noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a clean shirt/sheet/towel etc
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Where are all my clean socks?
a sheet of glass (= a piece of flat glass )
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Sheets of glass were used as shelves.
a sheet of ice
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A thin sheet of ice had formed over the surface of the pond.
a sheet of paper
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Each recipe was written down on a separate sheet of paper.
an instruction booklet/leaflet/sheet
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The washing machine comes with an instruction leaflet.
baking sheet
balance sheet
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a healthy balance sheet
charge sheet
cookie sheet
fact sheet
ice sheet
poop sheet
rap sheet
sheet lightning (= lightning that appears as a sudden flash of brightness covering a large area of sky )
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Thunder rumbled and sheet lightning flashed ominously among the clouds.
sheet lightning
sheet metal
sheet music
sheets of rain (= large moving masses of heavy rain )
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He drove home slowly, through sheets of rain.
style sheet
time sheet
tip sheet
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a tip sheet for private investors
white as a sheet (= extremely pale )
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Are you OK? You’re white as a sheet .
winding sheet
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
blank
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We must ensure Brian Wilson's blank sheet of paper is full of good ideas before too long.
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Manion put the seven blank sheets of paper and the accompanying envelopes in a file folder and left for lunch.
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Inevitably, when he arrived home he found he had nothing but a blank sheet of photographic paper.
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To put it simply, it is difficult to get beyond that first blank sheet of paper.
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He still had to put his own words on this blank sheet in front of him.
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You will also need blank sheets of paper of the same size, markers, and paper for students.
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Nigel was installed in the office with a blank sheet of paper in front of him when Eleanor arrived.
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Put the bell picture up on the wall with the blank sheet of paper next to it. 2.
clean
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A large cavalry patrol moved across it stage by stage like bedbugs across a clean sheet .
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At the far end, clean sheets were airing under an open roof.
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Taking a clean sheet of A4 paper out of a drawer, she divided it into three vertical columns.
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They are treading unfamiliar ground in the relegation zone and have failed to keep a clean sheet this season.
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Hereford just can't keep a clean sheet and their lowly league position reflects that.
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Also there is some funny rule regarding how long a player must be on the pitch to claim a clean sheet .
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And another clean sheet for Beeney.
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Liverpool can not afford to concede a goal tonight-and James has yet to keep a clean sheet .
large
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Faxing the stuff, may prove awkward as it is on 2 large A3 sheets .
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Arrange croissant cubes on large baking sheet .
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It comes in various sizes of large sheets as well as the small sizes available in hardware shops.
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Finishing the story, Rita pulls out large sheets of newsprint on which she has pasted pictures from the story.
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Magilla was given a large sheet of plain white paper and a felt-tip pen and proceeded to write down all our thoughts.
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Town Council Chairwoman Joy Jackson wrote on a large sheet of paper a list of suggestions for dealing with future fires.
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It was a large sheet of paper with writing all over it.
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Give each group a large sheet of paper on which to record their results.
mylar
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Don't be frightened of cards and mylar sheets .
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Each row on the mylar sheet is knitted twice.
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Making a mylar sheet is mercifully silent and you can do this almost anywhere you can find a working surface.
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I find knitting from a pattern in the Design Controller even easier than knitting with a mylar sheet .
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Each row of the pattern as marked on the mylar sheet takes two rows to knit.
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The solid lines mark the edge of the mylar sheet , the dotted lines the boundary between the two motifs.
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On separate mylar sheets , I then mark out each colour in turn for the relevant areas of the design.
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The EC1 pattern controller reads the mylar sheets and it has the pattern variation controls.
separate
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He numbered the questions, and jotted down the answers on a separate sheet .
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Stick the pictures of the animals minus their ears on separate sheets of paper.
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The evening paper flung aside violently and scattering into its separate half-dozen sheets accounted for a good fifty percent of the chaos.
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If necessary a separate sheet should be attached specifying the individual entries to be processed.
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Reference lists, figure legends and tables should all be on separate sheets , all of which should be double-spaced and numbered.
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Write all your metaphors and similes down on a separate sheet of paper.
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Use a separate sheet for each stone so that the downward trend looks more dramatic-and more encouraging.
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On separate mylar sheets , I then mark out each colour in turn for the relevant areas of the design.
single
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Its prime target is an audience of decision makers whose names you can write down on a single sheet of paper.
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Printed on thin single sheets , suitable for enclosing in an envelope, they were a considerable success.
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For each of these stages a single sheet of paper carries an activity matrix.
