Example sentences of "it plan [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier , the US announced it planned to slap tariffs of 200pc on white wine and other produce from the EC because of its refusal to cut subsidies to its farmers on oil seeds . |
| 2 | The International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) on March 18 obtained a local ceasefire in order to send a mission to Stepanakert , where it planned to set up an operational base . |
| 3 | Last August , it said it planned to incorporate scalable font technology from Adobe Systems Inc and support for shared MS-DOS extenders through an agreement with Rational Systems Inc . |
| 4 | The South Korean government said that all domestic electronic communications companies will be freed to operate voice mail and wireless data communications services later this half : the communications ministry said it planned to reinforce financial and tax support to foster these sectors , currently dominated by Korea Telecom before it opens the market to foreigners next year . |
| 5 | In announcing its deal with Metromedia , McCaw also said it planned to sell its stake in a number of smaller cellular franchises in Alabama , Kentucky and Tennessee to Contel Corporation for $1.3bn . |
| 6 | Later in October the government confirmed a change in cocoa marketing strategy , saying that it planned to sell cocoa in relatively small quantities through the London market , with the aim of stimulating competition and securing an increase in prices , rather than seeking to obtain large-scale contracts with overseas buyers [ for January 1989 cocoa deal with French trading house see p. 36413 ] . |
| 7 | The PDVSA had announced in early December 1990 that it planned to invest $25,000 million between 1991 and 1996 in what would be its biggest development programme in order to raise oil production from just over 2,000,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) to 3,500,000 bpd by 1995 . |
| 8 | Although Lee stated that he did not intend to stand as a candidate in the presidential elections , the new party announced that it would contest the election and that it planned to choose a candidate by the end of October . |
| 9 | Chevron 's swift counter-attack came a day after Pennzoil announced it had spent $2.1 billion to build up a nine per cent share stake in Chevron and said it planned to continue investing in the oil giant as a passive shareholder . |
| 10 | Alternatively , the DGSE may have unofficially told MI6 what it planned to do in New Zealand . |
| 11 | The government announced this week that it planned to send 53 Japanese soldiers there next month , to help prepare for UN-sponsored elections . |
| 12 | Bad news is that Robert Bosch GmbH said it planned to cut more than 1,000 jobs in its telecommunications division to take it to just over 37,000 ; 3,700 jobs went in 1992 . |
| 13 | Compaq Computer Corp says that the restructuring of its field and reseller support operations in the US to increase interaction with its broadened customer base and provide enhanced support to its resellers ( CI No 2,148 ) , will cost about 150 field employees their jobs , but the loss will be partially offset by an as-yet-undetermined number of employees to be hired at the company 's Houston headquarters as part of the reorganisation ; the 150 to go are the last of the 1,000 jobs that it said it planned to cut in October . |
| 14 | One of them , KeyCorp , based in New York state , recently announced that it planned to concentrate on selling investment products , including insurance , in its 875 branches . |
| 15 | The FORON Hausgeraete GmbH company said it planned to build some 270,000 ‘ Clean Cooler ’ fridges this year and 300,000 in 1994 in the eastern town of Niederschmiedeberg . |
| 16 | The other interesting news was Norsk Hydro 's announcement that it planned to buy DnC 's 9 per cent stake in Saga Petroleum . |
| 17 | The government 's announcement this spring that it planned to phase in the seventeen and a half per cent tax over twelve months brought pensioners out onto the streets . |
| 18 | The SDPP said that it planned to challenge the vote in the Constitutional Court , which had overturned similar legislation in March 1989 [ see pp. 36528 ; 37592-93 ] . |
| 19 | The West German government on Dec. 6 announced that it planned to reduce the size of its armed forces to 420,000 by 1995 , a reduction of 75,000 , or 15 per cent . |
| 20 | It planned to reduce foreign aid by Can . |
| 21 | Releasing on Nov. 15 its budget figures for 1991 , the government stated that it planned to increase spending by 22 per cent to the equivalent of US$499,000,000 and would face a fiscal deficit of $150,000,000 , only $91,000,000 of which could be expected to be covered by future loans . |
| 22 | Following an LDP conference , the party leadership announced on Sept. 19 that it planned to break away from the coalition which had backed Aquino . |
| 23 | The Panama Canal Commission said in Washington yesterday that it planned to reopen the waterway for daylight transit today . |
| 24 | Fifth , the initiative ignores reality by failing to explain how it plans to track Windows — he thinks that Microsoft will doubtless make Windows a moving target by adding value — doing things such as bundling in Access , its new database management system . |
| 25 | Digital Equipment Corp reports that the state of Kentucky has awarded it a $10m contract to manage and provide technical and other support for state-wide educational reform ; the pact will enable DEC to start implementing a plan it developed as project consultant with the state education department — it plans to create the infrastructure for a state-wide information highway providing equitable access to technology and information throughout eight regional centres , 176 school districts and 1,400 schools across Kentucky ; the state 's public schools were declared unconstitutional in 1989 , primarily because of funding inequities between rich and poor school districts , and the new system is part of a wider plan to overhaul state schools ; it will be a model for other states in the use of technology in education reform . |
| 26 | THE Western Health Board has denied that it plans to close the accident and emergency unit at the Tyrone County Hospital . |
| 27 | At the same time as building up the 15 per cent stake , GM would make a big cash injection into Jaguar — perhaps as much as £200m — to help the Coventry-based firm to fend off Ford , which has already announced it plans to take a 15 per cent holding as a prelude to a full takeover bid . |
| 28 | Nintendo Co does plan to use satellites for delivery of computer games : the company says it plans to broadcast a game via satellite in Japan , and owners of its game computers that buy a decoder and adaptor — for about $85 — will be able to pick the thing up ; Nintendo also plans a national competition for high scorers in satellite games ; meantime Nintendo of America is poised for its largest launch of a video game ever this week in a bid to best Sega Enterprises Ltd — it plans to spend up to $15m in a month-long promotion of Star Fox , a science fiction action game inspired by Star Trek and Star Wars that uses its new Super FX technology , which includes a RISC embedded in the $60 games cartridge ; it claims to have 1m advance orders for it . |
| 29 | Canon Inc says it plans to resurrect NeXT Computer Inc 's Redwood City , California workstation business . |
| 30 | Canon Inc says it plans to resurrect NeXT Computer Inc 's Redwood City , California workstation business . |