I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a balanced view/account
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a balanced account of what happened
a bank account
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How much do you have in your bank account at the moment?
a comprehensive account/report
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He wrote a fairly comprehensive account of the islands at that time.
a law/accounting/advertising etc firm
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She was offered a job with a law firm.
accounts receivable (= sales that have been made but not yet paid for )
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the company’s accounts receivable
bank account
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I’d like to open a bank account .
charge account
checking account
competing accounts
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Several people gave competing accounts of the accident.
conflicting reports/accounts
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When questioned, the boys gave conflicting accounts of what they were doing that night.
creative accounting
credible explanation/story/account etc
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He was unable to give a credible explanation for his behaviour.
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Her excuse was barely credible.
credit account
current account
deposit account
detailed description/account/analysis etc
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a detailed study of crime in Seattle
expense account
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I have an expense account and spend about £10,000 a year on entertaining.
exports account for sth (= form a particular part of a total )
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Exports currently account for 37% of sales.
eyewitness account/report/testimony
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According to eyewitness accounts, soldiers opened fire on the crowd.
give an account/description
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He gave a disturbing account of the murder.
moving account/story etc
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a moving account of his childhood in Ireland
open a bank account
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I’d like to open a bank account .
profit and loss account
savings account
second-hand reports/accounts
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second-hand accounts of mass killings
take certain factors into account (= to consider factors when making a decision )
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You should take all these factors into account.
the accountancy/accounting profession
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Many economics graduates enter the accountancy profession.
there’s no accounting for taste (= used humorously to say that you do not understand why someone likes something )
verbatim account/quote/report etc
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a verbatim account of our conversation
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
current
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Stripped to its basics, this is a current account with the mortgage bolted on as a huge overdraft.
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Therefore it can either be seen as Susan's capital or as a current account balance due to Susan.
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Reports 1 Treasurer Current account £338.90.
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The organisation was set up to deal with balance of payments and current account problems, when countries go heavily into debt.
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Investment account £4335.70, current account £374.09.
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The most familiar form of sight deposit are current accounts at banks.
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A recent development with current accounts has been the introduction of debit cards.
detailed
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No attempt will be made to give a detailed account and appraisal of logic here.
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We know which those passages were from detailed accounts of the Council events.
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C, D and E all use a detailed account of the fighting under Æthelred apparently composed between 1016 and 1023.
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The goal of this project is to develop a detailed account of how anaphors are interpreted.
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A more detailed account of the methods used to implement the Survey is given in the Appendix.
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Write a detailed account of what happened during that period of the activity.
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Betts and Hargrave give a detailed account of what has been achieved in one county.
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We wanted both detailed accounts and subjective interpretations, and we were given both.
full
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This opportunity to file or publish modified accounts does not limit the requirement to prepare full accounts for the shareholders.
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But a fuller account for whom?
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But a full account will need to supplement the Woolf diagnosis, as we shall see.
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Efficiency should mean taking into full account the quality of services, including their ability to develop in response to unmet needs.
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And Caroline Strong gives a full account of the innocence and sadness of a loser who eventually wins.
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Again, no full account of a formation can be given without attending to individual differences inside it.
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The full legendary account of the battle is as follows.
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Above £25,000, full accounts will be required.
■ NOUN
bank
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Now the payments will go into the Universal Bank accounts , but can be collected over the counter at post offices.
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Intensive searches failed to find any sign of her, and her bank accounts and credit cards became inactive.
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Hidden charges on bank accounts are not helpful to anyone trying to see what is happening to their money.
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Now you too may be able to afford a status symbol formerly reserved to the rich: no bank account .
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She also wanted to retain her own surname, separate bank accounts and tax returns.
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And those with bank accounts are more likely than others - though not exclusively - to get bank loans.
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Bankrupts are not allowed to open new bank accounts , though they you may have building society accounts.
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Our rent, in pounds sterling, was to be sent monthly to Mrs Puri's bank account in deepest Ludhiana.
deficit
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Second, it attracts hot money into the country to finance the current account deficit because investors perceive no currency risk.
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For a current account deficit on the balance of payments reflects a shortage of national savings, in relation to investment.
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The truth of the matter is that the current account deficit is a touchstone for the success of the Thatcher revolution.
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Mr Lawson is in danger of striking the market as complacent about the current account deficit .
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The current account deficit has steadily expanded since August, when it narrowed to A $ 1. 4 billion.
deposit
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The simplest option is to build up a lump sum in an ordinary deposit account .
