The A-level course will still be two years long but the first year will be called the AS or Advanced Subsidiary.

BBC: classroom scene

The intention is that students should take four or even five subjects at AS-level (Advanced Subsidiary) in the first year, specialising in the second.

BBC: Exam expert says 'too much testing'

New courses for all A-level and Advanced GNVQ subjects have been written and a brand new exam called the AS or Advanced Subsidiary will give pupils an extra qualification.

BBC: classroom scene

This is that incumbents should provide such advanced services through subsidiary companies that would be largely unregulated.

ECONOMIST: Hold the line

It must also have a separate subsidiary for its advanced data unit.

FORBES: Management & Trends

In 1996 Hyundai Electronics America, a subsidiary of the Korean industrial giant, raided Advanced Micro Devices, according to court documents.

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