Example sentences of "[noun] to establish a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Socialist government of Sr Felipe Gonzalez saw lower consumption forecasts due to lower levels of economic growth as offering the opportunity to establish a better energy balance . |
| 2 | The report , presented in November 1992 , said that while Europe was totally absent from the vector supercomputing arena , there was a unique opportunity to establish a high performance computing and networking programme . |
| 3 | Attempts to establish a comprehensive scheme to include more hymns and to cover all publishers have so far been unsuccessful . |
| 4 | Indeed , he regretted bitterly that his attempts to establish a sixth form in the school had been so abortive . |
| 5 | Previous attempts to establish a common tariff had foundered on the objections of the smaller CARICOM members , who feared that it would have a negative impact upon their economies . |
| 6 | The larger charities — which have recently formed a group known as Research for Health Charities to respond to criticism of the use of animals in experiments — also feel that Wolfson 's stand undermines their attempts to establish a united front . |
| 7 | Attempts to establish a British colony in Virginia had been made by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1580s . |
| 8 | The Soviet contention that military bases in the Third World could generate dangerous East-West tensions was forcibly and unexpectedly underlined by the crisis initiated by Soviet attempts to establish a nuclear missile base on Cuban soil in 1962 . |
| 9 | Indeed , he was extremely furious and led the fight to establish a new body and was present at the first meeting of the British Deaf and Dumb Association in Leeds in 1890 . |
| 10 | After a curious military episode — he ran away from Cambridge to join the 15th Dragoons — he arrived in Bristol in 1795 full of plans to establish a new system of society , called Pantisocracy ; this word is explained on p. 80 , but what it meant in practice was the rather grandiose idea of founding a new American colony . |
| 11 | AN announcement is expected this week on the NewZealand-based company Fortex Group Ltd 's plans to establish a new lamb processing plant in the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | Plans to establish a national guard , with specific responsibilities for controlling civil violence and resisting potential coup attempts , were still under consideration by the government , although observers speculated that the proposals were being resisted by members of the military establishment . |
| 13 | Further to our meeting earlier this week , I am writing to you to outline how KPMG Peat Marwick ( ‘ KPMG ’ ) may assist you with your plans to establish a significant presence in Europe in [ ] services . |
| 14 | In June Saibou announced plans to establish a multiparty democracy which were confirmed after a five-day national strike in November [ see p. 37841 ] . |
| 15 | Another significant development to emerge from the latest session of the Commission , held in March 1991 , was its decision to establish a Working Group on arbitrary detention . |
| 16 | One , however , was the decision to establish a European Movement which would have a National Council in each country , to carry on the debate and pressure governments . |
| 17 | The founding instrument may be a royal charter ( BBC or the research councils ) ; a Treasury Minute ( University Grants Committee ) ; the articles of a non-profit company ( National Consumer Council ) ; or , more humbly , but apparently almost as effectively , a mere Answer in the House , a memorandum from the Minister to himself , a wave of the hand , or whatever else may signify a decision to establish a new body ( Schools Council , Technician and Business Education Councils and that unusual ‘ central–local government voluntary ’ body , the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service ) . |
| 18 | This development was an essential step forward , but the decision to establish a national office outside London , though convenient for Hayhurst , was controversial . |
| 19 | The Monopolies and Mergers Commission did not allow the 1986 bid to proceed and rejected GEC 's claims arguing that : ‘ We do not consider that it is possible in the field of electronics to establish a direct link between company size and competitive performance ’ . |
| 20 | They are now seeking financial support to establish a Euro Unit in Scotland . |
| 21 | The Society welcomes the proposals to establish a new jurisdiction covering all aspects of private law decision-making for people with all forms of mental incapacity . |
| 22 | In addition , the restoration of the track across Pilsworth Road Bridge to Heywood Business Park forms part of the proposals to establish a European Railfreight terminal at Heywood . |
| 23 | In all other respects , however , the USSR was left in a state of ‘ capitalist encirclement ’ between the wars , and there was little response from Western governments to Soviet proposals to establish a common front against the Fascist powers , above all Nazi Germany . |
| 24 | He was an active campaigner for an improved transport system for Edinburgh during his years as an MP and supported proposals to establish a light rail system around the capital . |
| 25 | Paul Thompson ( 1967 ) sees the triumph of Labour as a constructive coalescence of the mature proletarian class consciousness which emerged with the displacement of small-scale production and an effective LLP , while Julia Bush ( 1978 ) , concentrating on the experience of East London , argues that during the first world war socialist activity and the growing confidence and strength of the trades unions enabled the LLP to establish a solid base which it exploited to the full when hostilities ceased . |
| 26 | Sacher was a dedicated socialist who was devoting his considerable influence to blocking the attempts of private firms from the West to establish a dominating position . |
| 27 | .. the struggle to establish a clear identity for a radical left of centre politics in the latter part of the 20th century goes much deeper than individual policy issues . |
| 28 | According to a Feb. 18 report by the Soviet news agency Tass , the MDP would be " backed " by the MDU in its struggle to establish a multiparty system in Mongolia . |
| 29 | Extra financial resources might also be needed in the short term to establish a workable transfer system , though in the longer term a fast transfer system could work out far cheaper than the existing system : a Special Hospital or Regional Secure Unit place costs double that of a place in an ordinary mental health unit and quadruple the cost of a hostel place . |
| 30 | Word has it that an unlikely combination of forces have come together in a bid to establish a new standard for installing Unix software from graphical user interfaces and will be showing their stuff next month 's Uniforum show in San Francisco . |