I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a member state/country/nation (= a country that belongs to an international organization )
▪
the member states of the European Union
a report says/states (that)
▪
The report said that it would cost another £250 million to repair the damage.
a state constitution
▪
There was an amendment to Arizona’s state constitution.
a state of chaos
▪
Nick's bedroom is permanently in a state of chaos.
a state of confusion
▪
People were in a state of confusion and close to panic.
a state of excitement
▪
It seemed that the whole country was in a state of excitement.
a state of panic
▪
She was in a constant state of panic that he would carry out his threat.
a state of tension
▪
Marjorie lived in a constant state of tension waiting for his phone calls.
a state pension British English , a public pension American English (= one that the government pays )
▪
They argued that the state pension should rise in line with average earnings.
a state school British English , a public school American English (= a school that gets its money from the government )
▪
Universities want to encourage more applicants from state schools.
a stated objective (= what someone says their objective is )
▪
The city’s stated objective was to improve housing in the area.
a state/official secret (= a government secret )
▪
He was accused of passing on state secrets to a foreign power.
a state/state-owned enterprise ( also a public enterprise British English ) (= one owned by the government )
▪
New Zealand Rail is a state-owned enterprise.
a totalitarian state/regime
affairs of state (= the business of the government )
▪
The church played no role in the affairs of state.
an autonomous region/state/republic etc
▪
Galicia is an autonomous region of Spain.
an official/state visit
▪
The president made an official visit to France this week.
be in a state of nerves (= to be in a nervous condition )
▪
She was in such a state of nerves that she jumped at every noise.
be in a state of shock ( also be in deep shock ) (= be very shocked and upset )
▪
Eva left the room in a state of shock.
client state
county/state line American English
▪
He was born in a small town just across the state line.
declaring...state of emergency
▪
After declaring a state of emergency , the government arrested all opposition leaders.
emotional state
▪
the physical and emotional state of the patient
fragile state
▪
Relations between the two countries are in a fragile state .
government/public/state policy
▪
Government spending is determined by government policy.
head of state
in a constant state of anarchy
▪
The classroom was in a constant state of anarchy .
in a state of disrepair
▪
The castle is in a state of disrepair .
in a state of flux
▪
The education system is still in a state of flux .
in a state of grace (= when God has forgiven you for the wrong things you have done )
▪
He died in a state of grace .
in a state of undress
▪
Cindy was wandering about her room in a state of undress .
in no fit state
▪
I was still very shocked and in no fit state to work.
industrial countries/nations/states
▪
a meeting of the world’s major industrial nations
lamentable state of affairs
▪
a lamentable state of affairs
liberal state/society/democracy etc
local/state/city government
▪
The interference in local government by central government is not just financial, but political.
minister of state
nation state
▪
European union is seen as a threat to the sovereignty of the nation state.
national/state boundaries (= boundaries between countries or states )
▪
Big companies usually aim to expand outside national boundaries.
national/state lottery
national/state security (= security of a country )
▪
Did the article contain any information that is damaging to national security?
national/state/county park
▪
the Lake District National Park
non-member state/country
▪
imports from non-member countries
parlous state
▪
The country’s police force was in a parlous state in 1990.
persistent vegetative state
police state
psychological state
▪
What was the patient’s psychological state ?
public/government/state expenditure (= money a government spends on the services it provides for people )
▪
The Conservatives want to maintain a firm control on public expenditure.
public/government/state spending
▪
The government is determined to keep public spending under control.
▪
They called for increased government spending on education.
public/private/state ownership
▪
The company was returned to private ownership in mid-1987.
puppet government/regime/state (= a government etc controlled by a more powerful country or organization )
ruinous state/condition
▪
the ruinous state of the city walls
sb's state of health
▪
Your choice of exercise must depend on your general state of health.
sb’s declared/stated aim (= an aim that sb has stated clearly )
▪
The Department’s declared aim is targeting benefits where they are most needed.
