I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a controversial plan/proposal/policy
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the controversial plan to build a new airport
a development programme/plan/project
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the United Nations Development Programme
a family planning clinic (= giving advice about how to prevent pregnancy )
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There are family planning clinics all over the country.
a flight plan (= the planned route of an aircraft )
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For some reason the pilot diverged from the flight plan.
a peace plan
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The leadership rejected the peace plan.
a plan of action
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The General outlined his plan of action for the campaign.
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Environmental groups have put forward an action plan.
a planning application (= an official request for permission to build something )
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We have lodged a planning application for a housing development on the site.
a planning committee British English (= one that considers requests to build new buildings )
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Several concerns were raised at the planning committee.
a reduction plan/programme/scheme
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The terms of the treaty call for a three-phase troop reduction programme.
a rescue plan/package (= plan to save a company, economy etc that is in trouble )
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They drew up a rescue plan that involved restructuring the firm.
agree a price/plan/strategy etc
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We agreed a new four-year contract.
an escape plan
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You should have an escape plan in the event of a fire.
an expansion plan
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The city’s ambitious expansion plans will require major investment.
announce a decision/intention/plan
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The government has announced plans to create 10,000 new jobs.
austerity programme/plan/package
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a tough new austerity programme
business plan
carefully planned/chosen/controlled etc
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carefully chosen words
city planning
contingency plan
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a contingency plan
corporate planning/strategy (= the activity of planning what a big company needs to do to succeed )
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Roche is the man in charge of corporate planning.
devise a plan/scheme
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Together they devised a clever plan to escape.
discuss a plan/idea
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It’s a good idea to discuss your plans with your parents.
draw up a plan/scheme
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Local authorities have drawn up new plans for waste disposal.
drop a plan
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The company has dropped its plan to build a hotel on the site.
family planning
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a family planning clinic
floor plan
formulate a policy/plan/strategy etc
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He formulated Labour Party education policy in 1922.
game plan
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He has his game plan all worked out.
grandiose scheme/plan/idea etc
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grandiose schemes of urban renewal
ground plan
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documents which formed the ground plan for the welfare state
implement a policy/plan/decision etc
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We have decided to implement the committee’s recommendations in full .
installment plan
long-range planning/plan/forecast etc
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a long-range weather forecast
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the long-range goal of the project
long-range planning/plan/forecast etc
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a long-range weather forecast
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the long-range goal of the project
long-term plan/strategy/solution
master plan
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The job losses were part of a master plan aimed at transforming the structure of the company.
moves/plans/changes afoot
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There were plans afoot for a second attack.
pension plan
plan a menu (= decide what foods will be served )
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Erika began planning a menu for the dinner party.
plan ahead (= plan for the future )
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Unless we plan ahead we are going to be in a mess.
plan an escape
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We planned our escape carefully and waited for just the right moment.
plan for the future ( also make plans for the future ) (= think carefully about the future and decide what you are going to do )
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As soon as she knew she was pregnant, she started to plan for the future.
plan your route
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We studied the map and planned our route.
plan/develop/design a curriculum
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Fifty academics have been involved in developing the new school curriculum.
planned obsolescence
planned/timed/arranged to coincide
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The show is timed to coincide with the launch of a new book.
planning approval (= official approval needed before building something )
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The construction work will be subject to planning approval.
planning consent British English (= consent to build a new building or change an old one )
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You will need to apply for planning consent.
planning permission (= official permission to build a new building or change an existing one )
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The bank has applied for planning permission to redevelop a 1¼-acre site.
planning permission
planning regulations (= relating to what buildings can be built in an area )
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The house must be demolished because it does not conform to planning regulations.
planning restrictions (= legal restrictions on what buildings can be built somewhere )
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There are government proposals to relax planning restrictions on green belt areas around cities.
plan/plot a coup
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They were arrested and accused of plotting a coup against the government.
