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implement a plan formal (= to do what has been agreed as part of an official plan )
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To implement its plans, the company has entered into a partnership with another software developer.
implement a policy (= take action in the way that has been decided )
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Local government is responsible for implementing central government policy.
implement a strategy formal (= do a series of actions that you or someone else has planned )
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The firm faces several challenges as it seeks to implement that strategy.
implement recommendations
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We will implement the recommendations of the Woolf Report to improve prison conditions.
implement reforms (= carry out planned reforms )
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Much will depend on how local managers implement the reforms.
implementing...directive
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proposals for implementing the EU directive on paternity leave
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■ ADVERB
fully
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However, it is expected to encompass all civil originating processes by the time the system is fully implemented in 2002.
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As school desegregation is more fully implemented , only the most isolated suburbs will remain exempt.
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The main weakness of these republican reforms was that they threatened fundamental change but didn't fully implement it.
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These requirements were never fully implemented .
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At St Mary's, we decided to set up a 10-week pilot study before fully implementing the new role.
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Preparations had started almost a year earlier, but it was not until winter 1916/17 that they were fully implemented .
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Funding is now needed to ensure that the experiments of the project are fully implemented .
properly
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Firstly, changing external factors meant that many plans became rapidly out of date and so they could never be implemented properly .
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Then thirdly, make quite sure the objective is implemented properly , so you have to monitor.
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Not surprisingly, commitments are broken and only the less important matters are implemented properly .
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The minister did not believe that Tameside Council could properly implement the change within the limited time available.
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act
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The Labour Department did its best with the resources available to implement the Act .
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Name the five separate wages boards which implement the Wage Councils Act , 1959, in the hotel and catering industry.
agreement
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Similarly management would be expected to exhaust the machinery before attempting to implement changes without agreement with the unions.
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Will people be prosecuted when their co-operation is needed to implement an eventual peace agreement ?
change
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Similarly management would be expected to exhaust the machinery before attempting to implement changes without agreement with the unions.
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This unannounced decision proved to be the mechanism for implementing important changes .
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The committee recognises that the changes it proposes will not be implemented without a change in legislation.
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To effectively implement change you still need to manage it.
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The two sides have been at odds in recent years as reformists tried to implement changes .
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It is your decision whether to continue the way you have been up to now or to implement changes .
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Moreover to implement the change there is no sign of introducing the extra resources which most commentators see as necessary.
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Act as if you only had six months to live and implement these changes in your life now.
decision
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When the decision is made and implemented the foreseen obstacles tend to evaporate.
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The nature of the decision implemented by the one-House veto in these cases further manifests its legislative character.
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This led to battles with senior management who questioned the status of the policy decision to implement the new system.
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As a method of thought it is important as it helps to prevent had ideas or decisions from being implemented .
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The commission should not be concerned with local authority policy decisions , but in how these decisions are implemented .
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These statements-were then considered by ministers and senior civil servants who then made decisions which were implemented .
directive
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Simply implementing the Directive by means of a statutory instrument would result in yet another regime relating solely to consumer contracts.
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Member states will have two years after adoption in which to implement the Directive .
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The government originally promised to publish a consultation document on how it proposed to implement the directive by autumn 1992.
idea
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They were eager to exercise their formal authority and to implement their own ideas about how to run an effective organization.
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The intellectually gifted find themselves teaching older children; the educationally radical look outside schools for ways of implementing their ideas .
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He began the difficult job of implementing many of his ideas in the marketing area of the organization.
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As ideas migrate overseas, the economic and technological resources needed to implement the ideas migrate too.
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When I had inspected the camp and asked my questions, it was time for Nagji to implement his Idea .
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Yet the finer details needed to implement this idea in the context of international trade have proven contentious and divisive.
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These families will usually benefit from therapeutic advice very quickly and will implement ideas effectively to make a good improvement.
law
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When the police or the system fail to implement those laws , it can lead to catastrophic repercussions.
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Jones now must try to implement the open primary law in time for the 1998 primary elections.
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Giant corporations announced they would implement the new law , and were rewarded by stock-price increases.
