Example sentences of "plans [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trade unions pledged themselves to resist government plans to rationalize the public sector , privatize state industries , and streamline the economy for export-orientated growth [ see pp. 37706 ] . |
| 2 | The government has been quick to say that it plans to continue the economic policies that have pleased businessmen and kept the country relatively well-off . |
| 3 | Flushed by success in selling homes in the slump , Pidgeley now plans to perform the same miracle in the recession-bashed commercial property sector . |
| 4 | It also plans to bolster the cross-system capabilities of its QuickTime video playback software with QuickTime 1.1 for Windows , which will add capabilities from the Mac version and it will include support for Object Linking and Embedding . |
| 5 | Renault plans to target the 1.4 RT version at long-distance travellers , reckoning that its spacious interior , high equipment and trim levels and supple ride will enable the top-spec Clio to rival bigger cars for commuting . |
| 6 | On May 1 the government announced emergency plans to curb the rampant speculation in real estate by forcing the Chaebol ( the large business conglomerates which dominated the country 's economy ) to sell land and property holdings not being used for business purposes . |
| 7 | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next plans to meet the Israeli ambassador to discuss the Government 's policy on the occupied territories . |
| 8 | Future base station installation is to depend on the geographical location of customers , but the company says it plans to increase the current 175 base stations to 200 before the end of the year . |
| 9 | But now we are told that the Labour party plans to increase the local contribution to no less than 20 per cent . |
| 10 | Magnus Fehn , 13 , was representing his own creation , the New Democracy Party , which plans to fleece the rich and tax the Queen . |
| 11 | The insurance giant has had an office in Glasgow 's West Regent Street since 1988 but it now plans to purchase the four times bigger and brighter Fitzpatrick House in the heart of the city . |
| 12 | He spent the next 40 minutes telling MPs how he plans to reverse the appalling situation . |
| 13 | Iwerks Entertainment Inc , a Burbank , California company that includes Sun Microsystems Inc among its backers , says it plans to open movie park entertainment centres that will combine large-screen formats , simulation and virtual reality technologies to create a futuristic cinematic city : it plans to open the first Cinetropolis in August at the Foxwoods Casino in Ledyard , Connecticut , and has also signed an agreement with the Japanese trading firm Itochu Corp to launch a network of Cinetropolises throughout the Far East and Asia ; Cinetropolis will be a virtual city of cinemas featuring five separate sites : an Iwerks Video 360 circular theatre an Iwerks 870 giant screen theatre , an Iwerks Virtual Reality simulation theatre , and a live performance theatre , all built around a street scene featuring bars , restaurants , retail stores and promotional marketing space . |
| 14 | In addition , the Chancellor plans to restrict the married couple 's allowance to the new low rate . |
| 15 | James Bond ( Sean Connery ) takes on Auric Goldfinger , a master criminal who plans to plunder the American gold reserves in Fort Knox . |
| 16 | IBM Corp 's Digital Domain Inc special effects — FX as they are known in the trade — company , which brings the company together with writer , director and producer James Cameron , Academy Award winning character creator Stan Winston and special visual effects studio executive Scott Ross ( CI No 2,116 ) will locate its facilities in the Los Angeles area and plans to combine the latest digital technology with a unique ‘ creator interactive ’ philosophy , IBM says , offering a full range of special visual effects services for feature films , television , commercials and simulator attractions ; high resolution moving images will fundamentally change applications and their development as we know them today , IBM reckons . |
| 17 | Tesco plans to buy the 90-store Catteau supermarket chain in France , for £175.6m . |
| 18 | Borland International Inc has formalised its agreement with Epson Sales , the marketing subsidiary of Seiko Epson Co , for the sale and technology licensing of a Japanese version of InterBase 3.2 — at Borland 's Tokyo announcement of InterBase last December , Epson was already demonstrating InterBase and the first release of InterBase JA3.2 is on Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcsystems , available from April 12 ; Borland plans to put the Japanese version of the database up on other machines ; the Japanese version supports a number of new functions including distributed databases , active data processing — functions such as triggers and event alerters — language support ( including support for both JIS and EUC codes sets ) and binary large objects ; Borland in conjunction with Epson Sales and its systems integration subsidiary Trans Abel , is to set up a Borland Authorised Support Centre for education and training . |
| 19 | Has he any plans to extend the free 0800 number to other taxes which could be reclaimed by pensioners and others ? |
| 20 | Now Susan can look forward to a cosy flat this winter … but she still plans to give the British Gas man a very chilly reception . |
| 21 | By the end of the month he had re-established some contact with the main Front ; however , plans to reinforce the 2nd Shock were abruptly abandoned when Stalin was persuaded to disband the Volkhov Front entirely and place its troops under control of the Leningrad Front . |
| 22 | Interactive Network Inc , the Mountain View , California company pioneering interactive television services , has filed with the US Securities & Exchange Commission to offer up to 2.5m new shares and plans to use the net proceeds for sales and marketing , purchase of hardware and for working capital ; the underwriters for the issue will be are PaineWebber Inc and Montgomery Securities Inc . |
| 23 | CrossCom says that it plans to use the net proceeds for new product development and for working capital . |
| 24 | Fiserv Inc , the Brookfield , Wisconsin facilities manager , has filed with the US Securities & Exchange Commission to offer up to 3.85m common shares , 1.4m of them new , and says it plans to use the net proceeds for debt repayment and possible acquisitions . |
| 25 | McHale plans to use the extra £50,000 he has been given for players ' wages to good effect . |
| 26 | Paul plans to use the same system this time . |
| 27 | In 1989 Seoul plans to host the Olympic Games … out of doors ? |
| 28 | In an attempt to streamline its personal computer range , DEC plans to market the new Alpha and Pentium systems in parallel , with both offered at similar price points and configurations . |
| 29 | In an attempt to streamline its personal computer range , DEC plans to market the new Alpha system in parallel with an as-yet unannounced Pentium-only system called DECpc 560 ST that 'll debut at a similar price point and configuration as the Alpha machine . |
| 30 | He plans to question the Prime Minister when Parliament resumes . |