Secretary of State
▪
the Secretary of State for Transport
shocking state
▪
The path was in a shocking state .
sorry state of affairs
▪
It’s a sorry state of affairs when an old lady has to wait 12 hours to see a doctor.
sorry state
▪
the sorry state of the environment
state attorney
state benefit
state categorically
▪
Can you state categorically that her death was caused by lack of food?
state court
State Department
state education British English , public education American English (= provided by the government of a country )
▪
The state of California guarantees free public education to all children.
state law (= the law in a US state )
▪
Under state law it was illegal for any public official to receive gifts worth more than $100.
state line
▪
We crossed the state line into Missouri.
state monopoly
▪
the state monopoly of television
state of emergency
▪
After declaring a state of emergency , the government arrested all opposition leaders.
state of preservation
▪
The arena is in an exceptionally fine state of preservation .
state park
state radio (= controlled by the government of a country )
▪
In a message read on state radio and television, the president called for calm.
state school
State Second Pension, the
state the facts (= say what you know is true )
▪
Press reports often fail to state the facts completely.
state trooper
state university
State's evidence
state/county fair
state/national/federal etc legislature
▪
the state legislature of Virginia
steady state theory
sweep the country/nation/state etc
▪
a wave of nationalism sweeping the country
the national/federal/state budget
▪
He has a plan to balance the federal budget.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
voice/state an opinion written (= give your opinion, especially in a formal situation )
▪
She has every right to voice her opinion.
welfare state
worked...up into a state
▪
She had worked herself up into a state .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
emotional
▪
I can sense your emotional state .
▪
You may also notice that your child likes to maintain a fairly low-key emotional state .
▪
It was certainly not a highly emotional state , nor was it an abandonment of old modes of perception.
▪
In other words, meaning is a highly important component element in the labelling of emotional states .
▪
This has considerable significance for the communication of emotional states and personal interaction.
▪
It must be virtually impossible for a dolphin to hide its inner emotional state .
▪
Throughout they have to be aware of each player's emotional state .
independent
▪
The republic was declared an independent state on Sept. 23.
▪
In the first months the Provincial Juntas acted as independent sovereign states .
▪
It has been replaced by a commonwealth of independent states .
▪
In 1992 western governments had allowed Bosnia to hold a referendum and become an independent state .
▪
This would be as unrealistic and premature as Mr Rugova's call for immediate recognition of an independent state .
mental
▪
As we fall asleep our mental state becomes somewhat unpredictable from such gross measures.
▪
This juggling is mostly unconscious: they automatically adjust their consumption of both drugs to maintain a desired physical or mental state .
▪
But he was worried about the King's mental state , and to what this might lead.
▪
Does their exceptional mental state determine both the quality of their performance and the vividness of their recollection of it?
▪
After a meeting with Minton, Lehmann usually commented in his diary on his mental state .
▪
They are also happy to accept that it is only because we have these mental states that we behave as we do.
▪
They may say they are not sick when clearly they are; this is because of the mental state .
▪
People could think what they liked about her mental state , as long as they didn't stand in her way.
other
▪
The judgment encouraged citizen groups supporting term-limit initiatives in other states .
▪
Around one third of pensioners are so poor that their basic state pension is topped up with other state benefits.
▪
After all, New York State has attracted more foreign companies than any other state , from headquarters operations to manufacturing operations.
▪
Which markets in other member states can they best move into?
▪
Conversely, those under attack from undertakings in dominant positions from other member states have valuable defences to attacking market dominant undertakings.
▪
Along with every other Arab state he officially opposed the partition, but the others knew his intention was the opposite.
▪
Codification has the advantage over other kinds of state power that it generally lasts.
▪
The County Council claims it's merely proposing to bring church schools into line with other state schools.
steady
▪
Instead play is converging to a negative steady state .
▪
At any given dosage, 2-4 days are required to reach steady state .
▪
This produces a steady state in which any stimulatory or inhibitory effects can be measured.
▪
In a word, a steady state system is lively, even truly alive, like a Darwinian universe.
▪
Ecotopians develop steady state systems and technologies.
▪
There was no reasonable mechanism in the steady state theory to generate microwaves with such a spectrum.
▪
The proposal that gained widest support was called the steady state theory.
▪
The calculation is valid for the innermost layer of the wall at a constant transmural pressure and at steady state conditions.
■ NOUN
attorney
▪
We went down once, then a second time with the state attorney general.
▪
She later backed off that statement, but state attorneys are still working out the details for implementation of the law.
▪
The latest rumors are separate from actual talks between cigarette maker Liggett and state attorneys general.
benefit
▪
The letter asks him to consider the needs of older people dependent on state benefits .
