noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a combat mission/operation
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He flew 280 combat missions in two wars.
a relief operation
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UN officials accused the government of obstructing relief operations in the south of the country.
a rescue operation/mission
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A major rescue operation was launched yesterday after two divers were reported missing.
a routine operation/procedure (= medical operation )
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Many routine operations had to be cancelled.
an emergency operation (= a medical operation that is carried out quickly when someone has been injured or become ill suddenly )
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He had an emergency operation to save his sight.
cease trading/production/operations etc (= stop operating a business )
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The company ceased production at their Norwich plant last year.
combined effort/action/operation
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Dinner was a combined effort.
intelligence operations/sources/reports etc
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Intelligence sources denied the reports.
minor injury/illness/operation etc (= one that is not very serious or dangerous )
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He escaped with only minor injuries.
perform an operation
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The surgeon who performed the operation said it had gone well.
salvage operation
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a massive salvage operation
smooth running/operation
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Sarah is responsible for the smooth running of the sales department.
the efficient operation of sth
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The law must protect investors without interfering with the efficient operation of the market.
undergo treatment/surgery/an operation
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The cyclist underwent emergency surgery yesterday after a collision with a car.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
international
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The restricted licence covers domestic and international goods vehicle operation for own account haulage.
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The company said it will combine its international commercial-industrial operations with its domestic commercial-industrial business unit.
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Skandia will swap part of its international reinsurance operations for 21 p.c. of its shares held by Uni Storebrand.
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Banks with international operations , securities trading desks and other non-lending businesses fared best.
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Many have previous distinguished careers on fast jets in the Royal Air Force or in international long-haul operations .
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But that review did not anticipate the additional burdens placed on our military in the past few years by international peace operations .
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Mr McCartney, 43 years old, previously was vice president, international operations .
major
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If, at 57, he looks frailer than ever, a recent major intestinal operation is to blame.
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You did, however, take a major financial operation and put it under a trader.
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Divers alert: A major rescue operation was launched yesterday after two divers were reported missing off Redcar.
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In Venice it was a major operation , masterminded in this case by Michelato.
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It was, as has often been observed, a safe prediction that major operations would not take place in midwinter.
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A hysterectomy is a major operation with a long recovery period.
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And Nils was planning a major operation on our engine.
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The range of suppliers is also wide - from public agencies through major commercial operations to one-man consultancies.
military
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Read in studio A military operation involving four thousand servicemen has ended with a dramatic finale over Salisbury Plain.
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After weeks of planning, the first phase of the military operation went well.
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It was here that I first started to get a closer feel for what the military operations were.
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He merely flew into the airport, where the military rescue operation was being organized.
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The slaves gathered on August 30, 1800, but disbanded because a violent storm and flood made military operations impossible.
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Voting was prevented or disrupted in some areas by military operations when soldiers took advantage of the truce.
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But it is not clear whether the military operation which unfolded yesterday could have been organised in only four days.
routine
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They claim that he removed healthy wombs and bungled routine operations , leaving them with bladder, kidney and liver damage.
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For one, with so little time in the field, there was insufficient information about routine operations .
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It would be very different unloading the skip across the beach to the routine operation in Marchwood Military Port.
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An Ayrshire man is considering legal action against Crosshouse Hospital after his wife died following a routine operation .
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The simulations involved real-time, interactive, routine operations , such as the actions of hanger and flight deck operators.
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For a routine operation in which everybody knows what they are doing high involvement and high intensity are less critical.
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In other words, the routine operation of reason is not just a matter of routine.
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It is now a relatively routine operation available in the national health service.
whole
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The whole operation however is more efficient with two persons with one applying and the other following and drying.
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He slides himself and his whole operation nearer to the window.
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There are lots of companies who will take charge of this whole operation , including the printing and fixing of the labels.
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The whole operation was done in a spirit of perfect disdain.
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The whole operation was based on 50 journeys or rounds, one for each vehicle on every working day of the week.
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It can even jeopardise the whole operation .
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Cheryl Peterson oversees the whole operation .
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The whole operation has cost about £60 million, around half of which has come directly from central government.
■ NOUN
intelligence
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Naisbitt has transferred this technique from intelligence operations to commercial and social applications, with some very interesting results.
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After the Watts rebellion, Johnsoh asked Hoover to expand his intelligence operations to include riot prediction.
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But these were not covert intelligence operations .
rescue
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Divers alert: A major rescue operation was launched yesterday after two divers were reported missing off Redcar.
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After searching two days for the body, authorities called off the rescue operation .
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He merely flew into the airport, where the military rescue operation was being organized.
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Indeed, the entire rescue operation seems to have proceeded at a glacial pace.
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Fortunately a small group of folk banded together determined to save the bird and the rescue operation began.
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This was the command center for the dangerous rescue operation of ValuJet Flight 592.
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This rescue operation proved reasonably successful, as shown by Table 11.4.
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Some sites are so important that it may be necessary for a rescue operation on an international scale.
■ VERB
begin
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The Shenzhen exchange had begun trial operations in May 1990.
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Starting in the early 1990s, federal agents began setting up sting operations , including several in Maryland.
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This they did at Motherwell, and the Dalzell works began operations early in 1872, employing 200 men.
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Finally, at the end of the decade, a second automobile production plant began operation in East Liberty, Ohio.
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When Fraser began operation in the 1960s, motor homes were unheard of in motor racing.
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The resulting backbone connected thirteen sites and began operation in July 1988.
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The first company to have received a licence is due to begin operations by the end of this year.
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For example, a new facility there to make anti- cancer drugs is scheduled to begin operations this fall.
carry
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An officer visited the Mill Lane Industrial Estate and found the company still carrying out their cleaning operation .
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The control unit then enters the execute phase, to carry out the operation decoded in the fetch phase.
