Example sentences of "[noun pl] of a [adj] company " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latest variants on royalty structures use branches of a Dutch company , which operate in much the same way as finance branches , and rely on exemptions to avoid tax at full rates in the Netherlands . |
| 2 | PP : I understand that Barclays is the largest European lender to the Philippines with loans totalling over $384 million and that in 1987 you refused to sign a loan extension agreement between the Philippine government and 500 commercial creditors unless the $57 million debts of a private company , Planters Products PLC , were assumed by the government . |
| 3 | ( FCA ) of having been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(a) and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he in London between 31 July 1985 and 28 February 1990 audited the accounts of a limited company , a company in which his wife was a shareholder and at various times an office holder , resulting in him not being free of any interest which might detract or be seen to detract from his professional independence and integrity was reprimanded and ordered to pay £600 by way of costs . |
| 4 | ( FCA ) of who had been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(b) and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( ii ) in that he in London on or about 23 April 1988 signed an audit report on the accounts of a limited company for the year ended 31 March 1988 which |
| 5 | and in that he in London between 31 March 1989 and 23 May 1991 signed an audit report on the accounts of a limited company for the year ended 31 March 1989 which |
| 6 | and in that he in London between 31 March 1990 and 23 May 1991 signed an audit report on the accounts of a limited company for the year ended 31 March 1990 which |
| 7 | ( FCA ) of who had been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(a) and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that at Ware between 30 April 1978 and 1 October 1984 his firm audited the accounts of a limited company when his wife held shares in that Company was reprimanded , fined £1,000 and ordered |
| 8 | Customs has ruled that , following a European Court of Justice judgement , the basic activities of a holding company , such as acquiring subsidiaries or defending against takeovers , are not business activities for VAT purposes . |
| 9 | The asset sale may need the prior approval of shareholders of a relevant company if the vendor is a director or a person connected ( as defined in CA 1985 , s346 ) with a director of the purchaser or its holding company or the purchaser is a director or a person connected with a director of the vendor or its holding company ( see CA 1985 , s320 ) . |
| 10 | A reverse takeover offer is one where an offeror company makes a general offer to the shareholders of a larger company to acquire their shares in exchange for new shares in the offeror company , with the shareholders in the larger company becoming the majority shareholders in the offeror company . |
| 11 | ( In the past , Rough Trade acts who had achieved major success like say , Aztec Camera , walked into the more solid foundations of a larger company ) . |
| 12 | ( 2 ) None of the sub-clauses of this Clause and none of the objects therein specified shall be deemed subsidiary or ancillary to any of the objects specified in any other such sub-clause , and the Company shall have as full a power to exercise each and every one of the objects specified in each sub-clause of this Clause as though each sub-clause contained the objects of a separate Company . |
| 13 | ( 2 ) None of the sub-clauses of this Clause and none of the objects therein specified shall be deemed subsidiary or ancillary to any of the objects specified in any other such sub-clause , and the Company shall have as full a power to exercise each and every one of the objects specified in each sub-clause of this Clause as though each sub-clause contained the objects of a separate Company . |
| 14 | It has been held that auditors did not owe a duty of care to creditors of a failed company on which they reported . |
| 15 | Therefore , where the vendor and purchaser are both wholly owned subsidiaries of a third company and the vendor sells assets to the purchaser at an under value , it is suggested that to the extent the value conferred on the purchaser comes out of the vendor 's capital as opposed to distributable profits , then this is treated as an unlawful return of capital by the vendor to the third party holding company . |
| 16 | In addition , although the suggested Directive is limited to public companies , the accompanying explanatory note shows that consideration is being given to extending its scope to private companies , so that it would effectively apply to private companies which are subsidiaries of a public company ( the normal UK group structure ) . |
| 17 | The advantages of a small company over a large one is a matter of swings and roundabouts . |
| 18 | It can be argued that the board of directors of a limited company is itself a ‘ committee ’ appointed by the shareholders , to the extent that it governs or administers ; |
| 19 | Governors have an increasing responsibility for schools they serve , very much like a board of directors of a public company but , unlike company directors , they may have little specialist knowledge or previous experience of management . |
| 20 | WHAT a wonderful example by the three directors of a recession-hit company to slash £30,000 off their own wages so their loyal staff would get a pay increase . |
| 21 | THREE directors of a recession-hit company slashed £30,000 off their own wages — to give their loyal staff a pay increase . |
| 22 | ‘ Often you do n't realise the sheer range of functions of a good company secretary or administrator until they leave , because they 've been so efficient , ’ said Mr Sheppard . |
| 23 | Tony McClenaghan , a VAT Partner with accountants Touche Ross , said : ‘ From next March the basic functions of a holding company will no longer be accepted as business activities by Customs and Excise , and so there will be no right to deduct VAT incurred in carrying out takeovers , acquisitions , or defences against hostile bids . |
| 24 | Under section 91 , the need to offer pre-emptive rights may be excluded by a provision in the memorandum or articles of a private company — either wholly or in relation to allotments of a particular description . |
| 25 | The founding instrument may be a royal charter ( BBC or the research councils ) ; a Treasury Minute ( University Grants Committee ) ; the articles of a non-profit company ( National Consumer Council ) ; or , more humbly , but apparently almost as effectively , a mere Answer in the House , a memorandum from the Minister to himself , a wave of the hand , or whatever else may signify a decision to establish a new body ( Schools Council , Technician and Business Education Councils and that unusual ‘ central–local government voluntary ’ body , the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service ) . |
| 26 | A mainframe computer can control the computing applications of a whole company or university . |
| 27 | But the needs of a UK-based company trading with customers and suppliers in the EC , will naturally be vastly different from those of a multinational organisation with operating divisions in a number of countries . |
| 28 | ( 2 ) A member of a licensing board who holds a disqualifying interest in a company shall not take part in any proceedings before the board in which that company is an applicant or an objector , and in this subsection " disqualifying interest " means a beneficial interest in shares or stocks of a close company within the meaning of section 282 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 which have a total nominal value exceeding £ 50 or which amount to more than one hundredth part of the nominal value of the issued share capital , or stock , as the case may be , of the company or any class of such capital or stock . |
| 29 | It is a very strange experience , walking the corridors of a large company , to hear loud blasts of phasers and the firing of photon torpedoes echoing to and fro from various offices . |
| 30 | FCA of having been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(b) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( ii ) in that he at Chertsey between 25 March 1991 and 3 September 1991 failed to deal properly and promptly with the affairs of a limited company and a former client and in that he at Chertsey between 3 September 1991 and 3 March 1992 failed to deal properly and promptly with professional enquiries from chartered accountants in respect of a limited company and having been in breach of Bye-law 76(c) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he between 13 January 1992 and 14 February 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee on 13 January 1992 in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) concerning the affairs of a limited company was reprimanded , fined £l , 500 and ordered to pay £l , 000 by way of costs . |