I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a flood/stream of inquiries
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The special offer has produced a flood of inquiries from interested customers.
a mountain stream
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The water was as clear and cold as a mountain stream.
a rush/blast/stream of air
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There was a cold rush of air as she wound down her window.
a steady stream/flow/trickle
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All day long a steady stream of customers came and went.
a stream of traffic (= a long continuous series of cars, trucks etc )
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There was a constant stream of traffic.
a streaming cold British English (= in which a lot of liquid comes from your nose )
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You shouldn’t go to work if you’ve got a streaming cold.
a torrent/stream of abuse (= a series of rude or angry words )
blood gushes/streams (= moves fast )
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A man was lying in the street with blood gushing from his head.
constant stream of
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There was a constant stream of visitors to the house.
endless stream of
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an endless stream of visitors
Gulf Stream
jet stream
light streams/floods in (= a large amount of light comes in )
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Light streamed in through the window.
on stream
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Costs should fall as new technology comes on-stream.
stream of consciousness
streaming media
sunlight streams/pours somewhere (= a lot comes in )
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Mabel pulled back the curtains, and sunlight streamed in.
tears run/roll/stream down sb’s face
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Oliver laughed until tears ran down his face.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
constant
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Her clinic at the John Radcliffe hospital has a constant stream of parents wanting help.
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A constant stream of spoken advice and directions that this child is less able to comprehend will thereby exaggerate her difficulty.
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From it, during her life-time, she ejects eggs in an almost constant stream .
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The constant stream of praise burbling in the background of the class swelled into shouts of rapture.
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I always wondered where her constant stream of men came from.
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A constant stream of strangers roamed the neighborhoods.
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Cook drove clumsily, keeping up a constant stream of chatter.
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Did he want to work with the same people over a period of time or have a constant stream of new ones?
continuous
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This behaviour is really a continuous stream of behaviours.
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And it organises a continuous stream of philosophical conferences.
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Don't just write a continuous stream of unorganised information.
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Mr Daubney had been busy with a continuous stream of traffic.
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The sisters had no money for food and medicines, but they received a continuous stream of charitable donations.
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The frequency of occurrence of each n-gram in a continuous stream of data constitutes the n-gram statistics of the data set.
endless
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She had an endless stream of admirers, and I was jealous of all of them.
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The endless incomprehensible stream of language was sending Alan to sleep on his feet.
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An endless stream of self-powered ants can be sent up to the end of the cable with no further power input whatsoever!
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He takes great trouble over a seemingly endless stream of difficulties.
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His life is an endless stream of interviews and news conferences, often back to back.
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An endless stream of proposals had poured in for the £20 million a year it had to dispense.
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The endless stream of parties, dinners and galas all seemed to draw from the same guest list.
little
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And there are marsh plants in the bossy bits and beside the little streams .
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The little stream is delightfully clear and bright.
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Immediately after the stile is a lovely little mountain stream crossed by stepping stones.
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He was out hunting and hot and thirsty entered a grotto where a little stream widened into a pool.
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Unfortunately, as more and more of our little rivers and streams are converted into drains our fishing opportunities dwindle.
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Even the ponds looked healthy, the little streams we crossed in the middle of nowhere.
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Right: The little stream which flows under Puente Chinoluiz where we found an abundance of fish.
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The recent rain made the little stream passable and the water was very swift, shallow and rocky.
small
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Fishing the smaller rivers and streams gives you the chance to actually watch the fish.
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But scores of state policemen met two truckloads of the farmers at a spot where a small stream crosses the mountain road.
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They might make their own bridge over a very small stream or ditch and find out what will float underneath.
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Soon however, she found a small stream carrying runoff from the previous rain.
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The small streams are called 1st Order.
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He remembered that in his university days he had been impressed by a bridge suspended by chains over a small stream .
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Others nestle more gently around small meandering streams .
