I.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
implement a planformal (= to do what has been agreed as part of an official plan)
▪ To implement its plans, the company has entered into a partnership with another software developer.
implement a policy (=take action in the way that has been decided)
▪ Local government is responsible for implementing central government policy.
implement a strategyformal (= do a series of actions that you or someone else has planned)
▪ The firm faces several challenges as it seeks to implement that strategy.
implement recommendations
▪ We will implement the recommendations of the Woolf Report to improve prison conditions.
implement reforms (=carry out planned reforms)
▪ Much will depend on how local managers implement the reforms.
implementing...directive
▪ proposals for implementing the EU directive on paternity leave
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
fully
▪ However, it is expected to encompass all civil originating processes by the time the system is fully implemented in 2002.
▪ As school desegregation is more fully implemented, only the most isolated suburbs will remain exempt.
▪ The main weakness of these republican reforms was that they threatened fundamental change but didn't fully implement it.
▪ These requirements were never fully implemented.
▪ At St Mary's, we decided to set up a 10-week pilot study before fully implementing the new role.
▪ Preparations had started almost a year earlier, but it was not until winter 1916/17 that they were fully implemented.
▪ Funding is now needed to ensure that the experiments of the project are fully implemented.
properly
▪ Firstly, changing external factors meant that many plans became rapidly out of date and so they could never be implemented properly.
▪ Then thirdly, make quite sure the objective is implemented properly, so you have to monitor.
▪ Not surprisingly, commitments are broken and only the less important matters are implemented properly.
▪ The minister did not believe that Tameside Council could properly implement the change within the limited time available.
■ NOUN
act
▪ The Labour Department did its best with the resources available to implement the Act.
▪ Name the five separate wages boards which implement the Wage Councils Act, 1959, in the hotel and catering industry.
agreement
▪ Similarly management would be expected to exhaust the machinery before attempting to implement changes without agreement with the unions.
▪ Will people be prosecuted when their co-operation is needed to implement an eventual peace agreement?
change
▪ Similarly management would be expected to exhaust the machinery before attempting to implement changes without agreement with the unions.
▪ This unannounced decision proved to be the mechanism for implementing important changes.
▪ The committee recognises that the changes it proposes will not be implemented without a change in legislation.
▪ To effectively implement change you still need to manage it.
▪ The two sides have been at odds in recent years as reformists tried to implement changes.
▪ It is your decision whether to continue the way you have been up to now or to implement changes.
▪ Moreover to implement the change there is no sign of introducing the extra resources which most commentators see as necessary.
▪ Act as if you only had six months to live and implement these changes in your life now.
decision
▪ When the decision is made and implemented the foreseen obstacles tend to evaporate.
▪ The nature of the decision implemented by the one-House veto in these cases further manifests its legislative character.
▪ This led to battles with senior management who questioned the status of the policy decision to implement the new system.
▪ As a method of thought it is important as it helps to prevent had ideas or decisions from being implemented.
▪ The commission should not be concerned with local authority policy decisions, but in how these decisions are implemented.
▪ These statements-were then considered by ministers and senior civil servants who then made decisions which were implemented.
directive
▪ Simply implementing the Directive by means of a statutory instrument would result in yet another regime relating solely to consumer contracts.
▪ Member states will have two years after adoption in which to implement the Directive.
▪ The government originally promised to publish a consultation document on how it proposed to implement the directive by autumn 1992.
idea
▪ They were eager to exercise their formal authority and to implement their own ideas about how to run an effective organization.
▪ The intellectually gifted find themselves teaching older children; the educationally radical look outside schools for ways of implementing their ideas.
▪ He began the difficult job of implementing many of his ideas in the marketing area of the organization.
▪ As ideas migrate overseas, the economic and technological resources needed to implement the ideas migrate too.
▪ When I had inspected the camp and asked my questions, it was time for Nagji to implement his Idea.
▪ Yet the finer details needed to implement this idea in the context of international trade have proven contentious and divisive.
▪ These families will usually benefit from therapeutic advice very quickly and will implement ideas effectively to make a good improvement.
law
▪ When the police or the system fail to implement those laws, it can lead to catastrophic repercussions.
▪ Jones now must try to implement the open primary law in time for the 1998 primary elections.
▪ Giant corporations announced they would implement the new law, and were rewarded by stock-price increases.
▪ Six more states, including Texas, implemented laws on Jan. 1 that allow citizens to carry concealed weapons.
