Example sentences of "a plan [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In November , the two countries agreed on a plan to extend the Egyptian rail system westwards to Tobruk . |
| 2 | China has agreed , in principle , to go ahead with a plan to save the giant panda from extinction . |
| 3 | The Indian Ministry of Environment and Forestry has drawn up a plan to restore the ecological balance of the Gangotri river basin , the source of the Ganges in the mountains of Uttar Pradesh . |
| 4 | The Prime Minister , Itzhak Shamir , on March 27 called on his senior ministers to draw up a plan to curb the escalating violence . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , a plan to enlarge the main Prado building has unleashed a passionate controversy — not least because the suggested extension would not even be used for the permanent display of works of art . |
| 6 | These include the French subsidy of 6 billion francs for Groupe Bull , the 287 billion lire for the reconstruction of the Italian trucking industry and 35 billion Belgian francs for a plan to recapitalise the state-owned airline , Sabena . |
| 7 | In a similar situation some years ago Rwanda had to abandon a plan to move the last 146 elephants in the country 40 km through a densely populated area because they could not find anyone in Africa who could run the drive . |
| 8 | THE FIRST step of a plan to transform the former Ravenscraig steel complex in Lanarkshire was taken yesterday . |
| 9 | It was forecast that with no domestic savings to draw on , the government would be forced to abandon a plan to maintain the new " gold cordoba " currency at a fixed parity to the US dollar during 1991 . |
| 10 | A plan to harness the hot springs of the Soufriere volcano on St Lucia , in the Caribbean , to generate geothermal energy has been abandoned because of unexpected technical problems and lack of funds . |
| 11 | Citing " informed Sudanese sources " the Egyptian paper Al-Sharq al-Awsat of Feb. 6 reported that 41 military officers had been arrested on Feb. 2 before they could carry out a plan to bomb the general staff headquarters during a meeting of the country 's military leaders . |
| 12 | But timber consumption continues to exceed growth rate and , in a move to break this cycle , China is to execute a plan to reduce the present level of consumption and limit the use of timber for the next five years . |
| 13 | So you want me to help you to produce a plan to solve the whole thing in the next five or six hours . |
| 14 | Sir Kinsley Wood , Secretary for Air , is reported to have responded in September 1939 to a plan to burn the Black Forest with ‘ Are you aware it is private property ? |