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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a border area/region
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The Afghan border area is open and wild.
a desert area/region
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A hot dry wind blows from the desert areas of North Africa.
an autonomous region/state/republic etc
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Galicia is an autonomous region of Spain.
arid regions
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Water from the Great Lakes is pumped to arid regions .
far-flung corners/places/regions etc
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expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe
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people flying to far-flung destinations
hilly region/area/terrain etc
nether regions
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exploring the nether regions of East Sussex
somewhere in the region of
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We have somewhere in the region of 500 firefighters in this area.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
arid
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In order to overcome the problem of an inadequate water supply, many parts of the arid and semi-arid regions have been irrigated.
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The concentration on arid and glacial regions was probably also partly instrumental in the development of climatic geomorphology.
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In arid and semi-arid regions leaching may be minimal and solutions in the weathering mantle can attain high concentrations of dissolved constituents.
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The pattern of light and dark areas represents variation in rock type and surface weathering in this arid region .
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In arid regions , rainfall above the average one year will produce a particularly thick annual ring.
central
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Indeed, there are no taste buds in this central region .
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In construction, the number of commercial and residential starts and their value rose only in the Central and Northeast regions .
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The image of the insect may pass over the edge of my retina rather than the more acute central region .
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The many crevices once hid hundreds of the venomous snake indigenous to the Central Maryland region .
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This batch is expected to include all the main hospitals in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Central region .
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Read in studio Crime recorded in the Central South region last year rose by more than the national average.
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In many cases the headquarters were retained in the central region and only the production processes were decentralized.
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A number of military commanders from the southern, central and northern regions were appointed as ministers on Sept. 24.
coastal
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Meanwhile Grom's attentions had turned to the west and to the coastal regions of the Empire.
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For two days, police in the remote coastal region around Sodwana Bay had stumbled and fumbled their way into the case.
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An estimated 2,000,000 people either fled or were evacuated from the coastal regions in advance of the hurricane.
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The coastal regions , those richest in marine life, were found to have the highest concentrations.
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It comes from coastal regions of Sierra Leone, again in soft, acid water.
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Unless expensive sea defences were built, low-lying coastal regions would be permanently submerged.
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These forests vary in character from closed forests to open woodlands and include mangrove forests that occur in coastal regions .
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Yesterday, Coun Davies said she understood that bids had been invited for exploration of the coastal region which included Aberconwy.
different
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In Tasmania aborigine hunters led a nomadic life to take advantage of the seasonal food supply in different regions .
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This must be done in the local market area because market conditions vary in the different regions of the United States.
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Their differing concerns have led the two groups to dwell upon different regions of the Empire.
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Clearly, different regions are choosing different paths.
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These larger companies often own plants in different regions of Britain, as well as in other countries.
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Particular metals are concentrated in different regions of the micro-organisms.
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There are different styles of singing in different regions , and we balance the programme to include different songs from different regions.
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The war has accentuated the disparities both in educational level and general economic status between different regions of the country.
northern
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There are 120 competitors entered in this year's events coming from clubs throughout the Northern region .
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The first dives will be in the northern region , at the Flow Site, where the lavas escaped on to the seafloor.
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Pruning will also delay the flowering while new shoots grow - a very important point in northern wine regions like Champagne.
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Relatively few students reach secondary school, with a substantial proportion of these being in the Khartoum and Northern regions .
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In the key northern industrial region of Lombardy official unemployment fell to 1.7 percent in 1962 and 1963.
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Nevertheless, it is an early maturing variety well suited to the long ripening period of a northern wine region .
other
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Low levels of hybridization are also detectable in other regions of the spinal cord.
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But lions and elephants exist in other zoogeographical regions , too.
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Some, such as the civets, are represented in other zoogeographical regions .
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This deal was subsequently accepted in the other regions , which had hitherto failed to reach settlements.
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The main rebel movements represent other regions .
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The other eight regions recorded significantly smaller changes - some good, some bad.
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A similar situation is to be found in other regions of the world.
temperate
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In Temperate regions there are regular seasonal cycles, ultimately driven by the regular cycling of the Earth around the sun.
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The difficulty is greater in relation to overseas markets having temperatures and humidities higher than those of temperate regions .
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In more temperate regions , sunlight and temperature may he more critical than rainfall in affecting a tree's growth.
whole
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Food and medical supplies are desperately needed in the whole eastern region .
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If one town benefits, the whole region benefits, he said.
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This book is the most up-to-date and comprehensive volume on the whole region .
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He succeeded so well that the people crowned him king of this whole region !
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However, for funding reasons this centre was to be for the whole region .
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Milosevic is the last Communist-era leader of the whole region .
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Before this, in a period called the Carboniferous, the whole region was under the sea.
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A few days later, the chaplain wrote: The whole region seems literally filled with soldiery.
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border
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Members of its executive council have been collecting signatures in the border region .
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However, subsequent days saw mutual accusations of firing on the border region .
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The wild whooper swan is a bird of great beauty and, I think, on the increase in the Border region .
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To the east lay border regions - Berry and Auvergne - where even the Duke's nominal suzerainty was at times doubtful.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mid-Atlantic states/region
temperate climate/zone/region etc
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Altogether there are four similar species known from he tropics and the temperate zones.
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Here I review these data and their implications for a temperate climate.
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Its distribution ranges from the tropics to the warmer areas of the temperate zone of both hemispheres.
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Most aquarium plants come from tropical and subtropical areas, with a few from the warmer parts of the temperate zone.
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Rodomonte hardly noticed the magnificent, unearthly architecture preserved so beautifully away from the squalls of the less temperate zones.
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The epidemiology in subtropical areas is basically similar to that in temperate zones, except that the seasonable timing of events is different.
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The epidemiology, at least in temperate zones, is similar to that of Ostertagia in ruminants with seasonal hypobiosis a feature.
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The length of the day changes in the temperate zone with the change of seasons.
underdeveloped country/region etc
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However, he is not so undiplomatic as to resist the horrendous hospitality of overindulgent underdeveloped countries.
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I presume you wish to help underdeveloped countries but I fear you could do them considerable harm.
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The high rates of unemployment so characteristic of underdeveloped countries make women especially vulnerable.
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The West creates its power through military research, which forces underdeveloped countries to become passive consumers.
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They are sometimes, especially in underdeveloped countries, illiterate.
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This pole excludes underdeveloped countries from any participation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Alzheimer's disease affects the regions of the brain that control memory.
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For several years they lived in a remote region of Kenya.
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Severe winter weather is expected in the northeast region of the country.
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Snow is expected in mountain regions.
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The soil varies widely in this region of the country.
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There have been reports of fighting in the region .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As in the other mountain regions, population pressure was alleviated to some extent by seasonal migration.
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However, this does not take into account the different sizes of the populations of working age between the regions.
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In this regard, fundamental changes are required in organizational patterns of scientific and technological activities in the region .
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In turn the rural regions become much more productive as farmers appreciate the ever-present and growing demand for food from the urbanites.
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The red spots in the caudal peduncle region are one of the unique characteristics of this species.
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These changes have brought about a reduction of inequality in education throughout the region .