noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
administrative
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With the introduction of parliamentary government in 1918, a layer of elected politicians was superimposed on the existing administrative apparatus .
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Because of this, a strong administrative apparatus was needed to plan the use of scarce resources, organize production and regulate distribution.
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In so far as socialism means the collective ownership and management of the economy and social relations, it requires an extensive administrative apparatus .
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This is a fragmenting process, as different interests from alliances with different parts of the administrative apparatus .
breathing
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Four men were forced to use breathing apparatus by the choking smoke.
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A trained, fit submariner, possibly with breathing apparatus , might do it.
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Falling debris rained down as eight men in breathing apparatus fought the flames.
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Firemen wearing breathing apparatus fought the blaze which extensively damaged the house.
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Wearing breathing apparatus they were a few feet into the building when overhead piping collapsed, trapping them.
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The little mouth was born with a scowl, the brows positively beetle over the turned-up be-ringed breathing apparatus .
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Shortly after this I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift.
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Firemen wearing breathing apparatus used special foam to extinguish the flames in the factory's North Works.
whole
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Chancery was the oldest and most solemn part of the whole apparatus .
■ NOUN
security
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They might have to consider dismantling at least part of the military and security apparatus that they have created over the years.
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We know who they were now - security guards from the World Security apparatus .
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The majority of public spending went on the security apparatus .
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The Archon had retreated behind the security apparatus .
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His death was the second significant blow to the country's security apparatus within three months.
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The struggle has been between the Czech people and the security apparatus behind the Communist party.
state
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Such studies tend to ignore the influence of economic relationships on the development of the state apparatus under colonialism.
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The exercise of bureaucratic functions reflects the way the state apparatus as a whole functions.
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The fragmentation of the state apparatus also conveniently diverts the class struggle to multiple fronts.
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The personnel of the state apparatus have become homogenized into a distinct social group whose backgrounds have become increasingly similar.
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The power that small hill farmers and poorer urban dwellers have in the state apparatus and in society at large is negligible.
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They are based on an assessment of relationships between different parts of the state apparatus .
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There was no large, autonomous middle class apart from the state apparatus .
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State bureaucracies are responsive to elites who do not occupy formal positions in the state apparatus .
■ VERB
use
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Four men were forced to use breathing apparatus by the choking smoke.
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Such great thinkers as Kant and Schopenhauer have used the apparatus of Wissenschaft to demonstrate the limits of Wissenschaft.
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The depression of freezing point can be determined experimentally using the apparatus shown in figure 6.38.
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You will learn how to use scientific apparatus such as test tubes, beakers and Bunsen burners.
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There are a number of different possible ways of using biofeedback apparatus in assisting clients to relax.
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The phenomenon can be demonstrated by using the apparatus shown in figure 6.39.
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When all the contributions are joined together we should finish up with a representative item using a piece of apparatus .
wear
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Firemen wearing breathing apparatus fought the blaze which extensively damaged the house.
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Firemen wearing breathing apparatus used special foam to extinguish the flames in the factory's North Works.
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Cooker fire: Firemen wearing breathing apparatus entered a house in Southgate, Hartlepool, after a cooker caught fire.
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Fire officers wearing breathing apparatus searched the building but there was no one trapped.
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Piglets saved: Cleveland firemen wearing breathing apparatus saved 120 piglets during a farm blaze at Carlin How.
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Two firemen wearing breathing apparatus managed to confine the fire to the living room, which was extensively damaged.
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It took firemen wearing breathing apparatus nearly two hours to bring the blaze under control.
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Firemen wearing breathing apparatus found the woman in the kitchen.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The astronauts have special breathing apparatus .
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The East German security apparatus used these kinds of devices to overhear conversations.
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There's a shop in town which sells all the latest photographic apparatus .
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This experiment can be performed using the apparatus shown in the diagram.
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This wooden apparatus was used for weaving.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because of this, a strong administrative apparatus was needed to plan the use of scarce resources, organize production and regulate distribution.
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Now consider three contrasting experiments with such a piece of apparatus .
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Some of the mathematical ideas which can be experienced with the most general apparatus are suggested here.
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The president holds tremendous advantages as the incumbent, partly because his campaign apparatus has low visibility.
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The teacher was then taken into another room and shown an apparatus which could deliver electric shocks to the learner.
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This project was not just one piece of apparatus on a street corner.
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With the apparatus , researchers should be able to analyse an item in 15 minutes when the current technique takes days.