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A small stream of water called Willoughby Run winds between the next two ridges.
steady
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The docks were experiencing a boom in trade and all day long a steady stream of customers came and went.
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The bill also would provide a steady stream of money for the emissions test.
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A steady income stream is required to meet the costs of the syndicated lending department.
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But until the weather here turns cool again and the race heats up, look for a steady stream of empty feints.
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This, of course, is a recipe for disaster, her attempts to please meeting with a steady stream of rebuffs.
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And out of that mouth came a steady stream of bottom-line analysis and profanity.
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I4e was having a hard time still and his day was a steady stream of disappointments.
underground
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The water is some 20 feet down: a pool fed by a diverted underground stream .
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And I read that many cathedrals were built on ancient pagan sites, which in turn were built over underground streams .
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The Forest of Dean is riddled with underground streams and springs.
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Is the Black Virgin a symbol of the hidden Church and of the underground stream ?
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Erosion was caused by solution of the rocks and by the mud and pebbles moving in the underground stream .
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We have seen how many of the Neolithic monuments, such as Silbury Hill, were built over underground streams .
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Bless the underground stream that gave the town its water, and pray that it flows for ever and ever.
■ NOUN
bed
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The stream bed below is normally dry as the water percolates through at a lower level.
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Restoring the old stream beds would create miles and miles of wetlands and streamside habitat in a and endangered.
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They ram sticks upright into the stream bed .
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We turned left and followed the gravel stream bed .
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A formal tank would perhaps owe as much to landscape gardening as to an idealised stream bed .
income
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A steady income stream is required to meet the costs of the syndicated lending department.
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However, if there would be a significant decline in her income stream , you would want to make much greater adjustments.
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When income stream is not coming through and capital values are falling then you are going to get problems.
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You could expect dividends of about 7 percent, producing a $ 12, 537 annual income stream .
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Consequently, unlike equities, the income stream from debt is usually known.
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Against this income stream , Flynn faced mounting tuition bills, which averaged $ 29, 328 annually over 11 years.
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They analyse managements, investments and future income streams .
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We want a predictable income stream .
mountain
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Immediately after the stile is a lovely little mountain stream crossed by stepping stones.
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Or would he perhaps look upon a clear mountain stream and complain about the absence of raw sewage or Industrial effluents?
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Spring streams are generally shorter, typically forming the tributaries of mountain streams.
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A racing mountain stream ran through the centre of the village.
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It creeps over the boulders on the beds of the mountain streams , grazing on algae.
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It survived a dunking in a mountain stream , and brought back a picture of a retrieving hand to prove it.
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We paddle on seas the green of cat's eyes, and seas as clear as mountain streams .
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Its newly tamed garden has fine views and a fast-running mountain stream .
revenue
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By increasing the Group's focus on the digital environment, Emap expects to generate significant new revenue streams .
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A revenue bond, on the other hand, is paid by a defined revenue stream , specified by the county.
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That capital is dead money until the revenue stream comes on line.
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In 1996, Massachusetts passed a law to provide an ongoing state revenue stream for connecting activities related to school-to-work.
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It's already got a revenue stream from its education courses.
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In time, as the portfolio of products develops, additional revenue streams are expected from e-commerce activities.
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However, in time, other revenue streams are expected from e-commerce opportunities.
■ VERB
bring
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Cash flow from operations will increase as production from these new fields is brought on stream .
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Fluka's product line is continually increasing as its own research and development bring new products on stream .
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Malacca Strait: Two discoveries in the Selatan field were brought on stream in the second half of 1991.
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Some new lines have been brought on stream .
come
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They will be concentrated in the same industries and come on stream as the economy is beginning its recovery from the depression.
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And out of that mouth came a steady stream of bottom-line analysis and profanity.
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Norton believes privatisation of electricity and water companies means more funds will come on stream .
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Similar initiatives flowed thereafter as the team members came up with a stream of ideas.
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The Lomond platform is due to come on stream in April.
