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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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basic
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Many others provide the basic infrastructure on which towns and industries depend.
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In 1994 the chamber decided to use the same basic infrastructure to expand into other industries.
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Every fieldworker needs to acquire some insight into the basic infrastructure of the society he is studying.
economic
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These developments often failed because of the limited scale of the local social and economic infrastructure .
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The family needs an economic infrastructure that is consistent with the conditions under which it now has to function.
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From a Marxist viewpoint, behaviour is ultimately determined by the economic infrastructure .
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It controlled the economic infrastructure and used it as a means of exploitation.
industrial
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It specializes in electrical distribution and industrial control and automation for the electric power, industrial, infrastructure and construction markets.
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Much of the state-owned industrial infrastructure is beyond repair.
large
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States would have less money for large infrastructure projects such as grid extension or publicly funded large hydropower schemes.
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Decisions on large infrastructure projects are usually made by bankers, engineers and politicians.
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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.
local
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Deficiencies in the local infrastructure were assumed to be the principal cause of community distress.
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In addition, cable telephone technology might also enhance local infrastructure in some countries.
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It is important to keep in mind that local infrastructure is a national issue for each of the countries involved.
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A good example is Washington, a city whose local infrastructure is controlled by blacks.
national
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For instance, porter's model implies that national infrastructure and other factors determine national performance.
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Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable national infrastructure and systems including a facilities-based Tier One national network.
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It is responsible for the national infrastructure and standards for networking and the encouragement of the effective use of information systems.
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The sixth stage, national information infrastructure , or the I-way, is the ultimate goal.
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The telecommunications moguls are creating the national infrastructure for the next century.
necessary
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However, the costs of building and of providing the necessary infrastructure together with planning restrictions meant that it was less than ideal.
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A small modern city on the move, I thought, with all the necessary infrastructure .
new
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Other measures proposed include action to tackle traffic flows, and greater environmental considerations of spending on new transport infrastructure .
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These firms have begun making investments in technology to construct the new infrastructure .
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The building and operating of the new telecommunications infrastructure is expected to create hundreds of jobs for the area.
physical
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Local government will also require appropriate resources to run the physical and social infrastructure the UDCs will have provided.
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Recently money has been thrown at physical infrastructure .
public
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It wants the money spent on public infrastructure , providing lucrative contracts for business.
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The public health infrastructure of this country is poorly prepared for the emerging disease problems of a rapidly changing world.
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Improvements to public infrastructure were emphasized as a means of making depressed areas more attractive to private industry.
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These futuristic service industries need both a well-educated workforce and good public infrastructure .
social
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These developments often failed because of the limited scale of the local social and economic infrastructure .
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Its people are overburdened by religious riot, ethnic strife, corruption and the absence of social infrastructure .
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The reality of living here without the social infrastructure they're culturally used to would probably send a Blairy into trauma.
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The developers now need social facilities and infrastructure , such as schools, open space and leisure facilities to support their own schemes.
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Local government will also require appropriate resources to run the physical and social infrastructure the UDCs will have provided.
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The government planned to distribute farm implements and seeds, repair small-scale irrigation systems, and improve productive and social infrastructure .
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Finally, the corporation has become more interested in investing in social infrastructure .
urban
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This consortium will concentrate on establishing an integrated urban and regional infrastructure data base for London and the South East.
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At the same time the quantity and quality of the urban infrastructure was transformed.
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information
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This in itself raises issues of how the information infrastructure can best serve two models at once.
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To make advanced computing and communications information infrastructure available to-and usable by-a larger segment of the society.
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The sixth stage, national information infrastructure , or the I-way, is the ultimate goal.
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However, the Internet provides some invaluable models and lessons about key components of national and global information infrastructure .
network
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The future, therefore, lies in intellectual co-operation and communication as much as in network infrastructure . 13.
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To become a reality, electronic commerce needs a network infrastructure to transport the content.
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Transparency is essential for dealing with higher-level issues than physical media and interconnection that the underlying network infrastructure is in charge of.
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Let us summarize some of the business issues concerned with network infrastructure investments.
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The demands and requirements various participants place on the network infrastructure are bound to be very different.
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The Internet has transformed the way network infrastructures are conceptualized and created.
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Enormous capital flowed into these projects in the hope that the network infrastructure would eventually settle into place.
project
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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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Decisions on large infrastructure projects are usually made by bankers, engineers and politicians.
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These funds support infrastructure projects and training courses.
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Osaka has fought back with a splurge of infrastructure projects , most notably a new international airport perched upon a man-made island.
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The tunnelling is ahead of schedule and ahead of budget, in contrast to most big infrastructure projects .
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John Lowry reports on Britain's second-biggest infrastructure project .
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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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The infrastructure projects unveiled yesterday were not unexpected, but will give a welcome fillip to the construction sector.
transport
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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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Provisions for cyclists will therefore require both the use of existing transport infrastructure and special facilities for cyclists.
