Sentence examples for secured alternative from inspiring English sources

China cut its purchases of Iranian oil this year and secured alternative supplies from Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Mr. Singh, above, said this week that he had secured alternative parliamentary support for the nuclear deal from new allies after the Communist parties that normally vote with the government said they would withdraw support.

"A number have successfully applied for voluntary redundancy and others have secured alternative roles within the force," she added.

Qatar on Thursday said that preparations for the 2022 World Cup were unhindered, having secured alternative supplies of construction materials to those that had been coming by land from Saudi Arabia.

To circumvent those problems, Zain turned to I.F.C. to help secure alternative financing sources.

"Major landlords have been putting plans in place for some time to secure alternative occupiers on BHS stores.

However, he was widely criticised during the Celebrity Big Brother Shilpa Shetty racism row in 2007 and failed to do a deal with BBC Worldwide to secure alternative funding for the business.

Western aid agencies recently gave warning that with $300m of aid pledged to eradicating poppies, but only $120m to secure alternative livelihoods, such promises were unrealistic.

That led to serious shortages in parts of Eastern Europe, and spurred the European Union to step up its efforts to secure alternative supplies of energy.

The European Union relies on Russia for about 25 percent of its natural gas, and that dependency is likely to increase unless it secures alternative supplies.

Matthew Hancock, business minister, said he and Vince Cable, the business secretary, had spoken to Rolls-Royce to mitigate the scale of the cuts and to help secure alternative jobs for the engineers.