▪ But officials say they are in the difficult position of having to implement a law they do not like.
legislation
▪ Procedures for implementing this recent legislation are being worked out by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
▪ Kyl, one of the leading critics of the weapons convention, in effect borrowed from the implementing legislation for the convention.
▪ A recent consumer survey indicated that 89% of people wanted the Government to implement legislation to promote more recycling of paper.
▪ Y., and other lawmakers urged the change after learning that it could be implemented without legislation.
▪ Does she enjoin Congress from implementing its legislation?
▪ The real action is in the states now, as they try to implement the legislation.
▪ The rules implement legislation passed by Congress in 1994.
measure
▪ That confirms that the United Kingdom is at the forefront in implementing single market measures.
▪ Both sides discussed proposals for implementing the measures contained within the December 1991 reconciliation agreement.
▪ And secondly, the proposals in the 1983 Green Paper should now be implemented in part measure.
▪ She is expected to implement measures to address the popular grievances that have helped to fuel the mutiny.
▪ He is implementing a number of measures he said could address the issue.
plan
▪ They realised we were not going to budge until the plan was implemented.
▪ Despite a briefcase thick with proposed solutions, no plan has been implemented.
▪ The plan will be implemented next year and may be extended to other species such as hen harriers, buzzards and merlins.
▪ The open admissions plan was to be implemented in the fall of 1970, a year from the time it was conceived.
▪ Spoilt for choice A government's plans are sometimes implemented with little or no regard for an individual's family plans.
▪ The management plan being implemented by the pyramid authorities would relocate the camels from this ridge.
▪ The plan will be implemented regionally and it is realised that the regional priorities may vary from the national.
▪ Thus its members initiated a strategy to ensure that their redevelopment plan would be implemented.
policy
▪ The first is that the policies have largely been implemented as intended and that they are bearing fruit.
▪ In fact, four years ago Clinton was highly critical of federal policies originated and implemented by George Bush.
▪ Recommendations on appointing representatives from Aboriginal communities to various local and national policy boards have been implemented.
▪ The new policy was implemented over a two-year period.
▪ The escalating cost of these tax benefits would be checked within a few years of this policy being implemented.
▪ But it is essential to establish the policies in laws; policies do not implement themselves.
▪ It may also be because there were weaknesses in the older policies, many of which became apparent once policies were implemented.
▪ They accept some of the government policies implemented in their societies to equalize status and income.
principle
▪ Structures have been used to implement pay scales rather than principles of organisational design.
▪ NGOs are also working to implement the precautionary principle at a local level.
▪ But to attempt to implement such principles in society as a whole will be disastrous unless people are seriously interested in material reward.
▪ Ten States have begun to implement comparable worth principles and there are law suits pending against another thirteen.
program
▪ Business teams are critical to implementing total quality programs.
▪ He enthusiastically worked to implement the Scholarship Bed program.
▪ There are no cost estimates for implementing the program.
▪ Supervisors also authorized staff to work out details and implement the program.
▪ Shalala outstripped her Cabinet colleagues for implementing existing programs and public policy.
▪ The challenge for schools will be hiring enough teachers and finding adequate classroom space to implement the program by next fall.
▪ Nonprofit organizations and government agencies must effectively implement programs that further their causes or policies within budgetary constraints and shifting public priorities.
▪ South Carolina has also implemented a work program that includes training for vocational jobs.
programme
▪ If they are not motivated to implement the programme it will not run effectively.
▪ At Level One students are given a high degree of support and supervision when devising and implementing a programme of activities.
▪ To research, prepare and implement an initial publishing programme through exploiting and developing publishing rights held by the Group.
▪ A resolution called on the President, the government and the Supreme Soviet to formulate detailed legislation to implement the programme.
▪ Literature on Guillain-Barré syndrome places a high value on planning and implementing a programme to promote intellectual stimulation.
▪ Nor does it contemplate the knock-on consequences for Labour ministers of attempting to implement their programme while rebuilding the governmental machine.
▪ It does not lie with the team which is striving to implement the programme.
▪ The Fund also implements a programme of information and education about apartheid.
proposal
▪ However, you could usefully add some details as to how you would implement your proposal.
▪ A business plan was formulated and a general manager appointed to implement its proposals.
▪ After much huffing and puffing, the government backed down from implementing most of these proposals.
