Example sentences of "[subord] the company had be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the company had been solvent and considering a civil action against the Bank , it would not be allowed to take pretrial depositions from those who may have participated in the fraud . |
| 2 | Mr Haynes explained that the earlier surge in borrowings , which had peaked at £5.2m in December 1990 , had arisen because the company had been publishing too many books on the general publishing side ( as opposed to the car and motor cycle manuals which are Haynes ' core activity ) . |
| 3 | Though the group 's branded business grew , the main problem was a 14 per cent drop in the sale of bulk whisky overseas , partly because the company had been undercut by other suppliers and also because the export market for bulk product cut its stocks in anticipation of price cuts . |
| 4 | Conversation had started up among the customers in the tavern again , although two had left while the company had been talking amongst themselves . |
| 5 | For instance , shares in OTC-traded Burrough , the Beefeater gin business , leapt from 445p to £12 , after the company had been bought up by Whitbread . |
| 6 | The agreement was signed yesterday morning after the company had been in receivership for exactly 18 weeks . |