motor company
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmotorandcompany
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motor
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈməʊ.tər/us/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɚ/
mainly UK
connected with cars or other vehicles that have engines and ...
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company
noun
uk/ˈkʌm.pə.ni/us/ˈkʌm.pə.ni/
an organization that sells goods or services in order to ...
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(Definition ofmotorandcompanyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We therefore have a certain mix-up about the exact policy towards thismotorcompany.
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It might be said that the sale currently taking place of the assets of themotorcompanyis no more than a trial run.
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I shall now consider the disposal of the assets of themotorcompany.
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That is what the flotation of the shares in themotorcompanyis all about.
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Even if this separation were possible, these components would have to be sent to themotorcompanyto be incorporated in a motor car.
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That is for one reason only; namely, that themotorcompanyconcerned shall make a profit.
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Two members of the employing classes took part in that discussion—a managing director of a well-known,motorcompanyand the secretary of another important company.
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We are all familiar with the offers that are made nowadays by just about everymotorcompany—one does not have to pay any interest for a year.
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Secondly, it is plain that hardship and loss can be caused by the crash of an insurance company, be it amotorcompany, a life company or any other.
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But some reviewers had difficulties reconciling the from-over-function chopper ethos with amotorcompanyknown for engineering excellence.
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We have a startling contrast before us in two of our great motor companies, which are now enjoying large sums of public money.
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It induced managements of motor companies to disperse their new factories all over the country, against their better judgment.
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However, the motor companies are very powerful and very wealthy and their customers have, unfortunately, a passion for speed.
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Unhappily, it is the subject of a strike between one of our leading motor companies and the trade unions.
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He wrote to the motor companies asking whether he could get discount on cylinders, piston rings, crankshafts, axles and all sorts of things like that.
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The motor companies, by increasing the use of fuel injection, after-burners and catalytic heat exchangers could make their contribution too.
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Has he begun the monitoring arrangements with the other motor companies on the way in which they are using our resources?
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I gather that it also carries out test circuit work for prominent motor companies.
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I do not carry the figures in my head, but the motor companies are making tremendous profits.
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Over the last 15 years, it induced the managements of the motor companies to scatter their new plants all over the country against their better economic judgment.
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