adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
above/below deck
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Peter stayed below deck.
above/below normal
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Car sales are still below normal for the time of year.
above/below the norm
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28% of children tested below the norm.
be below standard (= not be good enough )
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His performance yesterday was below standard.
below expectations (= lower, worse, or less successful than expected )
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Retail sales in December were well below expectations.
below ground level
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These youngsters work 70 metres below ground level .
fall below/fall short of sb's expectations (= be worse that someone hoped or expected )
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Our profits last year fell below expectations.
see above/below
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The results are shown in Table 7a (see below).
well below
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They earn well below $5 an hour.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
average
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But when the average cost curve is falling the marginal cost curve lies below average cost.
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I counted only six white workers in the factory, half of which seemed to be of below average intelligence.
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It was not an altogether convincing Braintree display against a below average looking Yeading side.
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When the offences happened he was an unenthusiastic and below average soldier, the court heard.
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Large economies of scale mean that marginal cost lies below average cost.
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Frayed edges, broken by a very below average human finger, nearly fit round corners of chipped cream-painted cream furniture.
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But it needed a full-time crammer to get you there and you're still below average .
■ VERB
consider
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Whether this should take place and its implications will be considered below .
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A number of authors, whose work will be considered below , have attempted explanations largely in terms of social class.
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There are variations of each technique, and they are considered below .
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The constitution and functions of the Board, established by the Legal Aid Act 1988, are considered below .
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In the types of engine considered below , this is done by using the lightest mass propellant possible-hydrogen.
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Some of these are considered below .
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Whether we should discard the traditional framework, and whether review should become akin to appeal, will be considered below .
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It is not, however, the only method and others are considered below .
describe
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A few examples of projects which have taken place are described below as an illustration of what can be achieved.
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So let me simply say at the outset that what I describe below are biological, not moral, events.
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The main types of services likely to be offered are described below .
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The provisions described below , however, are generally part of all collective bargaining contracts: 1.
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Surveys of in-house library use are described below .
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The principal river systems and their major tributaries are described below .
discuss
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Most may have been there in the pre-Norman period, although whether as fully developed villages or not will be discussed below .
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Specific ways of checking individual groups of algae are discussed below .
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The main effects of this difference are discussed below .
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The forces governing the allocation of fluid between intravascular and interstitial compartments will be discussed below .
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There are two main ways of interpreting them and these will be discussed below .
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Some of the main difficulties faced by new care assistants are discussed below .
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The six main categories are discussed below .
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The other important class of search keys are the subject labels which will be discussed below .
fall
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A quarter of single pensioners fell below the £106-a-week threshold.
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From 1985 to 1991, city figures show, the rate fell below 20 per 1, 000 births only once.
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The rate may fall below that, depending on the general trend of interest rates.
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The rate fell below 3 percent only once, in early 1988.
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Five years ago, for example, it was assumed that if unemployment fell below 6 percent, inflation would rise.
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The temperature had fallen below zero.
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In October the index fell below 20,000 points, leading to government intervention to support the market.
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In 1996, unemployment in the region fell below 4 percent for the first time in years.
give
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The manual contained an explanation of these codes, an example of which is given below .
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For the reasons given below , we hold that the District Court abused its discretion in imposing the tax increase.
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An example of written particulars is given below .
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A summary of the characteristics of quality circles is given below .
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Three examples of Product Segmentation are given below .
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One can, therefore, quote only examples of this range, and two are given below .
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Further information, and the materials referred to, can be obtained from Liberon at the address given below .
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The ones listed below give more detailed information about social security benefits.
list
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Initial nominations and appointments are listed below and members are invited to make further nominations to fill vacancies where indicated.
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Companies listed below reported quarterly profit substantially different from the average of analysts' estimates.
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Some of the most useful and renowned journals for the modern period are listed below .
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The characteristics of generalized seizures are listed below and contrasted with events usually occurring in syncope. 1.
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Some selected examples are listed below .
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The rules in the sale agreement governing the completion accounts should cover the main areas listed below .
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Career advancement can be accelerated by completion of certification programs offered by the associations listed below .
outline
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However, vases are the primary motifs in the two designs outlined below .
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The differences between and the characteristics of each type of search is outlined below .
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For the reasons outlined below , we have had to raise our Contents premiums in certain areas of the country.
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But it doesn't always work out easily, as shown in the situation outlined below .
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Under the headings of efficiency and accountability a number of initiatives were introduced which are briefly outlined below .
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The possibilities where this may occur are outlined below .
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Some of the many measures dealt with are outlined below .
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The major elements in each are outlined below .
see
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This is one of the uses of a check list, as seen below .
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As we shall see below , truants defined in this way made up very small proportions of absentees.
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In fact recent findings make this kind of view untenable, as we will see below .
show
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A simplified funds flow statement is shown below .
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The graph below shows the number of performance quality breakthroughs from 1991 through 1994.
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Four cases have been selected as illustrations; the items included in their weekly community care costs are shown below .
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The traditional colours associated with each city state and province are shown below .
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Three sample questions are shown below .
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The War Wagon tower has its own toughness value, wounds, and other characteristics as shown below .
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All hits against the chariot in hand-to-hand or shooting are randomly allocated as shown below .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
above/below freezing
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Temperatures remained below freezing during the afternoon.
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And when the temperature goes much below freezing , the EV1 barely goes at all.
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It roots out vines, truffles for lemon trees painfully heated by charcoal to three degrees above freezing .
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It should show frost when outside temperatures are below freezing .
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Temperatures had, for several days, been near 00F at night, and it was well below freezing now.
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Thanks to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream, the climate is also mild, temperatures rarely dropping much below freezing .
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The snow may crust at night, due to outward radiation, even thought the air temperature remains well above freezing point.
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When she complained to a doctor that it was down below freezing she could not have been nearer the mark.
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Yet it was not really cold here; the temperature was well above freezing point.
be below/under par
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For a second year, economic growth has been substantially below par .
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I haven't been up to par since the operation.
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He later warned the council's executive committee chairman Erica Wheeler that Mrs Ware's work was below par .
below stairs
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Delgard had assured him that St Joseph's no longer kept its dead below stairs .
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He stirred as below stairs the maid tinkled a bell, the sign for dinner.
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Mrs Gracie, left below stairs , set her lips.
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The air of excitement was as great below stairs as it was above.
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To clean all the rooms below stairs .
below the belt
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Hits us below the belt as often as not.
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That was definitely a blow below the belt !
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Whichever camp you are in, the same celestial advice will apply - hit below the belt .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Answer each of the questions below .
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Designer clothing was offered at wholesale prices and below .
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officers of the rank of captain and below
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The wood is rotted below .
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Water was dripping onto the ground below .