Example sentences of "[prep] his company 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | The author recalls one occasion where the land was bought in three or four bids after his company 's last bid . |
| 2 | In a speech to Britain 's venerable Institute of Directors on April 23rd , Gerald Ratner , the eponymous boss of Britain 's biggest jewellery chain , said the secret of his company 's success was selling ‘ total crap ’ . |
| 3 | Dan Mason of the Chiswick Polish Company — ‘ Cherry Blossom Polish ’ — was a great benefactor and in 1922 he bought Boston House in Burlington Lake , Chiswick , and had it converted into a club for the female staff of his Company 's factory . |
| 4 | The progressive haulier is therefore well advised to give one manager , preferably a senior one with a thorough understanding of his company 's main problems in complying with the law , responsibility for ‘ managing legal rules ’ . |
| 5 | On the evidence of his company 's performance , chief executive Steve Allen reckons that there is plenty of mileage left yet in the mainframe market . |
| 6 | Until the crash , Comdisco 's chairman , Ken Pontikes , had every reason to believe he could serve his shareholders well by putting some of his company 's wealth into risk arbitrage . |
| 7 | Gates was very careful to caution about overestimating the duration of his company 's exceptional record on profit margins , however . |
| 8 | Mr Goto was in the market for an important work of art as part of his company 's centenary celebrations . |
| 9 | Indeed he proved far more successful a dealer than he had a client , despite the poverty of his company 's share recommendations , and by proxy his own . |
| 10 | After all , he has shown enough confidence in you to let you organise this part of his company 's expenditure . |
| 11 | However , in most circumstances the right decision will be to go ahead and at this point the PRO must , as honestly as possible , judge the merits of his company 's case and , if necessary , suggest ways in which the company might modify its stance on an issue so as to reduce its vulnerability . |
| 12 | With British pop music once again in the ascendant , Richard Branson set off to America to sell Virgin artists , with an optimism that almost banished the memory of his company 's disastrous American adventure of two years before . |
| 13 | John Mitchinson of Waterstones had some impressive figures to demonstrate the effectiveness of his company 's promotions : its backing of The Fields of Glory , for example , generated 50% of that title 's UK sales ; 45% of the UK sales of the paperback edition of The Beauty Myth went through the chain . |
| 14 | When Hornby died at the height of his company 's success , the annual output of his factories totalled millions of Meccano sets , Hornby trains , and Dinky toys , which had become household names throughout the world . |
| 15 | The second man smiles , wags his index finger and picks up a copy of his company 's annual report . |
| 16 | In 1991 , in order to support the price of his company 's shares , Robert Maxwell wrote a large put option in favour of his brokers . |
| 17 | REED International 's chairman , Peter Davis , yesterday hailed the success of his company 's £6 billion merger earlier this year with Dutch-based Elsevier as the new , combined operation reported a 19 per cent leap in pre-tax profits . |
| 18 | This gives the salesperson the opportunity to offer a solution to such problems by means of one of his company 's products . |
| 19 | It may be that the only way for a new supplier to break through this impasse is to secure a small order which , in effect , permits the demonstration of his company 's capability to provide consistently high-quality products promptly . |
| 20 | But when there 's criticism of him or his performance , or indeed anything which is linked with him ( like his company 's products ) , from customers , his bosses , or even casual acquaintances , Ian finds he can not cope . |
| 21 | Cooke hopes these research findings — along with work carried out at universities near his company 's base in Cheshire — will persuade other governments in arid areas to try polymers . |
| 22 | The Profitboss passionately believes in his company 's products . |
| 23 | The Profitboss takes pride in his company 's products and so does his team . |
| 24 | A ROBERT MAXWELL copycat has disappeared after looting £1 million from his company 's pension fund . |
| 25 | A salesman can go to a customer , write in an order and download it to his company 's main computer at the end of the day . |
| 26 | Davis did n't think much of the ‘ kitchen sink ’ films , and asserted that a realistic minimum budget for a first feature was in the order of £250,000 as a way to justify his blocking their exhibition on his company 's circuit . |
| 27 | Mr Stuart Greenwood , finance director of the kitchen furniture maker Spring Ram , said that Labour 's proposed increase of capital allowances from 25 per cent to 40 per cent would make no impact on his company 's investment plans . |
| 28 | The exporter who has to plan for his company 's future in a climate of uncertainty about exchange rates is like the man forced to build his house on sand . |
| 29 | Jim Harrower , managing director of Group 4 , does not seek to blame anyone else for his company 's failures . |
| 30 | Angus Fleming , the aircraft 's designer , is well known for his company 's construction of glider trailers and he saw the Chevron as a way of selling more trailers . |