Converse of object

• bear: The mental algorithm bears only a highly abstract relation to the actual figure.

• normalize: That would be aimed to normalize the bilateral relations.

• promote: This code is intended to promote good relations between you and us.

• improve: Additionally, by using Solway Credit Management, you increase the benefits of improving relations with your customers.

• establish: We might make sensible questions on your behalf or help you establish the relation with those banks where you found it troublesome.

• govern: The second concerns procedures which govern relations with the public.

Modifies a noun

• consultancy: They run their own London-based public relations consultancy, Regester Larkin.

Adjective modifier

• diplomatic: Moreover, several countries have begun to upgrade their diplomatic relations with Iraq.

• industrial: An exploration of her system of industrial relations is a good starting point.

• international: You do not have to look too far to find examples of how international relations impinge on our everyday lives.

• bilateral: That would be aimed to normalize the bilateral relations.

• sexual: The great British public would not care if T C Worsley had enjoyed sexual relations with mice.

• public: I plan to pursue a career in sports marketing or public relations which will allow me to combine both my passions.

Preposition: with

• USSR: It then moves on to describe the factors which defined Albania's foreign relations with the USSR and the West.

Noun used with modifier

• cross-strait: In the longer term, Mr. Chairman, cross-strait relations can be even more volatile because of Beijing's military modernization program.

• race: The race relations in our country are at a rock bottom due to the direct result of Mr Blair's policies.

• investor: Formed in 1996, City Insights is a London based investor relations practice.

• gender: Can the UN, supported by the host of, admittedly good intentioned agencies, redress the imbalance and restore equity in gender relations?

• media: The PAO facilitates media relations and contact to support friendly forces.

• alumnus: Marketing director Martin Holmes said: " Michelle has a terrific track record in development and alumni relations.