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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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over
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By then she had accumulated over two thousand hours.
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Their work, accumulated over millennia, could be seen everywhere.
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Layers of paint accumulated over centuries were carefully dry-scraped away to reveal the original colour, a greeny-grey blue.
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The waste, accumulated over a 40-year period, will remain dangerously radioactive for tens of thousands of years.
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With the fury that had accumulated over the years I pulled up some onions and flung them at him.
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Kirov assessed the scant information he had managed to accumulate over the last few weeks.
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The Club also owned the auditors £400 accumulated over a period.
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One contained business matters of the sort that households - even households in the depression years tend to accumulate over the years.
■ NOUN
amount
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They accumulate abnormal amounts of sugar which causes them to swell during development.
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The real problem may be that your accumulated pension amounts are incorrect, Lipp said.
body
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According to natural healing principles, these toxins can lead to disease if they are allowed to accumulate in the body .
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Some sleep medications accumulate in the body and cause a hangover feeling the next day. 3.
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The residues accumulate in our bodies and can cause cancer and birth defects.
capital
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In this hostile environment, there were few opportunities for townsmen to accumulate capital .
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It profited from their energy and their accumulated capital .
debt
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Compounding the problem, aggressive credit card marketing makes it increasingly easy to accumulate debt .
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He would not have found it possible to gamble deeply or to accumulate more debt .
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Only nations that reduce their budget deficits to 3 percent of gross domestic product and accumulated debt to 60 percent automatically qualify.
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Even so, reptiles accumulate an oxygen debt if active for long periods, as well as suffering from fatigue and slow rates of repayment.
evidence
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The visual evidence accumulates in the courtroom without argument: maps, video footage, satellite imagery and photographs.
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A great deal of evidence has accumulated to show that this has indeed been the case.
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As this evidence accumulates , so does the economic restructuring required becomes inevitable.
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How could Spittals know exactly how much evidence she had accumulated against Hebden?
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Nothing had been confirmed yet, of course, but the evidence was certainly accumulating against Hebden.
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With only one more Saturday before Christmas, the evidence had accumulated with a slow inevitability against Hebden.
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The judges will have to pore over the 22 volumes of evidence already accumulated and hear the 66 witnesses for the prosecution.
money
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Significantly, such doubts come only after they have accumulated enough money and do not have to worry...
points
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Insert a card into the machine at the branch and you can discover exactly how many points you have accumulated .
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Pittsburgh also accumulated 11 points , going 5-2-1.
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Clubs play against other clubs within their own division, accumulating points for each win or draw throughout the season.
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Portsmouth accumulated just 55 disciplinary points despite the added pressure of chasing twin honours.
wealth
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How fortunate it is that enthusiasts such as Col. Savill have accumulated a wealth of material illustrating the railway scene.
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There was enough accumulated wealth for the third Joseph Wright Alsop to pursue a life as country gentleman.
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Grumbold's will indicates that he accumulated considerable wealth , acquiring a substantial amount of leasehold property in Cambridge.
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By this definition, large, nonprofit firms that exist primarily to accumulate wealth would not qualify.
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One key motivating factor is greed and a desire to accumulate more wealth .
years
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This is a genuine photograph showing how much dirt can accumulate after about three years .
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With the fury that had accumulated over the years I pulled up some onions and flung them at him.
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Two of three women with adenocarcinoma had accumulated more than 45 pack years each and one was also a heavy drinker.
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One contained business matters of the sort that households - even households in the depression years tend to accumulate over the years.
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They have already made a start on collating and indexing all the paraphernalia that has accumulated over the years .
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These are accumulated over many years and may vigorously colour the way we respond to all kinds of situations today.
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Lines of enquiry suggested themselves from reported material which had accumulated over the years on possible energy effects at ancient sites.
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The air is thick with dust, accumulated over years of not-remembering, years of not wanting to know.
■ VERB
allow
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There is no unique identifier that allows you to accumulate and match data.
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First the carbon dioxide is filtered and allowed to accumulate in a container.
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Similarly, the principle of the Law of Jubilee was that the rich should not be allowed to accumulate all property rights.
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According to natural healing principles, these toxins can lead to disease if they are allowed to accumulate in the body.
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Neither dirt nor refuse must be allowed to accumulate , and all floors and stairs shall be cleaned at least once a week.
begin
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Their electron traps are bleached during transport but after sedimentation and burial they begin to accumulate electrons once more.
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This idea became known as seafloor spreading, and hard geophysical evidence to support the concept began accumulating in the early 1960s.
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Disappointment and frustration began to accumulate in criticism of Buxton as parliamentary leader of the cause.
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The rhythm slows down in the second quatrain where the s sounds begin to accumulate .
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As data begin to accumulate on daily food requirements of different species, we can test more fine-grained hypotheses.
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By 1938, the District achieved a balanced financial position and thereafter began to accumulate small credit balances.
tend
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Just beyond the crest they will tend to accumulate , for the effect of the wind is felt less here.
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One contained business matters of the sort that households - even households in the depression years tend to accumulate over the years.
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The new big cities tended to accumulate in a comparatively small number of countries.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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An army of 1650 plows and 2000 workers will be out this afternoon as snow begins to accumulate .
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By the late 1950s scientists had already accumulated enough evidence to show a clear link between smoking and cancer.
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Huge snowdrifts had accumulated on the airport's runways.
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I just don't know how we've managed to accumulate so much junk!
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Martin had accumulated $80,000 in debt.
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Over a period of years, the drug will accumulate in the body and damage the nervous system.
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Sand had accumulated at the mouth of the river and formed a bank which boats could not pass.
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Watkins said he has accumulated more than $100,000 in legal bills.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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First the carbon dioxide is filtered and allowed to accumulate in a container.
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In New York City, 1 to 3 inches of snow is expected to accumulate before changing to freezing rain tonight.
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Supplies enough for surviving at least thirty days have to be accumulated and transported.
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The remaining oxygen atoms simply accumulate in the atmosphere.
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With the fury that had accumulated over the years I pulled up some onions and flung them at him.
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Within eight years he had fully repaid his creditors and accumulated a greater fortune than ever before.