adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a new/cruel/unexpected/strange etc twist
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The robbery took a deadly new twist as the robber pulled out a gun.
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an unexpected twist in the plot
a sudden/unexpected/unforeseen emergency (= a situation that was not planned )
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I left half an hour early in case of traffic jams or some other unforeseen emergency.
a surprise announcement/an unexpected announcement
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The Senator made the surprise announcement that he will not be seeking re-election.
a surprising/unexpected discovery
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Their work led to some surprising discoveries.
a trifle eccentric/odd/unexpected etc
an unexpected compliment
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John blushed at the unexpected compliment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
completely
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It was completely unexpected , for John Parker was only forty-two and until then had been the very image of good health.
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The sale of StarNet was not completely unexpected .
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After all these years of watching birds of prey in flight, I still find that they will do something completely unexpected .
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Unlike the lost-carbon riddle, the mysterious oxygen vanishing act in Bio2 was completely unexpected .
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He seemed bewildered by this completely unexpected turn of events.
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But those were relatively minor compared to a completely unexpected miracle of self-control circuits: their ability to extract precision from grossness.
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It happened just before the evening meal, and was completely unexpected .
entirely
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The news was not entirely unexpected .
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It was entirely unexpected , and its cause a mystery, so much so that poison was inevitably suspected.
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This omission was not entirely unexpected .
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The amount and quality ofthe sculpture unearthed was not entirely unexpected .
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But this was not entirely unexpected .
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Since that showed a degree of consistency in attitudes, it was not entirely unexpected .
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Not entirely unexpected , but still remarkable.
most
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Even so, hybrids of the most unexpected kind are becoming commonplace.
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Then, a shocking event came to my rescue in the most unexpected place.
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The emergency had a most unexpected cause.
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He revealed also the most unexpected sensibility.
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But the best-tuned car I found came from the most unexpected source you could possibly imagine-Nicole Kidman.
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No country has a monopoly on bravery; great deeds of heroism are liable to break out in the most unexpected places.
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This line of inquiry proved to be a rewarding path which was, however, to lead in a most unexpected direction.
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Often in the most unexpected ways.
quite
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All this has come in a quite unexpected rush.
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All this is quite unexpected in the modern frame of reference.
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Yet the most welcome consequence of the making of those documentaries and books was quite unexpected .
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The most obvious problem, the coup de grace, was a quite unexpected side-effect.
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Everywhere in Wednesday's concert there were breathtaking moments where original phrasing and dynamics brought out quite unexpected aspects of the music.
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But then something quite unexpected happened.
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The results were collated and several quite unexpected facts emerged.
so
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It made its impact because it was so unexpected .
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Oh, my gosh, this is so unexpected !
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This is so unexpected when it is encountered for the first time that it feels like a deliberate deception.
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And he treasured this new knowledge so unexpected , so exhilarating-all his life.
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It was so quick, so unexpected , that it took her breath away.
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This brief scene, so unexpected and devastating, turns Blue inside out.
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It was so unexpected and over so soon.
totally
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The very first season did produce a totally unexpected bonus, however.
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To be shut out at home in two of the last four games is very weird and totally unexpected .
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It's quite clear that the eruption was totally unexpected .
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By seizing an opportunity she opened up a new and totally unexpected position for the future.
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It was totally unexpected , and there was little if any warning for the local authorities involved.
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Yet the most impressive songs take a totally unexpected tack.
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The answers the workers gave were totally unexpected .
wholly
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The results were wholly unexpected: Mercury has small, reflective polar caps with the distinctive depolarization behavior of ice.
■ NOUN
arrival
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Or was that a false impression, created by the odd circumstances of their unexpected arrival here?
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Hassan says to a stranger, whose unexpected arrival startles his wife and four small children.
bonus
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Its anti-nicotine effect was an unexpected bonus .
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An unexpected bonus was that the emergency work galvanised Loi out of his melancholy.
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The very first season did produce a totally unexpected bonus , however.
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Viewing the rapids was an unexpected bonus to the Niagara experience.
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However semantic change often gives an unexpected bonus , which one should accept in this case as in others.
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Don't assume the Goblins will hit anything - if they do it's an unexpected bonus !
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It was an unexpected bonus for a man of fifty-one.
change
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Risk of unexpected changes in default premium.
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Keeping your priorities in order is easier if you are not being swamped by sudden and unexpected changes .
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His unexpected changes of direction would take people by surprise.
death
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There had been the natural initial shock of disbelief at hearing of the unexpected death of any person even casually known.
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Most surviving examples are funerary, often commissioned quickly in response to unexpected death from disease, by no means uncommon in antiquity.
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Royal patronage and unexpected death also laid the foundation of the power of Edward's third son, John of Gaunt.
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The man's words were somehow given greater importance by his unexpected death , and suddenly Clare felt ashamed.
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The unexpected death of his son had shattered him.
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The most serious risk which faced them was that to their involuntarily parasitic women-folk - the unexpected death of the male breadwinner.
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Once again it was an unexpected death which altered the situation.
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The third event was the unexpected death of King Stephen's elder son Eustace in August 1153.
development
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Anyway, I reckoned that this unexpected development might make my task a little easier.
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The engineering profession as a whole was baffled by this unexpected development .
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It was such an utterly unexpected development that his mind could not register any immediate reaction beyond amazement.
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Several unexpected developments cut across the early realization of these ambitious plans.
event
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During construction Responding promptly to unexpected events .
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Meanwhile, an extraordinary and totally unexpected event occurred.
