41.   An airline spokeswoman said the reason the flight failed to secure approval was still under investigation.

42.   As a condition for brokering the peace talks, the four nations involved in the negotiations secured approval in advance from the congresses of Peru and Ecuador.

43.   Ansett International said it would start daily flights to Japan from midyear after securing approval from the International Air Services Commission in Canberra.

44.   As part of securing approval in the fall, the companies agreed to a wide-ranging set of conditions, including that they enter markets they were not already in.

45.   Because Manulife is a Canadian company, it has to secure regulatory approval from Canadian authorities first before it can apply in Hong Kong, Ms Weedon said.

46.   Boeing modified its merger with McDonnell Douglas in a number of key areas to secure approval by European Union regulators.

47.   But in the past, the government has always secured the approval of both sectors before announcing such measures.

48.   But they first have to secure the approval of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data to comply with the law prohibiting the cross-matching of data.

49.   Carrefour SA said Tuesday that it has secured approval from the Chinese government to resume its expansion program in China.

50.   He said he did not know how many of the companies which had secured approvals for their road projects would continue implementing them, given the economic condition.