Example sentences of "firm which have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that last year £30,000 worth of produce had been lost in similar incidents and urged the Prime Minister to give an assurance that he would approach the French government to ensure that the culprits were brought to justice and that compensation was paid to all the British firms which had lost cash . |
| 2 | He suspended the sentences for three years , ordering that the suspension will not operate until repayment of £1,080 is made to the firms which had suffered loss . |
| 3 | Then I read about firms which had folded , locking up their customers ' money . |
| 4 | The work will build on experience gained from an earlier study , project PIPPA , which investigated the post innovation performance of thirty five British firms which had won the Queen 's Award for Technological Innovation in 1966 and 1967 . |
| 5 | It may also prove helpful to talk to other firms which have relocated to find out how they went about planning and executing the relocation , the problems they faced and how they overcame them . |
| 6 | This chapter discusses the issues facing organisations contemplating a group relocation and presents five case studies of firms which have undergone such a move recently . |
| 7 | This relies upon the responses to interviews and questionnaires of managers of UK multinationals with foreign R&D facilities , and of managers of foreign firms which have invested in R&D in the UK . |
| 8 | Therefore , very large firms which have secured a degree of market dominance will often prefer independence or , where they do retain formal employers ' association membership , may have ‘ nonconforming ’ status whereby they are not required to follow the terms of a national agreement and disputes procedure ( such as a number of firms in the Chemical Industries Association in Britain , including ICI and Glaxo ) . |
| 9 | The firms which have joined ISA have usually been formed by consultants with experience in the major international search firms , who wish to remain independent but adhere to the same ethical standards of the majors . |
| 10 | Good shape despite the tens of thousands of firms which have gone bankrupt this year ? |
| 11 | But , before that can happen there are several questions that need answering about the future of firms which have gone into IVAs . |
| 12 | But Fimbra 's rigid policing style has alienated many of the firms which have passed the test of being responsible , well-conducted businesses . |
| 13 | The two bodies ' first annual reports to the Department of Trade and Industry reveal an alarmingly high proportion of registered firms which have failed to meet the standards set by audit regulation . |
| 14 | Already there is evidence that some firms which have introduced microelectronic production technology have experienced difficulties as a result of a shortage of engineers , technicians and programmers . |
| 15 | A special provision applies in the case of those firms which have set up wholly owned , unlimited executor and trustee companies to act as executors and trustees for clients . |
| 16 | It is therefore hardly surprising that there are firms which have chosen to take out what is effectively ‘ protective authorisation ’ ; in other words , while they have no intention of conducting any investment business , they regard authorisation as a sensible precaution in case they inadvertently slip into it . |
| 17 | Western firms which have chosen to supply Slovakia from subsidiaries in Prague are facing the additional burden of near chaos at the Czech-Slovak border , with guards and officials struggling to understand and implement new import regulations in the context of highly ‘ dynamic ’ bilateral relations . |
| 18 | Increasingly the demands of the position are such that appointments are made with limited tenure only ; and the rotation of the office between partners of firms which have amalgamated is often adopted . |
| 19 | Firms which have experienced a fall in sales will have no idea whether the reduced demand for their product is temporary or permanent ; they will be reluctant to cut their prices until they know that it is permanent . |
| 20 | There were also welcome visits from members of the staff of Strathclyde University 's Law Faculty , delighted that their Library , as well as C.A. , could benefit from the generosity of the W.S. firm which had given important law books . |
| 21 | The building was designed by the same Bradford firm which had built Sir Titus Salt 's church at Saltaire . |
| 22 | His son had shown no interest in the family firm which had passed into other hands . |
| 23 | That 's the message from Bryant , the building firm which has increased its house sales by a quarter in the past year despite the housing slump . |
| 24 | Another firm which has stopped offering cover recently is Consolidated Marine & General , who provided the policy sold by the Co-op Bank . |
| 25 | Alternatively , any firm which has made a definite decision not to seek authorisation must ensure that it understands what constitutes investment business and , having established that it can refer clients to suitable authorised independent advisers , avoid further involvement like the plague . |
| 26 | In these circumstances it is not difficult to predict speedy failure , unless , as has been proposed , the line is taken over by a British firm which has secured the concession for the building of a line from Shanghai to Peking . |
| 27 | That respect has been earned over the space of a 39- year career with the firm which has seen Grants take its Glenfiddich brand and turn it from a regional tipple in the north-east of Scotland into Britain 's and the world 's leading single malt . |
| 28 | It suits the firm which has cut costs by firing regular employees and putting out work to people like her . |
| 29 | Ultimately , the most a firm can do is , so far as practicable , utilise all the techniques outlined above , and hope that the courts will take a commercial view and hold that a firm which has acted in accordance with best practice is protected from liability . |
| 30 | For example , when a firm which has espoused a full employment policy decides to eliminate tenure or employment for life and operate a redundancy policy then it has quite clearly violated the psychological contract which promised a career for life . |