I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a daily commuter
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Thousands of daily commuters pour into the city.
a daily dose
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The study shows that a daily dose of aspirin may reduce the risk of developing bowel cancer.
a daily inspection
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A young airman had carried out the daily inspection of the instruments.
a daily paper
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Which of these daily papers do you usually read?
a daily/everyday chore
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When you're working it can be hard to find time for the daily chores.
a daily/weekly diary
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Clarke kept a daily diary of San Franciscan life.
a daily/weekly/Sunday newspaper (= one that is published every day/week/Sunday )
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Do you get a daily newspaper?
a weekly/daily/monthly column
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Her daily column covered a wide range of topics.
an annual/monthly/weekly/daily total
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The Government plans to increase the annual total of 2,500 adoptions by up to 50%.
daily allowance
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the recommended daily allowance of Vitamin C
daily dosage
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The daily dosage is steadily reduced over several weeks.
daily grind
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workers emerging from their daily grind in the factory
daily ritual
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the daily ritual of mealtimes
day-to-day/daily contact
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I like my job because it involves day-to-day contact with clients.
everyday/daily/day-to-day existence (= someone's normal life that is the same most days )
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He saw drugs as a way of escaping the tedium of his everyday existence.
regular/daily exercise
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Taking regular exercise is the best way to improve your overall health.
sb's daily calories (= that someone eats every day )
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Americans get 22% of their daily calories from snacks.
sb’s daily routine
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Make exercise part of your daily routine.
sb’s daily work (= the work someone does every day )
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When they finished their daily work they would be too tired for much except rest.
the hourly/daily/monthly etc wage
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The average daily wage was £100.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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Ashbee and his influential friends met or corresponded almost daily to pursue their tastes.
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Not surprisingly, she advocates a balance, but one so delicate as to require almost daily adjustment.
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Separatism is an exhausting act of faith, and because of insistent pressure on you to repent, it requires almost daily reaffirmation.
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The parents need to have support on an almost daily basis.
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But on an almost daily basis I think about suicide.
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Cynics may call it lip service, considering the almost daily stream of new fund-raising allegations stemming from his 1996 campaign.
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Events were by now overtaking the scientists almost daily .
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It was all on offer as scripts began arriving almost daily .
twice
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This twice daily peristalsis creates tidal currents every six hours, pushing sea water first north, then south.
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Six capsules of each treatment were given twice daily for 16 weeks.
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Both forms were completed twice daily at home for 14 days.
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He also became a great favourite with the occupants of the local school bus, which passed his garden gate twice daily .
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The mainstay of treatment is a twice daily form of physiotherapy, usually done by the child's parents.
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Octreotide is usually given by intermittent subcutaneous injection of 100-500 µg twice daily or three times daily.
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On average, she vomited twice daily and was obsessed with dieting.
■ NOUN
activity
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They record and reflect on daily activities , delicately holding within the innocent seeming image much that is intimate.
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They improved walking speed, stair climbing, balance and spontaneous daily activity .
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Behind the daily activities of those engaged in such formal community care lie stressful moral and practical dilemmas.
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The number does not vary when comparing intelligence, mental health, or level of daily activIty .
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It influences the manager's daily activities and decisions and can have extremely beneficial results for the organization.
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Four of five people with clinical depression can improve and resume daily activity , usually within weeks.
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Do you prefer to sandwich your exercise in along with your daily activities or to set aside time exclusively for exercise? 5.
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It involves the use of celestial recurrences for the practical purpose of regulating daily activity .
allowance
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Many companies institutionalize dishonesty and exploitation of expenses by paying daily allowances .
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Know your average daily allowance for meat.
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In Long Kesh Prison, fellow prisoners used to save for him part of their daily allowance of milk.
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The current recommended daily allowance for vitamin E is 30 milligrams a day.
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This time she asked Congress to approve a 100 percent increase in soldiers' daily allowance .
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Nutritional deficiency must be avoided by providing the recommended daily allowance of protein in the evening meal and later in the day.
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Few men could fail to shed weight at a satisfactory rate on a daily allowance of 1,500 calories.
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The recommended daily allowance of B12 is three milligrams daily.
average
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It was this nagging feeling that was driving me to Kano and had increased my daily average to 19.6 miles.
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Trading was an estimated 544 million shares, up from the three-month daily average of 430 million shares.