▪
They live on state benefits in London, and were granted permission to stay until 2002.
▪
Two-thirds of this group got over three-quarters of their income from state benefits and only 7 percent had any earnings from employment.
▪
She has no legal income other than state benefits .
▪
Nearly 60% of pensioners receive at least 75% of their income from state benefits , particularly the basic pension.
▪
At the time of writing, part of the cost can be met by state benefits .
▪
The fact is that between July and September of this year the whole family was dependent on state benefits .
court
▪
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in state court in Houston, seeks unspecified damages.
▪
Medtronic Inc. v. Lohr: Federal law does not prevent patients from suing manufacturers of defective medical devices in state courts .
▪
The railroad brought suit in state court on interstate-commerce grounds and won.
▪
That led to a 1994 state court decision rejecting the project because of inadequate environmental protections.
▪
A summary of the federal and state court reporter system appears in Table 1. 1.
▪
Currently, federal courts tend to refuse to take such cases until all local and state court appeals are finished.
▪
The action in state courts is even more awesome.
department
▪
When state department analysts are asked for their opinions, however, pragmatism will probably trump ideology.
▪
In 1996, he was moved to a state Department of Justice office building, allowing him more privacy.
▪
Hearing the onslaught of criticism, the state Department of Education is showing some signs of flexibility.
▪
On the very same day Bush placated the right, Colin Powell spoke to the state department .
▪
Oklahoma Futures oversees the state Department of Commerce and approves the annual business plans of several other state development authorities.
▪
The state Department of Public Safety is working with the counties to come up with damage estimates.
enterprise
▪
Towards this end subsidies for state enterprises would be abolished.
▪
Only 70 state enterprises exceeded their planned profit target in the year.
▪
After spending 17 years in Congress hurling broadsides at foreign creditors and defending state enterprises , Mr Franco has changed course.
▪
The scope for political exchange complicates the nature of bargaining in state enterprise industrial relations.
▪
More recently, governments have imposed financial constraints limiting the call of state enterprises on public funds.
▪
In 1991 Soglo instituted an austerity program and privatized many state enterprises , a trend continued by Kerekou.
▪
The root of these accommodations is the bargaining power possessed by state enterprises .
government
▪
The state governments , of whatever party, attach great importance to the expansion of their own mass media facilities.
▪
The Reagan New Federalism also signalled an increased dependence of urban areas on state government .
▪
The state government retains the right to license other operators to run passenger and freight trains over the country rail network.
▪
Washington must work with state governments to develop more precision in assessing skills, employment rates and job retention.
▪
They have links with the state government in Albany as well as City Hall, which adds hugely to their clout.
▪
It would ban racial and gender preferences in all state government hiring, contracting and education programs.
▪
It remains the means of official communication between the central and state governments , and between individual state governments.
▪
Since most antipoverty programs are partnerships between the federal and state governments , the impact of a higher minimum wage can vary.
law
▪
The revenue-neutral requirement was included in state law in 1992 by financially strapped counties worried that breakaway efforts would be money-driven.
▪
Arrests were made under a state law which makes it a criminal offence to hide ones face at a protest.
▪
A number of state laws describe penalties that may be imposed on teachers or organization officials who engage in an illegal strike.
▪
Under state law if police uncover clear signs of a domestic quarrel, including injuries, they have to bring charges.
▪
But less well known is how he uses state laws to create an unfettered channel of contributions from donors across the country.
▪
It was his job as district attorney to enforce a state law prohibiting abortion except to save a woman's life.
▪
The saguaro is a protected plant under state law .
legislature
▪
In general Republicans supported the measure because its likely effect would be to undermine the long-lasting Democratic domination of the state legislature .
▪
It is only much more recently, however, that Republicans began to run strong campaigns for state legislatures .
▪
Idaho had been selected by anti-abortionists after similar bills had been defeated in several other state legislatures .
▪
Rice noted that Brown is not the only former speaker of a state legislature to join the mayoral ranks.
▪
Unlike the banned groups it had a large membership and was represented in several state legislatures .
▪
Whitman enraged conservatives by opposing a ban on late-term abortions sent to her by the state legislature .
▪
The opposition in the state legislature , Rajiv Gandhi's Congress Party, is rather sulky over the achievement.
