verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
take on/undertake a task
▪ No-one else is willing to take on the task.
undertake a review (=start it and carry it out)
▪ The department plans to undertake a spending review.
undertake researchformal (= start or do research)
▪ They are planning to undertake research into the genetic causes of the disease.
undertake work
▪ About a three adults in ten undertake voluntary work.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
▪ Labour must also undertake to curb spiralling local government spending.
▪ It has also undertaken studies and simulation exercises in emergency planning.
▪ The local authority also undertakes supervision of children and this replaces the previous probation order.
▪ Books are typeset, printed, and bound: part operations of book manufacture are also undertaken.
▪ Students will also undertake substantial projects during this year.
▪ Pantaenius also undertake all other forms of insurance.
▪ The President also undertook not to veto decisions taken by the Cabinet.
▪ These specialist firms of financial advisers will also undertake to help monitor the fortunes of your Isa.
ever
▪ So much bigger than anything I have ever undertaken, he wrote.
▪ Building works are a trial, as anyone who ever undertakes them will agree.
▪ Pompeii remains the most complete urban excavation ever undertaken.
▪ Jenkin described the scheme, the largest of its type ever undertaken in Britain, as a research club.
▪ This was probably the most famous and least useful dissection of a horse ever undertaken.
▪ It was the biggest operation of its kind ever undertaken in the county.
▪ They are the first phases in the biggest programme of clinical trials ever undertaken.
▪ Sometimes he set the sessions, and they were quite the toughest bouts of training that I have ever undertaken.
■ NOUN
action
▪ This book is a useful starting point for any small group wishing to undertake positive action.
▪ Freud said that the urge to undertake meaningful action provides us with a sense of reality.
▪ Your understandings about politics and your decisions about whether to undertake specific political actions are grounded in your knowledge of politics.
▪ Both of these Republican presidents undertook aggressive antitrust actions, and both strongly supported, and expanded, federal housing programs.
activity
▪ At Level Two students will plan and undertake a programme of activities designed to improve their personal effectiveness.
▪ At various points the book invites the reader to undertake activities and then to discuss the issues with a group.
▪ Disability refers to restrictions or lack of ability to undertake activities considered normal.
▪ There are few longitudinal studies which have published data describing changes in the ability to undertake specific adl activities over time.
▪ Are staff given adequate training to enable them to undertake recruitment activities?
▪ It has also undertaken many activities within the Principality including the development of Certificate of Management Studies courses in other institutions.
analysis
▪ In the second phase, we undertake formal analysis.
▪ Within the framework of the scientific method, there are different ways of undertaking political analysis.
▪ We undertook a longer-term analysis, to see what part the media played in the Conservative recovery.
▪ In the past year the first phase of the analysis of bus passenger casualties highlighted in the 1991 Plan has been undertaken.
▪ Clearly, it is important to consider who undertakes this analysis, how, and where it is likely to lead us.
▪ All six companies undertake financial analysis of those companies in which they have an interest for competitive, acquisition or divestment purposes.
▪ We are, after all, performing a descriptive and not a prescriptive exercise when we undertake discourse analysis.
course
▪ The Council processed registrations for 238,590 candidates for National Certificate and 15,358 for candidates undertaking traditional advanced courses.
▪ At the moment most are undertaking computer training courses at weekends.
▪ As part of the first- and second-year laboratory courses, all students undertake short introductory courses on computational methods.
▪ Another group of supervisors from light manufacturing industry are undertaking a conversion course to catering supervisor.
▪ Students who undertake the four-year sandwich course spend the third year in industrial placement.
▪ They have undertaken an independent training course and induction programme, and are now preparing for their first meeting.
development
▪ They have also become more prepared to undertake their own developments.
▪ Several of the schools are proposing to undertake joint development work with local colleges.
▪ It will also undertake joint development work with a team of Texas engineers.
duty
▪ The Goldsmiths were not immediately willing to undertake the duties expected of them.
▪ Indeed, I am rarely asked to undertake teaching duties of late.
▪ The powers of an inspector to enable him to undertake his duties are given in Article 22.
▪ Then you are ready to undertake duties as a fully-fledged subject assessor.
▪ The clerical grade undertakes routine duties.
▪ I repeat, this was a holy theft, undertaken in duty and reverence.
▪ Formal groups were those set up by the management of an organization to undertake duties in the pursuit of organization goals.
▪ In many districts headmen could not or would not undertake their new duties.
exercise
▪ Personal Interviews will often be on a one to one basis but can also be undertaken as a group exercise.
▪ It has also undertaken studies and simulation exercises in emergency planning.
▪ Before you undertake any form of exercise it is very important that you warm up properly.
initiative
▪ Facilitator to other staff to enable them to undertake initiatives..
