planning exercise

collocation in English

meaningsofplanningandexercise

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planning
noun[U]
uk
/ˈplæn.ɪŋ/us
/ˈplæn.ɪŋ/
the act of deciding how to ...
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exercise
noun
uk
/ˈek.sə.saɪz/us
/ˈek.sɚ.saɪz/
physical activity that you do to make your body strong ...
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(Definition ofplanningandexercisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The information gathered served a legal-technicalplanningexercisethat may have had little bearing on actual local situations.
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Now broader business and financialplanningexerciseare undertaken.
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But this is not just some academicplanningexercise; it needs to be supported by real decisions.
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A co-ordinatedplanningexercisewill be needed to assess the various issues that the switch-over to digital transmission will raise.
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This would depend on the nature of the work to be undertaken and would require a spaceplanningexercisebased on actual business requirements.
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For the three-year period 1991–92 to 1993–94 a majorplanningexerciseis taking place.
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They will all wish to participate in thisplanningexercise.
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The preparation of such estimates is a departmentalplanningexercise, and when new plans are decided, they will be made known.
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He spoke of it also—this is important—in relation to the present structureplanningexercise.
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In a sense, we are speaking in the dark because we are not clear about the nature of the frequencyplanningexercise.
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That is part of theplanningexercisenow being conducted.
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This is not some aridplanningexerciseor an open invitation to bid for more resources.
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That is a very interesting point of view and one of the factors which we shall take into account during ourplanningexercisethis year.
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To assist it in doing that, we recommended a comprehensive work forceplanningexercise, aimed at ensuring that it knew what resources were needed.
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In a hospital the inter-relation of wards, operating theatres, diagnostic departments, and so on, each of which is complicated enough, is an intricateplanningexercise.
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Obviously anyplanningexerciseis useless without the appropriate provision of resources.
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