Plans...shelved
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Plans to reopen the school have been shelved .
plan/work sth out in detail
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I haven't worked our trip out in detail yet.
proceeding according to plan
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Work is proceeding according to plan .
put forward a plan/scheme
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Both parties have put forward plans for political reform.
retirement plan
sb’s hopes/fears/plans for the future
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What are your hopes for the future?
seating plan/arrangements
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the seating plan for the wedding dinner
strategic planning
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strategic planning meetings
the best-laid plans (= plans that have been made carefully )
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Bad weather can upset even the best-laid travel plans.
town planning
vacation plans (= an idea about what you want to do on your vacation )
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Do you have any vacation plans this summer?
went according to plan
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Everything went according to plan , and we arrived on time.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
economic
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The privatization of up to 40 state-owned companies was at the centre of the governments economic recovery plan .
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Dole is expected to emphasize his economic plan , which calls for sweeping tax cuts as well as balancing the budget.
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No details had yet been published of an economic recovery plan which the government had announced in January.
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Speculation about Kemp has been growing, particularly since Dole announced an economic plan that embraced tax cuts long advocated by Kemp.
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To work, any Soviet economic plan must do two things.
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And what economic plan would be without its executive summary?
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He was in the Oval Office, on the second day of trying to sell his economic plan .
future
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Money to help pay for ambitious future plans was at least one motive for seeking publication.
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I can then produce a programme that provides a framework to meet your future financial plans using Allied Dunbar products.
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If he had future plans , they were shattered by a stroke.
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This is a time of tension when the stakes may be high and a future plan hangs by a thread.
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The money will be used to top up its land bank crucial to future house building plans from 15,000 plots to 20,000.
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In the interview they asked me about my future plans .
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Mr Lekszton's future plans include a private television station and an airline.
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Decision-making is often about future plans and events, yet nobody knows with certainty what will happen in the future.
game
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When he needed to vary his game plan Hamed was unable to.
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That took them out of the game plan , too.
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The previous commissioner spent months with us, analysing our game plans and marketing strategy.
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Member companies spent most of the first year trying to hammer out a mission and a game plan .
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Whether he can establish a solid relationship with him, likes his attitude-and if that player fits his game plan .
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The Raiders' game plan revealed astonishing flexibility.
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As the staff looks toward the future, its game plan is to provide quality care.
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Rison was conspicuously absent from much of the Jaguars' game plan .
local
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The local plan will replace the existing local plans for Midlothian District.
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As a result, controversial local plans tend to attract numerous objections which are then tested at a local inquiry.
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When determining planning applications planning authorities are required to have regard to structure and local plans.
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These will include: Does the scheme comply with the policies contained in its local plan ?
new
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The new plan limits programme management costs to 20 percent.
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A new plan was taking shape.
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Many people launch themselves into their new plans with no preparation at all.
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But the medical profession is not the only group targeted by the new seven-page plan .
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Clare wondered suspiciously why this sensationally good-looking man seemed not to have any New Year's plans .
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Buyouts are less attractive to workers under the new plan .
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A new plan is being considered.
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The NOCs also test new technologies and plan for their deployment.
original
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In insisting that no changes had been made to the original plan , his team was being economical with the truth.
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In addition, the original plan called for the demolition of structures found beyond repair and the relocation of displaced homeowners.
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Its original plan was to unload the problem on to the electricity generators.
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Hence, with some misgivings, the original plan was adhered to. 3.
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Better to abide by the original plan .
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This would be expensive and had not been allowed for in the original plans and bids.
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In the original battle plans , which were to be strictly adhered to, ten minutes were allocated for the raid.
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After two years, the Gypsy Moth Commission decided to go back to a version of their original plan .
strategic
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When this happens, strategic plans not only waste enormous time and money, they can become actual barriers to innovation.
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Environmental audit General property audit - collates information on a building or property portfolio in order to establish a long-term strategic plan .
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About three weeks ago, Teran released a four-year strategic plan to improve public safety throughout Baja California.
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But every governing body is expected to produce a strategic plan , delineating how it will succeed.
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These councils would assess local needs, contribute to local service plans within the overall strategic plan and monitor local service provision.
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But the commanders had their orders and a strategic plan to carry out, and they stood firm.
■ NOUN
action
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A timescale indicator and action plan for achievement should also be agreed.
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Note from the action plan that both the nurse and the nutritionist perform height, weight, and skinfold measurements.
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The report should constitute an action plan .
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I proceeded to come up with an affirmative action plan for the company that would work.
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Definition of priorities empowers the next stage - an action plan .
