I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a comprehensive programme
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Your holiday will include a comprehensive programme of sightseeing trips.
a conservation programme/project
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A conservation programme has been underway since 1980.
a construction project/programme
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There are always a lot of large construction projects in Dubai.
a cookery programme (= showing people how to cook on television )
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There are a huge number of cookery programmes on TV nowadays.
a development programme/plan/project
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the United Nations Development Programme
a festival programme (= a series of events at a festival )
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This year's festival programme includes musicians from all over the world.
a fitness programme British English , a fitness program AmE:
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Get working on a fitness programme to suit you.
a package/programme of reforms
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A package of reforms was approved by the National Assembly on April 12.
a radio programme/show
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It's my favourite radio programme.
a reduction plan/programme/scheme
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The terms of the treaty call for a three-phase troop reduction programme.
a research project/programme
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The research project will be funded by the Medical Research Council.
a space programme British English , a space program American English
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This technology was originally developed by the American space program.
a television show/programme
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Her favourite television programme was just starting.
a training course/programme
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All staff are invited to take any training course at company expense.
an aid programme/scheme/package
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The UN aid programme provided most of the finance.
an exercise programme/routine/regime British English , an exercise program American English (= a plan that includes different types of exercise )
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The athletes follow an intensive exercise programme.
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I’m finding it quite hard to stick to my exercise routine.
an expansion programme
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Such an aggressive expansion programme could double the business in five years.
austerity programme/plan/package
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a tough new austerity programme
devise a programme
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Your trainer will devise an exercise programme for you to follow.
draw up a programme
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A small team has drawn up a programme of action.
induction course/programme/period etc
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a two-day induction course
instructional programmes/materials/techniques etc
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a free instructional video.
programmed learning
rolling programme
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We recommend a rolling programme of machine upgrading.
TV series/programme/show/station/channel etc
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a TV series based on the novel
watch a programme/film/show
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They were watching a film on TV.
welfare benefits/services/programmes etc
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the provision of education and welfare services
work experience placement/programme/scheme etc
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
economic
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Thus the national economic programme departs from the political; national independence does not include economic independence.
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But behind the scenes the 86-year-old reformer is believed to be working to bring his economic programme back to life.
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The community development corporation is legally incorporated and financed from various sources and runs an economic development programme .
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Another key element of Bush's economic programme is the promotion of free trade and investment.
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The press release provided a positive appraisal of the government's economic reform programme .
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Yeltsin's economic programme was approved by the Congress on Nov. 1 by 876 votes to 16.
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Since its creation in 1982 the Commission had played an important role in the country's economic reform programme .
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Machungo told the meeting that, despite the high cost of living, there was no alternative to the economic recovery programme .
nuclear
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The nuclear programme were reducing but the non-nuclear activities were not yet sufficiently robust to replace them.
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For the same reason an ambitious nuclear power programme has been considerably slowed.
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It has spent scarce resources on its nuclear programme .
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The nuclear programme was embarked upon against a background of rising oil and energy prices.
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It is true that a country does not need a nuclear power programme to be able to build a nuclear weapon.
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The nuclear programme has also mobilised the technical, human, and industrial capacities of an important sector of the economy.
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He called upon the North to close its nuclear reprocessing and enrichment facilities and to submit its nuclear programme to international inspection.
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aid
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The quality of Britain's overseas aid programme is second to none.
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A systematic aid programme might have averted the near-famine and encouraged the North to open faster.
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A shrewd aid programme does us a favour.
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In the light of that, will she review the aid programme ?
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Tackling poverty will be the top priority of our aid programme .
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A substantial aid programme aimed at promoting sustainable economic and social progress and good government in developing countries will be maintained.
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The latter designated special weeks for the production or collection of goods to be contributed to the aid programme .
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For those who do say that, it does not reflect the underlying growth in the aid programme .
austerity
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Falls in the price of oil had provoked the government four years previously to impose an austerity programme .
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Ever since September 1988, Mr Li's government has been pressing an austerity programme to cool the economy.
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The decision was reportedly taken in response to the government's current austerity programme .
care
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The social care programme at Thomas Danby College in Leeds was first set up in 1978.
