noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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For the most part, black sportsmen accept that they have advantages, in an unspecified way, over their white counterparts.
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It should also be understood that black sportsmen work sedulously at perpetuating their popular image of being relaxed at all times.
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It is little wonder that this figure cast what almost amounted to a spell over aspiring black sportsmen .
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To gain an understanding of the persistence and excellence of black sportsmen , the analysis has to begin in the eighteenth century.
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The tendency to categorize black sportsmen and women differently from the rest is faintly racist and, I believe, totally unnecessary.
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The first black sportsmen to appear in Britain were either slaves or ex-slaves.
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But now we've got a new breed of black sportsmen .
great
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There would just be the greatest sportsmen in the world doing what they are best at doing.
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I explained that I was writing a book about my experiences playing sport with the world's greatest sportsmen .
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One of the world's greatest sportsmen !
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This was a present from some one I would class as a truly great sportsman and a truly great man.
keen
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Being a doctor was the occupation of his father, a keen sportsman .
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He sang in the choir, was a talented musician and a keen sportsman .
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He is a keen sportsman and enjoys marathon running for charity. joined the purchase ledger department in August.
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He had been a keen sportsman in his youth, and now followed cricket avidly.
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Shocked Shocked friends and colleagues spoke last night of the two brothers who were keen sportsmen .
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He is a very keen sportsman and enjoys football, fishing and rugby.
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A keen sportsman , he'd spent Saturday afternoon playing rugby for his college club.
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A keen sportsman , he has several times completed the Great North Run.
professional
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He got a knighthood as well as a fortune for his pains - the first professional sportsman to do so.
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He was determined to be a professional sportsman in something.
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There were, of course, other professional sportsmen besides cricketers and footballers.
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They were more akin to circus performers than to more conventional professional sportsmen .
top
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I think nearly all the top sportsmen are reasonably intelligent people.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alec Penney was once an active sportsman .
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Being a doctor was the occupation of his father, a keen sportsman .
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He had a local reputation as a sportsman and a strong man, and also as a womanizer.
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He, of course, would be an ideal teacher if any sportsmen had running difficulties.
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Redgrave has already won two gold medals and will become Britain's most successful current Olympic sportsman if he wins his third.
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The first black sportsmen to appear in Britain were either slaves or ex-slaves.
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The obvious examples of this are the elite sportsmen and sportswomen who earn their living through participation in sport.
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Their sportsmen like Johnny Miller or Billy Casper give 20 percent or more of their earnings to the church.