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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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The unit fears any unit of Elves it does not outnumber by at least two to one.
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Porter was outnumbered by some 20, 000 men.
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In sheer bulk of biomass, organisms without brains or even without central nervous systems far outnumber those possessing these desirable features.
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Throughout most of human history, the dead far outnumbered the living.
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After all, the dead far outnumber the living!
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But those in need of organs or tissue far outnumber donors, according to Karahalios.
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The table below shows that private and semi-official schools far outnumber state-run schools at secondary level.
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The failures, however, far outnumber them.
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And the tally of crown successes over its opponents far outnumbers its few failures.
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Women who undergo cosmetic surgery still far outnumber their male counterparts.
greatly
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They were greatly outnumbered and there was definitely something unnatural about the striding men.
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For starters, those ignoring it greatly outnumber those embracing it.
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The change of policy hit women especially hard since they had greatly outnumbered men as recipients of out-door relief.
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Beatty sighted Scheer's fleet shortly before 16.40 and, being greatly outnumbered , turned north to join Jellicoe.
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The indifferent continue to greatly outnumber the inspired when it comes to decentralized management in that important segment of the management population.
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The Elves were greatly outnumbered and the situation looked desperate.
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The police had acted bravely and justly, although greatly outnumbered .
heavily
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The Cavaliers occupied Burghley House, but they were heavily outnumbered , and Cromwell forced them to surrender after a bitter siege.
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At first sight this might seem very improbable, because such smooth regions would be heavily outnumbered by chaotic and irregular regions.
vastly
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Yet in the long run, diet failures vastly outnumber the successes.
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Because school people vastly outnumber business-people in most school-to-work partnerships, the tendency is for educators to take over.
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Thinly veiled portraits of actual people in fiction vastly outnumber this type of unlucky strike.
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Vastly outnumbered but taking a more defined shape were the black Methodists.
■ NOUN
woman
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Although popularly thought of as a female offence, women do not outnumber men among those found guilty.
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After that, the women outnumber the men.
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In both these areas of higher education women have always outnumbered men.
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Aware that women outnumber men on voter lists, politicians from both parties are tailoring their campaigns accordingly.
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The women outnumbered them and plotted together.
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Of this 20 percent, women outnumbered men more than 2 to 1.
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Beyond 75, women outnumber men by almost two to one.
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In this latter group, women slightly outnumbered men.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a city where bicycles greatly outnumber cars
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In these mountains the animal population outnumbers the human by three to one.
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Women teachers outnumber their male colleagues by two to one.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A unit of Goblins fears any unit of Elves which it does not outnumber by at least two to one.
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But those in need of organs or tissue far outnumber donors, according to Karahalios.
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Chimpanzees are such an unsuccessful species that they are considerably outnumbered by neuroscientists.
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In 1980, Democrats outnumbered Republicans in the state, 3. 1 million to 1. 4 million.
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In instances where programs dealt with religion, positive portrayals outnumbered negatives one by 4-to-3, the group said.
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So does Sedimentary Petrology, whose pages outnumber those of its older competitor by three to one.
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Their numbers will outnumber us, as do insects.
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Today, tax-raisers outnumber tax-cutters by nearly seven to one.