adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
economically active
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The proportion of men aged 65–69 who are economically active has decreased.
economically/commercially justifiable
economically/commercially/financially viable
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New projects must be economically viable.
economically/technically/politically etc feasible
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It was no longer financially feasible to keep the community centre open.
socially/economically/politically etc divisive
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socially divisive policies
socially/geographically/economically etc advantaged
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
active
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Half the male population is economically active , compared to one-quarter of the female population.
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The General Household Survey in 1979 found that only 20 percent of economically active married men supported a dependent wife and children.
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About 63 percent. of women of working age with children are economically active .
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The numbers and proportions of those economically active in a sample of developed countries are shown in Table 1.5.
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As for the economically active , 56 percent were employed full- or part-time and 44 percent were unemployed.
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Before they became redundant some three years earlier, all of them had been economically active and in full-time employment.
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As Figure 2.8 shows, substantially more men than women are economically active .
dependent
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It feeds off the passions of a small and economically dependent country and the emotional demands it places on the game.
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The inner ring is economically dependent on core Tyneside for the bulk of its employment opportunities.
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A subscription would make Leapor economically dependent upon the goodwill of the wealthy.
feasible
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We can expect bigger screens, and it will be more economically feasible to justify high-capability entertainment zones.
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Conventional wisdom in the United States had it that this is not economically feasible .
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The new semi-automated test could at last make massive screening programmes for cervical cancer economically feasible .
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The bottom line: Taking time now to plan is a wise investment toward a more enjoyable and economically feasible vacation.
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The 1979 round of oil price rises made extraction more or less economically feasible .
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The determination of whether or not it will be economically feasible to make this purchase.
independent
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First, there has to be an agreement between economically independent undertakings.
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Most others had come to the City as economically independent families.
viable
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In recent years coal gasification has become increasingly economically viable due to technological developments.
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But they say that around £100 million is needed to ensure such projects are economically viable in the short term.
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Nuclear power has never been economically viable .
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At present such storage is not economically viable .
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Changing print technology will simply serve to reduce further these barriers to entry, making even lower print runs economically viable .
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Observers have pointed out that the Gabcikovo power plant could only be economically viable if a substantial amount of water is diverted.
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The development of these was not remotely economically viable at pre-1974 oil prices.
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It might also finally make recycling economically viable .
■ VERB
become
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It may therefore become economically and politically expedient to encourage a shift to more labour intensive methods of primary production.
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For instance, in western societies women have become economically more important than hitherto.
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Unless action is taken soon, many rural areas will become economically unsustainable.
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The pipe-making process was first developed by Bill Menzel, but has become economically competitive since recycled plastic has been used.
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As the country has become economically and militarily stronger, partially concealed ambiguities regarding interaction with the West have resurfaced.
develop
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But within the North some areas get the resources to enable them to develop economically while others don't.
disadvantaged
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There is every chance for women and the economically disadvantaged to enter on the same level as anybody else.
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These students not only were economically disadvantaged but were, by definition, academically disadvantaged as well.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
economically/politically/scientifically etc illiterate
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Ninety per cent of the population is kept politically illiterate , and the government takes orders from the corporations.
politically/economically/financially etc motivated
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But he does deny that his opposition is politically motivated .
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But he said he did not know if all of those killings were politically motivated .
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But some think dismissal was politically motivated .
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Five people were killed and 10 injured in overnight politically motivated violence in black townships around Johannesburg.
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However, Melancia maintained that he was the innocent victim of a politically motivated smear campaign.
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She said the timing of the vote was politically motivated .
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The potential for mischief in the international system by politically motivated or overzealous prosecutions is great.
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Yet because they are politically motivated they may be, in some degree, distrusted.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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economically depressed areas
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Economically , our city has never been stronger.
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We did the printing as economically as we could possibly make it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Despite these economically based differences of opinion, those passing initiative petitions claim to have found widespread public support.
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In contrast, where class structures are less developed - both economically and culturally - the political institutions may be inherently weak.
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Little would be changed economically by such a move.
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Socially, economically and in human terms, the citizens of the Community are coming together.
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The GATT-Bretton Woods system has also come to the end of the line economically .
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This can not have been an economically sensible decision.
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This is not to denigrate what the Six did achieve economically and politically during the first few years of the organisation.
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Women are still relatively new to the marketplace and are more economically insecure than men.