Example sentences of "down its [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | PRIME COMPUTER TO CLOSE DOWN ITS MINICOMPUTER MANUFACTURING BUSINESS |
2 | The BBC is to shut down its shortwave broadcasting facility at Daventry . |
3 | Following a decision earlier in the year to scale down its workstation business , ( UX No 368 ) Solbourne Computer Inc , Longmont , Colorado , has pulled the plug on its direct sales operations in Europe , claiming ‘ lack of business . ’ |
4 | When Beardmore closed down its aviation department , Stieger formed the Monospar Wing Co Ltd , with Fred Crocombe , who had worked for Fairey , as Chief Designer , S/L Rollo de Haga Haig , A E L Chorlton and C W Hayward . |
5 | It has nibbled at the problem , closing down its fertiliser business after failing to sell it . |
6 | Wavetracer Inc , the Acton , Massachusetts-based manufacturer of low-end massively parallel processing systems , has closed down its hardware business after investors pulled the plug and refused to invest further capital . |
7 | Booz , Allen & Hamilton was forced to close down its executive search division in 1980 , when serious problems surfaced as a result of trying to carry on a recruiting business whilst at the same time having 3000 management consultancy clients on their books , who were more or less off-limits from the point of view of providing candidates for headhunting . |
8 | One of Prudential 's first moves under its new chief executive was to close down its estate agency business , which began in 1985 . |
9 | There were notices all over , but that was like the Army to bring her all the way over to Sweetmary not knowing Hatch & Hodges had shut down its stage service . |
10 | ICI was the only UK-based manufacturer of carbon tetrachloride up until this month when it closed down its production plant . |