11.   Many firms have won praise for reducing their number of suppliers and establishing long-term partnerships with the few they use.

12.   Our common goal is to establish a partnership that really works.

13.   Schultz said he has been approached by other companies wanting to establish a partnership with Starbucks.

14.   Still, she has been working to establish partnerships with other retailers to sell her products.

15.   The biggest competitors are raising huge amounts of money to build market share, establish partnerships and scare away would-be rivals.

16.   The attempt is to establish partnerships in which church members could worship and pray together and get to know one another better as they try to solve community problems.

17.   The district established a partnership with the University of California at San Francisco in which women doctors and health professionals visit classrooms to talk about their jobs.

18.   The two companies have established prior partnerships, including gas turbine manufacturing, and a recent joint venture to provide repair services for gas and steam turbines in Japan.

19.   The White House can, however, show that it stands ready to establish enduring partnerships with Latin American nations that are ready to do the same.

20.   To that end, he has established financial partnerships with businesses such as American Express and Fetzer wines.