adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a provisional licence British English (= a temporary driving licence before you get your full licence )
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Learner drivers need to obtain a provisional licence.
provisional licence
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
damages
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Initially only the High Court had jurisdiction to award provisional damages .
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There is a similar procedure available to a defendant faced with a claim for provisional damages .
government
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There was talk of preparing an Ulster provisional government and creating an Ulster Volunteer Force.
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Although the Union Army was ordered to work with the provisional governments , areas of conflict quickly developed.
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Aid officials and provisional government spokespersons appealed for urgent medical and food aid.
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Kennedy formally recognized a new provisional government on the seventh, a mere two weeks before he himself was murdered.
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The group, which set up its own provisional government in December, hopes to hold a constitutional convention within two years.
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The provisional government , fearing that Santa Anna might be the source of later trouble, agreed to his departure.
licence
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Mansell admitted drink-driving, two charges of driving with defective tyres and driving on a motorway while a provisional licence holder.
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Minton was obliged to register the jeep in his own name as Norman as yet had only a provisional licence .
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If you are applying for your first provisional licence you must not drive until you get it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Following a series of provisional governments, the Dominican people elected Juan Bosch as their President.
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I've made a booking at the hotel, but it's only provisional - I'll have to confirm it soon.
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The management has made a provisional pay offer of 7%.
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You have to get a provisional licence until you pass your test.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A provisional executive committee had been set up under the chairmanship of Franiszek Kaminski.
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In international politics nothing endures like the provisional and nothing takes as long as the imminent.
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In the year ending March 1991 provisional estimates are 204 thousand such births or 28.7% of total births.
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Middlesbrough has set a budget of £21.6m, £1.4m above the provisional limit.
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The group, which set up its own provisional government in December, hopes to hold a constitutional convention within two years.
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The objector is forgetting its point; it is both provisional and one to be argued over.