Sentence examples for licence to build from inspiring English sources

Some represented the local property developers who had a government licence to build on some land.

"We would prefer to have a licence to build our own club.

Buoyed by that extraordinary success, Goodwin had the licence to build an empire.

Now we see the National Planning Policy Framework for what it really is: a licence to build.

The first licence to build new reactors in the US since 1978 was granted on 9 February.

Second, it is silly to assert that the draft NPPF will provide developers a licence to build "anything wherever they wanted to".

European companies are also becoming more cautious, especially telecoms firms who spent billions buying licences to build new mobile networks.

The result was a spectacular crash.Meanwhile, European operators paid around €100 billion for licences to build new high-speed "third-generation" (3G) mobile networks.

It is also what happened in 2000, when mobile operators in Europe paid fantastic sums for licences to build third-generation (3G) mobile networks, which would be used to deliver video calls and other exciting data services to eager consumers.

Vietnam, with a car market of fewer than 20,000 vehicles a year, has been awash with car projects: 14 car makers have licences to build there and several more are said to be seeking government authorisation.

FOUR years ago, at the height of the technology bubble, mobile-phone operators around the world, but mainly in Europe, agreed to pay the staggering sum of €109 billion (then $125 billion) for licences to build third-generation (3G) mobile networks.