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We came to a stream and crossed it on a tree trunk some one had flattened with an adze.
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With more and more reactors coming on stream every year, it was inevitable that problems would begin to occur.
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A seventy million pounds engine plant came on stream three years ago producing engines for Rover.
cross
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A little way along the lane is a humpback bridge that crosses a stream .
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When the Gingerbread Man wanted to cross a stream , he accepted help from a fox, who ate him.
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Soon he crossed a stream which he did not recognize.
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Still holding the mangled trophy above his head, he started to cross the stream .
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A tumbling weir creates the localized conditions of an upland brook wherever it crosses a silty lowland stream .
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He offered to help the Gingerbread Man cross a stream and told the cookie to jump on his tail.
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The jeep was fitted with a snorkel so that it could cross the streams and rivers encountered on the way.
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After crossing the stream turn right along the track which passes close to Trepewet Farm.
flow
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You cut openings for springs and torrents; you dried up ever-\#flowing streams .
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These reactions are carried out in flowing low-pressure gas streams .
follow
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We turned left and followed the gravel stream bed.
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Once on the other side turn left to follow the stream to the stepping stones across the East Dart.
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They crossed an old footbridge and followed a stream that bubbled along off to their left.
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The Roberts were soon following the stream of passengers heading in the direction of passport control.
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We followed a stream up Salubrious Passage before squeezing ourselves through a small twisting passage to bring us back above ground.
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One loosened, the rest follow in a steady stream , wrestling bitterly for freedom.
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They followed the stream , their feet quiet on the soft mud, the boot soles leaving patterns in damp places.
produce
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The second strategy is to produce a stream of new products.
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Swinging through the trees produces a visual stream rushing past on both sides of your head.
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A succession of published polls typically produces a stream of more or less contradictory results.
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It was a Series that produced a stream of new faces to help pull the game toward the new millennium.
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Finally, the increase in projects has produced a constant stream of highly-paid expatriate consultants.
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The nuclear industry produces waste streams which contain a variety of radioactive metal ions, the extraction of which minimises radioactive discharges.
receive
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The councillor had already survived one attempt on his life, and had received a stream of death threats.
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The Customs Service will receive a stream of tips from child labor groups and will have to check on relatively few sites.
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So it's equally unsurprising that he receives a steady stream of unsolicited portfolios from eager aspirants searching for their break.
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In early 1958 he received a stream of well-placed visitors during his fortnightly trips to the capital.
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To their alarm, civil servants began to receive a growing stream of horrifying reports.
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The sisters had no money for food and medicines, but they received a continuous stream of charitable donations.
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Despite the current depressed state of the advertising industry, Ashton receives a regular stream of calls from headhunters.
run
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On one side of the street ran a sluggish stream in a deep channel cut through the earth.
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In addition Drake set up artificial ecologies in aquaria and in running water for artificial stream ecologies.
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Viewed from the hill above, the wooden houses and flagstoned alleys divided by running streams still present an attractive sight.
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They grow in running streams as well as in stagnant water of ponds, backwaters, and wells.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
come/be on stream
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A seventy million pounds engine plant came on stream three years ago producing engines for Rover.
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Norton believes privatisation of electricity and water companies means more funds will come on stream.
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The Lomond platform is due to come on stream in April.
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The plant is scheduled to come on stream in the spring of 1992.
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They will be concentrated in the same industries and come on stream as the economy is beginning its recovery from the depression.
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Those two plants came on stream at a time when we needed all the capacity they could provide.
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Two years later, the new developments are on stream, bringing the target of 400 job opportunities even closer.
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With more and more reactors coming on stream every year, it was inevitable that problems would begin to occur.
the Gulf Stream
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A stream of air swirled the dust into clouds.
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a mountain stream
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Below meandered a little stream; the stream believed to be the source of Charles Kingsley's inspiration.
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Between there and Drumbreck House they came across a number of swollen burns and encountered streams where no streams had existed before.