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Students will work towards fixed targets regarding the above, but will also negotiate individual action plans .
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It produced a 13-point action plan to reduce the risk of marine pollution.
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The action plan will be linked to a study of the commuting habits of nearly 15,000 council employees.
business
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Highly confidential and sensitive matters - such as business plans , projections or formulae - which must not be used.
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Within eighteen months, they had firmed up a business plan , and Liz said good-bye to her migraines.
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Information systems should be integrated with the business plan at all three layers of the management hierarchy.
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What will a business plan for the Metro section look like?
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Likewise a business plan should be developed in order to chart the proposed progress.
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Never forget that profit is the goal of a good business plan .
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How many business plans down the road will it be before his good intentions are eroded or outmaneuvered?
care
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As part of the care plan .
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Investor-owned managed care plans routinely take 20 percent to 30 percent of premium dollars off the top for profit and administration.
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This is particularly important when discussing personal matters, such as some one's care plan .
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The hospital continues to struggle to correctly bill insurance providers and state and federal indigent health care plans .
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Communication within the caring team, and the formation of nursing care plans , ensures continuity of patient care.
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The products and the care plans they produce are more in-depth.
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They must also show their HIV/AIDS services are fully integrated into their community care plans .
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Her health care plan drew fire.
contingency
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The three A's must be making some contingency plans .
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Anticipating the possibility of such a crisis, G Group several months earlier had drawn up a contingency plan .
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Supt Peter Durham from Newcastle city centre will address staff on how contingency plans can be properly arranged for Newcastle.
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Next, specific action may be agreed upon that is realistic and measurable with perhaps a contingency plan lined up too.
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The agents are intelligent because they have contingency plans of action.
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If you perceive this could be a problem perhaps the two of you could discuss a contingency plan to deal with this.
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City officials have implemented what they call Phase I of a contingency plan aimed at bringing pollution levels down.
development
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Academic planning Contributions to a Polytechnic development plan.
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Since 1971 development plans have included specific population targets.
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The excavation of the Viking site at York was so important, though, that the development plans were changed.
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The development plan is only one of the material considerations, and its policies and assumptions may be out of date.
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The vote means that the project will be included in the current 10-year development plan .
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Individuals will be responsible for their own personal development plans which will be measured against agreed standards of business performance.
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He was appointed by Touche Ross to reorganise the hotel, conference and leisure complex and implement a structured business development plan .
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These are not targets to be met and should not be the basis or a starting point for development plan policies.
master
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Not a secret master plan on the part of the Emperor - but a dagger aimed at his heart?
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The tentative concepts of the five finalists in a master plan design competition will go on view for the first time.
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And so they moved, with no master plan in mind, first to their small flat in Brussels.
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The master plan will determine what kind of fees users will be charged for such amenities.
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One final comment before you start writing out your master plan for reaching running goals: Use a pencil.
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The challenge Chapter 4 will provide you with an opportunity to create a master plan from what you have learned.
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It held what was in essence a master plan for murder, said Mr Stuart-Moore.
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The master plan was scheduled to be implemented in 1975.
peace
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No eighteenth-century peace plan had the slightest chance of being put into practice.
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The United States is not offering its own peace plan , an official said.
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While the government-in-exile headed by Sawyer proposed to send representatives to Monrovia to discuss its peace plan , the military conflict continued.
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In fact the only new development is that the implementation of the peace plan has been brought to a standstill.
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But to patch things up the friends need to agree on a peace plan .
pension
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One of the attractions of executive pension plans is their potential flexibility.
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Today, the pension plan for the owner and ten office workers is in serious trouble.
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Our reader was invited to make his annual contribution to his Equitable Life pension plan .
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Once you have a pension plan , be sure to use a pension plan expert to help you keep your plan qualified.
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More than 4.6m people have contracted out of the state scheme into personal pension plans since their introduction in 1986.
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From some angles, it looks to be a pension plan offering monthly retirement benefits commensurate with contributions.
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The corner-stone of your strategy should be a pension plan - because of the tremendous financial advantages pension plans enjoy.
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So there are no pat answers, and usually you need a pension plan expert to recommend a plan for you.
retirement
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They are less interested in investment and retirement plans and are less well positioned to attract meaningful new clients than older lawyers.
