noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at half mast (= halfway down the pole, in order to express public sadness at someone’s death )
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The government ordered that all flags should be flown at half mast .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
cell
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In addition, mast cells in normal colon, adenoma, or carcinoma samples consistently showed strong positive staining for cytochrome P450 3A.
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Mucosal mast cells in the rat intestine are drastically affected by an infection with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis.
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When this occurs, the mast cells start to break down.
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During the initial phase, newly formed mast cell components such as histamine, serotonin, prostaglandins, and leukotrienes may be released.
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In histological specimens a significantly reduced number of mucosal mast cells was found.
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In some experiments the mucosa was completely devoid of mast cells .
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In the many stomach histamine is stored predominantly in the mast cells .
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Ketotifen may prevent the release of the inflammatory mediators from mast cells as well as from other inflammatory cells.
radio
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Forward in next field, making for lower of two radio masts .
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We flew above the skeletal radio mast and I stared down at the row of huge houses.
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As Schellenberg and Devlin got out, a sergeant emerged from the hut with the radio mast , and hurried towards them.
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How much do you care about the environmental and health damage caused by the radio masts ?
track
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The easiest way to carry the board is with one hand in the daggerboard and the other on the mast track .
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The larger sized boards are also suitable for beginners though footstraps and mast track will be no use to a novice.
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Daggerboards and mast tracks should be made to work freely and you should be confident with the non-slip surface.
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One way of doing this is to put the mast track further forwards, thus engaging more of the rail.
trolley
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The Blackwell enclosed spring trolley mast was placed at the centre of the upper deck.
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There was two and two seating on the upper deck, except for two single seats by the trolley mast .
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There was 2 &038; 2 seating on the upper deck, with a single seat at one side of the trolley mast .
yarn
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On Brother and Toyota machines it positions itself automatically when left to hang freely between the yarn mast and knitting.
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There was no coned yarn , no row counter, no yarn mast , no wool winder - and no competition!
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The tension disc at the top of the yarn mast will need adjusting for the thread.
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You can in fact have almost as many yarn masts as you like attached to the back of the machine.
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Well, have you ever looked at the yarn mast and tension spring?
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The yarn to be woven should be threaded through the second side of the yarn mast .
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When weaving with a thick yarn , you will probably find that it won't feed through the yarn mast .
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On Brother and Toyota machines, just let the yarn hang between the yarn mast and the edge of the knitting.
■ VERB
fly
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The ferry's flag flew at half mast as the probe went on at Cork's Ringaskiddy port.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
nail your colours to the mast
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And, rotors are smaller than masts and sails.
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He stood there like a mast .
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I wanted to jump down from a mast and land right in her, but I kept my promise to Remi.
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In addition, mast cells in normal colon, adenoma, or carcinoma samples consistently showed strong positive staining for cytochrome P450 3A.
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On Brother and Toyota machines, just let the yarn hang between the yarn mast and the edge of the knitting.
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When Nick proposed an improved way of setting the masts in place, Mr Ching balked at the suggestion.