Example sentences of "[art] company had " in BNC.
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| 1 | The companies had sought to merge their fleets on the currently lucrative Dover , Folkestone and Ramsgate routes to France which would have fixed prices at one level and allowed them to operate a single timetable . |
| 2 | The companies had not discharged that onus and the fact that the Commissioners did not award the maximum penalties showed that they were fully aware of the difficulties the companies faced . |
| 3 | Tipperary were to see controversies eventually over the waste disposal habits of the mining companies , but these controversies arose after the mining was over and the companies had packed their bags and gone . |
| 4 | The DUC realized that the companies had converted buildings and built a store without the required planning permission . |
| 5 | It was n't any more unethical than if the companies had a summit conference the way Russia and the West meet . |
| 6 | Yet to win the big audiences that would attract advertising , the companies had to spend large sums on attractive programmes . |
| 7 | All the companies had their contracts renewed . |
| 8 | The companies had been closely linked with the King 's court , and were also open to attack because they were monopolies . |
| 9 | Generally speaking the Companies had a bad name among the populations for their greed , unscrupulous attitude to the law , and apparent contempt for the forces of order . |
| 10 | The companies had initially encouraged the ‘ quality ’ and lavished their attention on first-class passengers . |
| 11 | The companies had been placed on the blacklist after being accused of offering " kickbacks " to win an oil pipeline contract . |
| 12 | The Privy Council rejected the argument that there was not theft because the companies had not been deprived of anything . |
| 13 | The foundation brought the case after it had examined government records showing that the companies had exceeded pollution limits consistently since 1984 . |
| 14 | Professor Stephen Littlechild , head of the OFFER , the electricity industry regulatory body , ruled that the companies had not broken conditions of their operating licences by investing in independent gas-fired power stations . |
| 15 | The companies had to be paid in their own currencies , at a much less favourable exchange rate than last year . |
| 16 | Dr Smith explained that MB Group , formerly Metal Box , had identified Caradon 18 months ago as a suitable means of expanding into building products but the company had had to reorganise itself and create a new management team to make the current deal possible . |
| 17 | The company had therefore been properly served with English proceedings by an American museum in Ohio , but since the Ohio court was the more appropriate forum for the trial of disputes between the parties , the English action would be stayed . |
| 18 | Financial problems aside , the company had already received the kiss of death in that , two years ago , the Department of Trade and Industry chose to feature it as a prime example of the Enterprise Initiative . |
| 19 | Operating margins were squeezed from 17.2 to 16.9 per cent as the company had to increase wage rates in line with NHS rises . |
| 20 | Ken Coates , managing director of Meggitt , dismissed the issue as ‘ a diversion ’ , but said the company had the cash . |
| 21 | The company had planned to begin its programme of holidays this month , which would ‘ signal a return to the style and elegance of travel in the Twenties and Thirties ’ . |
| 22 | That seemed to me to be a perfectly proper use of what the company had to offer . |
| 23 | Citroen 's design director Art Blakeslee thought the company had done the right thing with Activa II . |
| 24 | In under a minute the company had hit its objective . |
| 25 | Set up in 1920 by actor Leslie Howard and director Adrian Brunel among others , with the hope that they could do something about ‘ raising the standards of British films ’ , the company had only enough capital to produce six short comedies . |
| 26 | After the company had declared a loss of £96,678 for the year ending June 1937 , Dean was , in his own words , ‘ asked to walk the plank ’ . |
| 27 | Whereas the company had formerly been limited to films which cost between £150,000 and 200,000 , it could now stretch up to £700,000 . |
| 28 | Mr Nigel Rudd , chairman of Williams , said the company had received categorical assurances from the Barclay brothers that they had no intention of making an offer . |
| 29 | It has emerged that the council had been compelled to discuss the future of Kent Opera at its two-day meeting at Leeds Castle in November because the company had explained that it was on the verge of closure and insolvency . |
| 30 | Mr Bond said the company had sold its half-share in its headquarters , the RandI Bank Tower , for £54million . |