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During the retention period the money should be held in a deposit account .
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The Toisa offered by Bristol &038; West is a guaranteed equity bond rather than a deposit account .
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Rates on the London Deposit account are unchanged.
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She made a mental note to rifle her deposit account to buy a new one.
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If this is between one and four years he suggested the safest route is a simple building society deposit account .
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This can be done, for example, if the company acquires a source of income, such as opening a bank deposit account .
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He also opened a gold deposit account and at one stage paid in a lot of money.
expense
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The benefits considered least important were the amount of holiday and an expense account .
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See if you can put it on an expense account .
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So they can come with time off work and probably on an expense account , even to a far-flung location.
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Things have also changed for the employee who receives an expense account .
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Well, it's all on the expense account: insurance.
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They will hit the top earner, the energy-guzzler, the expense account holder, harder than anyone.
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You gain a whole new sense of financial responsibility the moment you leave the corporate expense account behind.
loss
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Any loss arising should be charged in the profit and loss account .
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How do debtors affect the profit and loss account ?
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The directors recommend that £9,239,000 be transferred to the profit and loss account as set out in note 19 on page 41.
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The minority interest charge in the consolidated profit and loss account was £184,000.
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It provides insights into the purposes of balance sheets, profit and loss accounts and methods of costing projects and production.
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Typically an Information memorandum would include three years historic profit and loss accounts and balance sheets.
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Are losses being taken and shown on the profit and loss account or balance sheet?
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Based upon your decisions, draw up a profit and loss account for 1990 using the information above.
number
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Within that you can then write what may be a third party account number .
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Once the software is loaded and the user sends his or her bank account number , writing checks takes only seconds.
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In his head was the account number at the Credit Bank of Zurich.
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After purchasing a card from a vendor or through the mail, customers scratch off the surface to reveal their account number .
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Members may not put a second account number on a card.
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Your overseas customer will need to provide the bank which is sending the payment with details of your branch and account number .
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The easiest way to find the record you want is to identify each record with a number , like an account number.
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Each officer had an account number which could be used in any of the firm's branches.
■ VERB
detail
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But a rapid overview is in order, to make the detailed account easier to follow.
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Persons interested in becoming financial managers should enjoy working independently, dealing with people, and analyzing detailed account information.
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Lastly John, the longest and most detailed account of all.
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Peter listened intently as Manion gave him a detailed account of the conversation.
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Up to this point, Garland has written a taut, finely detailed account of his wanderers.
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In addition, anyone injured on the job must submit a much more detailed account of the accident than was previously required.
fail
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It also fails to take into account the fact that a large number of men were familiar with court proceedings.
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Of course, if all efforts fail and the account can not pay, then goodwill is not particularly important.
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Nor was there any evidence that the inspector had failed to take account of the likely costs of compliance.
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In particular, it fails to take account of its cross-equation restrictions.
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The argument is nonsense because it fails to take into account the way women are treated as a matter of course.
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It fails to take account of the diminishing force of the Liberal Party.
give
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Alas, there is no space to give a proper account of the thoughts of these great minds.
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It gives a better account of all the relevant facts, and is thus the preferable hypothesis.
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Hume gives an elaborate account of the psychology of moral feeling.
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Or that a reporter gave a flagrantly biased account ?
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Both newspapers gave fairly accurate accounts of what had happened the night before last.
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Court documents give this account: The day after the shootings, Osborn met Blums in a park.
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Lakatos gives a fairly detailed account of Bohr's theory of the atom as another convincing example.
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That is, he can attribute beliefs, desires, intentions, and so forth in giving a simpler account of a complex matter.
open
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To open an account , children need just £1.
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Everyone who could simply had to open a checking account and a savings account.
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Only £1 is needed to open an account .
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Our friend Joan strolls into the bank and plops down $ 100 to open an account .
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The band will need to open a bank account , if they haven't done so already.
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All you need to open the account is £1 and every six months interest is added to your account.
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She taught People how to use public transportation, how to open a bank account and other practical skills.
pay
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It cut the deposit rate it pays on large fixed accounts while concurrently increasing the rates it pays on smaller accounts.
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In many cases, higher rates apply for those holders who do not pay their accounts by direct debit.
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It cut the deposit rate it pays on large fixed accounts while concurrently increasing the rates it pays on smaller accounts.
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Be reasoned Give your debtor a better reason for paying his account than for not paying it, such as: 1.
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We pay all our accounts at the end of the month.
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Finally comes settlement, but don't count on this to pay your accounts at the end of the month.
