noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
new
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We need to have clarification of the role Helen Hoy would be expected to play in the new set-up .
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But how to get that new set-up looking right?
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Manypeople also believed the new set-up could not work.
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Caulerpa is not very hardy, and sensitive to changes in the chemical and biological activity of a new set-up .
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He says the new set-up will benefit patients by cutting administration costs and freeing more money for health care.
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Howard is still a little jealous of his authority, hasn't yet quite grasped the new set-up since my Ministry was established.
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The new set-up gives more surface area, says Mr Tomlinson, and should last much longer.
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What's the name of your new set-up ?
present
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A little history will explain the present set-up .
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How large will my Snakehead grow in the present set-up , and what is its life expectancy?
whole
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That, she knew full well, she could do nothing about, although she disapproved of the whole set-up .
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The whole set-up is not quite as simple as it may seem.
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This was entirely necessary, considering that the whole set-up , complete with rocks and water, weighs about two tonnes.
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There was something fishy about the whole set-up .
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The idea of this joint venture is to reduce overheads and the whole set-up is run by a staff of just seven.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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An efficient accounts set-up can not only save a company money: it can improve its relationship with its clients.
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It's an impressive set-up . The foundation brings in half a million dollars a day.
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My last school was quite traditional, but it's a different set-up at the new one.
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They're divorced, but they're still living in the same house - it seems like a strange set-up to me.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was still a strange set-up at Four Winds.
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Oh, sometimes I wish I'd never come into this set-up .
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Once the system has popped, it is more self-sustaining, self-stabilizing, not requiring the artificial crutches that set-up needed.
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The basic lighting set-up incorporates three lamps.
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The kind of firing set-up used is obviously important in determining the firing atmosphere achieved.
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This is a two-machine set-up by which original video recordings can be transferred on to copy tapes.
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This is particularly true of the set-up operation.
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This was entirely necessary, considering that the whole set-up , complete with rocks and water, weighs about two tonnes.