Example sentences of "company make a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hay , whose company made a small profit last year , added : ‘ For my own business I think I can see faint signs of recovery . |
| 2 | At a time when computer technology was advancing rapidly and any given computer-based business management system tended to be technically obsolescent in a short time , a company made a reasonable decision that all such computers would be depreciated at 50 per cent per annum , making prudent financial provision against their short useful lives . |
| 3 | At a time when computer technology was advancing rapidly and any given computer-based business management system tended to be technically obsolescent in a short time , a company made a reasonable decision that all such computers would be depreciated at 50 per cent per annum , making prudent financial provision against their short useful lives . |
| 4 | After the nationalization of the coffee industry in 1979 , the company made a good deal with INCAFE , the state marketing board . |
| 5 | Although the company made a net profit of $10.5 million in 1987 it took a hard-line response over the strike : out of the 5000 who went out , 2000 workers were estimated to have been sacked . |
| 6 | The company made a disastrous start in February 1983 and found profitability only when it went down market under new management and ownership ( partly Australian ) . |
| 7 | The company made a large profit exporting wholly unsuitable milk powder to Africa , where there was no pure water to mix it with . |
| 8 | The company made a large profit when that line was nationalized . |
| 9 | AEEU 's regional officer , Alwyn Rowlands said workers are angry that they did not get a cost of living increase in April despite the company making a healthy profit . |
| 10 | REDLAND , the brick and tile company making a hostile bid for Steetley , has found a new platform for its offensive a development in Devon which uses bricks from both companies . |
| 11 | Obviously , if a company makes a new type of computer program which proves to be very successful , other companies will want to bring out their own versions of that type of program in order to gain a share in the market created or stimulated by the first program . |
| 12 | A reverse takeover offer is one where an offeror company makes a general offer to the shareholders of a larger company to acquire their shares in exchange for new shares in the offeror company , with the shareholders in the larger company becoming the majority shareholders in the offeror company . |
| 13 | However , where a listed company makes a reverse takeover offer for an unlisted company it is required to obtain its shareholders ' approval , its listing will be suspended and , subject to one exemption , it will be treated as a new applicant for listing ( for a description of the relevant Yellow Book rules see para 17.2.7 below ) . |
| 14 | The company makes a wide range of bathroom ware and discharges its effluent into a fishless urban stream . |
| 15 | The company makes a whole range of types of shoe including dress , casual and traditional . |
| 16 | The student company makes a brave effort at tackling the multiple roles . |