I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
fluid
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The reason for this was that the nominally dry samples were not oven-dried and would contain small amounts of remaining pore fluids .
size
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A range of pore sizes is fundamental to the success of this size fractionation procedure which depends on two processes.
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By choosing a series of gel columns with an appropriate range of pore sizes , an effective size separation can be obtained.
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Angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors may act in reducing glomerular basement membrane pore size .
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However, it is difficult to control pore size and distribution.
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Diffusion is controlled by matching molecular shape with pore size .
space
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It excludes water that will not drain from small pore spaces , saline water, and water in deep confined aquifers.
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When water flows out from an artesian well in a confined aquifer, none of the pore space drains completely.
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The amount, type and distribution of clay, mainly within the pore space , is the main influence on permeability reduction.
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Cements are the crystals which grow into existing pore spaces .
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Replacive minerals grow, as their name suggests, in the place of pre-existing minerals and not into pore spaces .
■ VERB
open
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Steaming softens and opens the pores so that the skin is more receptive to other products and ingredients.
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Furthermore, the ions that enter the postsynaptic neuron through the opened pore may do more than just change the internal voltage.
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The neurotransmitter sticks to the receptor molecule, and together they are able to open a pore in the cell membrane.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Every pore of his skin felt aware, as sensitive as it did after the luxury of a hot bath.
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The adrenalin was amazing, the buzz palpable, the girls so close I could see every pore .
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The first tentacle pore lacks are accompanying spine, the second to fourth have only one spine subsequent pores have two.
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The neurotransmitter sticks to the receptor molecule, and together they are able to open a pore in the cell membrane.
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The second oral tentacle pore emerges superficially.
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The tentacle pores are large and armed with two rounded or slightly elliptical tentacle scales.
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There is one large pointed slightly rugose tentacle scale on each pore .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
over
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Aunt Bella sat at the table, poring over catalogues, surveying the accounts, calculating.
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I pore over the hopeless, resigned faces, the emaciated bodies, the stick-like limbs.
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Well do I recall going to bed, and watching him pore over books under candle-light.
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She has spent six years poring over hundreds of documents turned over to the fund when the Soviet Union collapsed.
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Chapter Two Sam McCready spent most of the next day, Monday, poring over large-scale maps and photographs.
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He stacked up the gift cards and put them away in his pocket to pore over later.
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But the specimen he was now poring over held little mystery.
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spend
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She has spent six years poring over hundreds of documents turned over to the fund when the Soviet Union collapsed.
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For planning, we spent long evenings poring over maps.
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Nevertheless, it is crucial that we recognize that time spent poring over books is also important reading work.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Amelia carried a plate of eggs and toast over to a man sitting in the back, poring through a newspaper.
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Aunt Bella sat at the table, poring over catalogues, surveying the accounts, calculating.
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But the specimen he was now poring over held little mystery.
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Ted said one day, poring over maps and guidebooks.
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When Evan began poring over submarine books, we put them in a special basket near the living room sofa.