I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a conservation programme/project
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A conservation programme has been underway since 1980.
a construction project/programme
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There are always a lot of large construction projects in Dubai.
a development programme/plan/project
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the United Nations Development Programme
a research project/programme
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The research project will be funded by the Medical Research Council.
a team/group/project etc leader
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Ask your team leader for advice.
bank/sales/project etc manager
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She’s now assistant marketing manager for the south east area.
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one of our regional managers
housing project
present/project/promote an image (= behave in a way that creates a particular image )
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He presented an image of himself as an energetic young leader.
undertake a task/project
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Every task he undertook was tackled with great determination.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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Management of a large information project .
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However, several may be assigned to large , complex projects , particularly because inspectors specialize in different areas of construction.
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The minutes also record two accidents on the site, an astonishingly small number for such a large project .
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On a large construction project , for example, the estimating process begins with the decision to submit a bid.
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The latter take longer to learn and are intended for those involved in larger , ongoing projects .
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The decisionmaking process which propels these large projects is far removed from the intended beneficiaries.
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The Commission was attempting by these measures to reduce the past bias towards spending on large infrastructure projects favoured by national governments.
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Another, even larger project is in the works just north of Puerto Pe asco.
major
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Mr Norris said standards applied in reaching the decision were the same as those used for all other major transport infrastructure projects .
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Throughout any major development project , there have always been development problems.
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Eight schools would be selected, subject to defined criteria, as major project schools.
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Linked to any major construction project are men and women with every type of personality, intellect, and qualification.
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A programme to trade and dispose of these interests in order to concentrate on major projects and significant new opportunities has already commenced.
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He was seeking a post with a major underground rail project .
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The quality of his work has always been of exceptional high standard and featured in every major project in the company.
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Newcastle has seen a massive £1.4m in major project grant aid for the construction of a new North stand.
new
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Further expansion through the development of tourism, financial and other services is dependent on the implementation of new projects .
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Businesses usually use lines of credit to pay for day-to-day costs, rather than new projects .
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If we want to start new projects there will not be much money in the new expenditure.
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Her marketing firm represents builders of three dozen major new projects that will open during the first six months of 1996&038;.
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The most beneficial projects should then be selected until the aggregate resources estimated equal those allocated to new projects in Figure 2.6.
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But an intriguing new project awaited him.
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There are also exciting new projects which will require assistance; overseas sales, student network and indexing.
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The experience at Aswan has many imbedded lessons which could aid planners of new projects .
pet
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No organization likes being told that it has got to hold back its expansion or abandon some pet project .
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Even as the trajectory of his thought kept rising in the early seventies, the clock was ticking on his pet project .
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The proposals are seen as a pet project of the right wing of the Conservative Party and Conservative students' groups.
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Both grants represented pet projects of two council subcommittee members.
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His pet project is a biotechnology institute in which state funding will be matched by contributions from the Schering drug company.
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Monitoring the telephone conversations of the Kremlin hierarchy had become one of his pet projects over the last few years.
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Stirling also had a pet project up his sleeve.
■ NOUN
construction
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Many construction projects will involve some element of loan finance.
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However, he said there is an open issue of how such a construction project would be financed.
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This will be referred to in more detail in connection with recent developments in financing construction projects .
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Construction managers plan, budget, and direct the construction project .
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A market downturn in rig moves was more than compensated for by a significant increase in supporting offshore construction projects .
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On a large construction project , for example, the estimating process begins with the decision to submit a bid.
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But even without the construction project , she'd still struggle to crank out prose.
development
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Further large-scale deforestation is occurring in response to government-sanctioned development projects , many of which involve cash cropping and ranching.
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Already, Buss said, talk of the Padres presence has prompted some property owners to map renovation or development projects .
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It will assess the environmental impact of new and existing development projects and carry out research and consultancy.
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McDougal and his former wife Susan were partners along with the Clintons in the Whitewater land development project in Arkansas.
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Others found themselves struggling to plan development projects .
