I. preposition
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
above and beyond (= greater than it is your duty to show )
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medals awarded for bravery above and beyond the call of duty
be above/beyond suspicion (= be so honest that you are never thought to have done something wrong )
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He regarded his friend Henry as being above suspicion.
be beyond question (= be definite )
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Her loyalty is beyond question.
be beyond repair/be damaged beyond repair (= be so badly damaged that it cannot be repaired )
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Unfortunately the engine is beyond repair.
be beyond repair/be damaged beyond repair (= be so badly damaged that it cannot be repaired )
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Unfortunately the engine is beyond repair.
be within/beyond the bounds of possibility (= be possible/not possible )
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It was not beyond the bounds of possibility that they could meet again.
be/go beyond the bounds of credibility/reason/decency etc
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The humor in the movie sometimes goes beyond the bounds of good taste.
beyond all expectations (= greater or better than someone expected )
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The task took two months to complete, but it was successful far beyond all expectations.
beyond the call of duty (= more than you have to do as part of your job )
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She's a doctor who has gone beyond the call of duty in her care for her patients.
beyond your wildest dreams (= better or more than you ever hoped for )
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Suddenly he was wealthy beyond his wildest dreams.
beyond...capabilities (= too difficult )
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I can speak French, but simultaneous translation is beyond my capabilities .
beyond...comprehension (= impossible for me to understand )
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Why you let her talk you into doing such a foolish thing is beyond my comprehension .
beyond...powers of endurance
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She was pushed beyond her powers of endurance .
due to circumstances beyond sb’s control
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Occasionally flights are cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
It’s...not beyond the wit
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It’s surely not beyond the wit of man to come up with a solution.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
above/beyond reproach
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Vernon's work in the community has been beyond reproach .
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But Jones' track record had always been above reproach .
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He had a steely streak but his morals and scruples were beyond reproach .
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He talked of her as a goddess beyond reproach who was being restrained against her will.
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His boxing skills are beyond reproach .
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Like Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary Clinton is a strong individual whose public decorum is usually above reproach .
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Noah himself is beyond reproach , it is true.
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The Alumni Club typically enjoys a reputation beyond reproach .
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The motives were above reproach since a large sum was raised for deserving charities every year.
be beyond dispute
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Ellen's honesty is beyond dispute .
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Her professionalism is beyond dispute .
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That the reports were stolen is beyond dispute . What we need to know is who took them.
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That the Emperor did not want war is beyond dispute , for the evidence from all sides makes this clear.
be beyond hope
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It may be tempting to describe urban centers in the developing world as almost beyond hope .
be beyond price
be beyond sb's power (to do sth)
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I am afraid that is beyond my powers .
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So he adopted the simple expedient of not opening it until it was beyond his power to act on it.
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The taxpayer, it said, had not established that it was beyond his powers to obtain the information.
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Then they discovered that this was beyond their power .
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Unfortunately, I think it may be beyond my powers as a programmer to set up such a counterfeit world.
be beyond/past description
be beyond/past retrieval
beyond (a) reasonable doubt
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Civilised society generally only convicts where a man is guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
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Finally, although it is not proved beyond reasonable doubt, most experts agree that dry foods are beneficial to the teeth.
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If theft is not proved beyond reasonable doubt, they should consider handling.
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If we knew that, I think we'd be beyond reasonable doubt.
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In many cases, it will be hard for the prosecution to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he is lying.
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It means only that prosecutors failed to prove their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, he said.
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Once the issue is validly raised, the prosecution has the burden of disproving it beyond reasonable doubt.
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They had to feel, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Bill had killed Sandy.
beyond belief
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And the saluting was beyond belief .
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Did I just frighten you beyond belief ?
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I think this is idolatry beyond belief .
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She was tired, tired beyond belief .
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The media are dull beyond belief because of the heavy censorship.
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These proposals are ridiculous beyond belief .
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They have been slashed and burned and damaged beyond belief .