▪
It is even questionable that the electronic press has to await permission from a state legislature in order to gain entry.
member
▪
No member state will have to take part in a military operation if it does not want to.
▪
The internal affairs of a member state are no business of the union, hence the reticence in Brussels.
▪
Cultural support measures by member states have a centuries-old tradition behind them.
▪
Future trade agreements will be negotiated not by the member states , but principally by the trade commissioner, Pascal Lamy.
nation
▪
One example of the duplicity of this rhetoric of inevitability concerns the nation state .
▪
The bottom line was that in the Soviet Union, as in every other nation state in history, money talked.
▪
Derived from satellite imagery at comparatively low resolution, predicted yields for different crops in different nation states become of commercial value.
▪
On the one hand they are rebuilding in Berlin the grandiose capital of a restored nation state .
▪
These constitute the basis upon which the very possibility of a nation state rests.
▪
And people live still inside nation states with all their dense allegiances and histories.
▪
The process of forming a nation state did not, evidently, follow the same course everywhere.
▪
This is not to say, however, that popular sovereignty requires a nation state .
pension
▪
However, two main objectives remained central to the movement throughout the period: early retirement combined with adequate state pensions .
▪
And for most pensioners, even those with supplementary pensions or savings, the state pension is their financial lifeline.
▪
Furthermore the level of the state pension is low in both historical and international terms.
▪
Successive governments, however, have made it clear that any alteration of the state pension ages is unlikely.
▪
This includes the state pension , any occupational or personal pension and invalidity benefit.
▪
In old age children provide the only security that exists in countries with no state pension or social security.
▪
The only way in which that can be addressed sensibly is by putting extra money into the basic state pension .
▪
My state pension is £57.60 per week and I have a pension of £360.95 per month from my former employers.
school
▪
Corporal punishment was banned in state schools five years ago.
▪
Justice says they should be allowed to attend the state school .
▪
In state schools only £38 per pupil is spend in secondary schools and £25 in primaries.
▪
Many state schools would be funded by private firms.
▪
The Department of Education and Science has estimated that state schools have a £3 billion backlog of repairs.
▪
It is iniquitous that higher education still discriminates against state school children.
▪
Some state schools have followed the example of the independent schools in asking parents to give covenanted sums.
▪
In state schools , shortage of funds has meant that pupils or their families have to pay for materials and equipment.
welfare
▪
A key fact about the tax benefit welfare state is that those on the highest incomes gain most.
▪
Doughty would admit that in order to safeguard the welfare state income tax would have to go up.
▪
Both are under the greatest attack from a government committed to drawing back from the welfare state .
▪
The Scandinavian welfare states assume agreement over issues which can be highly divisive in many parts of the world.
▪
This view sums up the present Conservative philosophy, seen in government policies towards the welfare state , local government and taxation.
▪
But for all this, the fact remains that the citizen of the agricultural welfare state is not a primal hunter-gatherer.
▪
Two major documents published in the war years provided the planks for the final emergence of the welfare state and managed economy.
▪
The spirit of comradeship that had made victory possible had the welfare state as one of its natural corollaries.
■ VERB
declare
▪
The republic was declared an independent state on Sept. 23.
▪
Officials declared a state of emergency in King County, which includes Seattle, as well as western Washington.
▪
Analysts in Harare believe Mr Mugabe would like nothing better than the chance to declare a nationwide state of emergency.
▪
Emergencies were declared in six states as airports were shut down, stranding travelers across the country.
▪
I heard on the radio that Michigan's governor was being urged to declare a state of emergency.
▪
Emergencies were declared in 12 states and transport links thrown into chaos.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a vegetative state
at local/state/national etc level
▪
Bureaucracy, long absent from the country, was making a rapid return, both at central and at local levels .
▪
Even the left-wing parties that may yet form the government have a record of economic reform at state level .
▪
First, of course, there really does need to be a range of choices available at local level .
▪
He believes everyone has ideas worthy of attention and that earth-saving decisions are best made at local level .
▪
In keeping with the rank-and-file strength of the movement, however, pressure was applied most effectively at local level .
▪
It has also highlighted the differential at local level .