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Once a teacher took some time with you, and you learned how to carry out these operations .
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Some in industry have to carry out the same operation .
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Mr Bewick was criticised strongly yesterday by Mr Sells for carrying out too many operations rather than reflecting on the ethics involved.
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Simply by carrying out its day-to-day operations , an organisation necessarily communicates certain messages to those who interact with it.
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Where is the operation carried out?
combine
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Xorandor's logic transgresses that of binary systems because he combines mutually exclusive operations .
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The company said it will combine its international commercial-industrial operations with its domestic commercial-industrial business unit.
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The environmentally friendly retail chain will combine its Web operations with its retail and mail order activities.
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The results reflected combined operations from the merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, which took effect Aug. 1.
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The associated information from the strings is merged according to prescribed information combining operations .
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The first point is that generating letters and updating records must be combined into a single operation .
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And a combined navy and army operation brought about the fall of the stronger Fort Morgan on August 23.
continue
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An essential component of any local management scheme is the staff training which precedes its introduction and continues throughout its operation .
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They encourage efforts to preserve that potential, and urge continued co-operation in this area.
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It also has a built-in fault detection system which effectively off-lines defective elements, while the remainder continue operations .
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Otherwise, actual profit on continuing operations is compared with the 120-day estimate.
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The company has said it is seeking new partners to continue operations .
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Chapter 11 permits a company to avoid immediate bankruptcy liquidation and continue in operation , at least temporarily.
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Revenue from continuing operations rose 6. 7 percent to $ 290 million from $ 272 million.
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The drug maker also said its 1995 earnings from continuing operations will surpass $ 2. 80 a share.
perform
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Two surgeons will perform all the operations .
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You can sort these tables and even perform mathematical operations on them.
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There are instructions to move strings, to compare them, and to perform the usual logical operations .
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Although digital computers have to simulate this parallelism, true neural network hardware will really perform the operations in parallel.
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It is also very useful if you need to perform some conversion operation on a file.
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My doctors performed a bypass operation to clear away a blockage in the blood vessels that supply my heart.
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They had to perform a tracheotomy throat operation to aid his breathing.
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To prevent certain paralysis they needed to perform a series of operations to graft a spinal vertebra.
run
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The need to be popular with growers while at the same time run a large commercial operation clashed, he says.
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Dan Flynn ran a clean operation .
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At Ellesmere Port a foreman and seven fitters run a 24 hour operation in two main shifts.
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Although he runs the operation with a firm hand, the Steelers are more like a family than any other team.
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We won't be run by a central operations centre.
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Connors ran toward the operations tent.
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I was supposed to be running the operation but I got caught up with other business.
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A company with severe cash flow problems may have no choice but to run a lean inventory operation .
undergo
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She's already undergone an operation to have shrapnel removed from her back.
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He did the same thing six months ago when he underwent a heart operation at Washington Hospital Center.
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This is particularly the case for patients undergoing operations .
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He underwent a six-hour operation and remained hospitalized for 15 days.
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He underwent an operation on an injured thigh in the summer and will be missing until February.
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Ashe, now 48, underwent a quadruple bypass operation after a heart attack at the age of 35.
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She also has asthma and has undergone 50 operations since birth.
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About to undergo his third knee operation in six years, he wondered if he would ever bowl fast again.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(heart) bypass operation/surgery
amphibious operation/force/assault
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MacArthur stated that it was imperative to prevent the dispatch of an amphibious force.
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Marines will be landing from several San Diego-based ships, led by the amphibious assault ships Tarawa and Peleliu.
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Operation Downfall called for two amphibious assaults.
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Ross previously was assigned as executive officer of the amphibious assault ship Essex.
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The amphibious assault ship Peleliu will lead the ready group, which includes the Juneau and Comstock.
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Two other such joint exercises, involving marine and amphibious forces, were already scheduled to start on Aug. 3.
core business/activities/operations etc
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Additionally, entire segments of some companies will be eliminated as companies identify and refocus on their core business.
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But the single most reliable route to growth is probably to sell off everything but the core business.
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In all its acquisitions, Guinness has sought business opportunities that have enhanced and strengthened its core activities.
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None was big enough to become the core business of the company, Ousley says.
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Our strategy is to focus all our resources on the two core businesses of spirits and beers.
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This meant it could concentrate on two core businesses - security printing and heating and bathroom products.
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To maintain a high quality exploration portfolio focusing on core business areas and under-explored prospective basins.
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Will it be able to manage an acquisition outside its core business -- one in no need of fixing?
counter-terrorist operation/team/unit etc
shoestring organization/operation etc
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The books give all the insider know-how for staying and getting around a country on a shoestring budget.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a big rescue operation
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a profitable data storage operation
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a throat operation
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Ask the surgeon how many times he has performed the operation before, and with what success.
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I had an operation on my knee last year.
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In a joint U.S.-Mexican operation , police arrested 28 people on charges of drug-smuggling.
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She runs one of the most powerful lobbying operations in Washington.
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Tell the mechanic to check the operation of the ignition system.
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the operation of the laws of gravity
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The doctor says I must have an operation .
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The new chip can process millions of operations per second.
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These are the lottery's worst results since its first year of operation .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As part of the rescue operation it left control of the banks with the minority shareholders.
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Chris Miller is the operations supervisor for Fast Drains.
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He criticised the agency's surveillance operations, and alleged that it was incompetent.
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It's not known if the patrol which spotted the stolen car was part of this operation .
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One such initiative is that presented by the application of advanced expert systems to aircraft maintenance operations.
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Such procedures should aim to ensure efficient operation and the provision of fresh, clean air.
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The rules governing the operation of military housing covered 800 pages.
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Through a second group of functions, government supplements and modifies the operation of the market system.