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He has done so by manipulating contributions to certain government retirement plans .
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Do retirement plan administrators get crazy?
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Employers who establish retirement plans must be cautious about engaging in transactions with their plans.
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If neither you nor your spouse is covered by an employer retirement plan , you may deduct your entire contribution.
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Their restaurant is their retirement plan .
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They were among those who in 1981 took a $ 40, 000 cash buyout to switch to a less-generous retirement plan .
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Was the $ 1. 2 trillion in mutual fund retirement plans endangered by the market correction?
■ VERB
agree
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Within two weeks the participants were able to agree upon a draft plan .
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They have kept the government shut to pressure the president to agree to a seven-year plan to balance the federal budget.
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She acquiesced, agreeing to his plan for a meeting with Joan in the palace rose-garden.
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However, Rodman said the state only agreed to the clean-up plan to avoid further delays.
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The Commander-in-Chief agreed to the plan and also authorized Stirling to recruit a further six officers and up to forty men.
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Morrison Knudsen and lenders agree on a plan to avoid a cash shortage.
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But to patch things up the friends need to agree on a peace plan .
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Talks aimed at agreeing on a plan to balance the budget within seven years are still taking place.
announce
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Meanwhile, Barclays has announced plans to more than double its network of wipe-through machines.
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Westinghouse shares had remained stagnant even after the company announced its plans to sell the electronics business.
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They announced plans for its complete redevelopment and applied for a certificate of immunity of listing.
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It also announced plans to ease the regulatory burden on unions, and transfer their supervision to the Financial Services Authority.
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Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a member of the Senate aviation subcommittee who announced the plan at a news conference.
approve
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Sedgefield District Council's development committee have approved the plan .
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The Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors must approve the plan before a building permit is issued.
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Not that she approved of his plans .
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The bishops, whose annual spring meeting concluded Saturday, also approved a plan for ministering to young people.
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Best to have the buyer sign it, however, to ensure that he or she really does approve the plan .
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Now that supervisors also have approved it, the plan encompasses all land in the county.
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I hope Prince Charles approves the plans before a brick is laid!
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We approve his plan , and he starts up with your money.
build
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It means the loss of hopes and plans which have been building up in the parents during the months of pregnancy.
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Was it a plan to build a last secure bunker in the Lena Valley if Leningrad and Moscow fell to the blitzkrieg?
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The transport committee yesterday approved plans to build another boat.
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As for the partners in her practice, they had to agree to a more gradual plan for building the practice.
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A public announcement of the plan to build a Hinkley C power station was made a month later.
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Today, there are four, with plans to build an additional one in Chandler.
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The Irvine-based concern had approached Poway and Santee officials about selling the parcel after dropping plans to build 65 luxury homes there.
change
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They give care according to the plan specified by the primary nurse and will usually only change that plan in an emergency.
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Overnight, the fortunes of big companies changed and any plans for the future had to be reconsidered.
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That's why, every year, thousands of people have to change their plans .
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Response was so small, however, that she changed her plan .
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No logical reason, he wrote, but that will not make me change my plans once I have begun.
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But there are others who vehemently oppose changing the general plan designation in either area.
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Your welcome may change my plans .
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No one can change their retirement plans quickly.
develop
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Identifying the Company Needs Before choosing an appropriate source of finance, the company should first develop an appropriate business plan .
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Three teams of contractors were selected to develop plans .
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To develop plans successfully agencies will need to work closely with local providers and community representatives.
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Dream your own dream! Develop a plan to accomplish that dream and work hard to complete it!
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Gradually, Power and his colleagues developed a plan to turn the 70 programs into a coherent Human Investment System.
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Then develop a plan to acquire those skills.
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But Knight developed a unique business plan to achieve his mission.
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As the infant develops , the parents gain much by assisting with the observations and helping the nurse develop the care plan .
discuss
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The group will discuss the plans on 5 November.
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Officials with the AFL-CIO were hesitant to discuss the administration plan because they said they had not seen details of the proposal.
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Volunteers will hold a meeting this weekend to discuss fund-raising plans for the Christmas period.
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He refuses to discuss any plans beyond that.
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As Joe and Biddy became a little more cheerful, discussing my possible plans for the future, I became more miserable.
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If this is the case do not discuss your plans with them.
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We discussed our plans for the living museum and theme park and told her about the oak tree.
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We must discuss the plan with the president.
draw
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So the most helpful thing to do before you start shopping is to draw up a scale plan of the room.
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Anticipating the possibility of such a crisis, G Group several months earlier had drawn up a contingency plan .
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It will draw up these plans in the light of national policies and local priorities and resources.
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The draftsman no longer draws his plans .
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The district councils being usually responsible for drawing up detailed local plans in accordance with policies defined in the structure plans.
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He set about drawing up a rescue plan amid a political storm that resulted in the resignation of two cabinet ministers.
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Large corporations draw up ground plans for restaurants and reduce everything down to a level of mediocrity.
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Negotiations were started to purchase the site, and the London architects Spalding and Spalding were commissioned to draw up the plans .
formulate
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The results will be used to formulate development plans .
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All over Langley and Miami they were still formulating plans to hit Fidel.
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In November 1808 ten of her friends met in London to formulate a rescue plan .
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They formulate detailed plans for managing both the quantitative and the qualitative costs they are bound to incur.
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Accept that and formulate an organised plan of action and you're nearly there!
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When the tin price collapsed, the miners formulated a plan to keep the mines open under their control with reduced costs.
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Subsequent treatment After the initial period of assessment and support it should be possible to formulate a treatment plan .
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In bed, in the dark, she formulated her plans .
implement
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Twenty-two others are being implemented , and plans are in hand for a further nine.
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These infectious disease problems demonstrate the urgency for expeditiously implementing this plan .
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Friction embraces resistance or resentment on the part of key people who have to implement the plan .
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Fortunately, I received a reprieve because my boss had a nervous breakdown before he could implement his plan .
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Step 11 Draw up and then implement your plan for bringing about change.
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But the Senate bill designed to implement the plan contains some consumer-friendly changes that could kill it instead.
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This new status may enable the museums to get themselves out of their present crisis situation and implement some plans .
lay
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We therefore laid our plans and moved out in good order over a long period of time.
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We immediately began laying plans for subsequent operations to achieve what we had been unable to accomplish at Pearl Harbor.
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The two countries were laying plans for a jointly operated early-warning centre that might help this.
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We consult an architect, laying our current floor plan before her and describing our needs.
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Taking care to avoid certain members of his household ... So the rational mind lays its rational plans .
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Undaunted, Galvin laid out a ten-year plan to make Motorola the leader in the industry.
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Meanwhile, the moment there was a hint of spring in the air, she began to lay her plans .
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We then laid plans for the next voyage.
make
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Humanity is already making plans for its escape.
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No change, however, was made in the operational plan .
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The panic receded as she forced herself to make practical plans .
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He made plans to welcome religious varieties, whereas elsewhere authorities suppressed or discouraged them.
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He made so many plans for this wedding.
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Spitzer said he was interested, met with parents of the band members and began making some plans .
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They'd made their plans for escape.
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Commander Byrd had made their flight plan .
prepare
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He is currently preparing a plan to unlock more working capital by the New Year.
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And the agency hired by the state to prepare such a plan has refused Knapman as a client.
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Conveyancers are not trained or expected to prepare original plans: it is the duty of the client to supply these.
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Unfriendly takeovers represent a constant threat to underperforming companies with ill prepared strategic plans .
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Then they had a draughtsman prepare the plans and sub-contracted the building.
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Do not, for example, equate time spent preparing plans with impact.
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Competition for employees will increase and clearly many major industries are preparing their plans to ensure that they remain competitive.
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Carter ordered the Pentagon to prepare a contingency plan for military action to rescue the hostages.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
advance planning/warning/booking etc
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For course details details and advance booking forms contact:.
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However, Redmond and Manschreck acknowledged that they had not billed for or received any money for the advance planning.
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If we could list those we'd have advance warning of shortage problems on the assembly lines two months before they occur.
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It will also repay advance bookings.
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Perhaps the most widely used online service is travel planning, both to research a destination and to do advance bookings.
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Significant moments in history do not happen without some kind of advance warning.
