I. noun
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An increasingly concerned international community also sounded the alarm, but to no avail .
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But effort and reason were to no avail .
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He rebooted my system several times, but to no avail .
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I bombarded the War Office, and importuned the Red Cross; but all to no avail .
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I have been looking for a recipe for sometime now, but to no avail .
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Reverend Jones had asked Mrs Cooper to return to the flock, to no avail .
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The mist also shrouded the fish and we thrashed away mightily, to no avail .
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This is a misconception that forest ecologists have for years been at pains to correct, but to little avail .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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opportunity
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As to whether, and if so how, Parliament cares to avail itself of this opportunity , the Act is silent.
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Stratton availed himself of neither opportunity .
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It was undesirable to make an order which would in practice be executed before the defendant could avail himself of that opportunity .
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A formal hearing may be dispensed with if the parties do not wish to avail themselves of their right to have one.
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But what has it availed me?
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Gaining New Clients - How to avail yourself of the opening of all public contracts to businesses throughout the Community.
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It availed me not at all.
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It demonstrates that in the post-Cold War world, middle powers can avail themselves of new power to build coalitions.
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It is an opportunity of which they have availed themselves to varying degrees.
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To minimize how this price is perceived, the self-defeating organization can avail itself of any of the techniques described here.