public enterprise
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Rajanvir Singh Kapur is the managing director of the public enterprise that oversees the tram and bus system.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
“We have an existing agreement,” Duma, minister for public enterprise and state investment, told Reuters on the telephone from Port Moresby.
From Reuters ● Nov. 26, 2018
If ever a public enterprise were ripe for privatization, it’s this one; the ineptitude of the county’s Department of Liquor Control, an 80-year-old remnant of post-Prohibition days, is notorious.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2016
Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor also alleged that the family offered her the powerful public enterprise minister's post in 2010 in exchange for business favours.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2016
He subscribes liberally to the Associated Charities, and no good object or worthy public enterprise fails to receive his support.
From The Rise of Silas Lapham by Howells, William Dean
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