and closed on Dec. 5 ; stock exchange dealings in shares in these companies had followed on Dec. 11 . |
| 29 | The companies had been placed on the blacklist after being accused of offering " kickbacks " to win an oil pipeline contract . |
| 30 | Between 1971 and 1981 , 15 companies had been able to transfer untaxed funds to the CDU ( and to the Free Democratic Party ( FDP ) and the Christian Social Union ( CSU ) ) via a Cologne-based foundation . |