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A different but not exclusive approach is to insist upon a conservation element being included in most rural development projects .
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Important industrial and development projects were also either postponed or cancelled.
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Several examples of assessment frameworks or structures used in a number of research and development projects were given earlier.
management
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Using project management to help yourself is actually pretty simple.
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Even so, the quality of project management is surely open to examination.
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The first step in project management is to set a measurable objective.
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Success in these ventures results from close project management .
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Of course, we also provide practical project management training from the shop floor up.
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Essentially the company is a project management operation.
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We covered the first, project management .
manager
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How does the project manager organize and supervise the people in the team?
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Tom Wesolowski was recently hired by Advanced Engineering to serve as a project manager in the Moorhead office.
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Do any help in choosing project managers ?
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None the less, former project manager Ralph Allen believes he was laid off for speaking up.
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To co-ordinate this development, a Next Steps project manager has been appointed.
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Hospitals, project managers revealed the findings of samples taken since tunnel toll takers began complaining early last month of noxious odors.
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The builder's project manager , Alex Fishface.
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My superintendents and project managers deal with the final set of drawings.
pilot
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A recent pilot project of social work attachment in general practice has been undertaken recently in Upton on Severn.
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A demonstration programme of twenty-eight pilot projects was begun in 1983 with government funding of £19 million until 1988.
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The pilot project is being carried out on three forces and an independent evaluation will be completed in the spring of 1992.
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Any effective approach needs to build on the wealth of innovative pilot projects and experiments in primary and community health services.
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Only a pilot project , he insists, will determine whether or not the technology lives up to suppliers' promises.
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Thirty senior class pupils from ten primary schools in the Yarm area will attend a three-day pilot project .
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These pilot projects represent in principle a transition phase between research station and the real world.
research
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The ability to understand the policy implications of research projects is a must.
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A calendar of events is a time schedule for carrying out the required tasks of the research project .
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We might speculate that those with dementia would be less willing to participate in a research project than the mentally fit.
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The interviews were done as part of his five-year research project on strange Arizona phenomena.
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This research project focuses on three related aspects of the introduction of protection which have been comparatively neglected.
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The client subsequently supported a large-scale action / research project throughout the company.
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Special publications report the output of major research projects and staff are encouraged to publish books and journal articles.
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The research project will focus on children's comprehension of pretence.
team
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A diary based development and reporting approach was used in a few cases where close contact with the project team was feasible.
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Lynne and I have a project team meeting in the morning.
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Take the new catalyst plant at Clitheroe; the whole project team has met unbelievably difficult performance standards.
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Chapter 7 contains an evaluation of the test modes used by the project team .
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The three remaining suppliers were then visited by Mr Richards and the project team .
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Satisfaction and motivation which comes from working as an essential part of a dedicated management team or multi-disciplinary project team.
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Now only I remain, over-committed and unable to give the intellectual leadership to the arts project team .
work
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Mentoring and project work within the sponsoring organisation is a key feature in the development of the individual.
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Such difficulties seem worth addressing rather than avoiding by restricting project work to planning in the abstract.
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B.Eds were about equally divided between continuous assessment and examinations, with some project work .
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As previously argued, beautiful end-products are not in themselves sufficient justification for project work .
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Extensive use of the computer in project work opens up the further possibility of a computer-oriented career.
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It successfully combines the appeal of project work with the cognitive teaching of grammar.
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Gateways are available to online databases such as Profile and Kompass to support project work and research.
■ VERB
build
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Roads built to service the project are expected to attract slash-and-burn settlers and, possibly, illegal loggers.
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Four commissioners favored Community Housing, which has built other projects in the city.
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Could schools be built around the project method, in which the tyranny of traditional subjects was loosened?
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For now, the Bureau held the authorization to build the project .
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Whole towns built around mining projects have been left without a livelihood.
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In any large building project three main teams address the three major tasks of design, structural engineering, and mechanical engineering.
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The museum is already preparing for a huge building project that will almost double its exhibition space.
