Converse of object

• throw: Then, all of a sudden, they were thrown a lifeline.

• grab: But now traders are being urged to grab a vital financial lifeline by reducing their level of business rates.

• provide: Having these plans could provide a lifeline for young people at risk on the streets.

• prove: This successful service has 400 parents, proving a real lifeline.

• offer: Offer a lifeline to the increasing number of people who use our Talking Book service.

• seek: Second, those who simply sought a lifeline to the outside world.

Preposition: for

• family: Price: £ 9.95 Children's Hospices A lifeline for families?

• people: Having these plans could provide a lifeline for young people at risk on the streets.

• community: These stores often provide a lifeline for local communities.

Adjective modifier

• vital: For many people the helpline is a vital lifeline.

• financial: But holiday work can at least be a financial lifeline for students looking to repair their battered bank accounts.

• essential: For such people, groups like Oxford Friend will always be an essential lifeline.

• real: The clinic at Hope Hospital offers a real lifeline to many desperate patients.

• economic: Many small businesses provide a vital economic lifeline to local neighborhoods.

• important: High-speed boats operate along the rivers of Sabah and especially Sarawak, where they are the most important lifeline to the interior.

Modifies a noun

• ferry: Transport Minister Tavish Scott said the deal would secure vital lifeline ferry services for the long-term.

• alarm: How do I apply for the lifeline alarm service?

• service: Lifeline air services are provided from the airports on the Islands to the mainland.

• route: We will have to ensure that air services, which are lifeline routes, are treated fairly.

Noun used with modifier

• cash: Cash lifeline thrown to rural post offices The Government have announced a multi-million pound aid package aimed at safeguarding Scotland's rural post offices.