noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
financial
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The exchange between the first lady and her most valuable financial backers is riveting.
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The financial backers may also be sensitive about the disclosure of the purchase price that they had supported.
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All those business groups were major financial backers of Johnson and stood to profit by his move into the White House.
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His absence has fuelled rumours that the house of Lacroix is about to be closed by owner and financial backer Bernard Arnault.
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When a year passed and the product was still not yet in the market, supporters and financial backers were disappointed.
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Cox, as the elder, more established, and richer man, was the financial backer and often the named publisher.
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Thus Sanger and her paper, now named Birth Control Review, parted ways with her former financial backers .
■ VERB
find
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This set me up so that, when the lease expired, I found backers to move one.
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Dini will have to find new backers outside the coalition of { &038;.
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So far, however, Nelson is struggling to find backers for his ideas.
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United's chairman says that short of selling players, the only way to save the club is to find new backers .
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It would find few backers among politicians worried about jobs and living standards rather than market share.
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Len Deighton, an old friend offered to put up £2,000 if I could find three other backers .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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backers of the local crime bill
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The directors closed the company after the financial backers pulled out of the operation.
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Things became even more difficult when one of his principal backers went bankrupt.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Low turnout may benefit Buchanan, whose fervent backers are by far the most committed.
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Raw Gold backers collected $ 6 for each $ 2 win bet.
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She reproaches her backers for failing her dream.
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The exchange between the first lady and her most valuable financial backers is riveting.
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The plan's backers are confident that there is substantial corporate demand to join Lloyd's.
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Thornton knew of various incidents which confirmed his opinion that Walsh made a distinctly negative impression in the hunt for backers.
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To be sure, coupons have their backers.