ten-year plan

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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 ofplanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theten-yearplan(1942-1952) provided only mediocre funding for the colonies, 84 billion francs,47 or 11.6% of the whole; of this, 18% was for industry.
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The number of hospitals going up in the so-calledten-yearplanis nothing like what we were led to believe it would be.
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We were to have aten-yearplancovering the years 1961–1970.
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I was pleased at what he said about the consultation that took place before theten-yearplan.
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In theten-yearplanthey adopted in 1931 they made up their minds to build the finest capital in the world.
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It does not matter whether it is a five- or aten-yearplanor a thousand-year plan.
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A great deal more good will come from the application of this originalten-yearplanthan the public generally has so far appreciated.
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I must now look at schemes for later years in the context of theten-yearplan.
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At the same time, we wondered whether aten-yearplanwas really, in fact, outdated.
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We cannot really expect to have a five-orten-yearplanand stick to it; it is not the nature of the industry to do so.
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I remember that in another area we were asked to get out aten-yearplan.
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What we have in mind is a continuousten-yearplan.
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It would be far more constructive to have aten-yearplanrather than giving way to popular clamour about keeping fit.
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I have not said anything about theten-yearplanfor the health and welfare services of local authorities.
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It was always to be aten-yearplan, ten years from the current year.
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There may be some areas where smaller hospitals closed under theten-yearplanwould be suitable for health centres.
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It is not a question of the five-year plan, nor even aten-yearplan.
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I would be content with aten-yearplan, because some of the reforms which are necessary cannot be obtained in less than ten years.
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They suggested that to give security to the arrangement there should be aten-yearplan.
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I hope that we shall have aten-yearplanfor this.
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