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An estimated 670 million shares changed hands, up from a six-month daily average of 422 million.
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For the week, the daily average was 11. 21 billion baht.
basis
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Social workers are inspecting the school on a daily basis , and have uncovered complaints about care and management practices.
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Part of the key to the food's magnificent taste is that Shaheen talks to his purveyors on a daily basis .
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How much better to introduce a discipline that gives these benefits on a daily basis .
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The parents need to have support on an almost daily basis .
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Giving extra pocket money for good work on a daily basis is far more effective.
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Out here you have to prove yourself on a daily basis; a weekly basis .
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Those not teaching at the present time are welcome to attend on a daily basis at £2 per session.
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As a result, they need to be used on a daily basis , even though you are not having any symptoms.
bread
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We heard this music - Mahler, Webern, Schoenberg - a great deal; it was our daily bread .
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For our daily bread accept our praise and hear our prayer.
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Murders, theft, rape, calumnies, graft - our daily bread .
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No seeker after truth should doubt that his daily bread will be provided.
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Our daily bread is concocted by chemists who do not sleep easy at night.
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It is our daily bread that we earn when we work.
business
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With nothing better to do, I sat down in the bar and observed people going about their daily business .
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During the day, neurons fire frequently as we go about our daily business .
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People and cars and buses were scurrying about their daily business .
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The overload of urgent daily business constantly distracts teachers in their attempts to step back to examine underlying causes and long-term problems.
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The Highlands are teeming with fascinating creatures, and witnessing any of them going about their daily business is an exciting privilege.
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Debates on other matters A great deal of the normal daily business of Parliament is devoted to debates on official business other than legislation.
contact
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There is sometimes a tendency for a generalist service to expand into specialisms with which it is in daily contact .
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The daily contact with them was unreal.
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It was clear that some clients would let their whole lives revolve around daily contact with their dealers.
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Several of these have daily contact with the general public.
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His work and its stresses, his success, and his daily contacts are the important news.
diet
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Like vitamins, they can not be manufactured by the body, so they must be provided in our daily diet .
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Your daily diet should be no more than 30 percent fat.
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Here are some goodies you can work into your daily diet .
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Why is the potato so important in our daily diet ? 2.
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In order to ensure that enough glycogen is present for training, carbohydrates should make up approximately half of your daily diet .
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If you are unsure about the adequacy of your daily diet , look at the list of symptoms below.
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Lack of complex carbohydrates in the daily diet is very often the cause of sportspeople feeling under par.
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The daily diet in 1990 for executives of all Westernized economies is rich with the language of intense change.
dose
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These regimens provide near equal daily doses of 5-ASA.
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Take three daily doses of pleasure.
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Take a daily dose of beta carotene which your body turns into vitamin A, as added protection for sensitive skin.
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They are joined by smart couples in four-wheel-drive vehicles seeking their daily dose .
intake
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The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that stable workers could have been exposed to as much as 190 times the acceptable daily intake .
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The panel stressed that these nutrients are important for good health and that a minimum daily intake is important.
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So how do we eat the rest of our daily intake of fat?
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The daily intake should be divided into at least three doses because of the short half-life.
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It appeared that, in terms of weight, it was roughly the equivalent of an agricultural labourer's daily intake of rice.
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The usual daily intake of potassium is 70 to 140 mEq.
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The recommended daily intake of water to help flush away toxins is 2 litres-so sip constantly all day long.
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It will analyze and graph your daily intake and compare it with the recommended dietary allowances set by the government.
life
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This film's great achievement is to place political betrayals and inter-family conflicts within the ambience of daily life .
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Just smile politely and proceed with your daily life .
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He says unless you know what goes on in his daily life you don't realise what he goes through.
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The country was on the brink of war; uncertainty permeated every aspect of daily life .
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She chooses to paint objects and settings that reflect the natural pleasure and sympathy she has with her daily life .
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It contrasts sharply with our frantic, daily lives .
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He finds deep meaning in tiny pictures from daily life and satire which were often little more than space-fillers.
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Political reporters received news releases about how sexuality should be expressed more freely in daily life .
newspaper
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In case of public tender, the invitation must be published in at least two daily newspapers with national circulation.
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The result is all too dismally on display in our daily newspapers and on our television screens.
