adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
active cooperation
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There is active cooperation between the two schools.
active encouragement (= taking action as well as talking )
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The scheme was set up with the active encouragement of the local authority.
active participant
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an active participant in the negotiations
active service
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Powell was declared unfit for active service.
active support (= approval and help )
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Les, with the active support of his wife Pam, has spent several years compiling a list of the prisoners.
active (= it may erupt at any time )
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Mount Etna is still an active volcano.
active (= having the person or thing doing the action as the subject )
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Active verbs make your writing lively, personal and direct.
an active lifestyle (= in which you exercise )
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An active lifestyle has many health benefits.
an active member (= one who takes part in many activities of an organization )
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She was an active member of the church.
an active role (= when you do practical things to achieve particular aims )
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She took an active role in the community.
an active supporter
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He remained an active supporter of Greenpeace.
be active in politics (= be involved in )
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I was very active in politics before I retired.
economically active (= with a job, and so earning money )
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A lot of older women are not economically active.
live a quiet/active/healthy etc life
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She lives a very busy life.
physically active
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He remained physically active far into old age.
sb's active vocabulary (= the words they can use )
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Children of this age have an active vocabulary of about 1,000 words.
sexually active (= who regularly have sex )
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young people who are sexually active
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
economically
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Half the male population is economically active , compared to one-quarter of the female population.
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The General Household Survey in 1979 found that only 20 percent of economically active married men supported a dependent wife and children.
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About 63 percent. of women of working age with children are economically active .
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The numbers and proportions of those economically active in a sample of developed countries are shown in Table 1.5.
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As for the economically active , 56 percent were employed full- or part-time and 44 percent were unemployed.
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Before they became redundant some three years earlier, all of them had been economically active and in full-time employment.
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As Figure 2.8 shows, substantially more men than women are economically active .
politically
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Mansur Rajih had been politically active for most of his adult life.
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How might you assess whether most college students are politically active ?
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Okay, so I was looking for a politically active , fat, drunk kleptomaniac.
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My connection to a politically active national organization had strengthened my hand immeasurably.
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A growing proportion of politically active workers were no longer without a country, as the Communist Manifesto had proclaimed.
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Significantly, this elder bloc was far more politically active than any other age group.
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She calls on women to become politically active and not just accept their identities.
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Are older students more politically active ?
sexually
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Positive images of sexually active fat women are absent from both mainstream and alternative media.
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On the other hand, he wanted to know what it was like to live as a sexually active human being.
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Hindu society, therefore, has always shown a nervousness about the sexually active woman.
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Of sexually active teenagers, most are married.
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It is a clear admission that you are sexually active , and parents may find this hard to deal with.
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A woman should begin having Pap smears as soon as she is sexually active , Thompson said.
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Remember that many women have been sexually active with men before realising that they were lesbians.
■ NOUN
citizenship
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Participatory democracy does need to be strengthened to promote active citizenship at local and national levels.
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In the schools we are observing such a transition to active citizenship is facilitated in a number of ways.
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Public institutions need to be democratised and decentralisation is necessary in the public domain in order to achieve active citizenship .
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Almost inadvertently, through such activity, structures emerged which promoted active citizenship through community education and development initiatives.
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Many feel political participation must be made worthwhile before active citizenship can occur.
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This centre will examine the non-economic benefits of learning such as social cohesion, active citizenship and improved health.
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General will should ensure the equality and liberty necessary for active citizenship -; taking collective decisions.
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Political disobedience is sanctioned as a possible expression of active citizenship on which a self-managing democracy is based.
disease
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Twelve patients with clinically active disease had normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate values; all of these had raised scan score.
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All patients had endoscopically active disease of various degrees.
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Laboratory tests are frequently normal in patients with unequivocally active disease and viceversa.
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One patient with active disease underwent colectomy 2 months later and developed renal insufficiency because of amyloid deposits 6 months later.
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The patients with active disease and the patients with disease in remission were younger than the controls.
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The laboratory tests lack specificity and can be normal in the presence of clinically active disease .
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Ten of these 15 patients had active disease but normal serum liver function tests.
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There are probably other factors also responsible for the differences in permeability observed between patients with and without active disease .
duty
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Scores of existing officers will be released for active duty by the creation of a police civil service.
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About 10 were interviewed, and nine remain on active duty .
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On Capitol Hill the number of policemen on active duty was doubled.
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He is the first commander-in-chief without active duty military experience since Franklin D.. Roosevelt.
