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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
embark on a project (= start it )
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He was embarking on the biggest project of his career.
embark on/launch a programme (= start it )
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The company has embarked on an expansion programme.
launch/embark on a career (= start one )
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Rita went to New York where she launched her dancing career.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
before
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Make sure your car is in good shape before embarking on this trip.
on
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The business of importing dramatic madness to Broadmoor was embarked on with enormous misgivings.
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Skunks roll out of their dens in February or March and embark on a long prowl.
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The research Jarvis embarked on for his book took him into the lower level concourse at Bond Street.
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His target corporations often settle out-of-court rather than embarking on even more expensive legal fights.
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He must also embark on a grueling course of longer-term reforms.
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One way of doing this without embarking on too much teaching is to spend each week applying the Sunday morning sermon.
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New Labour, by contrast, has embarked on the most far-reaching programme of constitutional reform attempted in this country this century.
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Persian bureaucracy was still tiny and the Cadgers had embarked on almost no public works.
upon
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But neither course should be embarked upon without a realistic assessment of the risks and rewards involved.
■ NOUN
campaign
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Two years later, however, with negotiations still incomplete, Edward embarked on his abortive campaign with the results described above.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton embarks on a cross-country campaign trek next week with a mission to sell books.
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In October, the army was said to have embarked on a campaign of intimidation, and tension was reportedly high.
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The issue was a potentially controversial one for Clinton, who was embarking on his re-election campaign .
career
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Exceptionally resilient, Lillie embarked on a new career - as an actress.
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As stated in Chapter l, the managers embarked on their new careers focusing on the rights and privileges of management.
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Since then she has married and embarked on a career with Royal Insurance.
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I had embarked on a life-time career that I expected would last for the following forty years.
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In 1935 Humphrys left the public service and embarked on a career in the City.
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A little later, Emily embarked on a teaching career .
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At twenty two Jonathon was embarking on his career .
course
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The University of Manchester is embarking upon an initial course which will qualify bilingual teachers for the primary phase.
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High-performing enterprises seldom embark on a course of action without first evaluating all of the potential costs and benefits it might yield.
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He must also embark on a grueling course of longer-term reforms.
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He, for example, embarked on a crash course to get his state license to operate the plant.
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The aid organisations realise that the task is too great to embark on any other course .
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Still, he was embarked on a promising course , and Sellers let the experiments continue.
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Why, then, would I choose to embark upon this course myself?
government
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Her government embarked on a policy of national reconciliation after a decade of revolution, war and political polarization.
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Lloyd George's Government had embarked on a programme of financing social reform at a time of rapidly rising prices.
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As I have said before, I do not believe that a Labour Government would have embarked on any of this.
journey
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West studied and read for a long time before she embarked on her journey .
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With his keyboard, his keypad, and his mouse, Engelbart embarked on a journey through information itself.
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As the two men embark on a journey of self-discovery, the haunting music of Gigli punctuates their revelations.
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By 1742 even Yale students embarked on revivalist journeys .
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Fascinated by photography, he embarked on the three journeys to the Middle East that were to make his reputation.
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So she embarked on a journey to warn the king.
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Each student should be embarked on a journey involving succeeding stages of intellectual maturity and independence.
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Finally as a Church Fellowship we have just embarked on an exciting journey which I believe the Lord is going to honour.
plan
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And with Liverpool embarking on ambitious plans to upgrade their stadium, Moores' financial base was needed.
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The state embarked on a cleanup plan in 1994, with money coming equally from taxpayers and the sugar farmers.
policy
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Her government embarked on a policy of national reconciliation after a decade of revolution, war and political polarization.
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With this in mind, the company has embarked upon a policy of commissioning new work outside the house.
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Will my hon. Friend ask the Opposition whether they will continue to embark upon their policy of abolishing those trusts?
process
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His post-electoral challenge will be to unite his country and embark upon a real process of democratisation.
programme
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In Cumberland he embarked on an improvement programme on his estates.
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Christopher was to embark on a painful programme of physiotherapy.
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They should embark on the programme and policy that Labour will certainly pursue when we are in office.
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Lloyd George's Government had embarked on a programme of financing social reform at a time of rapidly rising prices.
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Since then, the Group has embarked upon a structured programme of audits and surveys covering operations worldwide.
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The league was charged also with responsibility for collective security, so that individual states could embark on a programme of disarmament.
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The agencies have simply embarked on a large-scale programme to revise consents both of their sewage works and of other discharges.
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In Northern Ireland we have embarked on a major programme of investment covering all sectors of the region's transportation system.
project
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Late in life, he embarked on a project .
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There is a simple test, and I run back to the cabin to embark on this project instantly.
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Before embarking on a research project , you must ensure that you have sufficient resources at your disposal to complete it successfully.
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With a salary rumored to be hovering around six figures, Fonti was embarking on the biggest project of his career.
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Before embarking on this project , however, two preliminaries must be dealt with - a qualification and a question.
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The raftbuilders of Sam Son always consulted the priest of the temple on the hill before they embarked on any major project .
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Shah next embarked on a new project of launching a national daily, Today, which would eschew traditional printing practices.
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As I embarked on this project , then, I was not some Martian suddenly confronted with television.
research
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Before embarking on a research project, you must ensure that you have sufficient resources at your disposal to complete it successfully.
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Rather it makes embarking on action research seem a worthwhile endeavour!
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Therefore, before embarking on any research project we must make clear that we intend to act on the results.
series
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Final, moderated marks and grades are given to every student before they embark on their next series of modules.
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Whether as a result of this or coincidentally, his body embarked on a series of coordinated gradual changes.
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In the 1890s it embarked on a series of campaigns to promote closer relationships with trade unions.
student
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Final, moderated marks and grades are given to every student before they embark on their next series of modules.
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By 1742 even Yale students embarked on revivalist journeys.
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Each student should be embarked on a journey involving succeeding stages of intellectual maturity and independence.
tour
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She was often forced to spend months apart from her husband as he embarked on long tours .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A large group had assembled at the pier, waiting to embark .
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Passengers will have to pay a fee at the airport where they embark .
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Their training completed, the regiment embarked for the war zone.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And we have embarked on the most important and wide-ranging reforms since the 1940s.
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Both countries have embarked on serious reform.
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He was rowed ashore again, and I watched as he embarked along the coast road.
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High-performing enterprises seldom embark on a course of action without first evaluating all of the potential costs and benefits it might yield.
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New Labour, by contrast, has embarked on the most far-reaching programme of constitutional reform attempted in this country this century.
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Now we were embarking on another mission which we confidently thought would add new glory to the annals of the Imperial Navy.
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One might embark upon a conversation and find it quite suddenly rounded off before it got under way.