Example sentences of "[adj] companies be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a handful of British companies were of a size to contemplate it , and among them there existed a curious air of parochialism , of not wanting to venture into foreign-language recordings , or markets which were unfamiliar . |
| 2 | And some companies are of such eminence in the world that , for an appropriate emolument , retired politicians , diplomats and higher civil servants are more than happy to bestow on them the benefits of the business acumen and personal probity for which they are rightly renowned . |
| 3 | ‘ The danger otherwise in many companies is of top management being cut off from people right at the front end . ’ |
| 4 | Many of the large Swedish industrial companies are of this type . |
| 5 | The withdrawal showed how scared companies are of the negative publicity they might receive if they do not clean up their acts right down the line . |