adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
artificial additives
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Our products are free from artificial additives .
artificial barriers
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They were committed to breaking down the artificial barriers to women’s achievement.
artificial insemination
artificial intelligence
artificial light (= light produced by lamps )
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The office was windowless, lit only by artificial light.
artificial preservatives
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food that contains no artificial preservatives
artificial respiration
artificial
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a basket of artificial flowers
artificial
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Nowadays much of what we eat contains artificial ingredients.
artificial/natural lighting
imitation/fake/artificial etc fur
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a pair of gloves trimmed with fake fur
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
rather
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Many of the phrases that have conventionally been offered as examples seem rather artificial .
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I had to accept that was right, although at first it seemed rather artificial to me.
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These rather artificial news items were very much the product of the final election campaign.
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They made what seemed to me rather artificial efforts to draw me into the conversation.
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It must be confessed that this test is a rather artificial one.
■ NOUN
additive
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But that's all - no artificial additives , colourings or preservatives.
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There are no artificial additives at all.
barrier
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We will reinforce the rights of the individual in the world of work, and break down artificial barriers to advancement.
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Such action breaks down the artificial barriers of opposition between male and female.
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We are also committed to breaking down artificial barriers to women's advancement based on prejudice or lack of imagination.
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The aquifer has no shield of impermeable clay and the proposed artificial barriers would not guarantee success.
environment
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Platelets are studied in an artificial environment and the very process of preparing the platelet sample for study may affect their behaviour.
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The reason we create artificial environments instead Of accepting natural ones is that we like our environments to be constant and predictable.
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In the second case money was the prime factor, both its getting and spending; it created an artificial environment .
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Do you really think the uneducated people they leave behind will be able to keep the artificial environments stable?
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Which is really easy to do in artificial environments .
fertilizer
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Paradoxically the ecological problems deriving from the application of artificial fertilizers are often equally complex and extensive.
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Controversy has also surrounded the long-term effects of artificial fertilizer on the soil structure.
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All the soil does is hold the plants upright, while the crop is fed with artificial fertilizers .
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They have thus become the animal equivalents of the plants which are force-fed with artificial fertilizers and sprayed with herbicides and pesticides.
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The largest industrial concerns were electronics, computer assembly, artificial fertilizers , machinery, metalworking and textiles.
flower
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A basket of artificial flowers is then placed inside.
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You can use it for real or artificial flowers .
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The stained-glass windows inside, and the black wrought iron and living or artificial flowers outside, contribute vivid accents.
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If artificial flowers are used they must be dusted. 4.
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But instead of finding it overgrown with weeds, a pretty posy of artificial flowers stood on the well-groomed plot.
grass
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No doubt the laying of the artificial grass pitch at Newry played a major part in getting their fixtures cleared up early.
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Not to mention an artificial grass lawn on the hood and a white picket fence on the front bumper.
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None of this would have been possible without the development of a woven artificial grass .
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They are manufactured from artificial grass that is sand based so that they are more receptive to well- hit shots.
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There will always be a market for artificial grass courts in this country.
heart
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Only one person has survived an operation to implant an artificial heart .
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The prospect of artificial hearts replacing reliance on cadaver hearts is already in sight.
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So, as an alternative to the implantation of alien or artificial hearts , Daedalus is devising a new auxiliary blood-pump.
hip
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It is the excellent wear characteristics of alumina which are the principal advantage in artificial hip systems.
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It is exactly this problem which causes a percentage of artificial hip joint failures.
insemination
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There are lesbian couples with children, and increasing numbers of children born as a result of artificial insemination .
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Only first conceptions as a result of artificial insemination were used for the analysis.
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Subjects - Of 542 women attending the clinic for artificial insemination for the first time, 500 women were eligible for study.
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Tiny producers, for example, have little incentive to invest large sums in artificial insemination in order to breed better cattle.
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Lesbians who wished to become parents by artificial insemination found themselves pilloried by the media.
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It was to do with artificial insemination , but everything about Spake just screams turkey and chicken-choker.
intelligence
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A lot of people had a lot riding on artificial intelligence .
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The game play and artificial intelligence are unmatched in sports video gaming.
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In the 1980s, we thought we'd found salvation to our problems in artificial intelligence and expert systems.
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We shall need some idea of the status of artificial intelligence .
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The trick now is to remove the human element altogether and let artificial intelligence take care of the rest.
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Many researchers are suggesting that the real power of artificial intelligence lies in the blending of expert systems with neural networks.
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In the past two decades, work on theoretical and practical aspects of artificial intelligence has stimulated our concepts of mind.
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Danny Hillis, an artificial intelligence expert, sees a similar story in the human thumb as a platform for human intelligence.
lake
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A £16.1m dam will hold back a 2.6-mile-long artificial lake to be known as the Roadford Reservoir.
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In Texas and Oklahoma, between 1940 and 1975, some-thing like eight million acres of land were submerged by artificial lakes .
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The whole spreading fortress was surrounded not just by a moat, but by a deep artificial lake .
language
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Esperanto See under language: artificial language .
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Yet artificial languages never have caught on.
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Natural languages arise unconsciously, haphazardly, while artificial languages lack expressiveness.
leg
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When he discovered that I, with two artificial legs , had succeeded he became somewhat uneasy.
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At work, she wears artificial legs and walks stiffly with a cane.
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I was struck on one of my artificial legs , damaging the calliper.
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Much later, I learn that he had an artificial leg and limped, but I never find a trace of him.
