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Collocations for scheme - noun

ADJ.

major | ambitious, grand, grandiose | imaginative, ingenious, innovative | crazy, hare-brained, ill-conceived | successful | voluntary | pilot
The project is based on a successful pilot scheme in Glasgow.
incentive, insurance, pension, recycling, share, training, etc.

VERB + SCHEME

have
He has an ingenious scheme to attract funding.
come up with, design, devise, draw up, dream up, plan, prepare, propose, think up
She''s come up with a hare-brained scheme for getting her novel published.
approve | announce, establish, initiate, introduce, launch, organize, set up, start
The government set up a scheme of limited public health assistance in 1992.
adopt, carry out, operate, run | back
a government-backed scheme
be in, join, participate in, take part in | use | leave
I opted to leave the company pension scheme.
abolish, wind up

SCHEME + VERB

offer sth, provide sth | allow sth, enable sth
The scheme allows customers to trade in their own computer against the cost of a new one.
aim to, be aimed at sth, be designed for/to, involve sth
a scheme involving local libraries
apply to sth, cover sth
The scheme applies to families with three or more children.
go ahead, proceed
The scheme has been given approval to go ahead.
succeed, work | collapse, fail

PREP.

in a/the ~
Schools in the scheme will receive an annual grant.
under a/the ~
Under the scheme, land would be sold to building companies.
~ for
Is this another one of your crazy schemes for making money? | a training scheme for unemployed teenagers
~ whereby
a scheme whereby the elderly will be provided with help in the home

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