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During its time in Oxfordshire it's seen active duty most recently in the Gulf War.
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They retired from active duty early in 1942.
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Lawyers said a general on active duty , Herna n Rami rez, was also indicted.
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The morning after the bombing, he re-ported for active duty .
ingredient
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Orthokeraten, the active ingredient of Icône, works to boost the process by which the epidermis renews itself every 28 days.
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By using bromocriptine, the company did not have to develop its own similar active ingredient for Ergoset.
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The active ingredient checks the growth of bacteria and so helps natural healing.
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This is why caffeine is the active ingredient in many prescription and nonprescription migraine treatments.
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Since 1986, 700 pesticides have been reviewed from which 350 active ingredients have been banned.
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If they can t tell us that, we need at least to know the active ingredients .
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Licorice Phytosome enhances better absorption of the active ingredients and increases their effectiveness for a prolonged period of time.
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The industry surveys are based on the amounts of active ingredients made for animals by the institute's member companies.
interest
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Do you buy environment-friendly products and take an active interest in nature?
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But women took an equally active interest in the policies of the firms where their funds were invested.
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Lehmann also had an active interest in the visual arts, and in particular promoted the neo-romantics.
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Their power derives primarily from an active interest Republic affairs and a willingness to work hard for causes in which they believe.
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Mrs Chan's departure should also prompt an active interest in Hong Kong from the international community.
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And if you do eat out regularly, you definitely should take an active interest in eating better restaurant food.
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Richardson took an active interest in women writers.
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If it had been Lucy in whom he had shown an active interest , Maureen would have been far from complacent.
involvement
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The latter is likely to provide some scope for active involvement in the worshipping and musical life of the parish.
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She has denied any active involvement .
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The most obvious change in nursing practice apparent to returners is the active involvement of patients and clients in their own care.
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And it begins with the active involvement of every manager.
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Some Democratic Unionists do precisely this by, for example, listing their active involvement with the Orders on their election literature.
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On the other hand, capitalist economies are based on the willing and active involvement of the very workers they are exploiting.
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The mounting of school productions and active involvement in community or touring theatre initiatives are thus of immense value.
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My active involvement and participation was due to my previous political experience.
life
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To many of them the active life seems more deserving because of the amount of good works and preaching it performs.
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Her body accepted the organ with hardly a problem and she resumed her active life .
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Go to bed wishing I could have bestowed an extra twenty years' active life upon Bunuel and Jane Austen.
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Sovereigns are born for an active life , and not for an idle or contemplative existence.
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He withdrew from active life and retired to Kenilworth where on the 4 January 1927 he died at the age of seventy-seven.
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Even though they were retired, they had been leading a very active life .
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Most residents of homes for the elderly are in their eighties and have come there towards the end of an active life .
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Cyril's secret for a long and active life - treat yourself.
member
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Also notable are the animals and trees as active members of the mythic ensemble of players.
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He was an active member of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool from 1837 onwards and served as its treasurer.
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Magill in Corte Madera, is president of club, which has 50 active members .
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He was an active member of the Educational Publishers Council.
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Myfanwy is also an active member of the Red Cross and helps organise holidays for the disabled.
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Packford was an active member of his local Labour Party, sympathetic to the idea of the paper, and liked Keith.
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In most branches active members who do actual work, not just attending committee meetings are few.
part
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Representatives from out-patient teams played a more active part in stressful daily decisions about child care management.
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I took but little active part in last row and am thus out of the scrape.
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And that is why, Lepold, you must take an active part in ordering the war against the Foundation.
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In old age she was troubled by deafness and played little active part in her husband's later political career.
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Robyn took an active part in student politics.
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Convinced that the general public had an unsatisfied thirst for knowledge, he took an active part in several educational activities.
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The active part of which is able to join mutually repellent substances such as oil and water.
participant
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A murder victim is not a stage-prop in the drama of his death but an active participant .
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Do you consider yourself an active participant in the political world?
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Nor, however, did he want to be an active participant .
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Be an active participant in the work of the schools.
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This section too starts with a premise, which is that individual pupils are active participants in their own education.
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Not only had Oregon State lost 13 straight, but the Bruins once again were active participants in their own demise.
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Jenks believed international organizations were not mere conference secretariats, but should be active participants in shaping the postwar world.
participation
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Attitudes toward active participation in the war opened deep fissures in the movement which, at the extreme, were never healed.