▪
The decision has generated sheafs of proposed new abortion legislation, pro and anti, at state level .
buffer state
in a fit state (to do sth)
▪
An innkeeper can refuse service to any person who is not in a fit state to be received at the inn.
▪
He ordered those of his crew still in a fit state to swim to take to the sea.
▪
If Cullam had been in a fit state to observe behaviour he might have thought the chief inspector bored or preoccupied.
▪
If she'd stayed in a fit state then she wouldn't have found herself in this situation now.
▪
She wasn't in a fit state to be on her own.
▪
The big thing about reading and all that is - you have to be in a fit state for it.
▪
When I was in a fit state she asked if I would like to talk to her.
▪
With so many major projects in hand she wanted to make sure that everything was in a fit state.
lie in state
▪
He lay in state, for ever disgraced.
▪
He lay on the marble slab in the centre of the tiny oblong chapel like a king lying in state.
▪
He may as well have been lying in state.
▪
Jane was fearful for a moment that Flopsy might be lying in state.
▪
President to lie in state while he was still alive.
mid-Atlantic states/region
state the obvious
▪
Finally, at the risk of stating the obvious , I'd like to say that managers must manage better.
▪
Do you have to state the obvious ?
▪
Don't waste precious time stating the obvious .
▪
Let's state the obvious , shall we?
▪
Sometimes he stated the obvious , and sometimes he was wrong; but he was curious, and he made connections.
▪
These are, to state the obvious again, not homosexual poems.
▪
To point out that his statistical contribution in Seattle was negatively aberrant is to state the obvious .
▪
You might also have to avoid stating the obvious .
state/frame of mind
▪
He went off to work in a pleasant frame of mind .
▪
What was his state of mind on the day of the shooting?
▪
If he could say that, for all his suffering, he wasn't in a dying frame of mind .
▪
In what ways is this different to your other states of mind and being?
▪
Meredith went up to the rehearsal room in a less tetchy state of mind .
▪
Neil certainly seemed conscious after that terrible first week, despite his inability to recall his previous state of mind .
▪
Patrick Parrinder has looked sardonically at this comforting but self-deceiving state of mind .
▪
The state that belonged to the Albion revolution was no more than a state of mind .
▪
You can not do that for her, can not alter her frame of mind .
the State Department
the continental United States
▪
If 5 percent of the continental United States is covered by water, the rest might be covered by Willow Bay.
▪
On the back wall of the produce shed hangs a schoolroom map of the continental United States.
▪
Seattle sits on a fault caused by a plate sliding under the continental United States.
the nanny state
▪
Mr Ridley, who was not involved in any of the original decisions, is no supporter of the nanny state either.
▪
Some nonsense or other to do with the nanny state.
the welfare state
turn State's evidence
▪
If both turn state's evidence, the five-year rule applies.
work yourself into a frenzy/panic/state etc
▪
A 16-year-old girl works herself into a frenzy of grief for a friend killed by right-wing vigilantes.
▪
I could see at once he was working himself into a panic about it all.
▪
I knew I was working myself into a state, but I kept on staring at the picture of the dead girl.
▪
It was silly to work himself into a state like this.
▪
Make sure that the horse stays calm and does not work himself into a frenzy.
▪
You're working yourself into a state.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
For more than 70 years, the former Soviet Union was a one-party state .
▪
Given the general state of his health, it may take him a while to recover from the operation.
▪
In 1830, Greece became an independent state .
▪
It is the duty of the state to pass laws for the common good.
▪
Most of the country's existing schools are in a sorry state of disrepair.
▪
One of the things people complain of most is the state of the sidewalks.
▪
The state of Israel was created in 1948.
▪
the member states of the European Union
▪
When I got back home, I was horrified to see what a terrible state the kitchen was in.
▪
When the gas cools, it condenses back to its liquid state .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
After 1951 Winston Churchill and his Conservative successors protected the welfare state , maintained full employment, and conciliated the trade unions.
▪
Every activity of the individual citizen is subject to scrutiny by the state , in the name of the public interest.
▪
It also emphasises the need for continuing professional development of science teachers and the poor state of labs and equipment.
▪
Many local officials are still unaware that the state has granted them the powers to set boating laws for their local waters.
▪
The possibility of equity financing depends on the state of the equity market.
▪
The Sassanians expanded eastwards to incorporate into their state the northern part of the disintegrating Kushan empire.