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What Clemens did next was almost beyond belief .
beyond doubt
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Besides, we knew beyond doubt that she loved us dearly.
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I think it unlikely that there is any further evidence which would put the question beyond doubt .
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It felt as if he could see right inside her head so that he knew beyond doubt the minutest detail of her response.
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It is beyond doubt that lawmaking was a power to be shared by both Houses and the President....
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The episode illustrates beyond doubt that the majority voting rules of the Treaty of Rome have teeth.
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The last sentence takes it as established beyond doubt that the inherent bias in analysis is against issuing regulations.
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The latter, particularly, is not beyond doubt , but that does not destroy the value of his what-if speculations.
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You will be so learned, so well prepared, that your future as a musician will be beyond doubt .
beyond measure
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Burton and his wife had suffered beyond measure .
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Detesting the faults beyond measure which nature has given to women, he resolved never to marry.
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It originates in childhood when anyone under ten is adored beyond measure .
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It puzzled him beyond measure that the boy should have stumbled upon this private area.
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That notion, too, disturbed him beyond measure .
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The book was widely translated and copied in the ancient world and was influential beyond measure .
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The City's ability to keep a secret appears to have improved beyond measure over the past two years.
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The quarterback is the Herschel Walker of his generation, gifted beyond measure , with skills that astonish and results that disappoint.
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There was something about the wizard that irked Him beyond measure .
beyond recall
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In Russia, efforts at political change are linked beyond recall with the problem of supplying food.
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Daks are known to bounce back, but this one looks beyond recall .
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He hung left to the rails and by the time Willie Carson was able to switch him, Declassified was beyond recall .
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If he is beyond recall , then she at least surely deserves a little compassion.
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Perhaps she had already compromised herself beyond recall by accepting the invitation.
beyond sb's wildest dreams
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The business has succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.
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But for vast numbers of children in the developing world, such gifts are beyond their wildest dreams.
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It is riches beyond my wildest dreams and well worth fighting the Second World War for.
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It was a world beyond my wildest dreams; one I had only seen on celluloid in the cinema at Fontanellato.
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Our mission reaps rewards far beyond our wildest dreams!
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Route 66 Magazine, a three-year-old quarterly, is growing beyond the wildest dreams of its publisher, Paul Taylor.
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Six years ago, Dexter and Birdie Yager had succeeded in their business beyond their wildest dreams.
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The cartel succeeded beyond its wildest dreams: by last month the price was brushing $ 30.
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To the contrary, we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.
beyond the pale
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With his latest, hard-hitting campaign ad, Robertson has really gone beyond the pale .
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I feel childish, unloved, banished, beyond the pale .
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Opening Catholic schools was bad enough but consorting with the head of the Dublin government was entirely beyond the pale for loyalists.
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The guardians of the status quo usually judge them to be beyond the pale .
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The last two were beyond the pale .
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The matter seemed to lie beyond the pale of any definitive confirmation.
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Try and put beyond the pale .
beyond your ken
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Moreover, both the biblical and the scientific accounts deal imaginatively with mysteries beyond our ken .
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Obviously they can not weigh up the comparative cost of some type of credit which is beyond their ken .
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Out of our hands and beyond our ken .
beyond/without compare
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The dancing in the show had a beauty that was beyond compare .
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She went to her chamber and used every art she knew to make herself beautiful beyond compare .
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The Muses had no instrument peculiar to them, but their voices were lovely beyond compare .
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Their written language was the most advanced of the pre-Columbian scripts, and their astronomical knowledge beyond compare .
beyond/without number
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It is to risk leaving out what religion is really about, rather like music without sound, or mathematics without numbers .
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The potential applications are almost without number .
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They forgot the message times without number .
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Zbigniew Shapira, not yet thirty, had talents without number .
beyond/without remedy
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However, the director so removed is not without remedy .
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If a corporate public authority is unable to sue for libel it is, however, by no means without remedy .
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It was beyond remedy , I thought.
