The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
A “moving platform” scheme[...]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. This set-up solves several problems […].
the appearance and outward scheme of things
such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity
arguments [...] sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy
The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life.
to draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France
It was all too dear. They all just put their prices up because it was out in the scheme.
a blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity
The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek.