adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a good/typical example
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This painting is a good example of his early work.
average/typical/ordinary punter
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The technical details mean nothing to the average punter.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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We may take Lord Wilberforce's argument as typical of the Lords' approach.
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Certainly the experience of Phoenix, Stamford, and Rochester should not be regarded as typical .
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Cara recognized it as typical West Riding segregation, the men together, the women likewise.
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As I explain further below, aggressive behaviour is regarded as typical only of lowlanders and spirits.
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It would be unwise to suggest that any of these remembered families can stand as typical .
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The latter are worth noting as typical of the general philosophy claimed by many schools to underpin their project involvement: 4.
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What about the people who wrote or told us life stories: how far can they be taken as typical ?
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The attacks on the Woodvilles should not be taken as typical of Gloucester's approach as protector.
fairly
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Setting out the structure So, to take a fairly typical example, let's begin to design a newsletter.
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She had been, in other words, a fairly typical student.
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From one fairly typical grammar school, studied by Colin Lacey, the fee-payers had almost disappeared as early as 1925.
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The basic components we will describe are fairly typical .
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Highlander's initial involvement with the Yellow Creek people followed a fairly typical pattern.
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This reaction is fairly typical for children who have some problems with aggression but who none the less have good potential.
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This palace is fairly typical of the building development in the Malá Strana.
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Atwater was more colorful and more publicly vicious than most, but his tactics were fairly typical .
more
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Reeth is a fine Dales town more typical of an old East Riding town than a town of the Craven dales.
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A more typical California viognier comes from Preston Vineyards.
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Sills can be hundreds of metres thick but 10 m-30 m is a more typical range.
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It is more typical of this group than of any other I know.
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Dan Vandenberg witnessed jets in a more typical role.
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Fifteen calls, most of them after midnight, would be more typical .
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My point is, these opportunities might not have come her way had she played a more typical instrument.
most
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The most typical occurrence of these fossils is in dark, often sooty, black shales.
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In the most typical design, the experimenter separates a group of subjects into two or more groups.
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The most typical Byzantine form is the basket or cubical capital.
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Current expenditure consists of those items that recur regularly: expenditure on wages and salaries is the most typical example.
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Bracken and heather made rufous brown the most typical colour.
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The triumphal arch or, as it was earlier called the monumental arch, is the most typical of all the forms.
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The language work develops awareness and build students' knowledge in lexical and linguistic areas most typical of academic prose.
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Humour is one of the most typical ingredients in Masefield's adventure stories as a whole.
so
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Didn't you spend the first session deciding whether to include that little pre-position? So typical .
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What happened is so typical of the way earth-science ideas develop.
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My family are just so typical .
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Such stunts, so typical of Ellet, not only enhanced his own reputation but also focused public attention on his project.
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It would be so typical if Jenny missed her while she was in the booth.
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Finally, there is the secrecy and confidentiality which is so typical of public bureaucracies.
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It was so typical of him, wanting to understand what he thought and why he thought it.
■ NOUN
case
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The international automobile industry is a typical case where shortening the product development lead time is recognized as a valuable competitive weapon.
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Dash Riprock was an excellent and typical case in point.
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I mention him simply because his was a typical case .
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One of the ongoing partisan battles over spending led to a typical case of gridlock as the legislative session ended last month.
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A typical case was that of an arc welding operation.
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A second typical case would be a civil action suit which will probably move slowly and take two to three years.
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Siphoning money abroad in this way is a typical case to which the new legislation must have been intended to apply.
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The Ministry of Posts, he says, was a typical case .
day
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A 1926 survey showed 13,446 passengers arriving at Charing Cross Station between 7 and 10 a.m. on a typical day .
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The thirtieth of June was a fairly typical day .
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A typical day at the office.
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Into a typical day they fit caring for their children, working in the house and working for a wage.
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A typical day includes offering information to dozens of tourists and picking up litter.
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In this chapter we are able to witness a typical day in its life.
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Some brand managers joke that after a typical day on the job, they are too full to eat dinner at home.
example
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A typical example was Gert, a complex boy who confused Bloomsbury House visitors.
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A typical example is as follows.
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The famous Newport scandal seems a typical example .
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Three typical examples are given in Fig. 5.3.
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A sizeable centre with ancient agricultural traditions, it is a typical example of the resourceful toils of the region.
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In this chapter typical examples of the kinds of fossils most commonly encountered are illustrated by beautiful specimens.
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A typical example of such a long-term health problem is arthritis.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Dad forgot to mail the letter." "That's just typical !"
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"Is there a typical New York breakfast?" "Bagels and coffee."
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a typical American diner, with twangy-voiced waitresses and vinyl booths
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It's typical of Ramon to waste time when he knows we're already late.
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Kim's a typical teenager - she doesn't want anything to do with her parents.
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Mrs Quilley greeted the guests with typical charm and confidence.
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On a typical day, the president receives more than 4,500 letters.
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This is typical adolescent behaviour - part of the process of becoming independent from your parents.
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This painting is typical of Manet's portraits of Morisot - a beautiful woman, gazing sadly out at the viewer.
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With his shorts and camera around his neck, he looked like a typical tourist.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A typical Congress sees about 90, 000 remarks between the chambers.
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A typical microcomputer will have 48K or 64K of memory i.e. 48 or 64 Kilobytes or 48,000 bytes.
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But you know Paster and Richards: typical gunship pilots.
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Lane and Roberts do not claim that the strike was typical of other strikes.
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The typical judge loves the rewards of office and tends to be imperious in asserting and defending them.
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The typical prisoner of nightmare, he could neither shout nor move.