21.   It also allows foreign companies to obtain class A construction permits for the construction of large projects, based on previous overseas experiences, the paper said.

22.   It appears that some journalists got information from short-sellers, who hoped the company would not obtain financing.

23.   It was not clear whether the company has obtained a new insurer.

24.   Kleinwort Benson, the investment bank, fully underwrote the issue, so the company obtained the funds.

25.   Lawyers at the Justice Department believed that the committees were delving too deeply into general business before the companies had obtained approval to merge.

26.   Kroll acknowledged that the company occasionally has obtained telephone and bank records of investigative targets, violating company rules and probably the law.

27.   Like cable television companies, telephone companies must obtain a municipal franchise to deliver video services.

28.   Mining companies would obtain the mineral rights from the state, which would collect royalties and could revoke the rights if companies failed to exploit them.

29.   Multimedia Archive and Retrieval Systems said the new on-line service would make it easier for film, television and advertising companies to obtain and license the music.

30.   Olinger said the company obtained from the communications center at the House of Representatives.