Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] by the bank " in BNC.
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| 1 | The upsurge in interest in how small businesses are funded , reflects growing concern that they 've been let down by the banks , and the realization that they are the most significant source of employment as the country struggles to emerge from the recession . |
| 2 | Intervention — the management of the Treasury 's Exchange Equalisation Account ( EEA ) is carried out by the Bank of England . |
| 3 | Llewellyn ( 1986 ) points out that until 1974 banking supervision was carried out by the Bank 's Discount Office , which was responsible for money market operations . |
| 4 | Mullineux ( 1985 ) argues that many functions carried out by the Bank of England could be done so by private sector institutions . |
| 5 | The only functions that necessarily have to be carried out by the Bank of England are lender of last resort facilities — even supervision could be carried out by a self regulatory organisation ( SRO — see Chapter 12 ) for the banking system . |
| 6 | The City expects the Chancellor to alter but not altogether abandon the rule , effectively reducing the amount of gilt-edged stock bought in by the Bank of England . |
| 7 | Sterling — now the EC 's weakest currency following devaluation of the Italian lira — was propped up by the Bank of England , dashing hopes of an early interest rate cut in Britain . |
| 8 | I am an accountant , I have been called in by the bank , and my duty is to the bank . |
| 9 | He is furious that billions of pounds he wanted freed to put in people 's pockets are locked up by the banks ' determination to boost profits . |
| 10 | The figure includes loans sold to the Co-operative Credit Purchasing Company , a loan-buying company set up by the banks themselves . |
| 11 | Over the next two hundred years the issue of notes , i.e. paper money , was gradually taken over by the Bank of England which maintained an adequate gold stock to back the note issue . |
| 12 | The project is to be paid for with a tailor-made $29m World Bank loan , which is scheduled to be approved by the Hungarian government later this month , before being signed off by the bank . |
| 13 | All tender issues are underwritten by the Bank and issues that are undersubscribed are taken up by the Bank and used as ‘ tap ’ stock which may be sold into the secondary market at the discretion of the Bank . |
| 14 | The latest straws in the wind have been blown in by the bank 's disposal of its merchant banking arm , Charterhouse , last week for £235 million . |
| 15 | It is understood that the deal had been held up by the Bank of England which had been seeking some form of ‘ comfort ’ from Bank of Edinburgh 's largest minority shareholder , Scottish Amicable , with 39.2 per cent , effectively asking it to stand behind depositors and take a more active role . |