Example sentences of "the company [was/were] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company was a founder member and is still a major supporter of the Portman Group in the UK and of similar organisations which combat alcohol abuse worldwide , such as the Century Council in the USA and DIFA-Forum in Germany . |
| 2 | British Rail did not appoint Alan Baxter to advise on that matter ; the company was a consultant to British Rail on a different matter . |
| 3 | Employees were never fired ; a job at the company was a career for life that paid very well , included excellent benefits , and afforded a nice place to work . |
| 4 | The company was a victim of the mania for leveraged buyouts of the late 1980s and has been staggering under its burden of debt . |
| 5 | This was confirmed in Russell v Northern Bank Development Corporation Limited and others [ 1992 ] 1 WLR 588 , where , in the House of Lords , it was held that a private agreement between shareholders not to increase the capital of the company was an agreement about the manner of voting of the shareholders and did not constitute a restriction on the statutory power of the company to alter its share capital . |
| 6 | They knew that designers would come and go but the real strength of the company was the creation of one brand with which the public could readily identify . |
| 7 | ( 4 ) This section shall apply in the case of a cost-book company as if the company were a partnership within the meaning of this Act . |
| 8 | The principal activities of the Company were the brewing , wholesaling and retailing of beers , wines and spirits , minerals and the ownership and management of public houses . |