▪
To many who have followed Fokker over the years, its most recent cash-strapped state was nothing new.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
▪
All invoices also state the consignment's ultimate destination.
▪
The new law also states that long-distance companies will be allowed into local phone markets immediately.
▪
It also stated that no new coal-fired power stations need to be ordered before 1990 or 1994.
▪
The agreement also states that Dole is not allowed to forgive the loan.
▪
He also stated that he had no objections to negotiations in the current peace process being held in Cairo.
▪
The detective, Thomas Middleton, also stated in the documents he told John he was not a police officer.
▪
He also stated that the Corsican economy could develop harmoniously around the tourism industry.
▪
He also stated that the landing was designed to assist with the restoration of services to Bougainville.
categorically
▪
He stated categorically that he had no doubts that the parents in this case were innocent.
▪
Summing up, I can state categorically that there is no substitute for hands-on experience.
▪
Sometimes it is even stated categorically that they do not.
▪
Sotheby's stated categorically yesterday that the under-bidder had no association with the company.
▪
I can state categorically that this is not the case.
clearly
▪
Send us your clippings, stating clearly where they have come from and the date.
▪
The method of sampling should be clearly stated , as well as information relative to those unwilling to or unable to cooperate.
▪
You will need an introduction which states clearly what you are talking about and why.
▪
Clearly stating objectives will be a great help in making methods systematic.
▪
Clearly state the message you want the other person to hear.
▪
The development of overall program goals to be achieved by clearly stated objectives which relate to teacher needs and expectations. 3.
▪
I need to state clearly what the book is not.
▪
This resolution clearly states that women are responsible for the Fall and that men are superior because they were created first.
explicitly
▪
The point is, mathematical notation gives us complete liberty, unless it explicitly states otherwise.
▪
As already said, we do not explicitly state these demands to ourselves.
▪
Don't pay any money without a receipt stating explicitly what you've paid for. 2.
▪
They generally began by stating explicitly that being a manager meant being the boss: A manager is the person in charge.
▪
However, most still fail to state explicitly their political value judgements and are unaware of their ideology.
▪
In the United States, 35 states explicitly make doctor-assisted suicide a crime, including New York.
▪
What was implicit in Bukharin's work can now be stated explicitly .
▪
While not explicitly stated by the educators in all of these settings, three basic norms guided what they did.
simply
▪
It simply states that present proposals are unacceptable because they do not retain a fair and equitable trading system.
▪
Simply stated , the cost of complying with regulations is paid directly from the pockets of citizens.
▪
Yet his manner made it clear that he was simply stating a fact, not flattering with a compliment.
▪
The alternative to economic exploitation is simply stated: we leave them alone.
▪
The first law of thermodynamics simply states that energy is neither created nor destroyed during these transformations.
▪
Simply stated , the more nurturing a dough receives from start to finish, the better the bread.
▪
He can simply state in evidence that he examined the licence and found it to be a current provisional.
▪
Simply stated the purpose is the first statement about which the project is all about.
■ NOUN
article
▪
Paragraph 3 of Article 10 states that the essential aim of the penal system is reformation and social rehabilitation.
▪
The present constitution in Article 41.3.2 stated: No law shall be enacted providing for the grant of a dissolution of marriage.
▪
The Forbes article stated that Glushkov was convicted in 1982 of theft of state property.
case
▪
The question is still at the consultation stage and the people concerned should state their particular case .
▪
I was stating my case in the matter.
▪
Sayre states that in most cases , there are less than four resulting alternative letter strings, and usually one.
▪
I will simply have to state the case dogmatically, but: this is untenable.
▪
A strange looking band named Bronski Beat began to state a national case for gay equality.
▪
This simply states , in the case of a limited company, that the liability of members is limited.
▪
I can think of very few occasions when you would not have the time to state your case .
▪
Had she been stating her case too forcibly?
court
▪
Begin your address to the court by stating quite briefly what you wish to show.
▪
When making an order or refusing an application the court must state any findings of fact and the reasons for its decision.
fact
▪
Yet his manner made it clear that he was simply stating a fact , not flattering with a compliment.
▪
Cuts treated commercially with enzymes must b ar labels stating this fact .
▪
She sounded as though she was stating a fact .
