verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
reconsider a decision (= think about changing a decision you have made )
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He said he wasn't prepared to reconsider his decision.
reconsider your position (= think again about it and perhaps change it )
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The UN Secretary General urged the US to reconsider its position.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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court
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The forthcoming appeal against conviction of Lord Hardwicke will therefore provide an opportunity for the appellate courts to reconsider the position.
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They will ask the full Circuit Court bench to reconsider the ruling by the three-judge panel.
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Until now, however, the court has not reconsidered the workplace rules on affirmative action.
decision
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Will the Government now reconsider their decision not to introduce video recording of interrogation procedures?
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Some supporters said Starr should reconsider his decision because of its likely adverse impact on cooperating witnesses.
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Clearly, they hope that a combination of educational argument and political pressure will persuade ministers to reconsider their decision .
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I shall give you one day to reconsider your decision .
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The judge ordered the Minister to reconsider his decision .
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Shareholders subsequently asked the board to reconsider its decisions or step down.
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The Home Secretary should reconsider his decision .
government
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Will the Government now reconsider their decision not to introduce video recording of interrogation procedures?
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I hope the government will reconsider legislation and that the Law Society will support the statutory recognition of advance directives.
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Given the current job losses in the country, will the Government reconsider their appalling position?
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Langbaurgh has made several all-party attempts to get the Government to reconsider its spending limits.
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That gives the government much time to reconsider .
issue
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In the early 1950s the anthropologist A. Irvin Hallowell reconsidered the whole issue in the light of what it meant to be a human person.
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We shall need to reconsider this kind of issue again later.
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Obviously it was a time to reconsider the issue of widening both sets of locks.
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The motion called on the chamber to reconsider the issue in a few years' time.
policy
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She believes some people will vote Labour to shake up the Conservatives and make them reconsider their policies .
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Is it not time for him to reconsider his whole security policy ?
position
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Last night, a local official, John Kydd, said the union would have to reconsider its position fairly swiftly.
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In view of the threat of expulsions contained in these circulars, Labour supporters of Unity had to reconsider their position .
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The forthcoming appeal against conviction of Lord Hardwicke will therefore provide an opportunity for the appellate courts to reconsider the position .
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Given the current job losses in the country, will the Government reconsider their appalling position ?
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If the hon. Gentleman really believes that he has outlined a proper approach, I ask him to reconsider his position .
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I shall be happy to reconsider the position in Manchester and Eccles, although I know that it is being carefully considered.
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If such a situation arises a break to reconsider positions is valuable.
question
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Now reconsider the question you were answering.
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It is time to consider or reconsider certain fundamental questions about awareness.
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The court rightly sent the case back to a different judge to reconsider the question of remedy.
time
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Keep going even though you need time to reconsider or reflect.
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It is time to consider or reconsider certain fundamental questions about awareness.
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Obviously it was a time to reconsider the issue of widening both sets of locks.
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Is it not time for him to reconsider his whole security policy?
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Once they bump up against the limits of Yalta-redefined, it might be time to reconsider .
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That gives the government much time to reconsider .
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This breaks the cohesion and may give individuals time to reconsider .
■ VERB
ask
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If the hon. Gentleman really believes that he has outlined a proper approach, I ask him to reconsider his position.
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He asked that it be reconsidered .
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He asked me to reconsider this.
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He said the department may ask the Legislature to reconsider whether the assessments are needed.
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Powell has enormous respect would be asking him to reconsider joining the ticket to dramatically increase Sen.
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Morales will be asked to reconsider his opinion by state Rep.
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Ranieri and Mortara asked Stone to reconsider his move over the weekend.
force
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It was then that complaints started flooding in and now the Corporation has been forced to reconsider its plans.
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Public outrage eventually forced the paper to reconsider , and the editors decided to run the strip on the religion page.
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Or it may have been no more than a ruse to exert pressure and force him to reconsider .
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Even in cases where teachers clearly disagreed with advisers' recommendations, they had at least been forced to reconsider their existing practices.
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They've been reluctant until now, but may be forced to reconsider .
want
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If this seems unreasonable to you, you may want to reconsider .
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You may want to reconsider that outlandish proposal.
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In the meantime, customers of both firms may want to reconsider whether their attachments are rewarding relationships or merely empty habits.
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If he wants me to reconsider the changes, I shall, of course, do so.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Please reconsider . We'd love it if you came with us.
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The governor can ask the board to reconsider parole decisions.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I hope the policy will be reconsidered.
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It seems high time that Charles the Bald too was reconsidered.
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It was then that complaints started flooding in and now the Corporation has been forced to reconsider its plans.
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Obviously it was a time to reconsider the issue of widening both sets of locks.
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Public outrage eventually forced the paper to reconsider , and the editors decided to run the strip on the religion page.
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The possibility that a series of bad tests might cause the programme to be reconsidered no longer exists.
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We shall need to reconsider this kind of issue again later.