21.   On this deal, though, securing such approval does not seem to face huge hurdles.

22.   Rebuffed, she appealed to a supervising doctor on the critical-care unit, finally securing approval to use morphine.

23.   Stabler secured the approvals for the property and readied it for development.

24.   SuperGen contracted with a Kansas manufacturer to make the drug and yesterday secured FDA approval of the factory.

25.   That accord will prevent Cogeco from securing the approval of enough shares to succeed in its bid, Videotron said.

26.   The government has already secured support from its key legislative partners, the Catalan nationalist party, and is not expected to have a problem securing parliamentary approval.

27.   The move could help the company secure regulatory approval for its pending merger.

28.   The trust was approved last week by the House, but with an amendment that would require trust officials to secure congressional approval for any money borrowed.

29.   The U.K. secured approval of its partners to jointly finance at least half the cost of slaughtering the cattle.

30.   The White House waited a year to send the test ban treaty to Congress in part because it wanted to secure approval of a treaty banning chemical weapons first.