noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
daylight saving time
scare the life/living daylights/hell etc out of sb (= scare someone very much )
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The alarm scared the hell out of me.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
natural
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Good natural daylight and attractive views are less important but should certainly be taken into consideration.
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If possible, natural daylight should be given.
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There are three main sources of light, the first of which is the sun which provides natural daylight .
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Plants need to photosynthesise in order to grow. Natural daylight is not enough to allow for this process.
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Work in natural daylight if possible or under a soft lamp or candlelight.
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You start off learning about it by studying natural light, daylight .
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Moreover, he only works on one picture at a time and only by natural daylight .
■ NOUN
hours
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If it is injured or sick it may sit quietly in an unusually visible position during daylight hours .
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In the summer I do more daylight hours on the medical end.
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And during daylight hours Jean-Claude told me he used to sit concealed in the hollow in front of the cave.
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Also the relative positions of the sun and moon through the daylight hours should be similarly mapped.
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Nor will the spider give away the presence of her home during daylight hours .
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For the entire month, families abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours in an act of sacrifice and purification.
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He can do his gallivanting in the daylight hours with or without milk bottles.
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Montana will have no speed limit during daylight hours .
■ VERB
put
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But a very well worked try by New Zealand winger Ritchie Stevens just before the interval put daylight between the teams.
see
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You can walk for hours and never see daylight , under the Paris Opera House.
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At the height of the Maine summer; when dawn came early, the town did not see the daylight .
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She was very ill for a while, and since then has not seen daylight .
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But none of those projects saw daylight .
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I could see daylight through a keyhole.
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For eight days on end, beat officers, half the rank-and-file establishment, saw little daylight .
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We are driving through parts of Brixton that look like they've never seen daylight .
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She pounded after him desperately; she could still see him, though daylight had all but died.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
in broad daylight
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A woman was attacked in broad daylight, right in front of our office.
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He gunned down a man in broad daylight and got away.
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The attack happened in broad daylight, in one of the busiest parts of town.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I'd like to look at the house again in daylight .
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Poinsettia plants need a lot of daylight to keep healthy.
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The park is open during daylight hours.
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The robberies usually occur during daylight hours.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By daylight the fire was almost under control.
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He enjoyed the dance, and, returning with his Confederate escort, was safely landed in his own lines before daylight .
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Noreen quickly took her from Jock and with her brothers beside her ran through the porch of the church into the daylight .
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She was blind as an owl in daylight without glasses: therefore nothing to look at.
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Taking a deep breath, the youth stepped lightly into daylight .
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The daylight faded and she was alone on the sea.
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When daylight came she got up and dressed.