▪
He was simply making a point, stating a fact , in his inimitably succinct style.
▪
Right or wrong they have simply attempted to state the facts .
▪
We have now had enough experience in many different countries to state this as a fact .
▪
Though he was deliberately sending himself up, he was also stating a simple fact .
▪
He is stating a practical fact .
government
▪
At first it left the initiative to state and local government but then it progressively took away more and more of it.
▪
The overall cutback in the funding of federal urban programs would require cities to look to state governments for aid.
▪
But to atone for this and other abuses, the firms have already promised $ 246 billion to state governments .
▪
After Thursday, a new maxim ought to state that governments do not win elections, oppositions lose them.
judgment
▪
The facts are stated in the judgment of Sir Donald Nicholls V.-C.
▪
The facts are stated in the judgment .
law
▪
Current law states that a child conceived posthumously is legally fatherless and should be registered as such.
▪
The new law also states that long-distance companies will be allowed into local phone markets immediately.
▪
It is the same law which states that without energy everything falls apart.
▪
University law states that a strike is not a legal means of achieving student objectives.
▪
The law now explicitly states that the study of any such catechism or formulary is not prohibited.
▪
Her case ended up in the Supreme Court which overturned restrictive abortion laws in 46 states .
letter
▪
The man had gone to the local authority to get a letter stating he was fit to have custody of children.
▪
He also left behind a letter stating that the Emperor abused his wife during his absence.
▪
The letter had definitely stated that she was to be met.
▪
If you have a pet, ask your previous landlord for a reference letter stating that your animal is well-behaved.
▪
On May 31, Herrera sent a formal letter to the Chamber stating his reasons for refusing to accept their decision.
▪
One of Descartes's letters states the problem clearly.
member
▪
Number of member states: 113.
▪
In most cases, family members never explicitly state this code, either to themselves or to one another.
▪
Year of foundation: 1971. Member states: 44.
▪
There was pressure from other member states to take foreign policy decisions by majority voting.
▪
In the member states a variety of national policies towards industry have been implemented.
▪
Although these communications are not legally binding, they do give member states strong guidance on legal and taxation issues.
▪
It is still possible for member states to shut doors, if they want to.
▪
The scope for member states to promote their own culture through funds and subsidies remains.
opinion
▪
The facts are stated in the opinion of Lord Keith of Kinkel.
▪
The townspeople: Loved their emperor and were too worried about being thought of as fools to state their real opinions .
▪
The symposium was not the first place I had stated unpopular opinions .
position
▪
Mr. Jones I shall state my position and that of the Opposition in my speech.
▪
It is what allows us to compose momentum states out of position states, or position states out of momentum states.
▪
Lord Denning stated that the position would have been different if the stairs leading to the basement had given way.
▪
We proceeded to state our respective positions , which took about fifteen minutes.
▪
The Efta states now occupy a position within a free-trade area, but outside Political union.
▪
Still, the economists in the central tradition stated their position with some clarity.
▪
Moreover the ontological reductivist can not state his own philosophical position coherently.
reason
▪
He waited for Ballater to explain himself or to state the reason for his visit.
▪
She could not add or subtract was the stated reason .
▪
If so, state your reasons briefly.
▪
On May 31, Herrera sent a formal letter to the Chamber stating his reasons for refusing to accept their decision.
▪
Magistrates also had to state their reasons for dismissing a case.
▪
Downing Street will supply them with special forms to state the reasons for their recommendations.
▪
Deportation orders do not have to state the reasons for expulsion.
▪
On 20 July, this House allowed the appeal, stating that the reasons for so doing would be given later.
report
▪
In your report the council leader states that they would be increasing parking for the disabled in Abbot's Yard.
▪
The report failed to state exactly how much timber could be harvested at present.
▪
The report states that immigration authorities have found evidence of 250 brothels in 26 cities where victims of trafficking are working.
▪
Often the press reports fail to state the facts completely or they slant their account of the case.
theory
▪
The theory states that individuals possess certain characteristics so that they are predisposed to act in a certain way within a given situation.
▪
This theory states that various market participants have distinct maturity preferences.
▪
The theory states that if we receive an excess of definitions favourable over those unfavourable, then we will commit crime.
▪
The demand that theories should be highly falsifiable has the attractive consequence that theories should be clearly stated and precise.
