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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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financial
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Future plans for the Orangerie include the appointment of a professional director with financial acumen and specific experience of the art business.
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Beyond his financial acumen , Grigsby knows how to stroke business and political movers.
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Not that she wanted his love even now; she did not-just his advice, just his financial acumen .
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Kubo is better known for his skill as a political strategist than for his financial acumen .
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He had settled in Ireland many years ago and through his shrewd business ability and financial acumen he had become very wealthy.
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To start with, the management team combines vision, technical savvy, financial acumen and expertise in the area of entertainment.
political
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Putin has absolutely no experience in high politics, and demonstrates no political acumen in these interviews.
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It has now been matched by his political acumen .
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Requests from group spokesmen illustrated varying degrees of preparation and political acumen .
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business
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He was more remarked on for his love of cricket and helicopters than for his business acumen .
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Usually they pool their financial resources and their business acumen .
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I've never possessed any business acumen .
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The point is not my poor business acumen , but that lawyering is a relationship, not a commodity.
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Winterthur's prosperity was built on business acumen and new industries.
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Our focus is on the convergence of business acumen , strategy, technology directions, and capital requirements.
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Shrewd, methodical, and determined, Banks combined business acumen with political trimming.
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Once John Tiller made the decision to become a professional manager, his business acumen surfaced.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was more remarked on for his love of cricket and helicopters than for his business acumen .
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I respect her business flair, her acumen .
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It has now been matched by his political acumen .
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Mr Schwartz has received considerable praise in recent years for his acumen in building Loral through a series of strategic acquisitions.
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The point is not my poor business acumen , but that lawyering is a relationship, not a commodity.
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Usually they pool their financial resources and their business acumen .
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Van Leer inherited some of his father's acumen but none of his money and certainly none of his love for money.