▪ Does he recall that he replied that he did not consider those circumstances grim enough to undertake an economic initiative for Paisley?
investigation
▪ At Level Two students will plan and undertake an investigation into a contemporary issue of their choice.
▪ At the time this book was going to press, I had not yet been able to undertake further investigations.
▪ At Level Three students will independently devise, plan and undertake an investigation into a Contemporary Issue.
▪ A spokesman for James Bourlet said that the police would not be undertaking any further investigations.
▪ It may be inappropriate to undertake a detailed investigation prior to opening discussions with the target.
▪ There is now an overwhelming case for the Government to undertake an urgent investigation into simplifying the structure of the benefits system.
number
▪ These would be undertaken by a number of organizations.
▪ This exploratory project examines the marketing procedure undertaken by a number of software houses.
▪ Energy education is currently being undertaken by a number of agencies with specific expertise.
▪ This doubt had been in my mind for some time but the research was undertaken due to a number of reasons.
▪ It's undertaken a number of mercy missions such as to the Kurds.
▪ The Dementia Services Development Centre undertook a number of evaluative projects and continued an active publications programme.
operation
▪ Any attempt by the mining company to undertake operations seems certain to run into strong opposition.
▪ These would undertake so many operations for half a million pounds.
programme
▪ Students are invited to undertake a programme combining, concurrently, the traditional teaching practice with a social work placement.
▪ At Level Two students will plan and undertake a programme of activities designed to improve their personal effectiveness.
▪ Throughout there is an important need to undertake an effective programme of quality assurance.
▪ Examination of the condition of the meshes in the sieve nest should always be carried out before undertaking a major sieving programme.
▪ While many public sector organizations divide their budgets into the activity centres that they operate, they do not undertake programme budgeting.
▪ They will investigate appropriate facilities for undertaking their programme and keep appropriate records of all activities.
project
▪ At the other end of the scale there are ambitious research projects undertaken for methodical demonstration purposes.
▪ In many cases, such projects would not be undertaken without structural fund backing.
▪ This is the only major private building project now being undertaken in Swindon.
▪ A personal computing project is undertaken by all students during the final year.
▪ Many courses require that some kind of placement project is undertaken by the student.
▪ Since the latter represents the greater sacrifice it is therefore the relevant cost if the original project is undertaken.
▪ The aim of the project is to undertake a structural and stratigraphic investigation on the basin margin.
▪ An experimental research project is undertaken in the seventh term, usually at the students place of employment.
research
▪ It included assumptions about the purposes for which universities are encouraged to teach and undertake research.
▪ These surveys are invariably undertaken by specialist research organizations, since the construction and administration of questionnaires is a highly skilled operation.
▪ Firstly, undertaking the research represented one of the only positive steps available to respond to such an increased demand.
▪ These skills are applied in a dissertation which provides an opportunity to undertake original research.
▪ Nevertheless, many agrochemical companies are undertaking extensive research programmes on biological control.
▪ Since they are mostly overseas workers undertaking taxonomic or project-based research, this is understandable.
▪ Its aim is to undertake original research on the Northern Ireland economy and on related issues in regional economics.
▪ The Commission also undertook extensive public research through community meetings and telephone surveys.
responsibility
▪ Deputy heads undertook very diverse responsibilities.
▪ An ex-soldier took his considerable administrative skills and sold them to a school, where he undertook responsibility for all routine administration.
▪ The astronomer royal declared himself more than willing to undertake responsibility for the work.
review
▪ The Board of Supervisors eventually approved the deal on the provision that United undertake a good-faith review of the law.
▪ In 1987, Drummond &038; Hutton undertook a review of the economic appraisal of health technology.
▪ The Legal Aid Board is undertaking this review.
▪ The call comes as the National Curriculum Council undertakes a review on what schools are required to teach by law.
▪ In 1986, the Society employed Price Waterhouse to undertake a review of its lending policies.
search
▪ It is often difficult to anticipate the time required to undertake a search.
▪ Sometimes the headhunter receives a fee for that advice without even undertaking an executive search.
▪ However, we will undertake a search and report to you at the meeting.
▪ Users were intercepted as they approached a terminal to either catalogue and asked to undertake their searches under controlled conditions.
▪ The contract should contain a plan to enable the buyer's conveyancer to undertake a local authority search.
student
▪ In this environment, many students undertake work of an interdisciplinary nature.
▪ Each student undertakes two placements a year.
▪ At Level Two students will plan and undertake a programme of activities designed to improve their personal effectiveness.
▪ Some of the questions you might examine include the following: What are the most frequent political behaviors that the students undertake?
▪ At Level Two students will plan and undertake an investigation into a contemporary issue of their choice.