▪
The falsificationist demands that theories be stated with sufficient clarity to run the risk of falsification.
■ VERB
require
▪
The voter is required to state his preferences, and to state them once for all, before any votes are counted.
▪
President Clinton signed a law last year that requires states to make information on sexually violent criminals available to the public.
▪
It requires member states to set rules on mandatory bids, providing information to shareholders and treating them equally.
▪
Currently, the federal government requires states to provide whatever services are medically necessary.
▪
S.2 of that Act also requires a company to state its objects.
▪
The welfare provisions, meanwhile, require states to put recipients to work and penalize those that fail to do so.
▪
Companies are required to state that their accounts are prepared in accordance with approved accounting standards.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a vegetative state
at local/state/national etc level
▪
Bureaucracy, long absent from the country, was making a rapid return, both at central and at local levels .
▪
Even the left-wing parties that may yet form the government have a record of economic reform at state level .
▪
First, of course, there really does need to be a range of choices available at local level .
▪
He believes everyone has ideas worthy of attention and that earth-saving decisions are best made at local level .
▪
In keeping with the rank-and-file strength of the movement, however, pressure was applied most effectively at local level .
▪
It has also highlighted the differential at local level .
▪
The decision has generated sheafs of proposed new abortion legislation, pro and anti, at state level .
buffer state
in a fit state (to do sth)
▪
An innkeeper can refuse service to any person who is not in a fit state to be received at the inn.
▪
He ordered those of his crew still in a fit state to swim to take to the sea.
▪
If Cullam had been in a fit state to observe behaviour he might have thought the chief inspector bored or preoccupied.
▪
If she'd stayed in a fit state then she wouldn't have found herself in this situation now.
▪
She wasn't in a fit state to be on her own.
▪
The big thing about reading and all that is - you have to be in a fit state for it.
▪
When I was in a fit state she asked if I would like to talk to her.
▪
With so many major projects in hand she wanted to make sure that everything was in a fit state.
mid-Atlantic states/region
state the obvious
▪
Finally, at the risk of stating the obvious , I'd like to say that managers must manage better.
▪
Do you have to state the obvious ?
▪
Don't waste precious time stating the obvious .
▪
Let's state the obvious , shall we?
▪
Sometimes he stated the obvious , and sometimes he was wrong; but he was curious, and he made connections.
▪
These are, to state the obvious again, not homosexual poems.
▪
To point out that his statistical contribution in Seattle was negatively aberrant is to state the obvious .
▪
You might also have to avoid stating the obvious .
state/frame of mind
▪
He went off to work in a pleasant frame of mind .
▪
What was his state of mind on the day of the shooting?
▪
If he could say that, for all his suffering, he wasn't in a dying frame of mind .
▪
In what ways is this different to your other states of mind and being?
▪
Meredith went up to the rehearsal room in a less tetchy state of mind .
▪
Neil certainly seemed conscious after that terrible first week, despite his inability to recall his previous state of mind .
▪
Patrick Parrinder has looked sardonically at this comforting but self-deceiving state of mind .
▪
The state that belonged to the Albion revolution was no more than a state of mind .
▪
You can not do that for her, can not alter her frame of mind .
the State Department
the continental United States
▪
If 5 percent of the continental United States is covered by water, the rest might be covered by Willow Bay.
▪
On the back wall of the produce shed hangs a schoolroom map of the continental United States.
▪
Seattle sits on a fault caused by a plate sliding under the continental United States.
the nanny state
▪
Mr Ridley, who was not involved in any of the original decisions, is no supporter of the nanny state either.
▪
Some nonsense or other to do with the nanny state.
the welfare state
turn State's evidence
▪
If both turn state's evidence, the five-year rule applies.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
Justice Cohen stated clearly that no further action would be taken.
▪
Please state your full name for the record.
▪
The government needs to clearly state its policy on possible military action.
▪
The law states that you are innocent until proved guilty.
▪
The receipt clearly states that refunds are not allowed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
It is given only as an example which is easy to state .
▪
The essay begins by stating its main point: that the title focuses attention on a multifunctional symbol within the story.
▪
The parallels are stated, not reasoned.
▪
The permit, which is free, also has an information sheet which states 11 separate conditions concerning the use of skips.
▪
This effect need not be stated in terms.