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

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1 At the same time companies are being advised to ignore the needs of those who are well into retirement .
2 ‘ All the major chemical companies are being adversely affected by the worldwide recession ’ he added .
3 Much of Morton 's expansion in Europe has been achieved by acquisition , and these companies are being integrated not by imposing a monolithic European headquarters , but by an operating group taking responsibility for that product throughout Europe .
4 Companies are being attracted to the province by the availability of well-qualified graduates whose temperament , knowledge and practical skills are equal to the best .
5 These companies are being heavily promoted by Luxembourg advisers , but it still remains to be seen whether they will gain business at the expense of the Netherlands .
6 SHAREHOLDERS in the 12 regional electricity companies are being asked to cough up their third and final instalments of 70p a share next week .
7 SMALL companies are being given the chance to share space at an exhibition to sell goods and services .
8 ‘ As part of the privatization process within the former Czechoslovakia , the state oil companies are being sold off .
9 Where officers of insolvent companies are being prosecuted in relation to their activities , voluntary disclosure of the transcripts of interviews with witnesses in relation to the liquidation can only be ordered by the Crown Court .
10 In addition the companies are being accused of fishing out shrimp larvae from the sea , creating an acute shortage for fisherpeople .
11 Key personnel in Dorset-Hampshire companies are being interviewed using an open unstructured personal questionnaire .
12 Glasgow companies are being coaxed into a greener approach to business today as the Made from Recycle ‘ 93 conference gets underway .
13 Groups of new men drafted from the rifle companies were being introduced to their new weapons as the Army Commander went round .
14 It is that the view of Anglo-American finance as a casino full of rapacious capitalists has become popular at the same time as those countries ' companies were being taken over by the people themselves .
15 The mining companies were being extremely cagey over what information they were prepared to release .
16 He would not say what companies were being considered as potential partners , but National Semiconductor Corp has hankered after a hit microprocessor for years , and the Japanese , led by existing Advanced Micro partner Fujitsu Ltd , would no doubt be interested .
17 Sales estimated at many thousands of pounds are believed to have been lost and insurance companies were being consulted to see if they would pay out for loss of business .
18 According to a minister of state in the Foreign Affairs Ministry at the end of January 110 companies were being investigated for alleged illegal deliveries to Iraq , of which 11 were being prosecuted , although none involved exports to Iraq after the August 1990 embargo came into force .
19 Acknowledging that far fewer companies were being formed in Scotland than in England , he said that the root cause — too few Scots having any economic power — was changing .
20 Accelerating inflation partially offset this trend in the early seventies as companies were being taxed on the inflated values of their stocks of materials and semi-finished goods , but the Labour Government of 1974–9 retrospectively removed taxation from increased stock values .
21 An international consortium involving RTZ Consultants and French and German companies is being formed .
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