Example sentences of "companies be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The MMC has wide powers to make recommendations , and the Secretary of State to act on these recommendations , yet on only a few occasions have companies been formally penalized as a result of MMC investigations . |
| 2 | Had more companies been honest with themselves a dividend passed completely would have been better and then a new base could have set at a suitable level . |
| 3 | But companies are reporting that orders are still down on last year , with no sign from the catering industry that it is in a position to re-equip the dining room . |
| 4 | An increasing number of directors of sponsoring companies are beginning to ask ‘ What did we get for our money ? ’ when they so often see players to whom considerable appearance fees have been paid , losing limply in their first or second round matches and , even worse , then turning round and implying that the only tournaments they really take seriously are the Grand Slams . |
| 5 | groups which are not companies are not covered by the Act at all . |
| 6 | The Campaign attacks the carve-up of the brewing industry by vested interests , and the way that large companies are getting around legislation following the 1989 MMC Report . |
| 7 | US companies are expected to be involved in the research , backed by £65 million of EC money . |
| 8 | Record numbers of overseas companies are investing in the UK , according to industry minister Edward Leigh . |
| 9 | Four of these companies are quoted separately from CB on the Paris Bourse ( CB received a London listing in 1973 ) : UCB ( 33 per cent owned by CB , in housing and property finance ) , UFB Locabail ( 66.2 per cent , business equipment finance ) , Cetelem ( 67.7 per cent , consumer finance ) , and Cardif ( 56 per cent , life insurance and savings products ) . |
| 10 | In today 's markets , where increasingly companies are looking to raise funds beyond their own national borders , agreement on an objective standard for measuring the financial health of a business is vital . |
| 11 | Younger , more mobile employees , on an average of £13,700 a year , are enjoying bigger increases because companies are ‘ desperate ’ to keep them . |
| 12 | Though state-owned companies are able to achieve keener interest rates by borrowing from the Government through the National Loan Fund , they are constrained in the amount they can borrow and the uses to which the money can be put because all such borrowings count towards the public sector borrowing requirement . |
| 13 | Hong Kong companies are not well-known moralists : their main interest lies in staunching their own losses of trained workers , and preserving the machinery of government . |
| 14 | Recent research has shown that not all joint-ventures or alliances between Western and Japanese companies are a complete success . |
| 15 | For now , BBC sport and Britain 's fledgling satellite companies are the best of friends . |
| 16 | Indeed West German satellite companies are so stong that one bought exclusive German rights to Wimbledon this year , just as a similar Swedish company did there , each denying the traditional terrestrial stations access . |
| 17 | How long will it be before Britain 's three satellite companies are in that league ? |
| 18 | Beaver has agreements with 15 recruitment agencies for 200 job vacancies that several companies are trying to fill . |
| 19 | The following companies are planning further increases in the new year as well : Mumm ( about 4 per cent ) and Heidsieck Monopole ( about 4 per cent ) . |
| 20 | Suter 's dealings in Neill and other companies are the subject of a Department of Trade and Industry inquiry . |
| 21 | He is perfectly earnest when he says , ‘ I feel that the people who run the big national companies are in my way . |
| 22 | With government nudging and IBA winking , the ITV companies are leading what Channel 4 chief executive Michael Grade describes with alarm as a ‘ cavalry charge ’ towards sponsorship . |
| 23 | ‘ Private companies are spending £2.2bn a year on their employees ’ health care , which is a tenth of the National Health Service budget of £22bn , ’ he said . |
| 24 | French companies are the most active in buying UK ones . |
| 25 | Several big British companies are said to be ‘ extremely interested ’ . |
| 26 | Bartlett and Ghoshal argue that Stage 4 companies are not truly global . |
| 27 | Companies are restricted by a shortage of resources from pursuing every identifiable marketing opportunity . |
| 28 | Companies are likely to seek ownership of operations within the country ; |
| 29 | Independent car hire companies are new setting up so ask around . |
| 30 | Instead , you need to wise up about how the industry works and which people in recording companies are the most influential when it comes to signing and selling musicians , work . |