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We have empty apartments in every building of this project .
complete
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Diploma students will complete a more restricted project in June.
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Her presence in the completed project adds an unintentional poignance now.
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Students complete a research-based project in fourth year under individual staff supervision.
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They also enable you to complete your writing projects and have greater control over your deadlines.
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It's taken just two years to complete the £60 million project .
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Dad may be under particular pressure to complete a project at a time when mom has more slack.
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When completed , the project will have brought into being a major research resource for the academic community.
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The National Science Foundation, which was footing the bill, decided to hire an independent contractor to complete the project .
develop
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An international committee has been set up to develop the project and call tenders for construction.
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The two entered a partnership with Southwest Savings and Loan Association to develop the project .
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The region has continued to develop projects to assist professionals working in religious broadcasting.
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Part of the delicate art of developing successful projects is to ensure that their community context is supportive.
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Bates has formed a joint venture to provide services needed to develop deep water projects .
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A relatively small number of questions on percentages was used in the tests developed by the project .
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Paul constantly created cross-departmental teams to develop new projects .
finance
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Each volunteer pays an expedition contribution which, taken together, finances the project .
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On Tuesday, Brown said he would begin looking for the money to finance the costly project .
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The Rotary Club and Civic Society are to be asked to help finance the project .
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They are aware that towns sell bonds to finance new projects .
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Savings can help finance other Community projects .
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When the bonds to finance the project could not be sold, Franklin Delano Roosevelt picked up the unfinished task.
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Writing tops up his income and finances the rare fish projects .
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A developer could use historic preservation credits to finance a project there, he said.
fund
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Landfill tax can be crucial in funding projects that fall outside the guidelines of lottery funding.
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However, most foundations and governmental funding agencies will supply a list of recently funded research projects .
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Project aid is commonest; by 1989, donors were funding 116 separate projects .
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In addition, the Redevelopment Agency has allocated $ 7. 5 million from bond funds for the project .
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It also refers to some recent developments in funding public sector projects .
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However, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to fund the project .
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Other sources of income should be approached for funding individual projects .
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A decision on whether to fund the project will be made next spring, as commissioners revise long-term plans.
undertake
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Even before First Bull Run they undertook a project calculated to meet the problem.
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Students also went on job shadows; visited prisons, jails, courtrooms, and forensics laboratories; and undertook community-service projects .
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In the first, suppose the firm is undertaking a particular project .
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Groups seem to be most successful when undertaking tangible projects , as Black Mountain was when building its second campus.
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Students will also undertake substantial projects during this year.
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Remember the New Testament warning, before you undertake a project , be sure to count the cost.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
collaborative effort/work/project etc
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But from the start, feature animation was a collaborative effort.
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Combined with virtual reality capabilities, the team can design its own ideal collaborative work space without the constraints of physical reality.
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One of the most powerful forms of learning to which I was exposed on my course was active collaborative work.
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Since their Nobel lectures describe one collaborative effort, I suggest that we listen to them without interruption.
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The activities would demand collaborative work, role allocation and sharing.
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The early deadline gave little time for meetings and collaborative effort, or a very considered response to the new timetabling arrangements.
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The project being proposed by the Commission would put up £450 million for collaborative work in computers and automation.
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When it came time for his second album, he decided to make it a collaborative effort.
pet project/theory/subject
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Both grants represented pet projects of two council subcommittee members.
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Different chemists prefer different pet theories, and there is no shortage of theories.
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Even as the trajectory of his thought kept rising in the early seventies, the clock was ticking on his pet project.
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Even those Hippocratic treatises which inveigh against Presocratic dogmatism are themselves just as dogmatic where their own pet theories are concerned.
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His pet project is a biotechnology institute in which state funding will be matched by contributions from the Schering drug company.
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Monitoring the telephone conversations of the Kremlin hierarchy had become one of his pet projects over the last few years.
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No organization likes being told that it has got to hold back its expansion or abandon some pet project.
