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  • Apparently he made some remarks about referring Murdoch's control of the satellite TV encryption system to the Monopolies Commission.

    Esther Addley's diary 2011

  • He bought the Times and Sunday Times in 1981, avoided referral to the Monopolies Commission courtesy of Margaret Thatcher because the papers were loss-making, and agreed to run the titles with independent directors as custodians of impartial journalism, who soon were ignored.

    We're such a feeble nation that Murdoch was bound to triumph | Will Hutton 2011

  • Monopolies Commission in Great Britain to address the issue of how to ensure that there is no unhealthy over-concentration of economic power.

    NELSON MANDELA'S ADDRESS TO SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESS EXECUTIVES 1990

  • They had such a large slice of the voiceover racket that, as Mimi said, "People better not mention the Monopolies Commission around us, not even in fun."

    The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

  • He bought the Times and Sunday Times in 1981, avoided referral to the Monopolies Commission courtesy of Margaret Thatcher because the papers were loss-making, and agreed to run the titles with independent directors as custodians of impartial journalism, who soon were ignored.

    The Guardian World News Will Hutton 2011

  • Sunday Times journalists chapel were on the verge of applying to the courts for a Writ of Mandamus to force the Government into referring the takeovers to the Monopolies Commission; the Fair Trading Act provided that in principle all newspaper takeovers should be referred.

    Reuters: Press Release Sir Harold Evans 2011

  • The artful dodge which worked then to evade the Fair Trading Act's provision for a reference to the Monopolies Commission, that the newspapers were in imminent danger of closing, was dusted off again for

    Reuters: Press Release Sir Harold Evans 2011

  • At five to midnight the Sunday Times journalists chapel were on the verge of applying to the courts for a Writ of Mandamus to force the government into referring the take-overs to the Monopolies Commission; the Fair Trading Act provided that in principle all newspaper takeovers should be referred.

    The Guardian World News Harold Evans 2011

  • If it were in the commercial sector it might attract the attention of the Monopolies Commission.

    WN.com - Articles related to A quarter of all children overweight or obese when they start primary school 2009

  • If it were in the commercial sector it might attract the attention of the Monopolies Commission.

    WN.com - Articles related to A quarter of all children overweight or obese when they start primary school 2009

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