verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
demand
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The prison authorities refuse to accede to their demands and have issued 176 dismissal notices.
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Inclan and the people of Puebla remained loyal to Herrera and to constitutional order and refused to accede to his demands .
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Managers have agreed to 860 posts being created to cover computerisation but they have not acceded to further staffing demands .
request
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I have no reason for acceding to your request for a second opinion.
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Partnerships will do well not to accede to requests for financial support for the bread and butter resources of schools.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For example, a third party may claim the right to accede to a treaty in accordance with its terms.
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He would have been reluctant to accede if she had.
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I have no reason for acceding to your request for a second opinion.
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If they did, they would think twice before acceding to such inclinations.
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Managers have agreed to 860 posts being created to cover computerisation but they have not acceded to further staffing demands.
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Most people would accede to his wishes just to get him out of their face.
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The trades council acceded, and left him with a clear run.
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To accede to his arguments would require an unacceptable degree of judicial creativity.