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The most obvious features are the tall watchtowers scattered across the Silk Road to provide advance warning of Xiongnu attack.
bring forward legislation/plans/policies etc
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Following assessment of the responses to our discussion paper, we will bring forward legislation to achieve this.
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Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke wants to bring forward plans to change the law in the new year.
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It will bring forward legislation in the coming parliamentary session to introduce student loans, partially replacing grants, from autumn 1990.
buy off-plan
disappoint sb's hopes/expectations/plans
forward planning/thinking
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A bit of forward planning would have ensured a sum was put aside in the budget.
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A little bit of forward thinking years ago has put the Eagles in terrific position now.
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But he does want to stimulate constructive forward thinking.
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Findings relate to expenditure, degree of forward planning, objectives, workforce attitudes, management awareness and use of consultancies.
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His introduction to the art of place-kicking, however, was hardly a result of deep forward planning.
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In each of the schools, the library was clearly still high on the agenda for forward planning and review.
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It is at this point that proper forward planning and the use of the time log become of crucial importance.
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The message which emerges is clearly one of forward planning to avoid any undesirable over-involvement in management decisions.
hatch a plot/plan/deal etc
have big ideas/plans
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Waller has big plans for her retirement.
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I have big plans for Selina.
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They have big plans for their life together.
lay plans/a trap etc
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And the speaker may be totally unaware of laying a trap.
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Clare wouldn't put it past Sam to use a rat to lay a trap for her.
punch holes in sb's argument/idea/plans etc
short-range plan/goal/forecast etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Plan A obviously wasn't going to work, so we had to resort to plan B.
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After weeks of planning, the big day finally arrived.
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By January, many people are already making plans for their summer holidays.
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Everything went according to plan , and we all crossed the river safely.
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Her plan is to finish her degree and then go and teach in Japan.
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I have to organize a seating plan for the dinner.
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Increasing traffic congestion is a major influence on town planning.
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NASA has announced plans for a new space mission to Mars.
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Originally, the plan was to meet at Dave's house, but he's still not home.
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The school has plans to build a computer centre.
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the state's highway improvement plan
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There was an airline strike in India, and all our plans fell through at the last minute.
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You can't get a loan to start a new company if you don't have a good business plan .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But when new owners took it over, they dropped the plan .
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Each executive then presented plans and budgets for their respective departments.
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In the first year of the plan , the government will pay 30 percent of their monthly payments.
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Instead they looked at the physical models of the new plant or engineering drawings or plans.
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It is only within the parameters of such an overall plan that a valid science and technology policy can be articulated.
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No work plan is infallible and changes may be necessary.
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The bitter irony was that the whole plan had been her idea right from the start.
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There are thousands of victims of those home income equity plans.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
ahead
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Order, order Always plan ahead to save time and unnecessary effort.
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Plan ahead and check everything you have planned .
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He knows how to handle situations and can plan ahead for things.
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Life was like wei chi in that respect; the master chose to play a waiting game, to plan ahead .
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For those willing to plan ahead however, this is nothing to lament.
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As with all questions affecting retirement, it is sensible if possible to plan ahead .
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Indeed, language is all about constructing unique sequences, and so is planning ahead for tomorrow.
already
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Richmond said McHale was already planning his side for the next campaign.
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Didja hear Judith is already planning a sequel?
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It already plans to build a $ 3 billion chip plant near Richmond, Virginia, to make PowerPC microprocessors.
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There are already plans to make the £26,000 jingle into a hit single and show the ad in cinemas.
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Dole may receive some help from the national Republican Party, which is already planning to run ads criticizing Clinton administration policies.
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The Sister Superior at Bartestree says the nuns were already planning to sell up.
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When news broke, he seemed to have already planned his response.
also
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There are also plans to log 57,500 hectares of ancient forest, containing trees of up to 600 years old.
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He also plans to offset Forbes' popular flat-tax plan with his own proposal: a 16 percent flat rate.
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Members are also planning to sell badges of its bee logo to boost funds.
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The company also plans to triple its office space next month in a move from Sunnyvale to Palo Alto.
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They are also planning to raise tax rates on higher incomes.
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He also planned to recommend not one, but three solid pastoral candidates of whom the cardinal could take his pick.
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There are also plans to take pupils on outings to Wimbledon and Ascot, and there will be nights at the opera.
