noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
permanent fixture (= someone or something that is always there )
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Miller soon became a permanent fixture on the team.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
permanent
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But a room divider doesn't have to be a permanent fixture , particularly if you don't have much space.
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As the only permanent fixture in a constantly changing group, Sinclair Goodlad maintains continuity and lays down the scheme's philosophy.
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Let's hope he keeps it up, and makes himself a permanent fixture in the side.
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Like Ross Vartian's museum, it will be a permanent fixture .
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It was one of those grey February evenings when winter seemed a permanent fixture .
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The jokes have been flying thick and fast since he became a permanent fixture on Hallowe'en.
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Both had highly promising futures and were expected to become permanent fixtures in the Springbok side before long.
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A photographers platform on the platform-less side became a permanent fixture allowing photographers to get next to the lip to capture the action.
■ NOUN
league
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Ronnie Carey: nursing an ankle injury which may force him to sit out Dungannon's opening All-Ireland League fixture .
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How can new Liverpool bludgeon United into mediocrity yet take only one point from their previous league fixtures against Leicester and Derby?
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Walter Smith's team have lost only six matches over the last 18 months, covering 74 league fixtures .
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Swindon travel to Belle Vue for their first league fixture of the season.
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I've got a plain TeX version of Leeds' league fixtures for this season all nicely done in a ruled table.
list
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The club again has a strong Sunday fixture list .
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He kept the fixtures list by the phone.
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Some clubs can find themselves playing three to four times a week as they struggle to fulfil the fixture list .
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Their remaining fixture list will also hardly inspire confidence among locals even edgier than Venables and his players.
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If the fixture list is so crowded it would be one way of freeing some space.
■ VERB
become
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Judging by the interest shown so far, their display could become a fixture of the show.
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It is a controversy that goes back to the 1950s, when televisions became a fixture in many homes.
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George immediately became a fixture in the Palace side and, but for an occasional injury, he remained there for seven seasons.
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The program helped talented people develop the rarefied skills of a Disney animator, and it became a fixture of the studio.
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The jokes have been flying thick and fast since he became a permanent fixture on Hallowe'en.
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Epic company-wide water fights have become a fixture of life in Silicon Valley.
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Throughout the next four decades his wry, laid-back style became a fixture on television and in movies.
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He felt her becoming a fixture , irreplaceable.
play
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At Huntley village ground in Gloucestershire, the Gipsies are playing their annual fixture against the county's clergy.
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After playing 26 fixtures , the league would then split into two tiers of eight and six.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bathrooms retain old-fashioned yet appealing tiles and fixtures.
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Bidets are scarcely inexpensive, ranging from $ 250 to $ 800 just for the fixture .
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I've got a plain TeX version of Leeds' league fixtures for this season all nicely done in a ruled table.
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If the fixture list is so crowded it would be one way of freeing some space.
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Our super results and fixtures service will keep you up-to-date with all the action.
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President Robert Zeitsiff, who sent the handyman the catalog, said that the firm makes custom fixtures as well.
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The seller should also be asked to fill in the fixtures, fittings and contents questionnaire and the property information form.