noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a letting agent/agency (= one that arranges lettings )
agent provocateur
double agent
estate agent
free agent
land agent
law enforcement agent
narcotics agent (= a police officer who deals with the problems of narcotics )
press agent
real estate agent
secret agent
shipping company/industry/agent etc
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a Danish shipping company
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a shipping route
special agent
travel agent
undercover policeman/cop/agent etc
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undercover detectives
wetting agent
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
double
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A double agent is, therefore, well placed to achieve this.
federal
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The cult has been barricaded in a block of buildings since a shootout with federal agents on 28 February.
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Associated Press photographers saw six federal agents carrying a struggling, heavyset man on to the plane.
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Four federal agents and perhaps up to 15 cult members died.
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The plane crash involves Dave with drug dealers, killers and federal agents , all of whom threaten his peace and family.
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Pepper still is being sought by federal law-enforcement agents .
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When critical habitat is designated, it does not mean federal agents in unmarked helicopters start circling private property.
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The bill also would give federal agents authority to obtain wiretaps to detect smuggling and document-fraud crimes.
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He now claims federal agents ruined his business and reputation.
free
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Charnley is now a free agent .
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Helping keep the picture cloudy is Gretzky, who becomes an unrestricted free agent after the season.
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Disheartened, she gathered her things together, locked the door behind her and drove home. Free agent , indeed!
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This year especially, with 11 free agents in camp, the 49ers needed all the practice time they could get.
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Are individuals free agents who shape the social world according to their wills?
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Bagwell's value on the free-agent market will be established when he actually becomes a free agent .
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Burnett, a nine-year veteran, recently agreed to a free-agent deal in principle with the Carolina Cobras.
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Still, it's nowhere near what he would command on the free-agent market.
infectious
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The crowded conditions they lived in were ideal for passing on an infectious agent .
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Immediate priorities should include improving facilities to deal with infectious agents that require high level microbiological safety precautions. iii.
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It seems unlikely to be an infectious agent that is causing the problem as only Koi and Orfe are affected.
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Better understanding of animal reservoirs and vectors of infectious agents is important in anticipating and controlling emerging infections.
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Whereas blood recipients can easily receive infectious agents , passing them on is difficult.
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Estimated costs for some infectious agents are equally staggering.
literary
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Quitting after a fracas he had gone to work as a literary agent and had prospered.
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Her family, besieged by calls, retained New York literary agent Laurie Liss.
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John Pawsey describes a week in the life of a literary agent .
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Nina, the literary agent , was on her way to London on business.
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I gave the novel to the literary agent Curtis Brown to negotiate with a publisher.
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Loretta Barrett, our literary agent , was a successful editor at a major publishing company.
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I therefore contacted a literary agent , Al Zuckerman, who had been introduced to me as the brother-in-law of a colleague.
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Simple start All seemed relatively simple at the start, recalls literary agent Alexandra Cann.
local
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This has allowed the company to develop sales through local agents .
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For more information about any of these cruises, contact a local travel agent .
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The local agents provide an extensive catalogue of programs available at a nominal charge.
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Assistance of our resort representative or local agent .
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Tumours arising within the stomach may be in direct contact with local agents , capable of increasing their proliferation.
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Some conveyancers encourage local estate agents to forward details of a new transaction before a sale is negotiated.
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So, pack your cycle clips and either pick up a brochure from your local travel agent or call us on freephone.
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Consult and compare at your local travel agent .
other
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Some other agent of change was needed.
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He showed the same scant respect for other agents of central power.
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Like other enforcement agents , the field man is gatekeeper to the apparatus of control.
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Discussion Similar results to those shown in the example were achieved for the other estate agents sentences tested using this simple analyser.
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A variety of other agents have shown specific, useful activities, with a fairly limited range of application.
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Quite apart from enhancing its reputation, it also reassures other agents that they will not be forgotten.
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No other concomitant infective agents have been implicated in the course of the disease to date.
real
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It will Bteach real estate agents about the customs of minority groups.
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Homeowners who want to sell their homes without a real estate agent can now advertise their residential properties free on the Internet.
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The dictionary prompted real estate consultant Joel Ascetto to design a three-hour course to help Rhode Island real estate agents .
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The real estate agent said one thing.
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Those figures are similar to figures given by real estate agents for several plots in town.
secret
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He had spent the afternoon teaching Sun Tzu to his senior officers: the final chapter on the employment of secret agents .
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The Secret Service agents seem to like it too.
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It was not every night, she reflected, that she dined with a secret agent .
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They say that the better the secret agent , the less one hears about him.
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Even the bureaucrats involved took to playing games and devising ruses, for all the world like secret agents themselves.
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The Secret Service agents adored him, and all kidnap and other threats were investigated with a vengeance.
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The secret agent in his place, he wrote, the infiltrator safely ensconced.
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A Secret Service agent rushed forward.
special
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But Rakovsky kept one or two special agents under his control.
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It was only partly the men he had out on the streets and in the bazaars, the special agents like Georgiades.
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Among his inventions were flexible saws hidden in shoe laces for special agents .
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Their Active Mouthguard is a refreshing mouthwash with a special anti-bacterial agent to fight plaque plus it contains fluoride to strengthen teeth.
undercover
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The Fedpol had undercover agents there, naturally, but no official presence.
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Michael Osborne told investigators that drugs were so prevalent at Cyberzone that undercover agents needed help from fellow deputies working off-duty.
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He's an undercover sabotage agent if ever there was one.
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I want to apply to become an undercover agent .
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In the guise of travelling labourers they were sent to Wokingham Fair as undercover agents .
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The informant showed gun crates marked with the names of Norinco and Poly Technologies to an undercover agent .
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Normally, however, he was resident in London, operating as an undercover agent there.
