I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
temporary
▪
Read in studio A sheltered workshop for the disabled which is threatened with closure has won a temporary reprieve .
▪
Saying this much made her brighten, seemed to make her feel that she had earned a temporary reprieve .
▪
They drew away from each other, so mutually sated with explosive body contact that both needed a temporary reprieve .
■ VERB
give
▪
London zoo gets reprieve CLOSURE-threatened London Zoo has been given a last-minute reprieve because so many people want to visit it.
▪
Civilization, which seemed at an end only two weeks ago, has been given a reprieve .
▪
You've been given a reprieve .
▪
Bus pass reprieve: Langbaurgh pensioners' free bus passes have been given a reprieve until the end of April.
grant
▪
He remembered how innocently they had discussed which natives they would blow to smithereens and which they would grant a reprieve to.
win
▪
She was not sure, yet, how that might be accomplished, but at least she would have won a reprieve .
▪
But a day after the blow-up, the committee assigned to seek a compromise won a three-month reprieve .
▪
Read in studio A sheltered workshop for the disabled which is threatened with closure has won a temporary reprieve .
▪
Their protest was part of the bid to win a last-minute reprieve for Parkside, Lancashire's last remaining mine.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
He was granted a reprieve only a few hours before his execution.
▪
The group protested against a possible reprieve for an inmate on death row in Texas.
▪
The U.S. Supreme Court voted against granting Smith a reprieve .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
According to some reports, the Government plans to limit the reprieve for some pits to just two years.
▪
But a day after the blow-up, the committee assigned to seek a compromise won a three-month reprieve .
▪
But even more of a reprieve was lurking round the corner.
▪
Fortunately, I received a reprieve because my boss had a nervous breakdown before he could implement his plan.
▪
No reprieve for the boat people.
▪
The men just need a reprieve .
▪
We might be forgiven for keeping our fingers crossed that the Council Tax will represent a reprieve .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Andrew Caddick was probably only reprieved by overnight rain which gave the pitch an early greenish tinge.
▪
Background Duty-free allowances will be phased out eventually, but they've been reprieved until 1999.
▪
Edward Dennis was needed to apply the penalties and so was reprieved in order that he could hang his fellow rioters.
▪
I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do if I were reprieved.
▪
She returned anyhow, was sentenced but reprieved, and found herself expelled for the fourth time.
▪
This great neoclassical house had been reprieved from imminent demolition in 1972 by ministers and taken into guardianship two years later.
▪
Twenty-one had been reprieved to await a Government review.
▪
We want to see Eldorado reprieved.