Introduction The focus of the present thesis is the passive voice, perceived from a semantico-syntactic point of view. My primary aim is to explore the use and functions of the passive voice in English, examining the reasons which motivate an author to prefer the passive form to the active one. Secondary interest is devoted to the function and the use of the passive voice in Czech. As research material I have chosen the short stories by the American writer O. Henry and their Czech translations
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69TH ANNUAL REPORT 2013-14 04 WHAT’S INSIDE CORPORATE OVERVIEW 02 Corporate Information 03 Mission, Vision and Values 04 Chairman’s Message 08 Board of Directors 12 Tata Motors at a Glance 14 Major Launches during the Year 16 Presence across Markets 18 The NEXT Level in Design 20 The NEXT Level in Driving Experiences 22 The NEXT Level in Fuel Economy 24 The NEXT Level in Connectivity 26 Corporate Social Responsibility at Tata Motors 30 Awards and Accolades 32 Financial Performance 36 Summarised
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William H. Gates, III All rights reserved. Warner Books, Inc, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 Visit our Web site at www.warnerbooks.com 0 A Time Warner Company Printed in the United States of America First Printing: March 1999 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN: 0-446-52568-5 LC: 99-60040 Text design by Stanley S. Drate lFolio Graphics Co Inc Except as file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Admini...SINESS%20AT%20THE%20SPEED%20OF%20THOUGHT.TXT (1 of 392)12/28/2005 5:28:51 PM file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Deskto
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Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 8-1-2012 Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A StateCorporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Elizabeth A. Bradshaw Western Michigan University, brads2ea@cmich.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Recommended Citation Bradshaw, Elizabeth A., "Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A State-Corporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010
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About Cases DO N William Ellet Harvard Business School Press Boston, Massachusetts 1/22/07 3:37 PM Page iv RP OS T ElletFM.qxp Copyright 2007 William Ellet YO All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 OP No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the
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Kristine D. Medairos BSIT-III Presidential Decree No. 442, s. 1974 MALACAÑANG Manila PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 442 As Amended By Presidential Decrees Nos. 570-A, 626, 643, 823, 819, 856-A, 891, 1367, 1368, 1391, 1412, 1641, 1691, 1692, 1693, 1920, 1921 Mga Batas Pambansa Blg. 32, 70, 130 and 227 Executive Orders Nos. 47, 111, 126, 179, 180, 203, 247, 251, 252, 307 and Republic Acts Nos. 6640, 6657, 6715, 6725 and 6727 A DECREE INSTITUTING A LABOR CODE, THEREBY REVISING AND CONSOLIDATING LABOR
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33.8% Revenue* (£m) Stores Employees GDP growth (% real change pa) south Korea thailand China malaysia Japan 4,984 2,844 1,141 794 476 354 782 105 38 140 23,131 38,395 27,096 11,023 4,367 6.1 7.9 10.3 7.2 4.0 Contents OvERviEw 2 3 4 6 Financial highlights Chairman’s statement Chief Executive’s review Our vision BuSiNESS REviEw* 14 16 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 48 50 51 58 Our business Growing
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exercises that require students to apply key concepts. Whether the assignment includes a click and drag, video case, or decision generator, these applications provide instant feedback and progress tracking for students and detailed results for the instructor. Case Exercises The Connect platform also includes author-developed case exercises for all 12 cases in this edition that require students to work through answers to assignment questions for each case. These exercises have multiple components
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