The director consulted the ground-plan carefully before arranging the props.

The director unrolled the ground plan to explain where each prop and actor would be positioned during the performance.

The economists debated whether centralised planning could sustain innovation in a modern economy.

The council adopted decentralised planning to give local communities more control over development decisions.

Community leaders proposed decentral planning to give neighborhoods more control over zoning decisions.

The company's shift to centralized planning aimed to reduce duplication and streamline decision-making across divisions.

Decentralized planning allowed local cooperatives to allocate resources more efficiently than a central authority.

We bought the apartment off-plan to secure a lower price and choose our preferred finishes.

They bought an off-plan apartment to secure a lower price before construction began.

The opposition criticized the Chequers plan for offering an unclear future relationship with the EU.