▪ The Criminal Justice Act of 1981 implemented the proposals, despite some opposition.
▪ The authority has no duty to implement any proposals for redress but clearly refusal to do so may lead to unwelcome publicity.
recommendation
▪ The work required to implement recommendations under this heading may take longer than the overall planning process.
▪ They will increase their efforts to implement these recommendations.
▪ The team has reported to the Executive Team and will be re-formed to implement recommendations.
▪ The participating States will increase their efforts to implement his / her recommendations. 22.
▪ We will implement the recommendations of the Woolf Report to improve prison conditions.
▪ The Head of Department said that they had already started to implement the recommendations to them.
▪ This implemented many of the recommendations of the Stevens Committee.
▪ We have already taken steps to implement the key recommendations of the Woolf report on the future of our prisons.
reform
▪ Much will depend on how local managers and clinicians implement the reforms at local level.
▪ The center devoted itself to implementing the liturgical reform begun at the Second Vatican Council.
▪ The government had also faced criticism over its slowness in implementing economic reforms.
▪ Under the highly unpopular Videnov, the Socialist government resisted implementing economic reforms.
▪ Legislation to implement the reforms was to be presented to Legco in early 1993.
▪ Outdated computer systems and the failure to help judges to implement the reforms were adding to the chaos.
▪ In the interim, the Stock Exchange implemented piecemeal reform.
▪ It is unlikely that Boris Yeltsin would be implementing those reforms if we had jumped the gun, as the Opposition wanted.
scheme
▪ Do the Government intend to implement an eco-labelling scheme?
▪ But not without secretly implementing a scheme whereby the computer could also work with a bigger load512K.
▪ As far as the motor is concerned the software.intensive approach makes it easier to implement more sophisticated control schemes aimed at maximising motor performance.
▪ The reason seems to be lack of knowledge and confusion about who is responsible for implementing the schemes.
▪ The meeting then turned its attention to the experience gained by several laboratories in implementing such schemes.
▪ Foreign governments and industries are highly unlikely to be involved in designing and implementing such schemes.
▪ Already some medical schools have made progress in implementing such schemes.
▪ But when the Conservatives gained power they did nothing to implement the scheme.
strategy
▪ Only one other carpet company has been identified as implementing this strategy.
▪ Some RBOCs are actually implementing only one strategy, some are implementing both.
▪ From that you will develop a training strategy and then be responsible for deciding how to implement that strategy.
▪ The organizations in this study were implementing new strategies and introducing major restructuring.
▪ Following years of planning, major progress has been made in implementing the College Accommodation Strategy.
▪ What is the role of your work group in helping your company to implement its business strategy? 9.
▪ It also raises some of the problems involved in deciding how best to implement an organization's strategy.
system
▪ During this period the Road Vehicles Department also expanded and implemented a progressive system of new building and repair.
▪ We have decided to implement an MPAAlike ratings system for the television programs on Fox.
▪ This requires both parallel processing and a system of constraint satisfaction, and connectionism offers a way of implementing such a system.
▪ Improved computer-editing proceedings have been developed and implemented in the surveillance system which identify measurements that may contain errors.
▪ The immediate problem, however, lies in implementing such a system.
▪ In fact, the information-processing mechanisms are designed for implementing the systems of differential equations associated with neural networks.
▪ Our proposal is a modest one: we are trying to implement a more just system rather than tackling a great injustice.
▪ Louis; installing new automated manufacturing equipment; and implementing a structured employee-involvement system.
tax
▪ The Government's argument is always based on how much it would cost to implement a local income tax system.
■ VERB
agree
▪ The local authority have agreed to implement a series of new measures to fight the pollution.
begin
▪ Meanwhile, at the Works they began to implement the Railway Executive Committee pre-war plans of preparing ambulance trains for home use.
▪ The company will begin implementing its goals by the end of 1997, Stavropoulos said.
▪ Significant progress was nevertheless achieved in May, when the factions agreed to begin implementing a temporary ceasefire.
▪ In the mid-1980s the government had already begun to implement austerity measures which cut spending and led to price rises.
▪ This is an approach that the Department of Social Security has already begun to implement.
▪ Ten States have begun to implement comparable worth principles and there are law suits pending against another thirteen.
▪ The one exception to that scheme is the strategic programme which Worswick has begun to implement.
decide
▪ From that you will develop a training strategy and then be responsible for deciding how to implement that strategy.
