verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
severely
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Since 1979, public sector housing has been severely curtailed .
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We will ensure that their influence is severely curtailed and, if possible, removed.
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Specialised services on drugs and undercover activity were severely curtailed .
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Arkies will never agree to one which doesn't severely curtail our freedoms.
sharply
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That strategy also includes sharply curtailing corporate banking to focus primarily on its biggest customers worldwide.
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But they sharply curtailed their buying in the 1990s as a strengthening yen badly hurt their dollar-denominated positions.
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Taxes will have to be raised or countercyclical spending will have to be sharply curtailed .
■ NOUN
activity
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Although he also continued to preach elsewhere, ill health probably curtailed his activities .
freedom
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Mrs Hardman has grown used to her independence, and I have no wish to curtail her freedom .
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Democracy recognizes no prescribed path to be followed, because such prescriptiveness would curtail individual freedom .
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Arkies will never agree to one which doesn't severely curtail our freedoms .
government
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As a result of the study, health officials are calling on manufacturers and the government to curtail exposures to children.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Budget cuts forced schools to curtail after-school programs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A six-month Pentagon review recommended in December that the program be curtailed to combat a projected $ 15 billion overrun.
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Local authorities' ability to plan and develop a co-ordinated housing policy has been curtailed.
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Taxes will have to be raised or countercyclical spending will have to be sharply curtailed.
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The broiler industry, controlled by a handful of large companies, is curtailing production because of record high feed prices.
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The Government also wants private firms to curtail wage rises, currently running at around six percent.
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Their refusal to curtail spending plans and to increase the burden on poll tax payers is expected.
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Then their freedom is curtailed, their choices limited and their frustrations increased.