adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a flexible approach (= using different methods if necessary )
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We have a flexible approach to our clients’ requirements.
flexible working hours
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Many mothers prefer flexible working hours .
skilled/educated/flexible etc workforce
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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It is as flexible , in terms of processing and information flow, as the blackboard system used in Hearsay-II.
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Nor are we as flexible as we would like to be.
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The Secondary Labour Market An important part of this secondary labour market is composed of what are known as flexible workers.
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The devices aren't as fast or as flexible as they should be, the notes indicated.
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The answers should help you to keep a realistic grip on your decorating ideas and these should be as flexible as possible.
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Some manufacturers are not as flexible , so it pays to shop around to obtain the perfect solution.
extremely
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Because the process is extremely flexible , customers no longer need to buy a minimum of one tonne of alloy.
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This extremely flexible system allows the hotel to tailor service preferences for each guest.
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To work like that you needed an extremely flexible team of actors and technicians, didn't you?
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One of the great joys of forum theatre is that it is extremely flexible .
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It is, for example, extremely flexible .
fairly
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Personal Finance Manager is fairly flexible .
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Another advantage is that they have fairly flexible admissions standards.
highly
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This service is largely used for the development and operation of highly flexible management information systems rather than standard data processing work.
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Its highly flexible neck enables it to keep watch over a wide area while it is both searching for and chasing prey.
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Such criteria have, therefore, to be general and highly flexible allowing for sensitivity to people's aspirations.
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A Complete Course Get Ready! is a highly flexible course.
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The Livesey grandchildren accepted her as an unprotesting and highly flexible playmate, occasionally using her forearms as drumsticks.
less
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The vocal chords are also less flexible , so that our voices change.
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The store manager said he found the new technology more labour intensive and less flexible .
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Rules, and the policy institutions that apply them, are inevitably less flexible than a discretionary policy.
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Rules laid down in a statute would be less flexible .
more
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A much more flexible and pro-active strategy was needed, unless Labour was to pass into total oblivion.
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It is directly aimed at encouraging employees to be more flexible and to give up formal job restrictions.
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For these reasons, indirect taxes are usually regarded as a more flexible instrument of macroeconomic policy.
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Mission-driven organizations are more flexible than rule-driven organizations.
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Labour pains A more flexible labour market has not stopped pay going up.
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The couplings between members of an ecosystem are far more flexible and transient than the couplings between members of an organism.
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The pragmatist is more flexible , recognising that exceptions do arise and must be practically catered for.
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Communities are more flexible and creative than large service bureaucracies.
most
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The most flexible attribute is the skills, these can be developed or changed in line with capacities and aspirations.
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Finally, two-year colleges have proved to be among the most flexible and dynamic parts of the education system.
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Loose-leaf binders are the most flexible means of keeping notes and hand-outs tidy.
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Squinting against the flattening sun, his eyes were crinkled at the corners like the most flexible leather.
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Role Play Role play is one of the most flexible communicative techniques at the disposal of the teacher.
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Induk says my body is weakest after birth, but also at its most flexible .
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A company is the most flexible form of business enterprise as far as expansion is concerned.
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The function of public relations Public relations is the most flexible communication method available to management.
so
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There are, however, many of use who can't be so flexible .
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I think it's a brilliant idea because it's so flexible .
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In the commission's view these rules are so flexible that no company need be put off by them.
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Many companies are worried by the worker-participation clauses: if they are really so flexible , why bother with them at all?
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It is that they are so flexible , so accommodating, especially in some of the newer forms.
sufficiently
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Language is sufficiently flexible to allow the construction of an infinite variety of singular terms which do not designate any entity.
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This is another way in which Highlander has had to be sufficiently flexible to adapt to changing needs.
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Categories of expenditure should be sufficiently flexible to allow transfer of funds if increase in one category would lead to overall savings.
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Zande conceptions are sufficiently flexible to permit the selection of explanations according to one's position and interests.
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In summary, an exchange rate system needs to be sufficiently flexible to cope with long-run changes in countries' competitive positions.
very
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Indeed, the library user seeking monographic documents appears to be very flexible .
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Yet even with so many lashings holding it together, the raft was very flexible .
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The scheme, says Renshaw, is very flexible and she has received very good management support.
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Tables entered as rows are very flexible .
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Their behaviour is a very flexible result of the interaction between that knowledge and their needs, such as their need for food.
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A very flexible outlook on life, I know.
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This provides a very flexible and economical method of accessing and interrogating the database of some 70000 samples.
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Armour is beautifully made from a myriad of tiny metal scales making it lightweight and very flexible but stronger than steel.
■ NOUN
approach
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The results were then analyzed to see where this approach was causing problems and whether a more flexible approach was needed.
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In particular it requires a more flexible approach to taxation, and the operation of the social services.
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The centre used to recommend a strict vegetarian diet but now uses a more flexible approach .
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It was only after a long battle that the government began to consider adopting a more flexible approach .
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There are already early signs that this media flexible approach to our markets is creating opportunities to grow new revenue streams:?
