noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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associated
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Details of the Company's principal subsidiary and associated undertakings are set out on page 47.
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On consolidation, the assets and liabilities of overseas subsidiary and associated undertakings are translated at the completion rate of exchange.
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Profit on sale of investment in associated undertaking 8.
commercial
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The reply came from an under-secretary who said that the present funding was considered adequate and the commercial undertaking would be ill-advised.
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Many commercial undertakings failed owing to high energy costs, technical problems or poor acceptability.
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So on 4 January 1982 the railway's commercial undertaking was divided into its separate elements.
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I do not find the dock company has operated or operates the port other than as a normal commercial undertaking .
implied
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If the supplier is on an equal footing with the buyer there will be no implied undertaking .
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In short, therefore, public interest immunity arises as an issue ancillary to the implied undertaking .
large
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Prior to nationalisation many of the larger undertakings had been vertically integrated, both generating power and distributing and selling it.
major
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This is a major undertaking and constitutes a special project in terms of budgeting, staffing and timing.
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He had managed to complete what was a major undertaking and the thing is, he had made it absolutely superbly.
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Two major undertakings of the museum were the dismantling, transportation and rebuilding of a barn and a cottage from nearby locations.
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Such an assessment would be a major undertaking .
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Revision of coaching awards represents a major undertaking for a governing body.
subsidiary
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The following are the principal differences: Relevant subsidiary undertakings joining the group are accounted for on the acquisition basis.
written
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Before his resignation he had secured written undertakings from a number of parties stating that they would support his re-appointment.
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Before his release he was made to sign a written undertaking that he would not use religious groups for political ends.
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Adopt and record a written plan for undertaking internal reviews which states the frequency of reviews.
■ NOUN
confidentiality
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The purchaser should be prepared to sign a target's confidentiality undertaking .
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The vendor is likely to agree to the target's providing this information only if the purchaser enters into a confidentiality undertaking .
research
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Large numbers of voluntary agencies also have a research function, sponsoring or undertaking research into needs.
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The certificate modules have been specifically designed to support teachers undertaking research in their own schools.
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He is currently undertaking research into batting techniques against fast bowling.
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Textbooks on research methods rarely mention the problems that arise when undertaking research on controversial topics or conducting it in sensitive locations.
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However the main services are covered and it gives an idea of facilities and help available to teachers when undertaking research .
■ VERB
accept
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Through the Office of Fair Trading he has now accepted the board's undertaking .
give
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Mr. McLoughlin I give the undertaking that I will meet any delegation that my hon. Friend wishes to bring to me.
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Paul had given public undertakings on national radio and television that it would.
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Parry gave an undertaking that pay television would not be introduced next season.
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Mr. Baker Yes, I shall certainly give that undertaking .
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Mr. Redwood I give that undertaking .
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Such undertaking may be given orally or in writing, though a solicitor can never be compelled to give an undertaking.
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Coaches are generally asked to give an undertaking that their entries all comply with age ceilings.
require
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Quality standards require undertakings to be monitored and visible.
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It can require the undertaking concerned to provide all necessary information and all relevant documentation in its possession.
seek
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Usually the most that governments have been prepared to do is to publicise their activities and/or to seek voluntary undertakings .
sign
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If a separate confidentiality agreement has not been signed an appropriate undertaking can be embodied in the heads.
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He was not released until he had been forced to sign an undertaking not to bring any charge against his aggressors.
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Before his release he was made to sign a written undertaking that he would not use religious groups for political ends.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Before we can release you, we need an undertaking that you will not leave town before the trial.
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Building the dam will be a major undertaking .
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Covering an Olympics is an extraordinary undertaking for any television company.
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Everybody needs to realise that this is a huge undertaking .
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In the late 1980s, the US embarked on a major undertaking : the human genome project.
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Khrushchev demanded an American undertaking not to attack Cuba.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However, will he give one undertaking ?
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If success follows at the polls, legislative programmes then have to be drawn up to implement the incoming Government's undertakings.
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Now its innocence had vanished, and it was thronged with worldly-wise urban people intent upon sophisticated urban undertakings.
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Proceedings for contempt of court are the means by which obedience to orders of the court and adherence to undertakings are ensured.
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Sir Gordon Willmer also proceeded by reference to the breach of undertaking .
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The Select Committee that examined the Bill took a very close interest in and sought several undertakings about groundwater.