I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
job
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He did not even think of checking the job adverts , as he believed that his contacts would help him more.
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It emerged that two versions of the job advert existed, the second offering the job at £29.50 for a 40-hour week.
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A recent job advert for travel representatives abroad asked for language skills and included signing in the list of useful languages.
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Discover these by careful scanning of job adverts in local and regional papers, at job centres and recruitment agencies.
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The women answer job adverts in local newspapers in the poorer, usually rural, areas of their homelands.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And a dream come true ... The advert for grandparents that came up trumps.
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Corporate adverts, of course, present no such dangers.
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He did not even think of checking the job adverts, as he believed that his contacts would help him more.
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Look through the classified adverts and nearly every classic car you see has been totally restored.
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Many adverts are specifically aimed at women, supposedly because they do most of the shopping.
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There was one advert for Boots No. 7 make-up and I thought it was great.
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They will kill traditional brand imagery as used in adverts by doing the buying and selling.
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We are now in a position to ask whether one type of advert typically uses one type of metaphor.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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This statement represents the old doctrine in regard to obtaining property by false pretences, to which I shall advert presently.