I. noun
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a computer expert
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You don’t need to be a computer expert to use the programme.
a handwriting expert (= someone who studies people's handwriting )
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A handwriting expert has confirmed that the letter was almost certainly written by Bateman.
an expert witness (= someone who has special knowledge, for example of medicine, and who talks about it in court )
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The jury had to choose between the conflicting testimonies of expert witnesses.
bomb disposal experts/team/squad/unit
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The device, which contained 400lbs of explosive, was made safe by army bomb disposal experts.
cast a critical/expert etc eye
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Tonight, Tim Goodman casts a cynical eye on TV ads.
confound the critics/pundits/experts etc
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United’s new striker confounded the critics with his third goal in as many games.
expert help
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If the issues are complex, expert help can be sought from the adoption agency.
expert system
expert witness
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He appeared as an expert witness before several government inquiries.
industry experts (= people who know a lot about a particular industry )
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Industry experts expect house prices to rise.
professional/expert/specialist advice
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It’s advisable to get professional advice before starting any building work.
resident expert
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He’s our resident expert on computer games.
specialist/expert knowledge
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Making profitable investments requires specialist knowledge.
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■ ADJECTIVE
financial
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Solowka is the financial expert , keeping a watch on the merchandise, wages and general tour costs.
independent
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Several children died in the last six weeks alone, one independent traffic expert said.
medical
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Medical opinions Neither you nor your employer is likely to be a medical expert .
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The solicitor should look at the notes, as well as the medical expert , and keep copies on file.
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For middle-class parents at least, however, a new power is taking his place: the equally authoritarian medical expert .
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It is vital that these documents should be perused by any medical expert as well as you.
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The analogy is drawn between research assessment and the restriction of use of medical expert systems to physicians.
real
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His professional reputation as a respected real estate expert also has been tarnished, the suit alleges.
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He was hired for these qualities and also because his father-in-law is a real estate expert and a close friend.
resident
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Today Al is the resident school expert on the issue.
■ NOUN
computer
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The highest award was £307,781 to a computer expert who injured his back helping a store detective stop a suspected shoplifter.
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The answer is that it can not, so the computer expert within a large organisation is an endangered species.
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In future the computer expert will be the outsider who works for the manufacturer or as an independent adviser.
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However, a computer expert in California named Walt Woltosz heard of my plight.
■ VERB
ask
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You will be able to ask whichever expert is available how you can go about getting rid of your cellulite.
become
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He visited breeders in their gin palaces and became a considerable expert on the birds.
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It is almost essential that the proposal writer become a minor expert in the area of concern.
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He'd had more than enough practice to become an expert .
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As mentioned earlier the writer must become an expert in his area of study.
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Builders became expert in providing plastic forms in brick.
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Stanleywho becomes an instant expert in any subject that concerns him-had already devoured several libraries of science fact and science fiction.
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These days everyone is becoming an expert in the nutritional value of different foods and the importance of vitamins and trace elements.
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Their exuberant acceptance of your ideas indicated that you have become an expert in all aspects of their demanding business.
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be something of a gardener/an expert etc
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Alfred Walter is something of an expert on Viennese music particularly that of the Johann Strauss era.
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In his own way he is something of an expert on the private lives of actresses.
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Richard Holmes was something of an expert at the game, but he ended up as a down-and-out by the end.
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A draft of the document was reviewed by experts on hospital infection control.
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an expert in French history
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Legal experts are saying that the man's conviction was unlawful.
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The team of experts includes psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers.
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D, a leading drug prevention expert who worked on the report.
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He'd had more than enough practice to become an expert .
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I am an expert among experts.
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Send the expert all the available evidence.
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The firm had to close while an expert sorted out the mess, the Old Bailey heard.
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These days everyone is becoming an expert in the nutritional value of different foods and the importance of vitamins and trace elements.
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What one expert sees as the organisational goals are different from the views of another expert.
II. adjective
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■ NOUN
advice
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Again expert advice is required in these circumstances.
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Buffalo needed expert advice and specific strategies to shape the district's future, he said.
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It will normally be necessary to seek expert advice on the realisable values of all the major assets.
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We are looking forward to expert advice in your column before we do ourselves irreversible brain damage.
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Rolle, however, did not have the benefit of such expert advice .
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If in doubt, take expert advice on your rights and liabilities.
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The more lethargic, weak and ill the infant, the greater is the urgency and need for expert advice .
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Your Counsel, with his expert advice , has not been able to run a fine-toothed comb over them.
eye
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Perhaps only expert eyes could have spotted the correlation between this spirited image and the refined clothing which passed in front.
guidance
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As a new father I am only too aware of the importance of expert guidance through the first months of parenthood.
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While this may be the case, the issue of financial planning is one that requires careful thought and expert guidance .
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We offer free and expert guidance on all the finance aspects of home purchase.
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Such dramatic changes in the law make the need for expert guidance in matters of corporate and personal insolvency essential.
help
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Take your time choosing your ring and enjoy the benefit of receiving expert help and advice from the Beaverbrooks professionally trained staff.
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You could do it yourself or get expert help .
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Theatre administrator Patricia McBride is calling on expert help to get the boy's drawl exactly right.
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Do not dress or interfere with severe burns until expert help is available but do treat the shock.
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If the problem is a faulty valve, again call in expert help .
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Do not move the person until expert help is available.
knowledge
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There are numerous Carboniferous crinoids not unlike this one, which require expert knowledge in their discrimination.
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Although an expert knowledge of the subject being revised is obviously an advantage, it is not essential.
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I have no pretensions to the type of expert knowledge of semiotics that students of linguistics will have.
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Medical involvement was mainly in the background, but it included expert knowledge of abnormal neuromuscular function and its alleviation.
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Pupils are empty vessels waiting to be filled from the teacher's stock of expert knowledge .
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Only from Prague did a request come for his expert knowledge .
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For the same reason, I fear that an accountant's expert knowledge of tax havens may once again be a saleable commodity.
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He initially fed his program with examples of expert knowledge about soybean diseases.
opinion
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They are drafted by permanent government officials who are concerned to seek out expert opinion on the issues in question.
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But now it sits scowling outside the conversation of humankind, offering expert opinion with a sneer.
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Or was he entitled to act solely on his own expert opinion ?
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Process assessments compare the documented care with what is accepted as optimum practice based on current scientific nutrition knowledge and expert opinion .
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Which is what Mr Walker said last week, against the flood of expert opinion on what his vote would mean.
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Here is where the most important split of all divides expert opinion .
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These commissions have drawn on expert opinion from the social science community, and found evidence for both sides.
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For it to be expert opinion is invaluable.
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expert advice
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an expert watchmaker
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My grandmother was an expert dressmaker.
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Politicians are usually expert at turning a crisis to their advantage.
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Students learn to cook French food with the help of expert chefs.
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Tennis coaches will be available to provide expert advice.
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All the applications of expert determination have evolved through commercial practice.
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Buchanan, armed with little more than expert oratory, can probably be sidelined by the Republicans.
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Critical reading of galley proofs by outside expert consultants.
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Embedded Neural Networks A neural network embedded in an expert system has many advantages.
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The nursery slope can be terrifying to the person on skis for the first time, and yet boring to the expert .
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The person using an expert system to advise a client will be potentially liable under the laws of contract and negligence.
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Your Counsel, with his expert advice, has not been able to run a fine-toothed comb over them.