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This does not mean, however, that a taxpayer would necessarily be without remedy in such a situation.
go/be beyond (all) reason
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Their demands go beyond all reason .
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But by this time Maidstone was beyond all reason .
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He is beyond reason , Diniz.
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It was beyond all reason that Hal, who had performed flawlessly for so long, should suddenly turn assassin.
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Their condition is beyond reason , but it is certainly not, as they believe, beyond cure.
go/get/be beyond a joke
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The condition of Tam's leather jacket had got beyond a joke .
not be beyond the wit of sb
past/beyond redemption
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His lawyer believes Manson is beyond redemption .
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Charlotte got back into London rather late that night, and rather tired, but hooked beyond redemption upon Aurae Phiala.
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Systems may be evil but people are never beyond redemption .
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The Pistols were already banned from most established London venues; punk rock's reputation for violence was now beyond redemption .
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The whole business was regrettable but not beyond redemption .
the back of beyond
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His early comedies might have been taken to represent an unheard-of civility from the back of beyond.
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Larky jaunts to the back of beyond returned to fashion with the 1980s boom in travel writing.
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Whatever anyone says about muggings and suchlike up here, there'd be no one about at all in the back of beyond.
without/beyond a shadow of a doubt
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Don't ask me how - but I knew it without a shadow of a doubt.
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Now she knew without a shadow of doubt that she wasn't.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an apple just beyond my reach
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continuing to work beyond retirement age
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I can't really tell you anything beyond what you know already.
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Santa Fe doesn't have much industry beyond tourism.
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That topic is somewhat beyond the scope of this discussion.
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The administration deserves no blame for events beyond its control.
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The ban on hunting these animals has been extended beyond 2001.
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The park is a couple of streets beyond the school.
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The rate of inflation has risen beyond 5%.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
belief
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These proposals are ridiculous beyond belief .
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The media are dull beyond belief because of the heavy censorship.
compare
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The Muses had no instrument peculiar to them, but their voices were lovely beyond compare .
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She went to her chamber and used every art she knew to make herself beautiful beyond compare .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
above/beyond reproach
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Vernon's work in the community has been beyond reproach .
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But Jones' track record had always been above reproach .
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He had a steely streak but his morals and scruples were beyond reproach .
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He talked of her as a goddess beyond reproach who was being restrained against her will.
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His boxing skills are beyond reproach .
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Like Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary Clinton is a strong individual whose public decorum is usually above reproach .
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Noah himself is beyond reproach , it is true.
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The Alumni Club typically enjoys a reputation beyond reproach .
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The motives were above reproach since a large sum was raised for deserving charities every year.
beyond (a) reasonable doubt
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Civilised society generally only convicts where a man is guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
▪
Finally, although it is not proved beyond reasonable doubt, most experts agree that dry foods are beneficial to the teeth.
▪
If theft is not proved beyond reasonable doubt, they should consider handling.
▪
If we knew that, I think we'd be beyond reasonable doubt.
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In many cases, it will be hard for the prosecution to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he is lying.
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It means only that prosecutors failed to prove their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, he said.
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Once the issue is validly raised, the prosecution has the burden of disproving it beyond reasonable doubt.
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They had to feel, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Bill had killed Sandy.
beyond belief
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And the saluting was beyond belief .
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Did I just frighten you beyond belief ?
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I think this is idolatry beyond belief .
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She was tired, tired beyond belief .
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The media are dull beyond belief because of the heavy censorship.
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These proposals are ridiculous beyond belief .
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They have been slashed and burned and damaged beyond belief .
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What Clemens did next was almost beyond belief .
beyond doubt
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Besides, we knew beyond doubt that she loved us dearly.
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I think it unlikely that there is any further evidence which would put the question beyond doubt .
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It felt as if he could see right inside her head so that he knew beyond doubt the minutest detail of her response.
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It is beyond doubt that lawmaking was a power to be shared by both Houses and the President....
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The episode illustrates beyond doubt that the majority voting rules of the Treaty of Rome have teeth.