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Six more states, including Texas, implemented laws on Jan. 1 that allow citizens to carry concealed weapons.
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But officials say they are in the difficult position of having to implement a law they do not like.
legislation
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Procedures for implementing this recent legislation are being worked out by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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Kyl, one of the leading critics of the weapons convention, in effect borrowed from the implementing legislation for the convention.
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A recent consumer survey indicated that 89% of people wanted the Government to implement legislation to promote more recycling of paper.
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Y., and other lawmakers urged the change after learning that it could be implemented without legislation .
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Does she enjoin Congress from implementing its legislation ?
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The real action is in the states now, as they try to implement the legislation .
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The rules implement legislation passed by Congress in 1994.
measure
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That confirms that the United Kingdom is at the forefront in implementing single market measures .
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Both sides discussed proposals for implementing the measures contained within the December 1991 reconciliation agreement.
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And secondly, the proposals in the 1983 Green Paper should now be implemented in part measure .
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She is expected to implement measures to address the popular grievances that have helped to fuel the mutiny.
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He is implementing a number of measures he said could address the issue.
plan
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They realised we were not going to budge until the plan was implemented .
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Despite a briefcase thick with proposed solutions, no plan has been implemented .
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The plan will be implemented next year and may be extended to other species such as hen harriers, buzzards and merlins.
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The open admissions plan was to be implemented in the fall of 1970, a year from the time it was conceived.
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Spoilt for choice A government's plans are sometimes implemented with little or no regard for an individual's family plans.
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The management plan being implemented by the pyramid authorities would relocate the camels from this ridge.
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The plan will be implemented regionally and it is realised that the regional priorities may vary from the national.
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Thus its members initiated a strategy to ensure that their redevelopment plan would be implemented .
policy
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The first is that the policies have largely been implemented as intended and that they are bearing fruit.
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In fact, four years ago Clinton was highly critical of federal policies originated and implemented by George Bush.
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Recommendations on appointing representatives from Aboriginal communities to various local and national policy boards have been implemented .
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The new policy was implemented over a two-year period.
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The escalating cost of these tax benefits would be checked within a few years of this policy being implemented .
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But it is essential to establish the policies in laws; policies do not implement themselves.
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It may also be because there were weaknesses in the older policies , many of which became apparent once policies were implemented .
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They accept some of the government policies implemented in their societies to equalize status and income.
principle
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Structures have been used to implement pay scales rather than principles of organisational design.
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NGOs are also working to implement the precautionary principle at a local level.
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But to attempt to implement such principles in society as a whole will be disastrous unless people are seriously interested in material reward.
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Ten States have begun to implement comparable worth principles and there are law suits pending against another thirteen.
program
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Business teams are critical to implementing total quality programs .
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He enthusiastically worked to implement the Scholarship Bed program .
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There are no cost estimates for implementing the program .
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Supervisors also authorized staff to work out details and implement the program .
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Shalala outstripped her Cabinet colleagues for implementing existing programs and public policy.
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The challenge for schools will be hiring enough teachers and finding adequate classroom space to implement the program by next fall.
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Nonprofit organizations and government agencies must effectively implement programs that further their causes or policies within budgetary constraints and shifting public priorities.
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South Carolina has also implemented a work program that includes training for vocational jobs.
programme
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If they are not motivated to implement the programme it will not run effectively.
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At Level One students are given a high degree of support and supervision when devising and implementing a programme of activities.
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To research, prepare and implement an initial publishing programme through exploiting and developing publishing rights held by the Group.
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A resolution called on the President, the government and the Supreme Soviet to formulate detailed legislation to implement the programme .
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Literature on Guillain-Barré syndrome places a high value on planning and implementing a programme to promote intellectual stimulation.
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Nor does it contemplate the knock-on consequences for Labour ministers of attempting to implement their programme while rebuilding the governmental machine.
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It does not lie with the team which is striving to implement the programme .
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The Fund also implements a programme of information and education about apartheid.
proposal
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However, you could usefully add some details as to how you would implement your proposal .
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A business plan was formulated and a general manager appointed to implement its proposals .
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After much huffing and puffing, the government backed down from implementing most of these proposals .