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The current revolution in the newspaper industry has highlighted the growing use of new technology to produce daily newspapers.
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Miss N'Grabbit slapped a copy of the daily newspaper on to the polished alloy boardroom table of Mild County Enterprises.
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When I was growing up, there were at least six daily newspapers in the house.
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This was fewer than the number of people looking at a daily newspaper .
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Regional daily newspaper transport and industrial editor.
paper
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A day or two later we were enlightened - Dagbladdet is the name of the daily paper .
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The daily papers teemed with the dreary records of secession....
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Concentration of ownership increased both within particular media, from national daily papers to local radio, and between them.
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The Wall Street Journal boasts the largest daily paper circulation, a little less than two million.
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No fewer than twenty-two countries were without any printed daily paper whatsoever.
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The daily paper ran job ads.
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Sources at the IoS suggest the merged news operation with the daily paper has improved the Sunday's edge.
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Reports in the daily papers said this was legal.
press
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In those days, much of the daily press was literally for sale.
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The popular daily press in the Edwardian years began to give quite a prominent place to sport.
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Later in the week, he occupied his own table during the daily press sessions at the team hotel.
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Radio was only rarely mentioned in the columns of the daily press .
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Darlington LibDem man Peter Bergg, meanwhile, launched his daily Press conference yesterday with an audience of one.
rate
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The daily rate is the appropriate weekly rate divided by the number of qualifying days in the week. 5.
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In the second test zone, oil and gas flowed at daily rates of 1,750 barrels and 13.6 million cubic feet respectively.
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Most of the dressers were on a basic daily rate but some were paid on a measure of their work done.
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Scenic walks are included in the modest daily rate .
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The firm's daily rate is £69 with a larger Mercedes 230 priced at £110.
rhythm
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We are all aware to some degree of the daily rhythms of nature around us.
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After menopause theses daily rhythms decline in amplitude towards zero.
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The rat does not immediately adjust its daily rhythm to the melatonin.
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Rhythms in old age With increasing age, our daily rhythms begin to change.
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The daily rhythm was well marked.
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In some children, the development of daily rhythms is poor.
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What happens to the daily rhythms under such circumstances?
ritual
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Profit warnings have become a daily ritual .
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That will also help establish your telephone call as a daily ritual for connection while you are away.
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Letters avoid this, which is why writing them becomes such an important part of the daily ritual .
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It was a daily ritual to continue for many years.
round
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For many years her life was almost a caricature of the daily round of the Victorian upper-class spinster.
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After four carefree years, one enters the Company, where the daily round of obedient toil begins again.
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It seems J.F. Cooper played his daily rounds with only five clubs!
routine
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The starlings' daily routine in the Park begins at dawn.
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The daily routine went something like this.
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In the centre, we record part of my daily routine for self-help holistic medicine which includes pectoral muscle exercises.
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Have your child try to be silent for some time while you go about your daily routine .
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Their daily routines are starting to reflect their preferences and abilities and to include a level of personal responsibility.
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Counseling was ongoing and placed unobtrusively into the daily routine .
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In one sense he was right; the trip itself was a wonderful change from her daily routine too.
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Still, others managed to maintain their daily routines .
task
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Going about their daily tasks , the people of these villages must have grown tired of the tramp of marching feet.
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Checking the nests and weighing the eggs and chicks is a daily task for Spendelow and his five research assistants.
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She is responsible for helping the patient and carers in daily tasks such as washing, bathing and going to the toilet.
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But there are professionals for whom this is a daily task , for them Trend have made an adjustable letter box template.
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Emptying the bucket and burying the contents in the garden was a daily task for my father.
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Cycling to work is particularly beneficial because it combines physical exercise with an essential daily task .
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Circulation of blood around the body is comparatively slow when we are just going about our normal daily tasks .
volume
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These theories predict a positive relationship between daily volume and volatility, as illustrated in Fig. 8.4.
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Volume was 7. 9 million shares, more than three times the average daily volume during the past three months.
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Such a high daily volume of transactions is currently not feasible because of the overhead involved.
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Average daily volume the past three months was 7. 4 million shares.
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The Brady bond market has grown to a volume 50 times greater than the daily volume in shares, traders said.
