Example sentences of "companies [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will not make a Second Reading speech now , but simply say that a safety culture built around individuals and the operating companies ' involvement and responsibilities is the only way to ensure the safest possible working environment . |
| 2 | Life companies ' adverts |
| 3 | Italian firm Same-Lamborghini has done its bit for variety over the years , with a series of innovations that suggest that its research and development department gets a bigger budget than many other companies ' equivalents . |
| 4 | Factoring — factoring services can involve the full operation of companies ' invoicing and debt collection , credit protection through cover on sales made , and payments of up to 80 per cent of debts in advance of collection . |
| 5 | These companies ' activities on the Stock Exchange during the 1980s could be taken as evidence of this as foreign companies have mounted massive takeover bids for British ones . |
| 6 | Already the atmosphere is such that companies such as Chubb Insurance Company of Europe is advising client directors to make concerted efforts not only to be familiar with all aspects of their companies ' activities but to take prudent action at the boardroom table : right down to ensuring all documents are prepared ‘ with the expectation that they will be scrutinised at a later date by others who are looking for evidence of wrongdoings ’ , that detailed minutes are taken , and that they should vote against any proposal rather than abstain because abstention could be construed as approval . |
| 7 | The rise in companies ' income gearing has also stabilised . |
| 8 | That the number of railway passengers in Britain almost doubled between 1848 and 1854 — from c. 58 to c. 108 million — while the companies ' income from freight traffic multiplied almost two-and-a-half times , is more significant than the precise percentage of industrial goods or business travel concealed within these figures . |
| 9 | Mr Wright 's experience underscores many companies ' concerns about empowerment , which is rapidly becoming a buzz-word in enlightened management circles . |
| 10 | In the previous recession electronics were to some extent protected from the slump by companies ' enthusiasm for replacing old technologies with new . |
| 11 | As will have been apparent from the discussion on pre-emptive rights , this borrowing by the stock markets of an expression ‘ equities ’ derived from the activities of Courts of Chancery has in turn been borrowed by the companies ' legislation in its definition of ‘ equity securities ’ and ‘ equity share capital . ’ |
| 12 | The obligation under companies ' legislation ( CA 1985 , ss198-206 ) to disclose interests in shares in public companies also applies to persons " acting in concert " . |
| 13 | Teletext — Ceefax and the ITV companies ' Oracle — is a fairly big success . |
| 14 | Socialists line drug companies ' pockets |
| 15 | Health services are lining drug companies ' pockets |
| 16 | The heaviest losses were sustained by members of so-called " excess-of-loss ( LMX ) spiral " syndicates which specialized in reinsuring each others ' and other companies ' exposure to high-level catastrophe risks . |
| 17 | The sooner the markets develop confidence in the Government 's commitment to the ERM , the sooner it will be possible to get our interest rates down as well , and thus provide a much-needed boost for companies ' ability to invest for the future . |
| 18 | We need the Government to be assiduous in its attempts to eliminate the obstacles that hinder companies ' ability to compete effectively in the international environment . |
| 19 | The sooner the markets develop confidence in the Government 's commitment to the ERM , the sooner it will be possible to get our interest rates down and thus provide a much-needed boost for companies ' ability to invest for the future |
| 20 | In particular , the combination of the two companies ' technologies is said to result in wide area network architectures that are highly scalable , simple to administer , and cost-efficient . |
| 21 | However , allied to the improvement in companies ' financial position has been an increase in large companies ' liquidity ratios , to their highest level since the end of 1987 ( though this may have been partly at the cost of the liquidity of smaller companies , because of trade credit effect ) . |
| 22 | The choice of financing method will clearly be constrained by availability of different forms of finance , but there are other factors which have a greater influence on companies ' decisions . |
| 23 | Companies ' views on recovery mixed |
| 24 | It can be worthwhile to look through trade magazines and check on various companies ' success in placing their songs with artists . |
| 25 | Anyone who can separate the gains from the ‘ dynamics ’ of privatisation from those arising from capital investment or the companies ' success in manipulating the pricing formula will deserve free water for life . |
| 26 | Anyone who can separate the gains from the ‘ dynamics ’ of privatisation from those arising from capital investment or the companies ' success in manipulating the pricing formula will deserve free water for life . |
| 27 | A key factor in these companies ' success is knowing their customers ' preferences . |
| 28 | People are seen as the key organisation resource and employees are aware that their best efforts are essential and they will share in their companies ' success . |
| 29 | The companies ' exports of computer equipment have therefore begun with small business or personal computers — product areas in which IBM is far from dominant . |
| 30 | Some means of checking companies ' compliance with the code is seen as essential if real improvements are to be made across all listed companies rather than in those which are already well run . |