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Allied to this is the tendency to work closely with those schools which share this unstructured and flexible approach to referrals.
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But his alternative, more flexible approach had proved fallible also.
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A flexible approach and the ability to master new techniques quickly is essential and research experience would be an advantage.
exchange
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Table 8.1 revealed the extent to which flexible exchange rates have been adopted.
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In fact, the move to flexible exchange rates did not work as predicted.
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The ensuing behaviour of exchange rates sharply contradicted the predictions of those who argued in favour of flexible exchange rates.
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The experience of the 1970s, further, demonstrated that the principal argument in favour of flexible exchange rates was ill-founded.
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Fluctuating or flexible exchange rates have, perhaps, unsettled financial markets and contributed to world trade and investment problems.
labour
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Labour pains A more flexible labour market has not stopped pay going up.
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Those lower down lack both the material and social resources which those higher up can employ to navigate a flexible labour market.
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The third element is the flexible labour force, part-time and temporary employees who provide expertise and skills in response to changing needs.
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Trade unions and employers are already negotiating markedly more flexible labour agreements.
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In theory, today's more flexible labour market should allow unemployment to fall more quickly.
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Britain's flexible labour market and low taxation helped push unemployment and inflation to the lowest level for a generation.
response
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If nothing else flexible response as adopted in December 1967 had caused the planners to concentrate on actual rather than target forces.
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The new strategy was called flexible response .
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Apart from the possibilities of weather changing during a walk, layering also provides a flexible response to your own levels of exertion.
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This flexible response to any drug, whether recreational or therapeutic, is called tolerance.
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Finally, public organisations urgently need to enhance their capacity for social learning, creativity and flexible response .
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Faith in the Kennedy-McNamara program of flexible response , counterinsurgency techniques, and the new theories of limited war remained high.
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Develop range of coping skills to assist flexible responses .
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Rigid planning means that unforseen opportunities are lost and flexible response is built out of the system.
schedule
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More flexible schedules will not immediately change the balance of work done by men and women within their households.
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More flexible schedules at a few companies will not transform the workplace overnight.
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Near is looking forward to flexible schedules with longer runs for more popular shows in order to support riskier work.
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In role-playing ses-sions, they take turns asking for and then granting or denying requests for flexible schedules .
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The heavily restricted Internet deals appeal to people with disposable income and flexible schedules .
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Indeed, a 1990 study by Catalyst found initial resistance to flexible schedules by 41 percent of middle managers.
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More of you may be working a flexible schedule that means lunch has disappeared altogether.
system
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It must be based on the student's own targets and requires a flexible system of accreditation.
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This extremely flexible system allows the hotel to tailor service preferences for each guest.
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All modules are credited individually on the National Certificate and this flexible system has proved to be very successful.
way
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We are also trying to make News and Current Affairs a better place to work by providing more flexible ways of working.
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But there are more flexible ways of easing back into the job market.
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Digital cartography promised a more efficient and flexible way of doing this kind of work.
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Their command driven report writers provide a quick and flexible way of getting information out of the system.
work
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His attempts to link reductions in working hours to more flexible work practices, for example, have run into powerful union resistance.
workforce
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Clearly now as never before there is a need for a well-trained, flexible workforce .
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A skilled, flexible workforce is a key element in that environment.
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It is for this reason that this group should be included in any study of the flexible workforce .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
flexible/short-time etc working
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An outside problem can sometimes be helped by, say, more flexible working hours and so be resolved at management level.
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Earnings might vary because of piece-work, overtime or short-time working .
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Flexible Hours Question: Has consideration been given to the introduction of flexible working hours?
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Meanwhile, solicitors were last week urged to consider flexible working for staff in line with the government's family friendly policies.
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Recruitment procedures focus on individual skills and potential for flexible working .
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Through grants to local authorities, we are financing schemes to introduce more flexible working practices - such as job sharing.
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Vauxhall bosses admit that the threat of short-time working at Ellesmere Port still remains a possibility.
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Wage freezes have been brought in across most of the company and some short-time working introduced.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Designers have come up with a technique for making skis more flexible .
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He said the key to his business success was not forgetting to stay flexible .
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If you're looking for a job you need to be flexible about where you're prepared to work.
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It's made out of a tough but extremely flexible plastic.
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My work schedule is fairly flexible .
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The better tennis racquets are made out of tough but extremely flexible graphite.
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The rules are deliberately left flexible as each case is different.
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Unions would like more flexible working hours to replace the nine-to-five, forty hour week.
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We need a flexible management system, able to meet the changing needs of our customers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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First, be flexible in just about all things.
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I would rather be more flexible .
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In contrast, pragmatic parties hold more flexible goals and are oriented to moderate or incremental policy change.
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One of the great joys of forum theatre is that it is extremely flexible .
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Such projects require a creative environment and flexible plans with ample room for unforeseen delays.
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The basic structure can be modified by introducing flexible groups in the chain and some examples are given in table 12.1.
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The Reserves will play an even more important role and we will introduce legislation to allow their more flexible use.