Example sentences of "companies be to " in BNC.

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1 Indeed he stated that ‘ urban units seem to be to the process of reproduction what the companies are to the production process ’ ( 1977 , p. 237 ) .
2 Payment-by-results : Companies are to be encouraged to pay employees according to profits made .
3 Stocks held by the UK Group Companies are to be valued at the lower of cost ( including all relevant overhead expenditure and external sub-contractor costs of processing stock ) and net realisable value [ excluding freight costs ] after making due allowance for obsolete items , slow moving items , unusable items , unsaleable items and nonstandard items .
4 Stocks held by the UK Group Companies are to be valued at the lower of cost ( calculated as direct materials and labour and an appropriate allocation of manufacturing overhead ) and net realisable value [ excluding freight costs and disposal costs ] .
5 The companies are to be treated as shown below .
6 US car companies are to be given government help to produce more fuel efficient models .
7 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 .
8 Life companies are to be assessed each year on the gains on their units , and taxes spread over seven years .
9 Between 1941 and 1947 , Rank 's companies were to be responsible for financing half the films made in Britain .
10 Foreign companies were to be encouraged to invest .
11 Two companies were to be formed from the CEGB 's generating activities .
12 In addition independent generating companies were to be encouraged to enter the market as competitors for the duopoly created .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 The current law governing companies is to be found in the Companies Act 1985 , .
16 However , tax relief for certain types of reserves for losses at insurance companies is to be extended and the Chancellor announced a streamlining in the treatment of foreign exchange gains and losses .
17 In the spring 1993 Budget the Chancellor announced that the tax credit on dividends paid by UK companies was to be reduced from 25 per cent to 20 per cent for dividends paid after 5 April 1993 .
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