I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
decide/settle/resolve an issue (= solve it )
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The issue was settled after some tough negotiations.
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No deadline has been set to resolve the issue.
overcome/resolve difficulties (= deal with them successfully )
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We are confident that we can overcome these difficulties.
resolve a conflict
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You may need a lawyer to resolve a serious conflict between neighbours.
resolve a question (= deal with it in a satisfactory way )
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We will proceed just as soon as we can resolve the question of the fee.
resolve/overcome a crisis (= deal with it so that it no longer exists )
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We still hope that the hostage crisis can be resolved by negotiation.
resolve/settle a disagreement (= find a way to make people agree )
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Negotiations failed to resolve the disagreements.
resolve/settle a dispute (= end it )
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It is hoped that the dispute can be resolved peacefully.
resolve/solve a dilemma
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People often need help with resolving their dilemmas.
settle/resolve the matter (= decide something )
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They are meeting tonight to settle the matter.
solve/resolve a problem ( also fix a problem informal )
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He solved his financial problems by selling his car.
stiffened...resolve
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Their opposition only stiffened my resolve .
strengthen sb's resolve (= make them more determined )
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Other people's doubts only strengthened my resolve to start my own business.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
ambiguity
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The Frandon matter has been one of some embarrassment and I am glad it has been resolved , though the ambiguity remains.
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The final stage was to resolve the ambiguity , by formulating and asking appropriate questions in order to secure the missing information.
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It is likely that in normal discourse, the context of the sentences will help to resolve these potential ambiguities .
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Thus it is for the trader to resolve ambiguities in his price indications.
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It requires motivation towards making new connections as a way of resolving existing ambiguity .
attempt
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The idea of putting warning labels on drinks packaging is a simplistic and ineffective attempt to resolve a complex issue.
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And the protagonists sounded fairly confident in their attempts to resolve the dilemma.
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But it was confirmed he briefed an official of the Parades Commission, which is supporting his attempt to resolve the impasse.
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The meeting ended inconclusively following a further attempt by Brooke to resolve the deadlock over current discussions about devolution talks.
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We still have many difficulties in assigning particular nuances to one or other category and attempt to resolve them by discussion.
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The President needed room to manoeuvre in negotiated attempts to resolve the crisis.
case
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The subtleties can only be resolved case by case.
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Still, the most powerful of all defenses, the one that in the end resolved this tragic case , was forgiveness.
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It is hardly an incentive to achieve justice or a catalyst to resolve cases speedily.
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In 1773 the grievance committee ofthe Separate Baptists resolved to press their case .
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The complexities of the law can add to the amount of time taken to resolve a case .
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A sixth relevant factor would be which of judicial review and the alternative procedure was likely to resolve the case more quickly.
conflict
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Where a conflict can not be resolved , it may be necessary to call in an arbitrator from beyond the parish.
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Distributive conflicts have to be resolved by some form of bargaining process.
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If it agrees to meet him, the conflict may be resolved .
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Many of these states have experienced traumatic nationality conflicts , and few of these conflicts have been permanently resolved .
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This conflict was resolved after independence by the setting up of a separate Commercial Service in 1966.
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He further postulates that until each conflict is resolved positively, we can not move to the next stage or conflict.
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No conflict can really be resolved as long as these double standards prevail.
contradiction
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How, then, do women engineers resolve the contradictions of their presence in a male world?
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The author or authors wanted to resolve apparent contradictions in order to make the law more usable and accessible.
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How can we resolve this apparent contradiction ?
court
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That dispute can not be resolved by this court and we were not asked to do so.
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The 1834 agreement resolved a Supreme Court suit brought by New Jersey in 1829.
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If the matter can not be resolved by the Court of Appeal, it has power to order a retrial.
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Many disputes that could lead to violence are peacefully resolved in our courts .
crisis
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These discussions proved fruitless, with each side blaming the other for the failure to resolve the growing crisis .
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The voyage meant to resolve a crisis of separation seemed instead only to promote one.
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Even apparent moves by the regime to resolve the crisis turn out on closer inspection to be nothing of the kind.
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Each has to resolve the crisis of the castration complex, but their ways of resolving that crisis will differ.
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Baldwin's object was then to resolve the crisis with reasonable speed without appearing to force the hand of the King.
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The congress had been called specifically to resolve a crisis evident since November 1989 concerning factional splits over the independence question.
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Today the fate of humanity hinges on resolving that crisis in relatively short order. 1.
difference
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The way to resolve political differences is through debate, dialogue and the ballot box, not on the streets.
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Your contribution may well resolve some of this difference or create more conflicting points for further argument.
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When the two kings had resolved their differences , Dynamius sided firmly with Childebert.
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I think we have differences , but we should attempt to resolve those differences.
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This is because low-pitched sounds have long wavelengths which can not resolve the difference between closely spaced objects.