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This will facilitate overall coordination and monitoring, which is important when unexpected events occur.
guest
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As she did so she realised she did not yet know the name of their unexpected guest .
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So, countless times she gave up her own food when an unexpected guest arrived at dinnertime.
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It had probably been the only one aired and ready for the unexpected guest this morning.
place
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Several useful agents have been found in unexpected places .
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Then, a shocking event came to my rescue in the most unexpected place .
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Haemoglobin itself crops up in unexpected places .
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And his Bible would turn up in some unexpected place that, after all, would make perfect sense.
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Full stops are inserted in unexpected places to force the reader to treat certain elements as complete units of information.
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No country has a monopoly on bravery; great deeds of heroism are liable to break out in the most unexpected places .
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The grain will be out of sight, and certainly in some unexpected place .
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Basheer finds hope in unexpected places , like Boulak El Kakrour.
quarter
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The success which eluded her in the classroom did arrive but from an unexpected quarter .
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Relief came from an unexpected quarter .
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Criticism of the government also came from unexpected quarters .
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The apparent salvation of his movement came from an unexpected quarter .
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But while his emotional life was troubled, Cleese the businessman was finding success in an unexpected quarter - training videos.
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He then received a bonus from an unexpected quarter - the Republican Party.
result
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Illuminative evaluation is not limited by the initial formulation of aims, but allows for the expression of unexpected results .
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Practical natural language systems are by necessity large and complex and modification of such systems can lead to unexpected results .
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However, some unexpected results occurred.
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I am constantly painting, scrubbing out and reworking areas of a picture and often marvellous unexpected results will emerge.
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Instead of finding a compositional blurring brought about by glass recycling and trade, chemical analysis has produced some unexpected results .
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Since they are not identical, this unexpected result suggests that citations by others occur before the majority of self-citations.
rise
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A report published earlier today showed an unexpected rise in retail sales in November.
source
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Once again, she hadn't seen it coming; another smack in the face from an unexpected source .
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How other institutions will search you out, because publishing an exceptional paper from an unexpected source is more dramatic.
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No-one could have foreseen an attack from such an unexpected source .
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But the best-tuned car I found came from the most unexpected source you could possibly imagine-Nicole Kidman.
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At this stage immediately after metamorphosis, they are vulnerable to another unexpected source of predation.
success
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This unexpected success was more to do with the low turn-out of bondholders at the meeting rather than any change of attitude.
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Maybe we were dazed by our own unexpected success .
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Pineapple - tinned, fresh, or fresh-cooked - is excellent in coleslaw and an unexpected success in sauerkraut.
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It was a classic unexpected success .
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And then, because the first instinct of light fiction is towards the improbable, he stumbles into unexpected success .
turn
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There was that unmistakable sound of the clock striking thirteen about this unexpected turn of events.
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Jacinta is once again feeling rejected and persecuted when an unexpected turn in events brings about a happy denouement.
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But in Britain things were to take a new and not unexpected turn .
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He seemed bewildered by this completely unexpected turn of events.
twist
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This could create all kinds of unexpected twists in the answers that computers generate.
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The abortion debate provided an unexpected twist Thursday.
visit
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A POLL-TAX payer has received an apology from Middlesbrough Council after an unexpected visit by the bailiffs.
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Taylor received their unexpected visits , notices arrived in the mail informing them that they were being taken to court.
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Courtesy forbade him from asking the reason for this unexpected visit .
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For all these reasons, the unexpected visit of the clergyman was passed on with ponderous confidentiality.
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But as the fire began to smoulder, Gore's sister Catherine paid an unexpected visit to her parents cottage.
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We are honoured, Madame Leonie, although this is a strange hour to pay an unexpected visit .
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Now I began to understand why he might not want unexpected visits , or gossip.
visitor
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I spent the same period fearful of every telephone call, every knock on the door, every unexpected visitor .
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But what seemed to fascinate the youngsters most was this unexpected moment from an unexpected visitor .
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Being pestered by the press was hardly likely to put Veronica in the mood for unexpected visitors .
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A prime clue to the status of an unexpected visitor , Watson, is the vehicle that brings him.
ways
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You may be surprised to find hidden talents, new opportunities and unexpected ways forward.
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Writing always reveals the author, sometimes in unexpected ways .
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Don't be surprised if your grief manifests itself in unexpected ways .
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It will not be eager to initiate those steps which would enable that society to function in unmanageable or unexpected ways .
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Tourism is already changing the city in unexpected ways .
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They complement one another in unexpected ways , creating a system that thrives on its own success.
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She was a fund of knowledge in a thousand unexpected ways .
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Their plan, which involves a periscope, works in unexpected ways .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bobby's decision to leave the band was totally unexpected .
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Ella's angry outburst was so unexpected that Mike really didn't know what to say.
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He greeted me with unexpected warmth.
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Her decision to leave was completely unexpected .
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The new drug comes from an unexpected source -- potatoes.
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There have been unexpected delays on the freeway because of an accident.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A counterfeit marriage to her cousin, Gareth, places Delphi Carteret in unexpected danger.
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And then something happens, something unexpected .
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Each of these ultra-familiar tunes came up sounding fresh and surprising, and the entire set consistently delighted us with the unexpected .
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The last, and perhaps most troubling possibility for the stock market, would be an unexpected economic dive into recession.
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The strategy for victory is always the unexpected strategy.
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These invisible tabs, if not removed, are responsible for text mysteriously jumping to an unexpected position.
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This project had an unexpected spin-off effect for Ward's market in that wealthy agriculturalists became private patrons.
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Without it I would not thrill to every unexpected occurrence, each seeming coincidence that has brought me closer to you.