Example sentences of "company can [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Yet many small and medium companies can not give very much in the way of resources and may be in need of a great deal for themselves .
2 Generally , companies can not do much to help , although some try to employ relocated employees ' spouses or inform them of job vacancies in other firms in the area .
3 Companies can not compete : only firmlets can .
4 This does not mean that big companies can not fail as frequently as small companies .
5 Some Japanese businessmen will concede , at least in private , that the post-1945 system of lifetime employment in large companies can not survive .
6 What is the point of a legal framework if companies can not get a court injunction to stop illegal strike action ?
7 COMPANIES can not buy their way into these pages by sending free gifts to the editor .
8 If those companies can not sell their products at home , and if the Government do not encourage them at home , people abroad will not be encouraged to buy them either .
9 Indeed it would be quite absurd if companies can not correct any mistake if all interested parties agree .
10 The dilemma is that Kenyan companies can not export effectively until they command the volumes needed to justify investments in both knowledge and quality , but they can not obtain those volumes without investment .
11 Although the Social Charter as signed on 9 December 1989 by all the Heads of State of the EC , excluding the UK , is of no legal effect , UK companies can not afford to ignore it .
12 If offices are not manned , companies can not pick up business .
13 Although a company can not expect all staff offered transfers to other parts of the country to accept them , it can take steps to improve employees ' attitudes towards relocation .
14 However , a company can not rely upon the right of establishment to transfer its central management and control ( broadly , the place where board meetings take place ) to another member state .
15 The company can not hold interests in land worth more than half its total chargeable assets ( a modified version of one of the BES rules ) .
16 Without such market intelligence a company can not remain sensitive to its market .
17 I am sure that your council will understand that the company can not commit itself to the long term investment programme , or expose itself to the commercial risks involved in the project , unless the facilities can be planned in a climate of security .
18 A company can not make a loan to a director of the company ( see s. 330 ) .
19 Saddled with debt , the company can not compete .
20 The company can not compete on price in the volume markets because of outdated equipment and small purchasing power .
21 where there has been an extraordinary resolution to the effect that the company can not meet its liabilities and should therefore be wound up .
22 Also in such a position the impact of CA 1985 s.151 must be addressed in that the company can not meet our fees except in a particular set of circumstances .
23 So our company can not have 31 October 1993 as its accounting reference date , which is what we would like .
24 The first company can not understand why , given that it almost certainly has lower costs .
25 While a company can not deprive itself of its power to alter its articles , an agreement by which shareholders ( without binding future shareholders ) agree personally between themselves about the manner in which they will exercise their voting powers is enforceable ( p 112 ) .
26 Thus , while a company can not deprive itself of its power to alter its articles , an agreement by which shareholders ( without binding future shareholders ) agree personally between themselves about the manner in which they will exercise their voting powers is enforceable .
27 At present , a multinational company can not run just one fund for all its staff ; an employee moving from Britain to Spain has to join a different fund .
28 A public company can not purchase its own shares out of capital , but a private company may do so in certain circumstances ( s171 ) .
29 The capacity will be needed , but the company can not say when , or how often , but it is prepared to pay the operator to keep an airliner ‘ on standby ’ ready for the eventuality .
30 The company can not proceed without the position being established beyond doubt .
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