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On a single sheet of paper write down the main message of the report.
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It was a single sheet that had been folded neatly into four.
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He lay down under the single sheet and closed his eyes.
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It contained a single sheet of paper.
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As she walked she tore at the seal, unfolding the single sheet .
thin
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Printed on thin single sheets , suitable for enclosing in an envelope, they were a considerable success.
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Even a thin sheet of card, or a foot of air, will absorb a good proportion.
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The thin sheet of paper inside was a receipt.
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Surround meat with thin sheets of fat and tie into A place before roasting.
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The minute particles in the rock have been flattened with the result that the slate splits easily into thin sheets .
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He was curious to investigate what would happen if he passed the Alphas through an exceptionally thin sheet of material.
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There were mattresses but no blankets, only thin sheets .
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These are sold in very thin sheets that can be cut to the desired size, filled, sealed and boiled.
white
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He went as white as a sheet and backed off immediately.
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There was the big brass bed with its snowy white sheets , its marshmallow pillows and top-cover of fringed ivory lace.
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A double bed with starched white sheets covering a too-soft mattress fills most of the space.
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I sit high on a table with a white paper sheet on it.
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She saw seven place settings and seven beds with white sheets .
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Hoomey came back white as a sheet , speechless.
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She held the bundle up and finished unwrapping it from its white sheet .
■ NOUN
balance
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Its balance sheet is rock solid.
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Unisys had $ 820 million in cash on the balance sheet at the close of the quarter.
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Interim reporting Interim reports should include balance sheet information and be reviewed by auditors. 1.
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The corporate balance sheet also showed a steady and impressive growth in shareholders' equity over the years since Lockheed almost died.
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Answer guide: Record in the stock column and in a creditor column. Balance sheet - increase assets and liabilities.
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Without three pars, the balance sheet for the week would be bright red.
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Assume that a bank has the following simplified balance sheet .
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The assets side of the balance sheet lists the total resources of the firm in dollar terms.
charge
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On 19 July 1991 the sentences were overturned on technical grounds - a typist's error on the charge sheet .
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The charge sheet reveals that Mr Milosevic and his fellow conspirators allegedly embezzled $ 400m in state funds.
cookie
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Set pie on cookie sheet and bake at 425 degrees 10 minutes.
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When you covered the cookie sheet I with the towel, the sound was no longer reflected.
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Place on well-greased cookie sheet and flatten with spatula.
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Drop on to greased cookie sheets and bake about 10 minutes.
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Spray cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
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Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 12 to 15 minutes.
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Drop by rounded teaspoons on to a greased non-stick cookie sheet .
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Put a cookie sheet on the oven rack during preheating.
fact
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This fact sheet examines sources and types of income, and the variation between different types of families.
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Special fact sheets and brochures are to be produced as part of the campaign.
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These include books, posters, spiritual reflections, fact sheets about specific countries and aid programmes, videos and tape/slide presentations.
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Examples are fact sheets , recipes and research material.
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All the information's on our fact sheet .
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Glen Lyons has a variety of mail order products and fact sheets available.
ice
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During the Pleistocene period, Britain's climate ranged from warm-temperate to very cold during the several advances of ice sheets .
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Thus the ice sheet would expand.
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In the last one million years the ice sheets spread a layer of boulder clay across the lowlands.
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The cutter rolls briefly as it splits an ice sheet the size of a suburban back yard.
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These differences were caused first by ice sheets and later by rivers.
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The tremendous weight of the ice sheet loaded and depressed that part of the lithosphere.
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It is equally difficult to work out what will happen to the ice sheets at the poles.
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As the snow accumulates from that little boreal patch, growing inexorably year after year, gargantuan ice sheets begin to form.
information
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Recently, this hospital's dietitian requested changes in the patient information sheet for a protocol approved by that committee.
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Stories are great for all types of documents, from information sheets to faxed memos.
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Informed consent was sought from parents, who were given an information sheet .
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Rather than saying: This information sheet is snobby and boring.
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Visitors with mobility, sight or hearing impairments will be sent an information sheet and plan on request.
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No one will read it. your editor should say: This information sheet contains a lot of important information.
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The permit, which is free, also has an information sheet which states 11 separate conditions concerning the use of skips.
metal
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And the beauty is not just limited to the sheet metal .
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Houses were shoulder-high, made of old packing crates and strips of sheet metal , the walls stuffed with cardboard and rags.
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The technique of hammering meant that sheet metal was liable to become brittle.