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We have joined a health care programme .
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First we address the question of how the care programme approach seemed to be put into practice.
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Another classic bit of government fantasy-think is the Community Care programme .
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Hold a conference with voluntary organisations on implementing the 1993 community care programme .
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Mrs Thatcher wanted to explore every other possible alternative to local authority leadership of the community care programme .
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By formalizing objectives and reviewing their attainment, the care programme approach should improve effectiveness of care.
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Staff interviewed about their experience of the care programme approach were asked to describe its advantages and disadvantages.
development
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This development programme included the acquisition of the former Texaco fuel terminal in Aberdeen.
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It is the first time there has been integrated graduate recruitment and induction events leading into a cross-ROC, cross-functional development programme .
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The community development corporation is legally incorporated and financed from various sources and runs an economic development programme .
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The development programme is also a sensitive issue.
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A starter pack of course material and a three-year development programme are part of the package.
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Thorough staff development programme . 8.
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A development programme was undertaken by chemists at the Roche laboratories in New Jersey during the 1950s.
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Opening the seminar, outlined the rationale of the development programme and the approach being adopted.
education
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The specific provision at Southwark includes a basic education programme located on one particular housing estate.
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Alp Action is to launch a number of conservation projects, including reforestation, together with a public education programme .
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A media education programme therefore presupposes that a group of people will continue to work together for several years.
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The education programme is an essential part of the five-stage progression through the prison system.
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These reforms had envisaged reorienting the ten-year basic education programme away from its highly academic content, towards more practical and vocational aspects.
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Does the library education programme result in an increase in, or more efficient use of, the library?
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My plans for 1992-93 provide for an overall increase in my education programme of some 15 percent. over that for 1991-92.
investment
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The enormous investment programme is precisely what makes the industry exciting to City investors, since it underpins rising revenues.
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The studies would be followed by an investment programme , estimated at some dollars 500,000,000.
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Will he now start an emergency investment programme ?
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Alongside a programme of raising skill levels is the need to dovetail an investment programme.
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A properly planned and monitored investment programme is needed, but ill informed and pejorative assertions are unhelpful.
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Mr McVeigh said the investment programme would enable the company to benefit from economic recovery in its most important markets.
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We now have the largest investment programme of capital investment in the national health service that we have ever had.
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Will the Treasury guarantee the long term investment programme and not require an eight percent return from Railtrack on such investment?
radio
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But he was no more comfortable on the radio programme than he would have been on the real desert island.
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All of this favours the growth of radio programme suppliers.
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They wanted to present a collage of what they had discovered in the format of a modern day local radio programme .
reform
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In 1983, a major reform programme was launched: the National Education System.
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The press release provided a positive appraisal of the government's economic reform programme .
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But how far would the reform programme be extended beyond the economic sphere?
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The immediate casualty would be Mr Gorbachev's reform programme .
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How thorough a reform programme should it put forward?
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But if the reform programme fails, what is the alternative?
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In order to achieve these goals, an agrarian reform programme should have three main elements.
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These sources of differences affected their overall view of the reform programme since some were set to gain more than others.
research
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Its research programme comprises a range of projects which focus on the role and function of law in society.
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The Department of Employment research programme has produced a rosier picture than local studies or the experience of local homeworking campaigns.
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The terrible twos seem to involve a systematic exploration of that idea, like an experimental research programme .
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One consequence of this is that no systematic research programme has resulted from this approach.
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Meanwhile, the Science and Engineering Council is conducting its own robot research programme .
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The Bureau's comparative research programme comprises a continuing analysis of model properties and forecast performance.
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The research programme is outlined below.
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If only slugs turned up frequently in wine bottles, we could apply for a grant and start a serious research programme .
space
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Fortunately President Johnson was possibly an even more passionate supporter of the space programme .
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A space programme was relevant to delivering bombs, as well as to hoisting Intelligence satellites.
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Many of the crew slated for Apollo missions were experienced astronauts from the Gemini space programme .
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The Mercury space programme was born.
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Some speculative future applications of explosive materials in the space programme conclude the scientific presentations.
television
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Although around 12 eggs in a season is normal, one female observed during filming of a television programme laid 25.