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Efforts to resolve the differences were put off until this year.
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However, they resolved those differences during final floor votes and afterward appeared together with Gov.
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Melissa wondered what was passing though her mind and whether she and Rose had resolved their differences .
difficulty
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Where that does not resolve any difficulty , the client may pursue his claims with the Solicitors' Complaints Bureau.
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A single bold stroke can not resolve political difficulties as fundamental as those Mondale faced and Dole now confronts.
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The new theory of quantum mechanics resolved this difficulty .
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In this way it may be possible to resolve difficulties more easily.
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My hon. Friend has been a staunch ally in trying to resolve difficulties as they have arisen for my constituents.
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We are seeking to resolve a similar difficulty with the Commission's proposals.
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Mr MacGregor said further work was needed to resolve practical difficulties .
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Similarly, solutions to problems in one area will help resolve difficulties in others.
dilemma
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The managerial dilemmas Managers are paid more than workers because they face constant dilemmas which they have to resolve .
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And the protagonists sounded fairly confident in their attempts to resolve the dilemma .
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The observational data show that Easton's neighbourhood police have two recipes for resolving this dilemma and its associated conundrum.
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Her brief from the state there was to resolve the dilemma .
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In resolving the many dilemmas of structure, solutions may only be temporary.
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In practice settings, those involved are often struggling to find ways of resolving the dilemmas they face.
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An argument with a colleague clarified and resolved the dilemma .
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I have never completely resolved my own dilemma , for I do not think it has a simple resolution.
dispute
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This can often provide the most effective and speedy means of resolving a dispute .
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The parties would get another 30 days to resolve the dispute .
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Litigation Going to court to resolve a dispute is rather like going to war.
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Most lawyers spend most of their time helping clients prevent or resolve disputes , trying their best to avoid costly litigation.
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The Merseyside members would resolve the dispute in their own way without his help.
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Talks on resolving the dispute have stalled.
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How might she still resolve the dispute by creative thinking?
effort
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The Profitboss will always investigate the complaint, putting personal time, effort and resource into resolving the issue.
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This concept was proposed only after the failure of a cooperative three-year effort to resolve the future of the commercial area.
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Local economic development strategies divert attention and resources of government away from direct efforts to resolve social problems. 7.
issue
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There are two important issues to be resolved before the character of the economic and monetary union will be determined.
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But the issues are far from resolved .
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To put the point no more strongly, there is an issue here to be resolved .
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What is seen first as an issue may be resolved in further inquiry and reflection.
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The issue was resolved by an act of quarantine.
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Likewise, constitutional issues need to be resolved in a nonpolitical forum.
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The issue will be resolved at a meeting of the agency's council next month.
matter
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I would like to apologise to everyone concerned and reassure them that I am doing everything to resolve the matter of refunds.
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You will need this information if the person does not resolve the matter .
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To resolve the matter smoothly might well be impossible.
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He wants the regulators to work quickly to resolve the matter .
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The branch manager will ensure that the query is investigated objectively and hopefully be able to resolve the matter to your satisfaction.
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Finally, hearings had to be scheduled to try to resolve the matter .
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Why something should trouble you, yet you are unable to place it or resolve the matter until months later?
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They will endeavour to resolve the matter to your satisfaction.
problem
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Quantifiable problems can be resolved by mathematical techniques, to produce a quantifiable decision.
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It involves the child in the process of solving the problem or resolving the conflict.
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The problem was resolved by a gradual increase in the social division of labour.
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In retrospect I marvel at how the problem arose and was resolved .
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The effects of preventive and corrective measures will be monitored and the operation may be postponed until any problems have been resolved .
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Eventually, of course, all problems are resolved and the couple is blissfully united.
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The Department of Agriculture is to be contacted in a bid to have the problem resolved .
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That problem has been resolved , the filing shows.
question
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Although I can not give a date, we intend to proceed just as soon as we can resolve the question of the contract.
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They subsequently found it difficult to talk about organization structure without first resolving questions of strategy.
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There have been book-length studies devoted to trying to resolve the question of Doctor Faustus's text.
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Gorbachev wrote that only he and Reagan, talking together, could resolve the questions he raised.
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Consider the origin of both of these sources, and comment on their value in resolving this question . 13.
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Would starting my own business help me resolve these questions ? 5.
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There is no obvious way of resolving the question of crowd composition.
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Flores, to resolve the question .
situation
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As I recall, the Chairman of Ways and Means did not attempt to resolve this situation - he did so.
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Once he was able to communicate his feelings, he and his wife were able to resolve the situation .
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But the problems incurred by absence for training and generally recognised low staff morale make it difficult to resolve the situation .
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She assumed that this would resolve the situation .
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Female speaker A team of negotiators are working to resolve the situation .
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Do you feel you have fully resolved that situation ?