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Amgen also plans to buy back between $ 350 million to $ 450 million of stock in 1996.
carefully
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The whole life span of a record, including its creation needs to be planned carefully .
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There simply is no replacement for a rigorous, carefully planned sequence of academic course work.
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He planned carefully so that there was always time and no panic.
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As we saw in Chapter 7, a growing firm must plan carefully to finance its growth.
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The work should be planned carefully , however, to ensure that the pupils are getting something out of it as well.
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He carefully planned his exit from corporate life.
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All reports should be carefully planned , so you should first examine source material.
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However, the second sowing must be carefully planned .
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action
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The truth is that not a single one of the official groups organising protests is planning violent action .
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Neither understanding nor desire nor planning nor action come with-out effort.
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Teachers who for years had planned in terms of appropriate actions could not overnight apply their minds to appropriate meanings as well.
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Editing tables requires some planning and careful action .
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He is is now planning legal action to get compensation.
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He also was closely involved in planning the action .
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Earlier, Selby's brother Jon expressed fears that the authorities were planning military action .
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It aids the user in planning and conceptualizing an action oriented or planning activity.
advance
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But it is also useful to plan formal dissemination in advance .
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Everything he did was planned in advance .
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When you want to move somewhere you plan it in advance , you prepare yourself for the change.
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Unlike child care considerations, which often can be planned months in advance , eldercare issues often occur without warning.
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It concluded that suspicion existed that the action had been planned in advance and was directed by two commands with different instructions.
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Special events can be planned well in advance , and the game itself becomes more of a spectacle.
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To avoid sitting in front of a blank piece of card and wondering what to do, you should plan your design in advance .
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I want you to plan that day in advance .
city
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This was considered to be the ideal layout and was followed where a new city was planned .
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Model cities stressed local planning flexibility and the coordination of federal grant programs.
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For years, annexation has been the primary means by which city officials planned for growth.
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The city is planning to talk with local commercial brokers about what can be done to improve the business environment.
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The city plans to build a new $ 60 million dispatch center, scheduled to open by 1999.
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The city plans a huge grand opening party, including free skating and soccer, food and professional demonstrations.
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But this year the city is again planning an assault on that unconscionable pattern with its tree recycling program.
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A series of meetings with the city planning authorities culminated in discussions during the spring and summer of 1986.
company
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Together, these companies plan to recruit well over 50, 000 workers during 1996&038;.
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The company also plans to triple its office space next month in a move from Sunnyvale to Palo Alto.
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The company also plans to improve its debt to capital ratio further, to 0.5.
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The company is also planning to expand the life of the existing Magnox reactors by another 10 years.
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In December, Mr Julian says, many companies were planning longer-than-normal down time during the holidays.
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But the company planning the takeover has said its determined to fight on, and has extended its deadline for shareholders.
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The company plans to introduce an electric pickup in 1998.
event
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The hospice is planning a major fund-raising event for June.
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The organisers have apologised to all those who had planned to attend the event .
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After the initial excitement of announcing the engagement and setting a date, planning the event begins.
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The social worker discussed with Enid the possibility of planning such events into her week.
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Further details will be sent out in due course but please lodge your interest early to help them plan the event .
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Daybook items are listings of planned daily events .
family
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They had even heard that Angel's family were planning for him to marry a neighbour's daughter.
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Audio family conferences are planned weekly.
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Let us suppose the Smith family have planned a picnic in the country in a few days time.
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Most researchers doubt that there has ever been a strong direct correlation between Church policy and individual family planning decisions.
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But a family planning a wedding reception would be able to claim exemption from import duty.
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These secular concerns influence age at marriage, equality within marriage, and the confidence to use family planning services.
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Now she has the ability to access family planning sources without her husband.
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The position, which still pertains, is as close as the Church has ever come to legitimizing family planning .
future
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The only satisfactory resolution is to plan future visits in order to complete a thorough sampling.
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If a social worker comes to see your family, you can ask what is being planned for your future .
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Attention is needed not only for the here and now but for planning the future .
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There is a meeting of shareholders being planned to discuss the future of the Bank of Edinburgh.
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It could also serve as a basis for planning a future meeting.
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How should they use it to plan the future of the car industry and those who depend on it?
