preliminary plan
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreliminaryandplan
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preliminary
adjective[before noun]
uk/prɪˈlɪm.ɪ.nər.i/us/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing ...
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plan
noun
uk/plæn/us/plæn/
a set of decisions about how to do something in ...
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(Definition ofpreliminaryandplanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I am sure that no local authority would even put forward apreliminaryplanunless they had had some consultations with the schools concerned, with the governors, with the teachers.
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By the summer of 2007, ideas had been sought and apreliminaryplanhad been completed.
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Apreliminaryplanhas been developed for the reconstruction of the chapel.
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I had some preliminary plans developed, but when push came to shove you couldn't interest anybody in that kind of planning.
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Preliminary plans for making use of this licensing procedure are now well advanced.
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The preliminary plans for the first phase of this adaptation are at present being examined by my technical advisers.
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Preliminary plans and work on the administration are now all well advanced.
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In the meantime, he wishes to encourage authorities to make preliminary plans.
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It will be in complete commission within three years of my friend being asked to draw up the first preliminary plans.
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Preliminary plans have been approved for 37 further schemes, estimated to cost approximately £530,000.
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What we can do and must do is to prepare the preliminary plans.
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Preliminary plans have been received for 17 schools needed for new housing estates, and final plans for an additional three schools.
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Preliminary plans for the new buildings are being prepared.
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Preliminary plans have been prepared and planning clearance obtained for a new living unit of 444 places together with a new entry complex and other modern facilities for the prison.
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This required them to report back by the end of last month on the extent of the problem in their areas and their preliminary plans for tackling it.
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Plans have been finally approved for 266 further places, preliminary plans have been approved for, 1,800 more, and sites have been approved for a further 2,200.
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A sum of £200 has already been spent, presumably on preliminary plans and so on, and during the coming financial year it is anticipated that a further £5,000 will be spent.
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