The first cars were sold to the public in 1901.

Last year, 23 percent of the company's stock was sold to the public.

The new department was not sold to the public that way.

In 1995 and 1996, about 10 companies sold stock to the public for the first time.

By June 2004, 50% of the company had been sold to the public.

But now it has decided to sell 10 percent of itself to the public.

In 1956, the family company sold stock to the public.

But it has been more difficult to sell the project to the public.

In 1986, the government sold the majority of the company to the public.

But by then, they could have been sold to the public.