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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attempt
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Human elements balance geometry in an attempt to reconcile ancient human values with present day notions of modernity.
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In my opinion, any attempt to reconcile the statements of principle in Lawrence and Morris is a complete waste of time.
difference
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Management must reconcile differences in approach, effort, interest and timing of these separate individuals and groups.
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By looking to the Bible and seeking spiritual guidance, he is taking steps to reconcile our differences .
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Within our immediate group we can learn to reconcile personal and group differences to the point of rejecting personal values and beliefs.
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Only in the mid-199Os did efforts to reconcile differences and reduce the ongoing violence achieve some success.
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The two chambers would then attempt to reconcile the differences and agree upon a single bill.
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Mary is still at Mansfield when Edmund returns, and they are soon able to reconcile their differences .
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There representatives of the two chambers sit down to reconcile the differences between their versions.
difficulty
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For months they had had difficulty in reconciling the accounts until they realized the extent of shoplifting.
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Mansfield saw the difficulty in reconciling the two principles, but thought that certainty was the lesser of two evils.
fact
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However, for Coma at least, one must reconcile this with the fact that the X-ray emission seems to be rather smooth.
need
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Hours of work may be difficult to reconcile with the needs of the old person.
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He judges success by how effectively human needs are reconciled with the needs of the ecosystem.
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But this had to be reconciled with the need for good relations with the oil-rich Arab countries.
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How best to reconcile the need for faster performance and increased capacity?
problem
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Even President Wilson s negotiating team had problems in reconciling their leader s various directives.
task
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A considerable part of the manager's task is to reconcile and be reconciled with other people.
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If the parents have different cultural backgrounds, the tasks of reconciling the image to the reality is more complicated.
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Their initial task was to reconcile their expectations with the realities of daily life as a manager.
way
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Two essential freedoms - the right to communicate and the right to reputation - must in some way be reconciled by law.
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One thing, however, is certain: in whatever way the two were reconciled , it was not Prometheus who yielded.
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Friedman's statement of the natural rate hypothesis went a long way towards reconciling such evidence with basic classical theory.
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They wrestle with ways to reconcile pluralism with the absolute Truth of the Torah.
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Crucified among thieves, he chose the way which reconciled the forces of light and darkness.
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The extremists, the fanatics, those in opposite camps, need some way of being reconciled , some means of communication.
■ VERB
find
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He found it difficult to reconcile the opulence he had just witnessed with the poverty of some of the surrounding districts.
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Baldwin found it hard to reconcile the results with his reception during the election campaign.
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The problem is here, between two divided communities, trying to find a means of reconciling their divided allegiances.
seek
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Karl Llewellyn spent a great part of his life seeking to reconcile legal doctrine and commercial activity.
struggle
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The individual can be seen to be struggling to reconcile these two states.
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Conservatives struggling to reconcile this drive for security with the inherent and seemingly indispensable insecurity of the competitive society were profoundly alarmed.
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The Court of Appeal has struggled to reconcile the two decisions but has come in for criticism.
try
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Jazzbeaux walked, trying to reconcile what she knew with what she had seen, what she had felt.
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The government has set out on a path of trying to reconcile the Tutsi and Hutu peoples.
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The Comintern Congress was trying to reconcile its revolutionary past with the necessity of gaining support from constitutional parties.
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Auguste flashed around busily, trying to reconcile these people with Rose's cat burglar.
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Being shackled to one epoch meant it had to change and adapt but try to reconcile this with harsh realities.
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Afterwards I sat for a long time trying to reconcile myself to these new ideas.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Senate and House members are trying to reconcile different versions of the transportation bill.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Demeter, however, refuses to reconcile Herself.
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He's quite reconciled to it all.
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How is the position to be reconciled?
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Many people have a hard time reconciling the wedding of their dreams with realistic costs.
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The most powerful culture is that which reconciles the goals of the individual with those of the collective.
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They dance the next dance together, reconciled again.
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Within our immediate group we can learn to reconcile personal and group differences to the point of rejecting personal values and beliefs.
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Yet this wave of social legislation could not easily be reconciled with the tenets of classical liberalism.