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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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broad
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The relationship between the Lydende Party and other broader groupings of Elandsklowers was complex and was further complicated by family feuds.
different
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The different thematic groupings are interchangeable, impermanent and contingent.
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There were twenty-eight different groupings of four words each.
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Sixteen parties were represented in the new Chamber of Deputies; about 50 different parties or groupings had put up candidates.
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Initially, you might discern the larger category of three different word groupings .
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Within any particular society, with its cultures, social classes and life-styles, there will be many different social groupings .
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If one is to study the aging process, one would presumably want to examine persons from different age groupings .
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The different age groupings , in particular, would make accurate comparisons impossible.
large
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With a slider it is possible to fish a much larger grouping of bulk shot well below the drifting layers of water.
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They see these larger regional groupings as economic insurance policies guaranteeing their participation in the world economy.
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Within families, villages and larger social groupings a sense of solidarity prevailed.
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Most of those who left were members of the faction associated with Roh Tae Woo, the largest grouping within the party.
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Other animals pair for life, but never congregate into larger groupings .
main
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The main grouping of riders at any time in the race.
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Up to the late 1960s, catholic nationalists were split between two main political groupings .
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The main groupings are shown in Figure 3.
new
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The current Socialist leader suggested his party form part of a new grouping of the left.
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When this happens, the individuals may disperse or they may stay together in new groupings .
other
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For other purposes narrower groupings within the market-industrialised category may be more appropriate.
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Numerous other parties and groupings were formed during the month.
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Five-year age groups are usual but, of course, other groupings could be used.
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While many clubs, organisations and other groupings have constitutions, our concern is with the constitutions of nation-states.
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Also present within civil society are various other social groupings , particularly those based on gender, race, generation and nation.
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The other parties and groupings performed largely as expected.
political
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These mostly reflected the emergence and subsequent disappearance of various political groupings and parties.
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Last night political groupings which had been silent during the Prince's official visit resumed activity.
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The major political groupings themselves had different attitudes towards moral regulation in the later part of the century.
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Up to the late 1960s, catholic nationalists were split between two main political groupings .
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The political tension, both between the king and heir and between the political groupings , rose rapidly.
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It was no longer a matter of one family or political grouping showing that it was domestically more powerful than any other.
regional
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Status: Regional grouping for free trade between member countries and for promotion of wider free trade co-operation.
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They see these larger regional groupings as economic insurance policies guaranteeing their participation in the world economy.
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They were organized into regional groupings to call on individual doctors.
social
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Hierarchical ranking operated within each social grouping as well as between members of different groups.
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The family is a basic social grouping , and it has an all pervading influence over its members.
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In the meantime, what are the natural levels of social grouping for other animal species?
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Hierarchy A social hierarchy, peck-order, or social dominance grouping consists of individuals that are ranked according to their status.
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Also present within civil society are various other social groupings , particularly those based on gender, race, generation and nation.
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Within families, villages and larger social groupings a sense of solidarity prevailed.
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Broadly speaking, the less social closure there is, the less cohesive the social class grouping will be.
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These are the ten basic types of social grouping .
various
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These mostly reflected the emergence and subsequent disappearance of various political groupings and parties.
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Over lunch and dinner tables, at parties, and in various informal groupings , the Labour revisionists decided what to do.
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Also present within civil society are various other social groupings , particularly those based on gender, race, generation and nation.
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opposition
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The 488 delegates, including representatives from about 50 opposition groupings , met in Cotonou on Feb. 19-28.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The Council of the African Synod is a grouping of bishops from 16 African nations.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apart from their conceit, these diverse yet inter-dependent groupings share a statist conception of antiracism.
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Compared with shifting coalitions of Independent councillors, party groupings can make for coherent policy planning and administration.
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Five-year age groups are usual but, of course, other groupings could be used.
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Hospitals are often composed of groupings based around particular medical skills such as physiotherapy or radiology.
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Initially, you might discern the larger category of three different word groupings.
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The Cashmere grouping of businesses generated excellent figures in total helped by a cashmere volume increase of around 30%.
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There were twenty-eight different groupings of four words each.
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These mostly reflected the emergence and subsequent disappearance of various political groupings and parties.