I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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national
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They are first-time national delegates , white and over 50 years old.
republican
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In the recent survey of Republican delegates , 59 percent said abortions should be sharply limited or banned altogether.
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Nationally, Republican delegates listed fiscal issues as most important by a two-to-one margin.
■ NOUN
conference
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Without the custom of the conference delegate , salesman or business executive, many hotels would close.
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Only 24 hours earlier conference delegates voted to reduce the unions' voting strength.
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The National Executive at first refused this, but eventually left the decision to the Conference delegates .
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Sauna room. Conference delegates welcome.
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Whether a conference delegate or a visitor to our city - we try to make your stay an enjoyable and successful one.
convention
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The truth was that by 1988 the television audience had entirely replaced the convention delegates as the focus of attention.
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After the Super Tuesday contests, Dole expects to have about 700 convention delegates .
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On Saturday night, the 476 convention delegates will question Republican presidential hopefuls.
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In keeping with this cosmetic calm, Powell was well-received by convention delegates who applauded him generously at his most inspirational moments.
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The departure came just hours before Clinton triumphantly addressed the convention delegates , who unanimously nominated him for re-election Wednesday night.
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Schweiker changed not a single convention delegate vote.
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Q.. Are the county convention delegates obligated to support the presidential candidates preferred in their caucuses?
selection
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Nine of those will be chosen in a state-wide primary election on March 12, the traditional date for delegate selection .
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It would allow delegate selection from the first Monday in February until the third Tuesday in June.
■ VERB
address
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The departure came just hours before Clinton triumphantly addressed the convention delegates , who unanimously nominated him for re-election Wednesday night.
attend
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The congress was attended by 1,176 delegates representing over 2,000,000 party members.
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The conferences was attended by more than 300 delegates from most of the agency's 113 member states.
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The event was well attended attracting delegates from as far afield as Thurso and Skye.
choose
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Six other states also will hold primaries Tuesday: Texas will choose 123 delegates .
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Mississippi will choose 33 delegates , Oklahoma and Tennessee, 38 each.
elect
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They were eventually replaced by a single elected delegate for each village.
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A person who is elected is not a delegate of those who voted for him.
select
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Wyoming Republican activists will hold caucuses Saturday to select 12 delegates .
send
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He sets up meetings but does not turn up, sends delegates instead, turns up only when not expected.
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Du Bois still presided, but the United States sent few other delegates .
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I was sent as a delegate to National Conference in Blackpool.
tell
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Home office Minister, Michael Jack told the delegates of the tougher sentencing available to the courts from October.
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Psychologist Donald Norman told delegates about his recurring nightmare.
win
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Alan Keyes, the only other Republican presidential candidate to participate in Louisiana, won no delegates .
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His Louisiana supporters had assured him he would win 13 or more delegates .
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Connally spent $ 12 million to win just one delegate to the nominating convention.
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For his $ 12 million, however, Connally won only one delegate to the nominating convention.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Delegates from 50 colleges met to discuss the issue of financial aid.
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I sat next to the Canadian delegate .
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Some local branches have refused to send delegates to the national conference.
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The US delegate to the committee announced a grant of $75 million to help third world countries.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Arizona has 39 delegates in a winner-take-all primary.
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He conceded that the size of the holding was still modest by the standards of most Oxford delegates.
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Mississippi will choose 33 delegates, Oklahoma and Tennessee, 38 each.
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On Aug. 9 over 90 percent of the delegates voted in favour of recognizing the right of Quebec to self-determination.
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On July 7 the congress heard replies by politburo members to questions from delegates.
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Southern delegates to the Continental Congress expressed unwillingness to use their militias outside their own borders.
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What was not predictable, however, was the extreme stand taken by delegates from the University Reform Front.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
authority
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It would be prudent for architects to confirm that the planning officers have the delegated authority to express an opinion.
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McGee says it was illegal for the department to delegate its authority to then-Mayor Robert Markel.
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The same is true with arrangements made to delegate authority which can be retrieved at the will of the sovereign government.
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Critics say the law upsets the balance of power by delegating legislative authority to the executive branch.
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It has delegated authority under the Consolidated Regulations to grant such exemptions.
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Moreover, he can delegate that review authority to his investigators.
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Superiors are reluctant to delegate authority because they retain absolute responsibility for the performance of their subordinates.
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It is noticeable that managements are more willing to give responsibility to the project leader than they are to delegate commensurate authority .
convention
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Louisiana Republicans kick off the 1996 quest for national convention delegates Tuesday in party caucuses around the state, with Sen.
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Many of these protesters will be outside agitators, even convention delegates , from anti-abortion strongholds like Texas and Florida.
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Some convention delegates live near military bases that were closing or had closed.
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Twenty years later the number of primaries doubled to thirty-two, electing 71 percent of the convention delegates .
county
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They were concerned with only limits amenity services unless the county council delegated something more substantial.
power
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To delegate power and to grant independence are two very different things.
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It alone has the right to choose from among its members its own representative, to whom it delegates executive power .
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The Council would consider seeking modifications to its Charter to allow it to delegate added powers .
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In the late 1870s Noyes, now in decline, began to delegate some of his powers to a committee.
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As do their land and sea counterparts, air carriers delegate the power to issue waybills to various types of agents.
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The King formally delegates parliament's powers to the Bhattarai Cabinet.
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Although his ministers were never permitted to decide matters on their own account, Victor Amadeus delegated wide administrative powers to them.
responsibility
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Dennis's mornings were fully taken up meeting clients, delegating responsibilities , processing figures and accessing data.
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And even then, to delegate the responsibility of that care.
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The audit is usually performed by a third party, primarily serving the interests of the party who delegated the responsibility .
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Plus Collinses are executives, they know how to delegate responsibility .
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Like all successful businessmen, John was willing to delegate responsibility to a trusted circle of people while he developed new contacts.
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Know every detail of your business-but delegate more responsibility to others.
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We then invent criteria to back up the choice, delegating our responsibility to professional specialists.
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Twice he delegated that responsibility to assistant general manager Mike Port.
school
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There are first of all mandatory exceptions, to be retained centrally by all LEAs and not delegated to schools .
task
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Secondly, always seek to delegate tasks which will stretch your subordinates.
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Groups will also need to organise themselves and delegate different tasks in order to produce their newspaper by a strict deadline.
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Learn to delegate tasks and responsibility. 3.
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A good forward planner, he delegates detailed and routine tasks .
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It would need to delegate attention to this task to one or more of its members and to support them in it.
work
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Men too may need to learn to delegate duties both at work and at home.
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I find it tough to delegate my work to juniors, to the associates.
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Though he delegated much of the work he always made the final selection choices.
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Was his five-hour farewell speech to the 3,000 delegates all his own work ?
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We don't have to delegate the work - they just take it on by themselves.
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Are you able to delegate work ?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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If you're so busy, why don't you delegate some of your work?
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New managers often find it difficult to delegate .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Corinne delegated the details of the nursery to Aggie as she pursued her varied interests in town.
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First, always delegate to the lowest level possible in the organization.
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He behaved as a benevolent autocrat, but was reluctant to delegate , suspicious, and secretive.
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Know every detail of your business-but delegate more responsibility to others.
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McGee says it was illegal for the department to delegate its authority to then-Mayor Robert Markel.
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Plus Collinses are executives, they know how to delegate responsibility.
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We then invent criteria to back up the choice, delegating our responsibility to professional specialists.
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Whatever the varying demands on her time, Laura was determined not to delegate print research.