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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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now
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Its extraordinary jurisdiction in civil matters was compared with the extraordinary jurisdiction of the now defunct Star Chamber in criminal matters.
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Many were polluted years or decades ago by companies that are now defunct or bankrupt.
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Pall Mall Shooting Gallery, now defunct .
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Last year's event was weakened by the fact that it coincided with the now defunct Tokyo Art Expo.
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Part of the now defunct Ireland Colliery may just be discerned in the background.
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You see, the Ping Tiao is now defunct .
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Former director of the now defunct Arthur Ackermann and Sons.
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Oxford Instruments is to buy the Cambridge-based thin films group, which was part of the now defunct Cryogenic Consultants company.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Last year's event was weakened by the fact that it coincided with the now defunct Tokyo Art Expo.
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Now they are being embalmed - dutifully and reverentially, as befits faithful but defunct servitors of mankind.
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The new facility abuts tract homes and a defunct oil refinery.
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The north and south traffic on Vermont was separated by tracks for the old yellow trolley cars, long since defunct .
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Two of the rooms were fairly large and, from the remaining pipes and sinks, looked to be defunct laboratories.