Example sentences of "[adj] companies be to " in BNC.

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1 Foreign companies were to be encouraged to invest .
2 Privatized companies were to be exempted from strict government wage controls and foreign share purchases amounting to more than 10 per cent of a company would require explicit permission .
3 In addition independent generating companies were to be encouraged to enter the market as competitors for the duopoly created .
4 Two companies were to be formed from the CEGB 's generating activities .
5 A decree issued on Sept. 16 stated that the profits of all wholly Omani-owned companies were to be taxed for the first time from the end of 1989 .
6 ABOUT 1,000 companies are to be surveyed as part of a major study by the Robert Gordon University , aimed at improving the greening of Scottish industry and commerce .
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