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We will resolve this situation , Dimitri Dimitrovitch.
tension
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The above strategies are potentially available for resolving the tension between word order and communicative function.
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Such moves, however, have tended to restate rather than resolve the tension between control and autonomy.
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By that one gesture and a small shift in expression and tone of voice, he resolved the tension between us.
■ VERB
fail
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Nizan failed to resolve the problems arising from his divided class origins.
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Many other couples stay with the commitment to a shared problem but fail to resolve it.
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Long-continued conferences failed to resolve the dispute....
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By staying together they were at least keeping their problem alive, even if failing to resolve it.
help
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What measures were planned to help resolve the problem? 3 Select one patient who smokes and one who does not.
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Most lawyers spend most of their time helping clients prevent or resolve disputes, trying their best to avoid costly litigation.
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It is likely that in normal discourse, the context of the sentences will help to resolve these potential ambiguities.
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To help him resolve it, he brought in General Joseph McNarney, who eventually decided on a middle way.
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If a woman combatant decides to have a child then her organization, helps her resolve the practical problems.
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Would starting my own business help me resolve these questions? 5.
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A decision to mount temporary, changing exhibitions should help resolve this problem.
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The government helped resolve that struggle by pledging to use taxpayers' money to contribute to a bailout.
need
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Which effect prevails needs to be resolved with evidence, not with ideology.
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Likewise, constitutional issues need to be resolved in a nonpolitical forum.
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Such are the questions which still need to be resolved .
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Future nutritionists will need to resolve the confusion on safety.
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Decisions are needed to resolve problems, when there is a choice about what to do.
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Also, the future of Gwynedd's bottom club Bangor Normal College needs to be resolved .
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Mr MacGregor said further work was needed to resolve practical difficulties.
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Some matters, such as boundaries, will need to be resolved by him with the vendor's solicitors.
try
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So I decided to try and resolve it myself.
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Louis Blues, Gretzky will meet today with Kings management to try to resolve his status.
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At other times there is simply a disagreement between two parties which the manager must try to resolve .
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I had tried to resolve animosities.
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Before expressing a qualified opinion an auditor should always try to resolve problems with the management of the organization concerned.
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Finally, hearings had to be scheduled to try to resolve the matter.
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There have been book-length studies devoted to trying to resolve the question of Doctor Faustus's text.
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Thursday night Republicans planned to meet to try to resolve the conflict.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Congressmen called for a third meeting to resolve the conflict.
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I resolved to keep quiet about what I had heard, since it would only cause trouble.
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It is difficult to see how this conflict can be resolved without taking the matter to court.
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Talking is the only way to resolve your differences.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because attorneys for Partners filed appeals, Atkins' case may take years to resolve .
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Differences of opinion are often the most difficult problem to resolve .
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Gorbachev wrote that only he and Reagan, talking together, could resolve the questions he raised.
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It is likely that in normal discourse, the context of the sentences will help to resolve these potential ambiguities.
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She wants this resolved before the girls come back next month and practice begins.
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The ability to coordinate several activities at once and to quickly analyze and resolve specific problems is important.
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There are internal disputes which are resolved by a visitor who is not a lawyer himself and has not taken legal advice.
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Yet only a very few seem to have consciously resolved to make a different life.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
stiffen
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But no, his wayward member twitched once more, started to stiffen with free-willed resolve .
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Denial can obscure obstacles and stiffen resolve .
strengthen
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It shows them up for what they really are, and only strengthens my resolve .
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Undoubtedly Margaret helped strengthen her resolve .
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She felt her anger grow colder, not hot, strengthening her resolve .
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The resulting humiliation should serve to strengthen your resolve .
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He clenched his fists at his sides to strengthen his resolve .
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In fact, the courage shown by their martyred brothers and sisters had only strengthened their resolve to persevere.
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Their move away from video, while strengthening a resolve with the fans, has been strongly criticised within business circles.
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Her defiance also seemed to strengthen Roy's resolve to put up with the treatment and get well.
test
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I believe that there is a strong likelihood that markets will seek to test that resolve .
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He had anticipated that going to a pub would test the resolve to its limits.
weaken
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Such policies offer the rich some protection as they weaken the resolve of potential revolutionaries.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He restated his firm resolve to become president, and achieve clean and honest government.
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The latest unemployment figures should strengthen the government's resolve to do something about it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it is also a story of brute resolve and drive, and courage at a crunch.
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Denial can obscure obstacles and stiffen resolve .
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Fortunately, there is a battery of leftist anti-smoking arguments to buttress flagging resolve , which the rightwinger can't call upon.
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He had only to say he admired Grace Bird's fortitude and instantly her chin stiffened with resolve .
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His resolve and optimism, tempered with caution, are none the less remarkable.
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Maintaining our resolve for peace does not mean, however, turning the other cheek.
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None the less the young couple eventually married, which in the face of so much Glover resistance undoubtedly took some strength and resolve .