1.   And here I am trying to start up a private firm with one other black lawyer.

2.   As private firms, his companies report only to Companies House and Mr Branson himself.

3.   Employees of the private firms selected would be helpless to resist Provisional dictates.

4.   Even in day care, private firms try to restrict the competition.

5.   Even when private firms do not have monopolies, they at times develop enough political power to stifle competition.

6.   It is good for business, giving private firms new opportunities to Market their services.

7.   It shows that in most cases, private firms deliver services more economically than public organizations.

8.   Local private firms had built up a skilled work force that eventually drew in foreign multinationals on terms acceptable to the government.

9.   Many state schools would be funded by private firms.

10.   Private firms must be formidably efficient to overcome these handicaps and offer facilities at the same or lower prices.