▪ We have decided to implement an MPAAlike ratings system for the television programs on Fox.
▪ It also raises some of the problems involved in deciding how best to implement an organization's strategy.
▪ The Minister said that there were four options, but did not tell us which one the Government had decided to implement.
fail
▪ When the police or the system fail to implement those laws, it can lead to catastrophic repercussions.
▪ Knowledge is never static, but successive generations of nurses fail to implement the findings of research.
need
▪ Such a difference of focus needs to be implemented now in order to foster the conditions for both parts to be a success.
▪ Setting Limits Firm limits also need to be implemented.
▪ A course of vitamin B-complex and dietary reform may need to be implemented.
▪ These kinds of lessons-and the afFection needed to implement them-can be learned only by long observation.
▪ But the laws need to be even wider than that and they need to be implemented fast.
▪ Therefore a multi-year time horizon budget needs to be implemented.
▪ What support will be needed for teachers implementing the healthy living section of Environmental Studies 5-14?
require
▪ It also requires firms to implement quality controls to ensure that independence and objectivity are maintained.
▪ We entrust the Ministerial Council with the further steps which may be required to implement them.
▪ Quite predictably many of the respondents' suggestions - even very basic ones - would require considerable funds to implement.
▪ Those inevitably require hierarchical authority to implement and tend to be mechanistic.
seek
▪ Undoubtedly a similar danger exists if we seek to implement the corporatist goal of community in the corporation.
▪ The parties produce manifestos and when elected in a majority seek to implement their policies.
▪ The doctrine of political neutrality seeks to implement it through a policy of neutrality.
▪ In the 1580s an earlier warrior ruler, Hideyoshi, had sought to implement a formal distinction between warriors and farmers.
▪ Sarvodaya embodies and seeks to implement just this belief.
▪ The final class of issues arises when we seek to implement the model empirically.
try
▪ Our proposal is a modest one: we are trying to implement a more just system rather than tackling a great injustice.
▪ Jones now must try to implement the open primary law in time for the 1998 primary elections.
▪ The two sides have been at odds in recent years as reformists tried to implement changes.
▪ The real action is in the states now, as they try to implement the legislation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ An international team has been set up to implement recent UN recommendations.
▪ Cost-cutting measures have been implemented in most hospitals.
▪ Very few parties in government ever want to implement major political reform.
▪ We need a strategy that can be implemented quickly.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But it is essential to establish the policies in laws; policies do not implement themselves.
▪ He must now win a battle with the Treasury for funding to enable councils to implement the plan.
▪ In practice, however, most of these organizations implement only a part of the Deming approach.
▪ Now, though, it is easier to implement efficiencies.
▪ She is expected to implement measures to address the popular grievances that have helped to fuel the mutiny.
▪ TECs and LECs will be closely involved in developing and implementing this new initiative.
II.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
agricultural
▪ For example, in the early agricultural villages, some individuals became full-time producers of pottery, clothing and agricultural implements.
▪ Instead, unseen operatives may soon be directing sophisticated agricultural implements by remote control from their firesides.
▪ He forges the agricultural implements necessary for survival, weapons for the groups self-defence, and ritual objects used by the community.
▪ The fork was simply a military development of the agricultural implement.
■ VERB
use
▪ If he was hanging in a slaughterhouse, then might they not choose to use the implements of the slaughterer on him?
▪ Also, the lift capacity, which looks good on paper, may disappoint if you are using very heavy implements.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A clear timetable for the implementation of new city programs is lacking.
▪ agricultural implements
▪ It is best to cut weeds off at the roots with an implement such as a hoe.
▪ Some children find it difficult to hold their writing implements.
▪ The native women grind the wheat with heavy stone implements.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Art was therefore seen as an implement with which to improve, both morally and socially, the condition of humanity.
▪ But standing there with Billie, surrounded by implements that promised home improvement, he yielded to an acquisitive urge.
▪ He threw his tablet and writing implement on the floor when the sentence was announced and was immediately put to death.
▪ If I am ferreting single-handedly there is no need for any other digging implement.
▪ Opposite this another, smaller table held gloves, a sou'wester, and a gardening-basket crammed with implements.
▪ There was a lengthy getting-to-know-you period between Sam and his often ridiculed broomhandle putting implement.
▪ These children often appear to be in agony as they awkwardly and ever-so-tightly grip their writing implements.
▪ They are not the implements of a wise man.