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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
lax
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Loan were sued by the federal government for lax oversight , which the government said caused taxpayers to lose $ 941 million.
■ NOUN
committee
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Killian said he will form an oversight committee to watch the effect of the legislation and change it if problems arise.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a school oversight committee
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Due to an administrative oversight , several members of staff did not receive pay checks this month.
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I'm sure it was just an oversight that your name wasn't on the list.
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The bank apologized for the oversight .
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They sent a check along with a letter of apology for the oversight .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Oversights can be extremely costly and a microcomputer model carefully constructed will not allow oversights to occur.
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It also would require collaboration and oversight by both schools and businesses.
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It is not surprising then, if over several months, this oversight should reveal itself in these small but telling ways.
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Loan were sued by the federal government for lax oversight , which the government said caused taxpayers to lose $ 941 million.
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May I apologize for this unconventional oversight as well as for other more serious ones-and some not so serious?
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These are not accidental oversights on the part of the academic community.
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When a parent hands over the child, he or she loses parental oversight and responsibility.
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Whether that resulted from political cowardice, lack of persuasiveness or mere oversight does not matter.