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It all came to light when I travelled from Bradford to London to take part in a television programme about multiculturalism.
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Those familiar with the television programme Yes Prime Minister! will recognise this characterisation.
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Now a new television programme re-tells the murder hunt.
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He analysed more than 100 responses to a television programme Help asking for experiences of residential care.
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The television programme , all four hours of it, was only half over.
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I let myself be persuaded to take part in a television programme about books.
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Schools can now apply for licences to record any television programme , not just educational broadcasts.
training
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In 1989 the government launched a £10 million training programme in child protection.
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Those boards which took the establishment of a training programme seriously have been able to contribute constructively to school decision-making.
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All applicants for a franchise must successfully complete this training programme .
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There was no real enthusiasm and we launched in the training programme in a rather unstructured way.
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A pilot scheme should give unemployed people aged over 55 £500 for an educational or training programme of their choice.
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It has been designed to complement the in-house training programme already provided by Greene King.
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All its managers undergo an extensive training programme , and their career development is greatly encouraged.
work
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It is better to re-analyse the following work programme in the light of past performance and make predictions against this background.
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I will announce shortly the work programme for the coming year.
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The work programme has not yet been finalised but St Martins wants the development open by 2004.
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This has resulted in a work programme which will occupy the Committee through into mid-1993, at least.
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This usually covers a short period to assist the applicant in defining a work programme .
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The government claims that it is tackling this issue through its Making Belfast Work programme .
■ VERB
implement
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If they are not motivated to implement the programme it will not run effectively.
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At Level One students are given a high degree of support and supervision when devising and implementing a programme of activities.
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To research, prepare and implement an initial publishing programme through exploiting and developing publishing rights held by the Group.
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A resolution called on the President, the government and the Supreme Soviet to formulate detailed legislation to implement the programme .
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Literature on Guillain-Barré syndrome places a high value on planning and implementing a programme to promote intellectual stimulation.
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Nor does it contemplate the knock-on consequences for Labour ministers of attempting to implement their programme while rebuilding the governmental machine.
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It does not lie with the team which is striving to implement the programme .
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The Fund also implements a programme of information and education about apartheid.
launch
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The government has announced that it is planning to launch a training programme for all food handlers.
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There was no real enthusiasm and we launched in the training programme in a rather unstructured way.
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In the coming year we are launching a comprehensive sponsorship programme to attract corporate donations and specific sponsorship.
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Lloyd George had launched his programme at a lecture delivered at Bangor on 17 January 1935.
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Yesterday Mr Stevens launched a programme to canvas local opinion about the transfer of management.
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It hopes to be able to launch its programme by mid-November.
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Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
feel-good film/programme/music etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a daily news programme aimed at teenagers
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Because of bad weather, our programme of events has had to be changed slightly.
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Did you see that programme about cricket on TV last night?
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First on the programme is a speech by the organizer, Mrs Jenkins.
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The government has launched a programme to help unemployed young people find work.
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The irrigation project is part of a programme of aid to West Africa.
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Who is organizing the conference programme ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A similar programme for sculpture should soon be available.
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And a phone-in programme on a local radio station produced a deluge of anti-Clough callers.
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It gave liberalism its programme and its technique of revolution.
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Leading bankers voiced enthusiasm for the programme .
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Obviously, the prison building programme is based on the fear that violent crime particularly, is out of control.
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The implementation of this programme requires many concrete steps.
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This was slightly less than earlier forecasts to which the Government had responded by announcing a major prison-building programme .
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You inform by making sure that the programme is not just froth and bubble, that it has genuine body.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
computer
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Instead, she turned her aptitude in math to computer programming .
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I progressed happily through differential equations and linear algebra to upper-level engineering courses on time-series analysis and computer programming .
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Some high technology products require a tremendous amount of computer programming during the design phase.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After wiring up the Xmas tree lights and programming the computer, even managed the washing up!
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In terms of programming, sports immediately comes to mind.
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It would also run on the Java programming language.
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Maternal nutrition may have an important influence on programming.
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The first programming to utilize race music was aimed at attracting black listeners to a particular product.