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Nearly 27 million shares traded Friday, higher than the three-month average daily volume of 12. 2 million shares.
work
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The Regulations apply only where computer screens are habitually used by one or more employees as a significant part of daily work .
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All that energy, the hope of tangible improvements in the way daily work is carried out.
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However, Gaver reports that quite a few people within Apple use his SonicFinder in their daily work .
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The bread and wine are symbols of our daily life, just as the collection is a symbol of our daily work .
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This section gives a detailed breakdown of what may be required in your daily work .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
on a regular/daily/weekly etc basis
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Among stocks, only the railroads paid dividends on a regular basis .
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Because of other demands on his time, the Chancellor will not usually be a leading participant on a regular basis .
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Both will prevent you from burning and tanning, provided they are reapplied on a regular basis .
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Counselling, information and advice giving, respite from caring on a regular basis can all help.
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I hear there are very few companies in our industry who carry out a comprehensive performance review on a regular basis .
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If you like going to concerts, do so on a regular basis . 3.
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Neither you nor I nor most people embrace behavior change on a regular basis .
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The president often raises it before heavily female audiences but not on a regular basis .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a daily newspaper
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He has a daily radio show on KQFB.
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The daily rate for parking downtown is $15.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Average daily share volume set a record at 346 million shares a day, according to preliminary data from the exchange.
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How many weary souls could have been nourished from his daily witness to the Lord?
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Parliamentary proceedings are written up and published in the daily Hansard.
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She was the Imp Second in the 1st Badgeworth Pack, and was keen on doing her daily good turn.
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The daily log enables the player to see each bit of progress or lack of it.
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Today the manager of personnel makes a point of sitting next to his old friend on the daily commuter train.
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You will need to record your daily weight.
II. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
arrive
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Second-hand machinery was scattered around the yard with new parts and modifications arriving daily .
open
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Open daily 9.30 a.m. -6 p.m.
use
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Ricotta has a very short life and should be bought and used daily .
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The Limited tracks consumer preferences daily using point-of-sale computers.
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Businesses daily use the library facility for their own research and development.
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But it is a middle ground that hundreds of police officers use daily .
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Many studies have used daily closing prices.
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The relaxation programme on the tape can be used daily to help control headaches.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The zoo is open daily , from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Hours are 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily .
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Mungo nodded, calling to mind a diabetic schoolfriend who had to inject himself daily .
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My grandparents stayed at a nearby motel and visited daily , along with my father.
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Second-hand machinery was scattered around the yard with new parts and modifications arriving daily .
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Software is designed, coded, and tested daily , in a hundred cubicles, as each person works on it.
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The Lower Emotional Centre is where we function daily in our emotional life.
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Treves visited him daily , and remarked on the sweetness of his nature and his intelligence.
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You used to shop daily , now it's weekly.
III. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
average
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In Jakarta, average daily trading is up about 25 percent from 1995.
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Trading volume exceeded 1. 1 million shares -- almost four times the average daily trading for the past six months.
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That compares with three-month average daily trading volume of 570, 000 shares.
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Trading was 401 million shares, down from the average daily trading for the last three months of 435 million shares.
national
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The national dailies can be dismissed quickly, especially the tabloids.
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The Journal last year accelerated its evolution from national business daily to global one.
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This contributed also to persistent readership duplication, with the average middle-class reader in the 1960s still reading about 1.25 national dailies .
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In 1920, the circulation of the provincial morning and evening papers was still one-third greater than the national dailies .
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He would have reached it sooner but for the throng of reporters from the national dailies who had accosted him in the street.
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The national dailies loved this and immediately jumped on Morrissey's back in a typical display of hounding.
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The national dailies peaked later, in 1957, but fluctuated within a comparatively narrow range.
open
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The line is open daily through Dec. 31.
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Admission to all the museums is free; all are open daily during daylight hours.
popular
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The Sun covers more cases compared with the other popular dailies .
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Now in the popular dailies there is, on average, a case a week.
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They fall into four main categories: popular dailies , quality dailies, national Sundays, and local papers.
■ NOUN
business
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It is the global business daily , a role it has grown into over the past two decades.
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The Journal last year accelerated its evolution from national business daily to global one.
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This Journal role as global business daily mirrors its traditional national one.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the dailies reported the news the next day.
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Last year, the two major state-owned dailies were auctioned off to private owners.
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Most involved both dailies and Sundays.