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The Criminal Justice Act of 1981 implemented the proposals , despite some opposition.
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The authority has no duty to implement any proposals for redress but clearly refusal to do so may lead to unwelcome publicity.
recommendation
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The work required to implement recommendations under this heading may take longer than the overall planning process.
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They will increase their efforts to implement these recommendations .
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The team has reported to the Executive Team and will be re-formed to implement recommendations .
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The participating States will increase their efforts to implement his / her recommendations . 22.
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We will implement the recommendations of the Woolf Report to improve prison conditions.
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The Head of Department said that they had already started to implement the recommendations to them.
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This implemented many of the recommendations of the Stevens Committee.
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We have already taken steps to implement the key recommendations of the Woolf report on the future of our prisons.
reform
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Much will depend on how local managers and clinicians implement the reforms at local level.
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The center devoted itself to implementing the liturgical reform begun at the Second Vatican Council.
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The government had also faced criticism over its slowness in implementing economic reforms .
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Under the highly unpopular Videnov, the Socialist government resisted implementing economic reforms .
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Legislation to implement the reforms was to be presented to Legco in early 1993.
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Outdated computer systems and the failure to help judges to implement the reforms were adding to the chaos.
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In the interim, the Stock Exchange implemented piecemeal reform .
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It is unlikely that Boris Yeltsin would be implementing those reforms if we had jumped the gun, as the Opposition wanted.
scheme
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Do the Government intend to implement an eco-labelling scheme ?
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But not without secretly implementing a scheme whereby the computer could also work with a bigger load512K.
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As far as the motor is concerned the software.intensive approach makes it easier to implement more sophisticated control schemes aimed at maximising motor performance.
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The reason seems to be lack of knowledge and confusion about who is responsible for implementing the schemes .
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The meeting then turned its attention to the experience gained by several laboratories in implementing such schemes .
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Foreign governments and industries are highly unlikely to be involved in designing and implementing such schemes .
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Already some medical schools have made progress in implementing such schemes .
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But when the Conservatives gained power they did nothing to implement the scheme .
strategy
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Only one other carpet company has been identified as implementing this strategy .
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Some RBOCs are actually implementing only one strategy , some are implementing both.
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From that you will develop a training strategy and then be responsible for deciding how to implement that strategy.
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The organizations in this study were implementing new strategies and introducing major restructuring.
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Following years of planning, major progress has been made in implementing the College Accommodation Strategy .
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What is the role of your work group in helping your company to implement its business strategy ? 9.
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It also raises some of the problems involved in deciding how best to implement an organization's strategy .
system
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During this period the Road Vehicles Department also expanded and implemented a progressive system of new building and repair.
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We have decided to implement an MPAAlike ratings system for the television programs on Fox.
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This requires both parallel processing and a system of constraint satisfaction, and connectionism offers a way of implementing such a system.
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Improved computer-editing proceedings have been developed and implemented in the surveillance system which identify measurements that may contain errors.
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The immediate problem, however, lies in implementing such a system .
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In fact, the information-processing mechanisms are designed for implementing the systems of differential equations associated with neural networks.
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Our proposal is a modest one: we are trying to implement a more just system rather than tackling a great injustice.
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Louis; installing new automated manufacturing equipment; and implementing a structured employee-involvement system .
tax
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The Government's argument is always based on how much it would cost to implement a local income tax system.
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agree
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The local authority have agreed to implement a series of new measures to fight the pollution.
begin
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Meanwhile, at the Works they began to implement the Railway Executive Committee pre-war plans of preparing ambulance trains for home use.
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The company will begin implementing its goals by the end of 1997, Stavropoulos said.
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Significant progress was nevertheless achieved in May, when the factions agreed to begin implementing a temporary ceasefire.
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In the mid-1980s the government had already begun to implement austerity measures which cut spending and led to price rises.
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This is an approach that the Department of Social Security has already begun to implement .
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Ten States have begun to implement comparable worth principles and there are law suits pending against another thirteen.
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The one exception to that scheme is the strategic programme which Worswick has begun to implement .
decide
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From that you will develop a training strategy and then be responsible for deciding how to implement that strategy.