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The proposals are seen as a pet project of the right wing of the Conservative Party and Conservative students' groups.
pilot study/project/scheme etc
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A pilot study is being carried out with Manchester University.
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Olmsted saw Niagara as a pilot project for a larger and more ambitious campaign.
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Schools are being invited to put forward their brightest pupils to do the tests as part of the pilot scheme.
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The pilot scheme bid backed in principle by the committee yesterday is proposed for Darlington and Durham.
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The colours were roughly matched for salience in pilot studies with healthy observers.
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The Environmental Defense Fund brokered a series of pilot projects in Juarez, including one to test vehicle emissions.
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Under a pilot scheme multinationals have been allowed to issue their own work permits to foreign staff.
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With modest resources, the Agriculture Department is introducing the new technologies to growers in a handful of pilot projects nationwide.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a joint US--British research project
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I've been working on the Inner City Development Project for the last five years.
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The project still must be approved by the Board of Supervisors.
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The federal government will help fund this immense project , which includes the building of 150 day-care centers.
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The government scrapped the project after ruling that the costs were too high.
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These are encouraging signs that the ballpark project is moving from blueprint to reality.
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Work on the new freeway project began yesterday.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another project that the ministry has suddenly accelerated after two years of inaction is a new missile designed to destroy enemy radars.
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Second, you are counting on Donna Davidson and her two project colleagues to champion the change.
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The findings from these projects indicate some of the ways in which girls' performance is produced and evaluated.
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The principal message conveyed by the leadership was that the Three Gorges project had reached the point of no return.
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They also enable you to complete your writing projects and have greater control over your deadlines.
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This is a special project supported and organised by all the Protestant churches in the country.
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While replacement would make retrofitting unnecessary, the first phase of the retrofit project began last September.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
deficit
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The president began with a budget that projected deficits of $ 200 billion through the end of the decade.
future
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Sometimes when we project into the future we have a reasonable expectation, based on experience, of what will happen.
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Expositions and congresses projected a future wherein human aspirations would be realized through the wonders of technology.
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One study conducted in 1980 examined seven economic-demographic models constructed to project the future of food and resource supplies and pollution levels.
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Deciphering the true history of that era is perhaps no longer possible, but projecting the future is another matter.
growth
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It projected global economic growth in 1992 at 1.4 percent.
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Technological gains and slower projected growth in energy-intensive industries will restrain the rate of increase, the department says.
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These regions have similar inflation outlooks, low-cost labor and projected growth rates two to four times our own growth rate.
image
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When you project an image , you project an intensified version of the original.
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This is only true if the image is projected for less time than it takes for the eye to move.
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An image is projected on to the retina.
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From the first sight, what struck me was the image he projected .
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The image you are projecting for your campaign will not be confined to people.
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The image you project in print is important.
population
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Their known and projected populations are given in Table 1.
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Demographers project that its population will double in size within a generation.
voice
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Now DeCicco can project his voice , balance better and use his hands.
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There are innumerable books on public speaking, dealing with everything from how to project your voice to what to wear.
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The use of the microphone helped to project her voice .
■ VERB
try
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Does it reflect the image of the caring school that we are trying to project ?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A computer image of an eyeball was projected onto a screen on stage.
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Kirk doesn't realize how arrogant an image he projects.
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School officials are projecting a rise in student numbers next semester.
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The pier would be 1000 metres long and project about 400 metres into the sea.
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Two walkways projected over the gorge on both sides of the river.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By the end of this fiscal year in June, maritime operations are projected to lose $ 6. 4 million.
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Examining past, present, and projected student enrollments in one district, the school board voted to dismiss four teachers.
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He thus asserts the Truth of History while constantly projecting forwards and deferring its proof.
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It is projected to hit $ 1. 17 billion in 1996 sales, nipping at the heels of Sega and Nintendo.
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Lastly it is worth noting any usual features like sunken logs, projecting tree roots and big boulders.
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Modernism has projected a compelling image of the artist in a state of splendid isolation.
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These projected rooms also had to be able to accommodate existing pieces of furniture.