adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
consist entirely/solely of sb/sth
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The area does not consist entirely of rich people, despite popular belief.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
concerned
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My interest is solely concerned with the health of animals.
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Now solely concerned with training for working with the media.
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Probation practice is not, however, solely concerned with the establishment of rules.
responsible
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He nodded, avoiding the many eyes that glared at him as though he were solely responsible .
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Economics is of course not solely responsible for these changes.
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He says another man, Derek McCall, 20, was solely responsible .
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Consequently, as social life becomes more complex, the school is increasingly seen as the agency solely responsible for providing solutions.
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But it would be a distortion to suggest that de Gaulle and his agents were solely responsible for the eventual unification.
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It is not reasonable to expect one person to be solely responsible for fundraising, campaigning or recruitment work.
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That person is then solely responsible for any debts the business may incur.
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In fact, it wasn't just the twins who were solely responsible for her feeling so exhausted.
■ VERB
based
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This classification is based solely on composition immediately after deposition; cements and authigenic minerals are not included.
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In Los Angeles, a doctor was terminated from a health care plan based solely on a business and financial management analysis.
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Initial selection was based solely upon Stirling's impressions of the men at brief interviews.
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It is imperative that courts decide cases based solely on the evidence and never on public sentiment, however strong.
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However, decisions regarding the provision of education can not be based solely on demographic trends.
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The Richmond Plan denies certain citizens the opportunity to compete for a fixed percentage of public contracts based solely upon their race.
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Your payment is solely based on the value of the Program.
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The situation was akin to guessing when an argument would turn into a fistfight based solely on the volume of the shouting.
concentrate
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At Kidd's arrival Clive and Stokes concentrated solely on executive search, but it has since undertaken organisational consulting assignments.
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New Jersey had a balanced budget when Whitman took office, allowing her to concentrate solely on paying for the tax cuts.
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Smolsky has composed in most of the major genres, although the Olympia selection concentrates solely on his orchestral output.
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A study of bibliographic classification could concentrate solely upon the major and some of the more minor bibliographic classification schemes used today.
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The major problem is that pupils may concentrate solely on the game aspect and also lose interest quickly.
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They ignore other countries' difficulties and concentrate solely on those in this country, to the damage of our interests.
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Sabine concentrated solely on making sure the appropriate pieces got into the right rooms.
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From now on she would concentrate solely on work.
confine
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Mark you, Squirrell was not solely confined to these stylistic limitations.
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Interestingly, this reliance on state funding is not confined solely to industry.
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Interestingly, the use of key rings is confined solely to the Roman period.
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Her affection for the unusual was not confined solely to the young.
consist
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All would keep strict hours, their duties consisting solely in the preparation and delivery of their lessons.
deal
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Therefore we are dealing solely with an exchange-value schema, not a prices of production one.
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Placido Domingo will release an album that deals solely with the topics of losing your job and your girl.
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He says Harwell has now expanded from dealing solely with the field of nuclear physics.
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The church records, by the way, only go back as far as 1565, and they deal solely with marriages and deaths.
dedicate
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Even the guides solely dedicated un shopping are feeling the strain.
depend
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According to current theories, all of this is entirely predictable, depending solely upon the distance the Earth is from the Sun.
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The data one chooses to select and record depend solely upon the theory one is trying to prove.
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Furthermore, the practice of good dermatology does not depend solely on adequate eyesight and clinical expertise.
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The Confederates considered the works impregnable, but they did not depend solely upon them.
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For her decision depended solely on her assessment of Janice.
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The searcher who depends solely on browsing at the shelves can miss other related items scattered elsewhere in the collection.
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Productivity growth does not depend solely on equipment - whether or not new, high-productivity machines replace old, low-productivity ones.
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Peace, in other words, depends solely on collective security.
determine
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The growth of this type of training, however, has not been determined solely by the providers.
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Whereas the endangered species listing is determined solely upon scientific data, economics play a role in deciding critical habitat.
devoted
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Beds devoted solely to roses are traditional but demand a lot of space and offer only limited interest.
exist
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Science is the pop of the Nineties; beyond truth or fable, good or evil, it exists solely to stimulate.
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A small cluster of national agencies exists solely to service the local federations and their programs.
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They exist solely in the mind of the man who invented them.
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Fleet Street seemed to exist solely to praise the Tories and bolster the system.
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The Full Mont / s multiculturalism similarly exists solely at the level of the unifying image.
focus
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Our fear was that not to focus solely on racism would mean it slipping on to the edges of our concerns once again.
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There are now two labels, Celtic Heartbeat and Green Linnet, that solely focus on the music.
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Some lawmakers want to repeal that measure and order the Fed to focus solely on fighting inflation.
relate
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Simply implementing the Directive by means of a statutory instrument would result in yet another regime relating solely to consumer contracts.
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Expenses related solely to your home office would be fully deductible.
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The latter is established partly because of the expertise it can develop, and this expertise is not related solely to fact finding.
rely
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It would be most unwise at present to rely solely on luminescence interpretations of geological phenomena.
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The professional also learns quickly not to rely solely upon personal qualities and a limited collection of instructional materials.
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No longer does evidence of authenticity have to rely solely on stylistic criteria, which can be unreliable.
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You will be choosing the organization and then selling yourself to them, rather than relying solely upon answering newspaper advertisements.
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But he does not rely solely on technical gadgetry.
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Even in portraying the character and spirit of a little cascade one must rely solely upon line and tone.
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But it thinks that to rely solely on market forces is a messy way of reining in a big borrower.
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They are the restraints on which the people must often rely solely , in all representative governments....
rest
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Rather, the authority of law rested solely on the fact that it was promulgated by the authorized ruler.
use
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Once Alnmouth was a busy corn port but today the estuary is used solely for pleasure activities such as wind-surfing and sailing.
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The western Cour Marly in the Richelieu wing will be used solely for Marly sculptures.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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If the business is sued, the owner will be held solely responsible for any damages.
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Scholarships are awarded solely on the basis of financial need.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to Tretorn, this confirms its continued commitment to grass roots tennis, of which the Trust is also, solely committed.
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Also present within organization are power strategies designed solely to promote selfish objectives.
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Here a new level of explanation is required, and it can not be one solely in terms of physical factors.
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New Jersey had a balanced budget when Whitman took office, allowing her to concentrate solely on paying for the tax cuts.
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Surely Ministers are appearing at the Dispatch Box solely to answer questions about their governmental responsibilities.
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The data one chooses to select and record depend solely upon the theory one is trying to prove.
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They escaped solely because of the strength of the end wall of the building.
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This finding warns us against concluding that women get into heroin and sustain regular use solely because of male associations and partnerships.