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The bank dropped the interest paid on its current account from 4.88 per cent to 4.59 per cent.
present
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The author has presented a most readable account which is both educational and entertaining, and in places exciting.
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Instead they present a systematic account of just where Freudian theory fails.
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In this chapter I want to present some personal accounts by women criminals.
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For this reason we will present a narrative account of ten consecutive one-century runs, just as they came off the computer.
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As a consequence, a large cheque which was presented against my account was returned unpaid.
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Books which present a fair account of corruption have a defence denied to glossy propaganda.
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Management will therefore need to be able to have sufficient information to present an accurate account to the media.
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The drawback with equal partial allocation is that it presents a rather arbitrary account of events.
provide
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In Britain two examples of cohort studies provide descriptive accounts of patterns of infant care in urban communities.
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The remarks in this section only sketch out a province for which a proper theory of discourse deixis might provide an account .
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Senior Labor politician Tony Benn has been publishing diary installments for decades, providing a vivid account of Parliament.
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In addition, the model provides no account of how pronounceable non-words are read aloud, nor of how context influences word identification.
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First, they provide financing of accounts receivable for borrowing firms.
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Patsy Stoneman provides a brilliant intertextual account of Wuthering Heights.
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The fact that it aims to provide a systematic account of time use is what distinguishes it from the literary diary.
settle
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Schellenberg settled the account and they went outside.
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It will be an uneasy settling of accounts .
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The line through 501 indicates that Mr R. James departed after lunch settling his account of £80.15 by Access credit card.
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I merely called to settle Elise's account .
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A note on discount Cash discounts A supplier may offer a cash discount to a retailer who settles his account promptly.
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Anyone settling their account within twelve months had half the commission returned.
take
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Existing models of global warming have not taken this into account , according to Cox.
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This Spotlight describes the process of tapping into parents' views and of taking account of these.
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But this doesn't take into account the capital equipment you need if you're to be self-sufficient.
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The average Westerner fails to take into account the fact that there are so many weak points on the human body.
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One of the difficulties facing archives is the need to take account of the diverse needs of different users.
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All of which needs to be taken into account when assessing my brilliance that summer.
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He knocked one year off a full 10-year term to take account of the strain on Christie of a second hearing.
write
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David Thomas is writing an account of the activities of the Gulbenkian Foundation's social welfare programme between 1964 and 1990.
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Several pioneering journalists had taken this step and then paid the bill by writing self-congratulatory accounts of their daring.
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Perhaps some one should write her account: yes, why not reconstruct Louise Colet's Version?
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There is no written account of the intentions of a carver or painter of the ancient Black Virgins.
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After all, it's difficult for anyone to write a clear account of an incident that is traumatic and embarrassing.
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Bearing in mind what you know about them now, write a brief account of your first meeting.
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Stirling wrote his account of the affair and a refutation which was published in the regimental journal.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a blow-by-blow account/description etc
charge sth to sb's account/room etc
close an account
first-hand experience/knowledge/account etc
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And now I know from first-hand experience it's the wrong approach.
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At one time, physical presence was a prerequisite for first-hand experience.
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Besides, the people of Waterloo had first-hand knowledge of the advantages of public ownership.
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International research tends to involve analyzing international data, rather than acquiring first-hand knowledge about international operations in other countries.
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It reflects, often, a first-hand experience of the events it describes.
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Millions of people across the world have first-hand experience of what it can do.
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Their testimony on it represents crucial, first-hand experience of which those planning for the hospital-based sector must take significant account.
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This understanding needs to be informed, up-to-date and backed by first-hand experience, not based on hearsay or second-hand impressions.
glowing report/account/description etc
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I had had nothing but glowing reports from her teacher.
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In return for this hospitality, all they have to do is write a glowing report of their experience.
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Most performers can read ten glowing reports and one bad, and only remember the nasty one.
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Our son's achievement level soared and at the end of the school year he received a glowing report from his teachers.
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These pretentious phrases and glowing descriptions also have a resonance for our time.
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These proved very successful and a glowing report came from the Establishment.
keep a record/account/diary etc
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A relaxed regime of visiting the lavatory after each main meal and at bedtime is established with the parents keeping a record.
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Each day we are to keep a diary.
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I must keep records that prove I do all this.
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One research team keeps a record of which computers are attached to the network at any time.
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Only one in five departments is believed to keep a record of abuse of adults or the elderly.
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There was a chart on the wall that gave some measure of this by keeping a record of math and spelling grades.