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We have decided to implement an MPAAlike ratings system for the television programs on Fox.
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It also raises some of the problems involved in deciding how best to implement an organization's strategy.
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The Minister said that there were four options, but did not tell us which one the Government had decided to implement .
fail
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When the police or the system fail to implement those laws, it can lead to catastrophic repercussions.
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Knowledge is never static, but successive generations of nurses fail to implement the findings of research.
need
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Such a difference of focus needs to be implemented now in order to foster the conditions for both parts to be a success.
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Setting Limits Firm limits also need to be implemented .
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A course of vitamin B-complex and dietary reform may need to be implemented .
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These kinds of lessons-and the afFection needed to implement them-can be learned only by long observation.
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But the laws need to be even wider than that and they need to be implemented fast.
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Therefore a multi-year time horizon budget needs to be implemented .
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What support will be needed for teachers implementing the healthy living section of Environmental Studies 5-14?
require
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It also requires firms to implement quality controls to ensure that independence and objectivity are maintained.
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We entrust the Ministerial Council with the further steps which may be required to implement them.
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Quite predictably many of the respondents' suggestions - even very basic ones - would require considerable funds to implement .
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Those inevitably require hierarchical authority to implement and tend to be mechanistic.
seek
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Undoubtedly a similar danger exists if we seek to implement the corporatist goal of community in the corporation.
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The parties produce manifestos and when elected in a majority seek to implement their policies.
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The doctrine of political neutrality seeks to implement it through a policy of neutrality.
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In the 1580s an earlier warrior ruler, Hideyoshi, had sought to implement a formal distinction between warriors and farmers.
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Sarvodaya embodies and seeks to implement just this belief.
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The final class of issues arises when we seek to implement the model empirically.
try
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Our proposal is a modest one: we are trying to implement a more just system rather than tackling a great injustice.
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Jones now must try to implement the open primary law in time for the 1998 primary elections.
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The two sides have been at odds in recent years as reformists tried to implement changes.
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The real action is in the states now, as they try to implement the legislation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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An international team has been set up to implement recent UN recommendations.
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Cost-cutting measures have been implemented in most hospitals.
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Very few parties in government ever want to implement major political reform.
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We need a strategy that can be implemented quickly.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it is essential to establish the policies in laws; policies do not implement themselves.
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He must now win a battle with the Treasury for funding to enable councils to implement the plan.
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In practice, however, most of these organizations implement only a part of the Deming approach.
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Now, though, it is easier to implement efficiencies.
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She is expected to implement measures to address the popular grievances that have helped to fuel the mutiny.
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TECs and LECs will be closely involved in developing and implementing this new initiative.
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■ ADJECTIVE
agricultural
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For example, in the early agricultural villages, some individuals became full-time producers of pottery, clothing and agricultural implements .
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Instead, unseen operatives may soon be directing sophisticated agricultural implements by remote control from their firesides.
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He forges the agricultural implements necessary for survival, weapons for the groups self-defence, and ritual objects used by the community.
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The fork was simply a military development of the agricultural implement .
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use
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If he was hanging in a slaughterhouse, then might they not choose to use the implements of the slaughterer on him?
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Also, the lift capacity, which looks good on paper, may disappoint if you are using very heavy implements .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A clear timetable for the implementation of new city programs is lacking.
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agricultural implements
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It is best to cut weeds off at the roots with an implement such as a hoe.
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Some children find it difficult to hold their writing implements.
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The native women grind the wheat with heavy stone implements.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Art was therefore seen as an implement with which to improve, both morally and socially, the condition of humanity.
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But standing there with Billie, surrounded by implements that promised home improvement, he yielded to an acquisitive urge.
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He threw his tablet and writing implement on the floor when the sentence was announced and was immediately put to death.
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If I am ferreting single-handedly there is no need for any other digging implement .
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Opposite this another, smaller table held gloves, a sou'wester, and a gardening-basket crammed with implements.
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There was a lengthy getting-to-know-you period between Sam and his often ridiculed broomhandle putting implement .
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These children often appear to be in agony as they awkwardly and ever-so-tightly grip their writing implements.
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They are not the implements of a wise man.