| take initiative | 21.92 | A leader takes the initiative. | ||
| seize initiative | 6.25 | The Kiwis failed to seize the initiative. | ||
| support initiative | 5.79 | Arafat supports that initiative. | ||
| announce initiative | 4.87 | Chiapas governor announces peace initiative. | ||
| launch initiative | 4.81 | The initiative was launched last September. | ||
| welcome initiative | 3.23 | The US initiative has been welcomed by Ankara. | ||
| back initiative | 3.09 | The United States is backing the initiative. | ||
| oppose initiative | 3.03 | Clinton opposes the initiative. | ||
| approve initiative | 2.44 | The initiative had been approved by the federal government. | ||
| discuss initiative | 2.44 | He discussed the initiative during a Thursday trip to Saudi Arabia. | ||
| regain initiative | 2.37 | Bush must find a way to regain the initiative. | ||
| reject initiative | 2.11 | Eritrea has rejected the initiative. | ||
| have initiative | 1.78 | The extremes have the initiative. | ||
| pass initiative | 1.65 | They overwhelmingly passed the initiative. | ||
| show initiative | 1.65 | At least he shows initiative. | ||
| block initiative | 1.58 | They blocked his initiatives and scoffed at him as irrelevant. | ||
| push initiative | 1.51 | Christopher pushes US initiative to end fighting. | ||
| present initiative | 1.32 | The initiative was presented to the two parties in January. | ||
| develop initiative | 1.25 | We now propose to develop this initiative further. | ||
| introduce initiative | 1.18 | New early reading initiatives would be introduced. |