noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
catalytic converter
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
catalytic
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Examples used to illustrate the theme included photographic film and a sectioned catalytic converter .
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Motorists should not park their cars in tall grass, because mufflers and catalytic converters can be hot enough to ignite fires.
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All 605s are fitted with a three-way catalytic converter , anti-lock braking system and an ultrasonic alarm as standard.
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All new cars today must have expensive catalytic converters to reduce emissions.
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They are largely removed from motor vehicles by catalytic converters .
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Three-way catalytic converters are standard on all models.
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Every Saab now has a catalytic converter .
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As you'd expect, being a Saab, it runs on unleaded fuel and has a 3 way catalytic converter .
■ VERB
fit
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Budapest is to ban all cars with two-stoke engines from the city centre unless they are fitted with a catalytic converter .
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Budapest Municipality will pay half the cost of fitting a converter , but many may prefer to upgrade to new cars.
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All Safranes are fitted with three-way catalytic converters as standard.
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And if your car is fitted with a catalytic converter , Shell Advanced will help enhance the catalyst's performance.
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Volvo, however, is now offering to fit catalytic converters free on all newly-bought models.
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Vauxhall retaliated by knocking up to £1,150 off 1992 Novas and Cavaliers not fitted with catalytic converters .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cable TV subscribers get a converter that unscrambles the pictures.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anoraks will remember the McLaren went faster but that was without power-sapping catalytic converters.
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Examples used to illustrate the theme included photographic film and a sectioned catalytic converter .
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In addition to better economy, diesel cars use cheaper fuel and are no less environmentally-friendly than petrol-engined models fitted with catalytic converters.
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It will also be possible to buy converter boxes, estimated to cost $ 200.
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People must buy either a new digital television or a converter box to use with their old set.
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Presently, the V-chip sits in a set-top box akin to a cable converter .
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We worry about buying a new television or, at the very least, a converter box for our current set.
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Well, unless there is some kind of converter that I can get.