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Some had pieces of sheet metal tacked on to them.
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Heinz was a sheet metal worker.
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But the familiar screaming of sheet metal against a wall undoubtedly will make hearts skip faster than usual.
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At its Llanfyllin site, Grayman Tooling and Pressings manufactures sheet metal pressings and assemblies mainly for the automotive industry.
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A sheet metal punch is drawn through by being tightened with an Allen key.
music
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He repaired to it, deposited three dollars, borrowed a book and some sheet music , and then bought a violin.
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He was subsequently traced and cleared by Oxford police, who knew him as Stephen Smith, a wandering sheet music salesman.
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Clyde also brought along his saxophone and sheet music .
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There is also the possibility of further income for the composer from sales of sheet music .
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Although we did receive some sheet music , we mainly got tapes.
plastic
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So keep up the heat in your compost heap by covering it with black plastic sheets , old carpets or sacking.
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If you're basing yourself at one campsite place an old groundsheet or plastic sheet under the tent.
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The deck and superstructure is effectively a sandwich of foam contained within two fibre reinforced plastic sheets .
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The intestinal segment, covered by a thin plastic sheet , was placed on a plastic plate specially designed for this purpose.
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Esda is effectively negated because the plastic sheet ensures that no indentation is left on underlying pages.
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When lifted and placed against a transparent plastic sheet they would show up the tiniest particle.
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It's easy to be tidy, just carry a plastic sheet or bag upon which your excavated earth is placed.
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The corpses lay uncovered in the open on plastic sheets .
style
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Some page makeup programs, such as Ventura, come with a set of style sheets .
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Doubleclick or open the typeface, and you get a style sheet that you can print.
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A collection of these tags makes up a style sheet and, together with the skeleton document, are saved as a template.
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Recently there has been some move towards separate specification of formatting information, typically in the form of style sheets .
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It is also well worth using this style sheet as the starting point for any new ones.
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The second area in which Aldus have improved the handling of long documents is in the implementation of style sheets .
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With an automatic system a few simple alterations to the style sheet and it's all done for you.
■ VERB
bake
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Place well apart on baking sheets and flatten slightly.
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Arrange croissant cubes on large baking sheet .
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Place on baking sheets and bake for 10-15 minutes.
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Place roll on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray and flatten roll to 1-inch thick.
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Place on baking sheets and bake four about 10 minutes until crisp and golden.
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Remove from baking sheet to a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes.
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Leave on baking sheets for a few minutes, then transfer biscuits to wire racks until completely cool.
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Line a flat baking sheet with heavy foil.
change
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And if he hasn't changed his sheets by now, he jolly well ought to have done.
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I got in the habit of changing the sheets every weekend.
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The ceiling could be lifted off, so that Glumdalclitch could change my sheets and tidy my room.
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Newley and Bricusse would both like to find another Newley and Bricusse, with somebody else - just to change the sheets .
cover
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A low, squarish object covered by a dust sheet caught his eye and he cautiously headed towards it.
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A couple of feet north of the light fixture was a small skylight covered by sheets of tin.
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These, she noticed, were covered by white dust sheets .
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When you covered the cookie sheet I with the towel, the sound was no longer reflected.
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It was covered with dust sheets .
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The body of an old man covered by a sheet was wheeled by just as Billy entered the corridor.
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Their floors are covered by sheets of boulder clay.
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I squeezed into the room, gently lifted him up, lay him on the bed and covered him with a sheet .
draw
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Worksheet of Stern 5. Draw up a balance sheet and profit and loss account for Stern.
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The wind filled it and the men drew taut the sheets , but the ship did not move.
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He steeled himself as Epitot drew back the sheet .
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He drew a sheet of paper toward him: it appeared to be a telegram bearing a royal crest.
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He was dead, and she drew the sheet over his face before turning her attention to the next.
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She draws back the sheet so that he stirs uneasily, feeling the cooler air and himself revealed.
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Tom drew back the sheets and Willie climbed in between them.
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He hand drew each sheet and then compressed them.
include
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Interim reporting Interim reports should include balance sheet information and be reviewed by auditors. 1.
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Applications of special interest to accountants include voice annotated balance sheets and accounts, and remote auditing and stock taking.
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Next morning I was driven to Cambridge, clutching the flight engineer's personal documents which included his Service conduct sheet .
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The scheme also includes a sheet explaining the procedure for the inspection.
