I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a peace treaty/agreement/accord
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The formal signing of the peace agreement took place in Lisbon on May 31.
according to an estimate
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According to some estimates, an acre of forest is cleared every minute.
according to the figures
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According to official figures, exam results have improved again this year.
according to
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According to the police, his attackers beat him with a blunt instrument.
classified according to
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Families are classified according to the father’s occupation.
extend/accord sb a welcome formal (= give someone a welcome )
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Staff and students extended a warm welcome to visiting parents.
go according to plan (= happen in the way that was arranged )
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If everything goes according to plan, we’ll finish in January.
proceeding according to plan
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Work is proceeding according to plan .
the Gospel according to
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the Gospel according to St Luke
went according to plan
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Everything went according to plan , and we arrived on time.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
complete
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Their complete accord with singer and songs makes for the most perfect symmetry.
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They had been in complete accord with her work.
perfect
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They drank the whole bottle in perfect accord .
■ NOUN
peace
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Husseini was somewhat sidelined by the dramatic announcement of the secret Oslo peace accords in August 1993.
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National elections called for under the peace accord are expected to place around Sept. 1.
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Despite October's United Nations-brokered peace accord , landmines still maim about 300 people every month.
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For the first year of the Dayton peace accords , international attention centered on Bosnia.
trade
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They want Congress to require the administration to include more safeguards in trade accords .
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A trade accord was signed in which each country accorded the other most-favoured-nation status.
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Both camps support the trade accord .
■ VERB
reach
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We must put into effect all that has been agreed upon, and reach an accord on everything that can be conceded.
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To reach an accord , the government will likely have to devalue its currency, which would help boost exports.
sign
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They argue that they signed the Oslo accords seven years ago.
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The two sides signed a peace accord in 1994 after a nine-year civil war that killed 500, 000.
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They also signed an accord on the formation of a North-South Joint Reconciliation Committee.
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The day before the signing of the last accord , Maya sorcerers prayed for peace in ancient capitals destroyed by the conquistadors.
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In February, federal government negotiators signed an accord with the Zapatista rebels that calls for expanding indigenous rights.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cut your coat according to your cloth
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For industry, these demands are intolerable, and companies have threatened to derail the accord if they are included.
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She felt so good she stopped the remedy of her own accord but within 2 weeks began a period.
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The Customs officer, policeman, and magistrate began to nod, at first uncertain, reluctant, then with growing accord .
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The two sides signed a peace accord in 1994 after a nine-year civil war that killed 500, 000.
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To reach an accord , the government will likely have to devalue its currency, which would help boost exports.
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When I knocked the third time, the door opened of its own accord .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
million
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The Democrat won by 118, 550 votes out of the 68 million votes cast, according to the official tally.
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That would raise a total of $ 75. 9 million , according to a copy of the filing obtained yesterday.
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Estimates ranged from 33. 5 million to 42 million pounds, according to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg Business News.
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Instead, the number was about 13 million , according to market research company International Data Corp.
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Rouse has roughly $ 100 million in cash, according to company data.
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The partnership hopes to receive more than $ 160 million , according to industry newsletter Thrift Liquidation Alert.
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Last year, BankAmerica casual dressers raised $ 1. 25 million for charity, according to BankAmerica spokesman Russ Yarrow.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The law requires that racial minorities be accorded equal access to housing.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At least she had accorded him the Monsieur.