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Together they plan for a future in New York City with more exotic women than one is apt to find in Indiana.
government
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The Government plans to increase renewables from 3 % at present to 10 % of electricity in 2010.
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The Government plans to sell 51 % initially, with 46 % staying in public ownership.
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They have all but declared war on three government initiatives planned in and around the town.
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The government has responded by planning offshore wind farms on the Ijsselmeer.
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Given modern technology, firms can be flexible vis-a-vis the market and vis-a-vis government plans .
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The government is planning lavish festivities to entertain all the friends that it claims to have.
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Reports earlier in the month suggested that the government had already planned to impose a period of martial law.
trip
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I was not planning a trip to Alice Springs, I pointed out.
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The equity department was planning a boat trip to become further acquainted with the trainees on its short list.
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She'd thought a lot about this since they'd planned the trip .
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Got to plan my next trip .
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You can plan your own trip from there, or ask us to help.
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They are planning a trip together, arranging where to meet, discussing what to bring.
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By the time we were packing the chutes we were both hooked and planning another trip .
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It is strongly advised to check with the U. S. State Department for the latest security condition while planning this trip .
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help
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Here are two rules which may help to plan a forced win.
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The network focuses on a single application: networking powerful computers to help doctors plan radiation therapy for cancer treatment.
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Who can help you to plan this and what services will this patient need?
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Moreover, those who have helped you plan your communication will give it their active support. 5.
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The aim of the coming inquiry was to help the Society plan its next moves regarding Rakhat.
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So they helped plan our wedding instead.
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Knowledge of social problems will help a nurse to plan for discharge.
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She also is helping friends plan other kinds of graduation celebrations.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
advance planning/warning/booking etc
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For course details details and advance booking forms contact:.
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However, Redmond and Manschreck acknowledged that they had not billed for or received any money for the advance planning.
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If we could list those we'd have advance warning of shortage problems on the assembly lines two months before they occur.
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It will also repay advance bookings.
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Perhaps the most widely used online service is travel planning, both to research a destination and to do advance bookings.
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Significant moments in history do not happen without some kind of advance warning.
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The most obvious features are the tall watchtowers scattered across the Silk Road to provide advance warning of Xiongnu attack.
forward planning/thinking
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A bit of forward planning would have ensured a sum was put aside in the budget.
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A little bit of forward thinking years ago has put the Eagles in terrific position now.
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But he does want to stimulate constructive forward thinking.
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Findings relate to expenditure, degree of forward planning, objectives, workforce attitudes, management awareness and use of consultancies.
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His introduction to the art of place-kicking, however, was hardly a result of deep forward planning.
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In each of the schools, the library was clearly still high on the agenda for forward planning and review.
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It is at this point that proper forward planning and the use of the time log become of crucial importance.
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The message which emerges is clearly one of forward planning to avoid any undesirable over-involvement in management decisions.
have big ideas/plans
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Waller has big plans for her retirement.
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I have big plans for Selina.
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They have big plans for their life together.
planned/built-in obsolescence
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So they followed their cousins in the car industry and made their buildings with built-in obsolescence .
short-range plan/goal/forecast etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't worry, I have the whole evening planned.
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Have you planned how you're going to spend your prize money?
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I think we should plan for about 50 guests.
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It took them years to plan and build the plaza downtown.
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She started planning her career change after taking an evening class in nutrition.
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Sue spent months planning her trip.
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The burglary had obviously been very carefully planned.
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The team is still planning the layout of the magazine cover.
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The town was originally planned in the 1950s, when there were fewer cars.
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We're planning for rain because the forecast isn't good.
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We planned the building very carefully with special facilities for the disabled.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the uncomfortable feeling remained, and to cheer herself up, Grace began to plan what she would wear tomorrow.
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It's essential to weigh up all the briefing details in order to plan your tactics and avoid getting blown up.
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Only 12 percent believed that roads through sites of natural beauty or historical interest should be built as planned.
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She really does plan to move to Los Angeles, become an actress and get married.
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That provision is 9.2 percent. higher than was planned for 1991-92, and the increase is twice as high as inflation.
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The original plan to raise $ 1. 4 million foundered.
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Then Guest and Byrd began planning the flight.