1.   Long-term planning took a back seat in the deliberations of the senior engineers whose efforts were principally devoted to overcoming short-term problems.

2.   The planning so far has taken into account the needs of the strategic company plan and the opportunities for achieving it in terms of products and markets.

3.   A little planning should take place before parents rush off to the furniture or office supply store, said Henry Woodward, Office Depot store manager.

4.   But regional water planning has not taken into account the continuing scientific studies on the watershed.

5.   Of course, this is not the first time that financial planning has taken off.

6.   Serious, long-term planning could take place.

7.   The planning took three years.

8.   Income from foreign sources need suffer no tax provided proper planning takes place before importation.

9.   With Bush scheduled to go to Russia in May to see President Vladimir Putin, U.S. nuclear planning takes on added importance.