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It is raining, and I am watching the streams of water form patterns on the windows.
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Many course combinations are possible during the first three years, facilitating transfer between these three streams.
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Still holding the mangled trophy above his head, he started to cross the stream .
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The constant stream of praise burbling in the background of the class swelled into shouts of rapture.
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The upper path was deep in mud: the lower one was now a stream .
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This free software uses the Internet to deliver a stream of news, stock quotes and other information right to your desktop.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blood
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I looked round and there was blood streaming from this guy's head.
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His legs felt wobbly, blood streaming into his face from the cut on his forehead.
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There was blood streaming down her white nightdress and also soaking the bedcovers.
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So had the warm gushing blood that streamed out of her body, taking her life with it.
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Its blood , streaming upon the glass, was slowly set aside by the windscreen wipers.
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Men with blood streaming from their head wounds stood defiantly hurling stones.
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Bellot retired, blood streaming from a head wound.
cheek
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Tears were streaming down his black cheeks .
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She held it in her palm and gazed at it, as if stricken, tears streaming down her cheeks .
face
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However most walkers were enjoying the view of me with a glove covered in steaming soup and a face streaming with tears.
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An black man, his face streaming with blood, shouts at a group of white men.
hair
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The black cloak of hair streamed now over her hips and legs.
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She wore a nightgown, and her silvery hair streamed free over her shoulders.
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On windy days he finds himself flying over Doncaster, flares a-flap, hair streaming behind him like a curtain.
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The observer lay sprawled across his gun, his blond hair streaming romantically in the wind.
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It was Britta, her blond hair streaming in an unfelt wind.
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She turned automatically belly down, hair streaming behind her, and floated in the rushing wind.
sun
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Michael and Hope lay on the floor of the nursery with warm sun streaming in over their lovely bodies.
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It is my favorite, especially on a sunny morning when the sun streams through the stained glass front door.
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When she woke, the sun was streaming through the window.
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The setting sun streams over the peaks of the Sierra that fill the background.
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The sun was streaming in at the windows of her room.
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The sun was streaming in through the window, yet it did nothing to lighten his mood.
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When Caroline awakened, the sun was streaming in through the windows.
sunlight
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A beam of sunlight streaming through the crack in the door hit her closed eyes.
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I looked at her face in the colorless sunlight that streamed through the windows.
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Jack instinctively moved to the window and pulled apart the curtains. Sunlight streamed in.
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Mabel pulled back the curtains, and sunlight streamed in.
tear
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This time was no different and my master left Syon with the tears streaming down his face.
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When I pull on my coat, the tears are streaming down my face.
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Ivan had gathered Viktor and the baby Valeria in his arms; tears were streaming down his face.
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She got up, tears streaming from her eyes as he grabbed her trembling wrist and put the bracelet on her.
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Redmond, with tears streaming down his face, tried to carry on.
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Elsie, who lived with us at that time, just sat with tears streaming down her face.
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I crawled off his body and sat down in the road, tears streaming down my face.
water
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Faces appeared, water streaming from their eye-sockets.
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Instead it has numerous beehive-shaped patches of shingled sulfides where high-temperature water streams upward.
window
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Sunlight streamed in from the windows above the gallery, bathing the polished panels of the walls in a warm glow.
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I looked at her face in the colorless sunlight that streamed through the windows .
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When she woke, the sun was streaming through the window .
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The sun was streaming in at the windows of her room.
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The sun was streaming in through the window , yet it did nothing to lighten his mood.
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Daylight streamed through the aircraft windows .
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When Caroline awakened, the sun was streaming in through the windows .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And they streamed in as the game wound down.
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At the appointed hour for the concert to begin, crowds began streaming off the parade route and into the park.
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His eyes were streaming with tears from the coughing.
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People streamed past us on all sides.
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There was a beach of pebbles, grey too, and streaming with rain.
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There were no more creatures streaming from the rear of the shuttle.