Example sentences of "and research and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Education and training and research and development are other areas where government intervention is badly needed . |
| 2 | But he also emphasised the need for greater spending on transport and communications , science and research and development — programmes which could yet take priority over health spending under a Labour government . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Intel is pouring a massive $1 billion a year into honing its technological edge , split roughly equally between building state-of-the-art chip factories and research and development , according to Grove . |
| 4 | However , this approach towards electronics is not without its critics ( Moore and Booth , 1986 ) : few jobs have been created for the long-term unemployed ; a relatively small proportion of posts are for managerial and technical positions ; and the indigenous sector remains small , as do total exports and research and development capacities . |
| 5 | As the recession cuts into company budgets , from expense accounts and salaries to training and research and development , donations to good causes are also being reappraised . |
| 6 | In addition to block exemptions which apply to the regulations implementing the competition rules to the air and maritime sectors , block exemptions have been enacted to cover exclusive supply and distribution agreements , patent licensing agreements , know-how licensing agreements , franchising agreements , motor vehicle distribution and servicing agreements , specialisation agreements and research and development agreements . |
| 7 | The patent licensing , know-how , franchising , motor vehicle , and research and development block exemptions also provide a special ‘ opposition ’ procedure whereby if an agreement satisfying the basic requirements of the exemption , and not containing any black clauses , but containing other restrictions on competition is notified to the Commission and not opposed by the Commission within six months of notification , exemption will automatically be conferred . |
| 8 | In such a situation , investment generally , and research and development spending in particular , might suffer . |
| 9 | Investments in Flash memory and liquid crystal diode displays mean that Sharp Corp will keep both capital and research and development expenditure almost unchanged in the fiscal year starting tomorrow : Sharp will invest $225m to double output to 200,000 displays a month and will add $130m to the $86m already invested in fabrication plants for Flash memory , using the design it licensed from Intel Corp ; and it is plans to invest $86m in research and development . |
| 10 | The plan should at once cut costs and overlapping and research and development efforts , but ICL ( 80% owned by Fujitsu ) and Amdahl ( in which Fujitsu has a 42% stake ) stress that the impetus is ‘ not Fujitsu banging heads together . ’ |
| 11 | Intel Corp says it expects to spend about $2,500m on capital expenditures and research and development in 1993 , an increase of 25% on estimated 1992 spending of about $2m , saying that the expenditures , unusually high as a percentage of sales even for a high technology company , are needed to address the increasing complexity of microprocessors and the high cost of chip plants ; the company has started paying a dividend , making its shares attractive to a wider range of institutions , and the expectation is that it will tap the market for new funds . |
| 12 | The plan should at once cut costs and overlapping and research and development efforts , but ICL ( 80% owned by Fujitsu ) and Amdahl ( in which Fujitsu has a 42% stake ) stress that the impetus is ‘ not Fujitsu banging heads together . ’ |
| 13 | Touting France as the foremost software preserve in Europe , a bunch of French companies and research and development institutes under the aegis of the French Scientific Mission will be in Silicon Valley June 23–24 trolling for partnership opportunities including joint research and development agreements , joint patent development , licensing and strategic alliance . |
| 14 | Overall , however , prevention and treatment have not progressed as quickly as was hoped , and research and development must be pursued vigorously to take account of contemporary perceptions of the disorder . |
| 15 | The transition from the post-war boom in traditional industries to a modernized branch plant structure occurred after the Hailsham Plan of 1963 and changed the nature of the origins of the region 's economic problems from overspecialization by industrial sector ( i.e. over-reliance on old basic industries particularly affected by changing market demands and the new international division of labour ) into overspecialization by corporate function ( i.e. under-representation of control and research and development functions ) . |
| 16 | Analysts of manufacturing decline almost unanimously pinpoint the rise to prominence of ROI calculations as the immediate cause of the sharp decline in expenditure on new process technologies , facilities and research and development . |
| 17 | In consequence , product planning , and research and development activities may concentrate resources on the product and the brand , so further strengthening its position relative to the competition . |
| 18 | Internal and external perceptions of accounting disclosure and research and development expenditure |
| 19 | For example , certain kinds of investment , advertising and research and development expenditures may allow firms to maintain their market position against encroachment from existing and new competitors . |
| 20 | Under the terms of the IMF loan , the fiscal deficit would be kept to 3.2 per cent of gross domestic product , but public investment would be allowed to rise , with priority given to education , health , water and sanitation , as well as infrastructure and research and development . |
| 21 | Care must be taken to ensure that the new company , or its qualifying subsidiaries , carry on qualifying trades and , notably , film production companies and research and development companies qualify , so long as their activities are being carried on on a commercial basis with a view to profit . |
| 22 | A former chairman of Meirionnydd FUW , he has been a long-serving member of the union 's finance and executive committee and sits on the Meat and Livestock Commission 's sheep technical committee and research and development sub-committee . |
| 23 | The University relates theory to practice through sandwich courses and industrial placements , and research and consultancy resources are used to develop and strengthen relationships with the wider community . |
| 24 | Do expenses include non-recurring items or non-standard items eg management charges , substantial pension payments , items of personal expenditure ( vendor 's gardener , golf club subscription etc ) , and research and marketing expenditure in advance of new product launches ? ( see Chapter 08 for a more complete list ) . |
| 25 | Reinvestment in er in new equipment and research and engineering development . |