Example sentences of "'s [noun] to build a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this design had to be reinterpreted in the light of the CEGB 's decision to build a further power station at Hinckley Point rather than at he five sites originally named . |
| 2 | An engineer in Darlington has six weeks to decide whether he wants to return to South Africa or head his company 's plans to build a new factory in Russia . |
| 3 | The Soviet Union 's plans to build a new store for nuclear waste , close to the Finnish border near Leningrad , have aroused worry amongst Finnish environmentalists . |
| 4 | Greenpeace has criticised Turkey 's plans to build a nuclear power station at Akkuyu on the Mediterranean coast . |
| 5 | British Coal 's plans to build a huge coal tip at Gascoigne Wood could get approval later today . |
| 6 | The inquiry , now ending 14 weeks in session , is examining the Central Electricity Generating Board 's plan to build a pressurised water reactor ( PWR ) at Sizewell in Suffolk . |
| 7 | Sir David Wilson , the Governor of Hong Kong , held " wide-ranging and useful " talks with Chinese leaders in Beijing on Jan. 21-24 , defusing a potentially damaging conflict over the Hong Kong government 's plan to build a new airport and port complex . |
| 8 | Douglas Hurd , the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary , visited Hong Kong and China on April 2-9 for discussions aimed at settling the ongoing conflict between China and the Hong Kong government over the latter 's plan to build a new airport and port complex [ see p. 37961 ] . |
| 9 | Parsons 's efforts to build a general theory of action , though criticised in some quarters , did at least provide an ambition for social research as something it could and ought to contribute to . |