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Whether any resulting assets and liabilities should be included in the balance sheet .
keep
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Thin wedges are used to keep the sheets a couple of millimetres off the floor.
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Note: Keep phyllo sheets covered with a dry towel while working with one sheet at a time.
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They are treading unfamiliar ground in the relegation zone and have failed to keep a clean sheet this season.
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Hereford just can't keep a clean sheet and their lowly league position reflects that.
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Liverpool can not afford to concede a goal tonight-and James has yet to keep a clean sheet .
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Everton's record of failing to keep a clean sheet in 15 matches soon looked ominously likely to continue.
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Unofficial payments made by Swindon included signing-on fees of up to £20,000 and a goalkeeper's £50 bonus for keeping a clean sheet .
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He was keeping a clean sheet against two terrific attempts by Martin Ling and co.
place
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I watched as he placed a sheet of paper in the roller and began tapping the keys.
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Cut into 8 wedges. Place on cookie sheet .
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Photographs may be prepared by placing negative sheets or printing papers face down on the glass viewing plate.
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Generously butter and flour four 1-cup, oven-proof ramekins. Place on a baking sheet .
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An overnight case had been placed carefully on a sheet of newspaper.
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Drain and place on a baking sheet .
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The pad, which is placed below the under sheet , acts like a sensitive switch.
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He placed one sheet of paper before the clerk and returned to counsel table.
produce
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The image can be produced on a transparent sheet or on paper as required.
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However, producing a consolidated balance sheet without the fund balance sheets is hardly a satisfactory solution.
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This seems inconsistent with the practice of producing a consolidated balance sheet .
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The surface then produced is ideal for sheet floorcoverings.
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In order to provide some sort of overall picture this authority, in common with most others, produces a consolidated balance sheet .
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The Aviation Ministry ... produces sheet aluminium, magnesium alloys, shaped metal products, plastics, and rubber products.
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The system produces daily action sheets and reminders such as limitation reminders.
pull
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Returning to the bed, he pulled the sheet away, and Paige held out her arms to him.
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He reached into his coat and pulled out a sheet of paper which he unfolded and thrust at Henry.
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We pulled off the sheets and untied the prisoner from the post.
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I pulled out our instruction sheet on which was printed the name of the ryokan where we were all to have lunch.
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The woman would pull up the sheet to her neck.
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Finishing the story, Rita pulls out large sheets of newsprint on which she has pasted pictures from the story.
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Making the bed: pull the top sheet back and check whether the bottom sheet is soiled and needs changing.
put
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She ripped out the paper and put in a fresh sheet .
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Manion put the seven blank sheets of paper and the accompanying envelopes in a file folder and left for lunch.
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I put the sheet back in the folder and the folder back on the other rear seat.
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I plan to put down new sheet vinyl in my kitchen.
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That surprised him, and he paused a moment before putting back the sheet .
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Set pie on upper oven rack and put a baking sheet on shelf below to catch any drips.
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They put on a bed sheet and ride around trying to get something out of their systems.
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He put a sheet of hotel stationary into the roller and sat there for a moment, staring at it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be singing from the same hymn book/sheet
be singing from the same hymn sheet/book
clean sheet/slate
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A clean sheet of blotting paper should be in the blotter. 5.
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Everton's record of failing to keep a clean sheet in 15 matches soon looked ominously likely to continue.
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He wanted to use the subsidiary as a totally clean slate and he wanted true collaboration from the beginning.
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Hereford just can't keep a clean sheet and their lowly league position reflects that.
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Orson Pratt, one of the originals, stressed the clean slate of history on which they wrote.
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The new-born child is virtually a clean slate, to be written on by the world.
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They are treading unfamiliar ground in the relegation zone and have failed to keep a clean sheet this season.
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When things go wrong Many people today believe that children begin life with a clean slate.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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During monsoon season, the rain comes down in sheets.
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She decorated a sheet of mirrored glass with a few pressed flowers.
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Sinks can be pressed from a single sheet of steel.
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Wrapping paper is sold in sheets or rolls.
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Write each answer on a separate sheet .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anyone not on a sheet of paper or who steps off, drops out of the game.
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Groups of carbonate ions are arranged in sheets in a manner somewhat like that of the sheet silicates.
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He reached into his coat and pulled out a sheet of paper which he unfolded and thrust at Henry.
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Hotrolled is the least processed sheet steel, while coated is the most processed.
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The balance sheet in Table 16.2 shows the various sterling assets of the recognized banks in descending order of liquidity.
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We got a sheet on him.