▪ Much of the instruction revolves around projects that students undertake in teams.
▪ From May-September, each student undertakes a major practical project, individually or collaboratively.
▪ As part of the first- and second-year laboratory courses, all students undertake short introductory courses on computational methods.
study
▪ I want to undertake the postgraduate study in Britain.
▪ One man undertook his studies with uncommon diligence, laboring nights, and walked away with seven pairs.
▪ When we undertook our study we found that the categorisation usually made of the special needs of children was insufficiently detailed.
▪ It has also undertaken studies and simulation exercises in emergency planning.
▪ This 1960 Act required the Surgeon General to undertake studies of the health effects of motor vehicle exhaust emissions.
▪ Now that you have considered these empirical studies, you should be more capable of undertaking your own study.
▪ One department uses a library mainly when undertaking a major study which requires the stimulation of a general library search.
▪ It undertook feasibility studies to determine the usefulness of various techniques as applied to frescos and plasterwork.
survey
▪ They can generally undertake big surveys involving large numbers of people and they provide statistics and interpretations of them.
▪ In addition to the lectures, part 11 participants attend two days of conferences related to archaeology and undertake a short practical survey project.
▪ Little public attention was paid to rural poverty before Rowntree undertook a survey in 1912.
▪ Its main object is to undertake research into survey methods and problems.
▪ These are students who have organised themselves to undertake surveys of buildings requiring modification for full public access.
task
▪ Courses have an emphasis on technology and a problem-solving approach to many of the tasks undertaken.
▪ Clearly this might not be a task that can be undertaken with any great degree of precision.
▪ Continuous speech recognition and synthesis are additional examples of tasks neural networks are undertaking with reasonable success.
▪ The story of Combsburgh - an imaginary place Writing a good parish history is not a task to be undertaken lightly.
▪ Back in New York waited the usual multitude of problems to be solved and tasks to be undertaken.
▪ The successful conclusion of this activity yields a list of tasks undertaken with details relevant to chemical selection.
▪ Quite a variety of tasks can be undertaken, but most of them relate somehow to an ability to discern patterns.
training
▪ When mid-table apathy sets in, I force him to undertake a rigorous training session which I, naturally, oversee.
▪ A series of two-seat conversions were undertaken, both for training and also to carry observers on test work.
▪ They were, too, more likely to enjoy the actual work, for they had undertaken training to do it.
▪ A survey in 1987 found that 52 percent of the workforce in Britain did not undertake training.
▪ It also undertakes installation and training as well as providing software enhancements and a helpdesk.
▪ After successfully completing this course, you would then normally have to undertake a two year training contract.
▪ Registered health visitors must have a first level qualification in order to undertake postbasic health visitor training.
▪ They have left behind their civilian employment and all their other commitments to undertake their basic military training.
work
▪ Several of the schools are proposing to undertake joint development work with local colleges.
▪ The astronomer royal declared himself more than willing to undertake responsibility for the work.
▪ So far John and Jenny Redwood have undertaken their aid work while still running their dairy, arable and fruit farm.
▪ No-one forces them to undertake work which will use more energy than the food they consume can replace.
▪ The consultant whom the client first met to discuss the assignment would be the same consultant who would undertake the work.
▪ The company also offers an invaluable planning and advice service for people who would rather undertake to do the work themselves.
▪ Moreover, there may well be reluctance or bad feeling when the operative or gang is obliged to undertake work without bonus.
▪ He sustained injuries to his back and was thereafter only able to undertake light work.
■ VERB
require
▪ Those enrolled for complete areas of study will be required to undertake the full assessment schedule for those areas of study.
▪ Mangano described a complicated, time-consuming bureaucratic process that the insurance programs are required to undertake to set their reimbursement rates.
▪ The assessment of learning outcomes related to problem solving and personal qualities requires mathematics to be undertaken in context.
▪ This means the White House has not been required to undertake special safety precautions during the current water emergency, he said.
▪ Many in the company, not only Laura and Bernard, were required to undertake extensive travelling.
▪ During the sandwich year, students are placed in suitable employment and are required to undertake an industrial project.
▪ Responsibility Work is all about responsibility: the duties and commitments which we are required to undertake during our working day.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Two new studies have been undertaken to determine the effects of the chemicals.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Considerable research was undertaken into the original Superspec home at Colchester.
▪ It has also undertaken studies and simulation exercises in emergency planning.
▪ Members of these units are legal combatants and undertake legitimate military tasks.
▪ Nevertheless, it was independently undertaken, in a very matter-of-fact way, to assist a respected superior in coping.
▪ Strategies for reducing school size at the secondary level are simple and easily undertaken.
▪ There are four major initiatives a Government can undertake.