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Other measures proposed include action to tackle traffic flows, and greater environmental considerations of spending on new transport infrastructure .
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That is why the Government are committed to an expanded roads programme and continuing major investment in our transport infrastructure .
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We support the location of new industrial and commercial developments in areas already well-served by good transport infrastructure and public transport.
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Over the next three years we are committed to the biggest investment in Britain's transport infrastructure in our history.
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But he also believes that some public money will be needed to develop the transport infrastructure necessary to complement development.
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build
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Everett expects 6,000 sailors and their families to arrive when it is finished, and has built most of the infrastructure .
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Huntsville continues to build its high-tech infrastructure and should add jobs in that sector at a steady pace.
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These debates were also useful in reallocating resources in order to set up and build an infrastructure in some specific areas.
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Major capital investments are being made to build an ReD infrastructure in these industries.
create
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The developers told councillors they would pay £3.5m to create an infrastructure for the settlement, between Hurworth and Neasham.
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The telecommunications moguls are creating the national infrastructure for the next century.
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Priority was given to the Health and Education ministries and a new budgetary allocation was created for road infrastructure .
develop
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Capital expenditure in 1990 was set at F$122,600,000, of which 40 percent would be spent on developing the infrastructure .
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Currently, the application of choice among the cable and telecom providers who are developing the infrastructure is video on-demand.
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Teams attempting to develop the service infrastructure undoubtedly try to liaise with and support voluntary groups, as the Nottinghamshire experience shows.
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In other words, they must develop a defensive political infrastructure of their own.
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But he also believes that some public money will be needed to develop the transport infrastructure necessary to complement development.
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After developing the infrastructure and getting the ball rolling, the mine churned out great quantities of lead and silver.
establish
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But first they must overcome the high set-up costs in building the technology and product marketing to establish a strong commercial infrastructure .
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Today: The community -- with its central location and established infrastructure -- is well along on the path to a resurgence.
exist
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The plan argues that each country should get the best out of its existing infrastructure and human capital.
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In other words, national ISPs extend high-speed connections to users just about anywhere, bypassing the existing telco infrastructure .
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Where existing infrastructure is inadequate or nonexistent, new alternatives tend to take off faster.
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The principal shortcoming of the existing communications infrastructure lies in its inability to provide integrated voice, data, and video services.
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Groups are often forced to move into areas in which they are not welcome and where the existing infrastructure is inadequate.
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As might be expected, the existing service delivery infrastructure geared up to help them.
improve
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Priority would be given to improving the country's infrastructure and boosting production.
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The government planned to distribute farm implements and seeds, repair small-scale irrigation systems, and improve productive and social infrastructure .
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It will also help to improve the general infrastructure .
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The government would in turn have undertaken various projects to improve the region's infrastructure .
need
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The developers now need social facilities and infrastructure , such as schools, open space and leisure facilities to support their own schemes.
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The family needs an economic infrastructure that is consistent with the conditions under which it now has to function.
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For example, a young society will need educational infrastructures .
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To become a reality, electronic commerce needs a network infrastructure to transport the content.
provide
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What percentage of workers are employed in providing the infrastructure ?
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Diamond does land deals, while Colangelo does jocks -- buying and selling, with you providing the infrastructure .
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However, the costs of building and of providing the necessary infrastructure together with planning restrictions meant that it was less than ideal.
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So, armed with consultants' reports on the favorable economic impact, they offer to provide buildings or infrastructure .
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It was achieved only because the senior ranks were there and able to provide the infrastructure and necessary training.
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Many others provide the basic infrastructure on which towns and industries depend.
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The company claims that the hardware-software system provides an infrastructure for messaging applications across all types of network.
spend
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It wants the money spent on public infrastructure , providing lucrative contracts for business.
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Capital expenditure in 1990 was set at F$122,600,000, of which 40 percent would be spent on developing the infrastructure .
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Other measures proposed include action to tackle traffic flows, and greater environmental considerations of spending on new transport infrastructure .
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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.
support
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It is a strategy which is not supported by an appropriate infrastructure .
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These foundations support the infrastructure needed to address the ongoing, but often changing, threats from emerging infections.
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These funds support infrastructure projects and training courses.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If anything the situation is worse, with sharp cutbacks in government investments in education, infrastructure , and research.
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More can be done to cut excess infrastructure and support.
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So, some aspects of the technical infrastructure for electronic commerce are already in place.
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These developments often failed because of the limited scale of the local social and economic infrastructure .
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Urban life depends upon an invisible stratum of people who repair the city's infrastructure while all the rest are abed.
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Were this not all, the new sources of energy lie in regions devoid of infrastructure and population.
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Where existing infrastructure is inadequate or nonexistent, new alternatives tend to take off faster.