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And many respondents who mention active participation also mention the more parochial norms.
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Its success will depend on the active participation of many other bodies, large and small.
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The interaction assists both you and your client, since it evokes active participation in the imagination process from the client.
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Second, it highlighted the importance of active participation by elderly people themselves in all aspects of course planning.
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On active participation by the population in arts and sport: I' m in favour of experimentation but not compulsion.
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No such authoritative review of clinical ecology can occur without the active participation of proponents of the approach.
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But in order to respond fully, our active participation as spectators is very obviously called into play - as well as called into question.
role
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Take an active role in asking for appointments; most kinds of research benefit from discussion at least every month or so.
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Since his retirement from the military and his triumphant book tour, Powell has edged steadily toward an active role in politics.
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Developers were obliged to adopt a highly active role in locating land.
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The United States had not played an active role in these events.
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In a series of unprecedented government moves, the state defence council has taken an active role in helping the prosecution.
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The last several years, he has said he is prepared to take a more active role in the clubhouse.
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We are needing to learn active roles , to choose what we want and how to achieve it.
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So I also intend to take an active role speaking around the country.
service
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He had broken his leg some time before and so had been unfit for active service till then.
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In 1914 Powell was declared unfit for active service , but joined the Admiralty in 1916.
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It was rather like being in the army on active service .
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They had two sons, one of whom died on active service in 1944, and one daughter.
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But his main passion was boating in Southampton Water and other waters calmer than those which had ended his active service career.
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The Provisionals said that one of their active service units had placed the devices, causing damage to prime commercial property.
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We accepted this as just one of the hazards of being on active service .
support
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The patron can call on his clients for active support , a facet which is important in local power struggles.
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Moreover, those who have helped you plan your communication will give it their active support . 5.
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Our opponents have money but little active support .
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The merits of these coalitions are that through direct discussions and active support they should raise as many questions as they pose.
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We shall continue to give full and active support to the United Nations.
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I hope we can count on his active support .
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However, if the result is a more effective birth control programme, it may gain her active support .
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It enrolled less than 50 members but it attracted active support from up to 2,000 sympathizers.
supporter
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The Midland Group has been an active supporter of the railway since 1955, both practically and financially.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
active ingredient
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By using bromocriptine, the company did not have to develop its own similar active ingredient for Ergoset.
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If they can t tell us that, we need at least to know the active ingredients .
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Licorice Phytosome enhances better absorption of the active ingredients and increases their effectiveness for a prolonged period of time.
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Orthokeraten, the active ingredient of Icône, works to boost the process by which the epidermis renews itself every 28 days.
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Since 1986, 700 pesticides have been reviewed from which 350 active ingredients have been banned.
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The active ingredient checks the growth of bacteria and so helps natural healing.
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The industry surveys are based on the amounts of active ingredients made for animals by the institute's member companies.
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This is why caffeine is the active ingredient in many prescription and nonprescription migraine treatments.
active/passive voice
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But, serious accidents can happen along the way when you use the passive voice .
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Explain the difference between the passive and active voice and wordy and concise word use as objectively as possible.
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In the active voice the subject of the sentence does the action.
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In the passive voice the subject does not do the action: it suffers the action.
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Secrets of the Passive Voice Revealed!
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This hypothesis requires further analysis of the passive voice before it can be considered confirmed however.
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Truth: Passive and active voice address a structural issue only-the relationship between the actor and the action in the sentence.
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Use only the active voice for procedures and employ it as much as possible for descriptions and operations.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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active trading on the stock market
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Aaron seemed like a normal active baby until he was about ten months old.
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I'd been active all my life, and suddenly I had nothing to do.
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In Washington Harriman quickly became active in Democratic Party affairs.
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Jamie's a very active little kid!
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She may be over 80, but she's still very active !
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The alarm becomes active when the switch is turned on.
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They're both in their seventies, but they're still very active .
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Today there are over 5,000 active members in the Accra church.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bedwas and District Conservation Society in Gwent have been active in improving open spaces around their town.
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But a lot of people are active onshore and want to be active aboard ship.
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In this way the apparently active and positive concept of consent is diluted to the point of near vacuity.
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It is no coincidence that in the current recession, the big boys have been active again, though with mixed success.
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Keep your pride and remember you're not helpless just because you're not active any more.
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She should begin having Pap smears as soon as she is sexually active .
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They are not semi active just because they exist in you in your background knowledge.
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We want to keep her busy and active .