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Tish intends to do some drawing, but is too intent on keeping a diary.
open an account
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A similar procedure is followed for all other open accounts.
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Instead, they buy these items on open account from their suppliers on whatever credit terms are available.
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Now such sales are on open account and paid mainly by cheque.
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Only £1 is needed to open an account.
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Only those people who live near by are allowed to open accounts.
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Our friend Joan strolls into the bank and plops down $ 100 to open an account.
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Roosevelt Principal Mike Price opened an account, and the checks went directly to the bank.
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To open an account, children need just £1.
settle a score/account
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Boudjema believes that the opposition parties are settling a score with the Socialist government and using the schoolgirls as a scapegoat.
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Schiavo certainly deserves no credit for scaring people needlessly just to settle a score.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her account of the events of that day was wildly different from the first witness's.
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I'd like to deposit this check into my account .
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In the magazine, Cook gives a colorful account of his first meeting with Hamilton.
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Pheifer manages several accounts for the ad agency.
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So far no linguist has given us a satisfactory account of how children learn language.
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The newspaper printed a detailed account of the trial.
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There were several different accounts of the story in the newspapers.
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We charged the sofa to our Macy's account .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cureton has provided a theoretical account of our intuitions about rhythm.
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Elephants, by all accounts, were pretty strong too.
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It seeks to take account of the facts.
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Mere discriminations on account of race or color were not regarded as badges of slavery.
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Senior Labor politician Tony Benn has been publishing diary installments for decades, providing a vivid account of Parliament.
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Surkov had repeated for my benefit his account of the submarine commander, poised to unleash destruction on London.
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The others had nasty accounts of their interviews.
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This natural sequence of events is frequently obscured when the condition is treated without taking the constitution into account .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
for
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That leaves the other click to be accounted for .
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How should the agreement be accounted for in the pension scheme accounts?
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Money was being spent, but money could be accounted for .
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There will also be an increase in the proportion of total energy demand accounted for by coal.
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Now notions in this sense have, of course, always been accounted for in conventional syllabus design.
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Meanwhile two members of Swift's crew had also jumped on board to ensure that all persons on the vessel were accounted for .
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This difference is accounted for by the younger average age of the snowball sample.
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For older men it accounts for between 20 - 40 percent of cancer deaths.
■ NOUN
difference
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It is the mobility of dislocations which accounts for the mechanical differences between metals and non-metals.
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Even the lag in educational attainment that continued to mount from the late 1970s did not account for the differences .
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The variation here is accounted for by the differences in the very small number of entrants gaining firsts.
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Chapter 4 will examine some of the factors that might account for differences in the political beliefs of individuals within a society.
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Do the major social divisions of class, gender and ethnicity really account for the differences ?
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What best accounts for this difference ?
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There are clearly a large number of factors which could account for this difference .
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What accounts for the difference in adoption of adjustments from place to place and time to time? 5.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a blow-by-blow account/description etc
first-hand experience/knowledge/account etc
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And now I know from first-hand experience it's the wrong approach.
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At one time, physical presence was a prerequisite for first-hand experience.
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Besides, the people of Waterloo had first-hand knowledge of the advantages of public ownership.
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International research tends to involve analyzing international data, rather than acquiring first-hand knowledge about international operations in other countries.
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It reflects, often, a first-hand experience of the events it describes.
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Millions of people across the world have first-hand experience of what it can do.
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Their testimony on it represents crucial, first-hand experience of which those planning for the hospital-based sector must take significant account.
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This understanding needs to be informed, up-to-date and backed by first-hand experience, not based on hearsay or second-hand impressions.
glowing report/account/description etc
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I had had nothing but glowing reports from her teacher.
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In return for this hospitality, all they have to do is write a glowing report of their experience.
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Most performers can read ten glowing reports and one bad, and only remember the nasty one.
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Our son's achievement level soared and at the end of the school year he received a glowing report from his teachers.
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These pretentious phrases and glowing descriptions also have a resonance for our time.
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These proved very successful and a glowing report came from the Establishment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is often the negative power I perceive within myself that is so difficult to account for, or control.
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It reported that drivers' spinning of the radio dial accounted for far more crashes.
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So what accounts for the enduring appeal of wild animal patterns?
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The gender split has also narrowed, with females accounting for 46 per cent of Internet users.
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The limestone was deposited in very quiet water conditions, which accounts for the preservation of this delicate little fossil.
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The new approach attempts to account for non-value-added costs separate from value-added costs.
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Unless very few ladies account for most male conquests, that suggests we all bend the truth.