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The last sentence takes it as established beyond doubt that the inherent bias in analysis is against issuing regulations.
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The latter, particularly, is not beyond doubt , but that does not destroy the value of his what-if speculations.
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You will be so learned, so well prepared, that your future as a musician will be beyond doubt .
beyond measure
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Burton and his wife had suffered beyond measure .
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Detesting the faults beyond measure which nature has given to women, he resolved never to marry.
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It originates in childhood when anyone under ten is adored beyond measure .
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It puzzled him beyond measure that the boy should have stumbled upon this private area.
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That notion, too, disturbed him beyond measure .
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The book was widely translated and copied in the ancient world and was influential beyond measure .
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The City's ability to keep a secret appears to have improved beyond measure over the past two years.
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The quarterback is the Herschel Walker of his generation, gifted beyond measure , with skills that astonish and results that disappoint.
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There was something about the wizard that irked Him beyond measure .
beyond recall
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In Russia, efforts at political change are linked beyond recall with the problem of supplying food.
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Daks are known to bounce back, but this one looks beyond recall .
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He hung left to the rails and by the time Willie Carson was able to switch him, Declassified was beyond recall .
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If he is beyond recall , then she at least surely deserves a little compassion.
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Perhaps she had already compromised herself beyond recall by accepting the invitation.
beyond sb's wildest dreams
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The business has succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.
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But for vast numbers of children in the developing world, such gifts are beyond their wildest dreams.
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It is riches beyond my wildest dreams and well worth fighting the Second World War for.
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It was a world beyond my wildest dreams; one I had only seen on celluloid in the cinema at Fontanellato.
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Our mission reaps rewards far beyond our wildest dreams!
▪
Route 66 Magazine, a three-year-old quarterly, is growing beyond the wildest dreams of its publisher, Paul Taylor.
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Six years ago, Dexter and Birdie Yager had succeeded in their business beyond their wildest dreams.
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The cartel succeeded beyond its wildest dreams: by last month the price was brushing $ 30.
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To the contrary, we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.
beyond your ken
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Moreover, both the biblical and the scientific accounts deal imaginatively with mysteries beyond our ken .
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Obviously they can not weigh up the comparative cost of some type of credit which is beyond their ken .
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Out of our hands and beyond our ken .
beyond/without compare
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The dancing in the show had a beauty that was beyond compare .
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She went to her chamber and used every art she knew to make herself beautiful beyond compare .
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The Muses had no instrument peculiar to them, but their voices were lovely beyond compare .
▪
Their written language was the most advanced of the pre-Columbian scripts, and their astronomical knowledge beyond compare .
beyond/without number
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It is to risk leaving out what religion is really about, rather like music without sound, or mathematics without numbers .
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The potential applications are almost without number .
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They forgot the message times without number .
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Zbigniew Shapira, not yet thirty, had talents without number .
beyond/without remedy
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However, the director so removed is not without remedy .
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If a corporate public authority is unable to sue for libel it is, however, by no means without remedy .
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It was beyond remedy , I thought.
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This does not mean, however, that a taxpayer would necessarily be without remedy in such a situation.
not be beyond the wit of sb
past/beyond redemption
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His lawyer believes Manson is beyond redemption .
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Charlotte got back into London rather late that night, and rather tired, but hooked beyond redemption upon Aurae Phiala.
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Systems may be evil but people are never beyond redemption .
▪
The Pistols were already banned from most established London venues; punk rock's reputation for violence was now beyond redemption .
▪
The whole business was regrettable but not beyond redemption .
the back of beyond
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His early comedies might have been taken to represent an unheard-of civility from the back of beyond.
▪
Larky jaunts to the back of beyond returned to fashion with the 1980s boom in travel writing.
▪
Whatever anyone says about muggings and suchlike up here, there'd be no one about at all in the back of beyond.
without/beyond a shadow of a doubt
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Don't ask me how - but I knew it without a shadow of a doubt.
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Now she knew without a shadow of doubt that she wasn't.