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They were born joined at the hip and are learning to walk with artificial legs after being separated.
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The place gave him some strength and some color and some training in walking with an artificial leg .
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I reached for Blyth's artificial leg , lying smooth and pink by the small of his back and in his shadow.
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One of them actually had an artificial leg , and carried not only a loaded rifle but a cane.
life
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More recently, however, the field of artificial life has concentrated on producing lifelike behaviours.
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The people on the ship have to create an artificial life form because their computer has failed.
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When they become smarter, of course, artificial life constructs will have to go out to work.
light
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Few people have not woken to the sounds of the dawn chorus nor seen moths drawn to artificial lights as daylight fades.
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It should be cultivated in moderately diffused or artificial light .
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Official sketches show a small warren of rooms, lit by artificial lights and stuffed with compact biological systems.
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Among these is James Casebere, who photographs miniature architectural constructions in artificial light .
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Their facial features are indistinguishable, brightly lit though they are by harsh artificial lights.
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The algae were cultivated under artificial light .
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The room is safe, enclosed, protected from the harsh glare of artificial light .
lighting
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He used a solid rich surface of paint and liked the simplified shapes produced by artificial lighting .
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Ceilings and walls are painted white and artificial lighting is provided by suspended fluorescent lights from Spectrum.
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Nearby was a 400-square-yard warehouse with more plants flourishing in conditions controlled by artificial lighting and automatic watering systems.
limb
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After the war he founded the Disabled Society, lobbying the government to improve the quality of artificial limbs .
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Some came on canes and artificial limbs .
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What has it been like climbing with artificial limbs ?
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In much the same way computer simulation has been used in bioengineering in the design of prosthesis such as artificial limbs or hips.
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He explains how new technology can make some products, like artificial limbs , lighter.
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The main problem in Chechnya today is how to find artificial limbs for amputees.
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The only hospital unit that can fit artificial limbs is in Vladikavkaz, in northern Ossetia.
means
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Bonds probably felt the Giants owed him this consideration, keeping his streak alive for a couple games by artificial means .
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By the end of a decade, it requires artificial means of life support.
respiration
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Give the child artificial respiration if needed.
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They tell you to go on with artificial respiration for ever, for long after you've given up hope.
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If you can not detect even the shallowest of breaths, attempt artificial respiration making sure the chest starts to rise.
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Not only that, she administered artificial respiration and brought you round, and then came here to get help.
selection
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It is more than that, as artificial selection has made a splendid variety of sizes, shapes, colours and tastes.
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Our model, in other words, is strictly a model of artificial selection , not natural selection.
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Wallace had no interest in animal breeding and did not model his proposed mechanism on the process of artificial selection .
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When you first evolve a new creature by artificial selection in the computer model, it feels like a creative process.
sweetener
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Add the artificial sweetener to taste if required.
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For a number of years, artificial sweeteners were mainly used by diabetics, who bought the products in drugstores.
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Taste and add a little sugar or artificial sweetener , if desired.
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Why are we content to settle for second-rate flavors, fake chocolates, no-fat cheeses, and chemical-tasting artificial sweeteners ?
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Sweeten to taste with the artificial sweetener .
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As with fat-free products and artificial sweeteners , people will probably compensate for olestra by eating more calories elsewhere in their diets.
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Sprinkle a little artificial sweetener on the fruit if desired.
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One in five chose decaffeinated tea and coffee while 14% used artificial sweeteners .
turf
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By day the artificial turf in the Miami stadium looks an unnatural green.
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They are 38-12 on artificial turf surfaces.
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Zeke's big hands cradle the ball on the artificial turf , the laces facing away from the kicker.
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Or, on that minuscule patch of the planet covered by artificial turf .
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On the artificial turf of the Superdome, Smith raced around him as if he were a lamp post on Bourbon Street.
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Jenkins' deteriorating knees are not a good match for the artificial turf at the Kingdome.
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For Young to wish death on some one, even the creator of the evil artificial turf , is notable.
ventilation
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Hypoglycaemia was corrected and artificial ventilation started, and he was brought to our clinic.
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Resuscitation restored the circulation, but the patient required artificial ventilation and inotropic support thereafter.
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She had well established adult respiratory distress syndrome, requiring artificial ventilation with 90% fractional inspired oxygen.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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artificial Christmas trees
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artificial sweeteners for coffee
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Carter was saying all the right things, but his smile was artificial , and I knew I couldn't trust him.
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Glen wears an artificial leg.
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High import taxes give their goods an artificial advantage in the market.
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I usually use artificial sweetener in my coffee instead of sugar.
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It took Frank a while to learn to walk with the artificial leg.
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On the surface she seems quite a pleasant woman, but there's something very artificial about her.
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On the table was a vase filled with artificial flowers.
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Our ice cream contains no artificial colors or flavors.
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The juice contains no artificial coloring or flavors.
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The plants can grow just as well in artificial light.
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We have one of those electric heaters with artificial logs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A wreath of artificial poppies has been held down by a brick.
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An example, perhaps slightly artificial , would be found in a family photograph.
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Constraint-based programming is an artificial intelligence technique which finds the optimum way to allocate means and resources.
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In front of the grate was a tall electric fire with artificial coals, a high curved back and a triple set of burners.
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Paradoxically the ecological problems deriving from the application of artificial fertilizers are often equally complex and extensive.
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The natural and artificial characterizing ingredients must be named on the labels.
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Through binoculars I had noted the breakwaters of what appeared to be a small artificial harbour just a mile along the coast.