Sentence examples for rigid programme from inspiring English sources

This was one of the two most flawed decisions which the report singled out, the other was the insistence on a rigid programme.

"When I did my report into the riots, I deliberately did not lay down rigid programmes, I gave what I called signposts, directions in which to go, because I thought there was then a real possibility for those who really knew what it was about to take things forward.

The large numbers of patients currently undertaking unit-based HD programmes in the UK means there is less and less flexibility in the way dialysis can be offered, with rigid programmes of 4 h three times a week in designated time slots that are difficult to manipulate or alter.

By contrast, Mrs Kraft dismissed rigid saving programmes in favour of growth and insisted that her aim was "putting people first".

Icai found that DfID's procurement of contractors was causing a range of problems, from long delays to rigid or unrealistic programme designs, adding: "We saw instances of high quality delivery by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), who may offer greater local knowledge and legitimacy than contractors but often find it difficult to compete in procurement processes".

National or state/provincial ministries tend not to mandate a rigid national curriculum with detailed goals and content for early childhood programmes but only issue general guidelines.

The DOTS programme is rigid in terms of thrice weekly drug administration under direct observation during IP [10].

Some return time and again, trying to get clean, sometimes resisting the programme's rigid discipline.

According to Navroz Dubash, what India and other developing countries need are not rigid emissions targets, but programmes designed to "bend the curve" – to make emissions lower in the five years after 2020 than they would have been otherwise.

"The idea that we put kids with Asperger's, heroin addictions, depression and extreme anxiety disorders in one programme with a rigid, regimented schedule and expect it to help all of those kids – how could that be? "Americans have this idea that addiction and drug use is about complete hedonistic abandon, seeking extra pleasure and defying your parents.

Evaluation is the key component of any intervention which should not only assess structures and processes but particularly evaluate the outcome and include the effectiveness of the programme according to rigid scientific criteria.