■ NOUN
change
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How many heads actively support their staff in becoming change agents ?
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Change Agents - professional and para-professional workers in the change agent system; 2.
customs
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As the dozens of guests arrived at Macbeth's restaurant in Tampa, they were greeted and arrested by customs agents .
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Other Customs agents have put corruption in the crosshairs only to find they were firing blanks.
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Also patron of accountants, bankers, customs agents , and security guards.
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In January 1993, Zimmermann was contacted by two customs agents .
enforcement
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Like other enforcement agents , the field man is gatekeeper to the apparatus of control.
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Law enforcement agents and reporters were standing within feet of the trash bin where the second blast occurred.
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How strict or lenient enforcement agents conceive them to be may well affect their enforcement behaviour.
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After the material was delivered, law enforcement agents obtained search warrants and arrested the customers.
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The enforcement agent in a compliance system has a wide variety of roles to fulfil.
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That raises obvious questions about the priorities of federal drug enforcement agents and prosecutors.
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In short, he becomes more credible as a negotiator and as an enforcement agent .
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Like other enforcement agents they adapt by employing protective strategies.
estate
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Not an estate agent , a valuer, a lawyer or a property slump in sight.
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Herndon, a successful Rancho Bernardo real estate agent , works 12 hours a day.
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The crucial choice of an estate agent raises the question of whether one is necessary at all.
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Your estate agent will negotiate with potential buyers, keeping you informed of offers and how the sale is progressing.
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Because of the timescale the estate agents being paid up to £10.95 for each house valued are thought to be rushing the work.
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What becomes of it now? Estate agents think it will be a very tasty morsel for an international company.
insurance
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If in doubt, ask your insurance agent - and read your policy before disaster strikes.
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Mechanics were needed to keep them running, gas stations to fuel them, insurance agents to insure themthe list is endless.
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The next afternoon the insurance agent appeared in the office, carrying a bottle of homemade wine.
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The list can be prepared by hand, using your own notebook or a booklet available free from many insurance agents .
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The defendants, a life assurance company employed the plaintiff as an insurance agent .
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He pored over hospital bills and questioned the insurance agent about items that seemed too high.
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Robertson, above, also concerned an insurance agent , but there was no such obligation.
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Jones for everything else since her March 23 marriage to Michael Jones, a Phoenix-area insurance agent .
intelligence
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After working in the prison service, he joined the defence forces before becoming an intelligence agent .
land
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If you believe all that some land agents tell you, you might think it would go on for ever.
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The council has only ten land agents and they must formulate management agreements for any of the 3800 SSSIs in Britain.
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In two of them the outcome was in fact chosen by the patron - the broker land agents .
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His father was a land agent who ran an estate in East Anglia belonging to John Bradford's brother.
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He'd committed adultery with the wife of the local steward - the land agent for the lord of the manor.
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In 1925 he married Lettice, daughter of Cecil Cantley Baker, a land agent .
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In 1765 he married Ann Sherwin, daughter of the land agent at Kedleston Hall.
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The services of a land agent experienced in mineral agreements may be advisable if large scale exploration is envisaged.
patrol
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Border Patrol agents in Nogales say they have been shot at 21 times in the past 15 months.
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Border Patrol agent at a sandwich shop on Highway 11, shortly after he dropped the men off.
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Detecting suspicious activity in the community is where the bike patrol agents come in handy.
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Border Patrol agents and Roseau police moved in on them.
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Earlier, it had been one or more a day, Border Patrol agents say.
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Standing firm Only in recent years have Border Patrol agents perched themselves so close to the border.
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Border Patrol agents there stopped northbound cars and trucks to search for illegal aliens and drugs.
provocateur
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Repression, Government spies and agents provocateur were the order of the day.
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In Belfast, where five civilians died from violence, there was considerable evidence of agents provocateur .
service
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The two, who have pleaded not guilty, deny working as secret service agents .
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The Secret Service agents seem to like it too.
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Despite everything, Firecracker was fond of his Secret Service agents .
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The Secret Service agents adored him, and all kidnap and other threats were investigated with a vengeance.
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A Secret Service agent rushed forward.
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A Secret Service agent blocked his way.
travel
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Most of them employed the services of travel agents , according to Zakhariev.
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For more information about any of these cruises, contact a local travel agent .
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So, pack your cycle clips and either pick up a brochure from your local travel agent or call us on freephone.
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Delta, for instance, is providing refund forms at ticket counters and through travel agents .
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Pat, 43, turns travel agent once a year to take a vote among neighbours where they want to go.
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It can be done, if you, or your travel agent , are willing to bend airline rules.
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However, most travel agents do not deal directly with these companies.
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A: It makes sense to patronize a travel agent .
■ VERB
act
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She was able to act as a reconciling agent in a way no one could ever have foreseen.
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Q.. Are you acting as an agent for another?
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Hunters might seek to kill them, but they are quite capable of turning the tables and acting out the agent role.
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The gorge was his theater and the railways were delighted to act as his agents .
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Marketing itself tends to be a more specialist operation organised through trading companies who act as agents for manufacturers.
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The ethylene gas produced by the apple acts as a ripening agent for the persimmons.
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But he was prepared to act as Guntram's agent in his dealings with bishop Theodore of Marseilles.
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He acts as their advance agent , too, he picks out the banks they are to rob.
become
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They can even become unknowing agents of propaganda.
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Knowledge was becoming a bonding agent .
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This, and similar organisations, may well become agents of environmental change in the not too distant future.
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Bagwell's value on the free-agent market will be established when he actually becomes a free agent .
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This implies a corresponding commitment by the training institutions to prepare the student to become an agent of change. 6.
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The Dolphins are $ 4 million under the cap but also have 17 players set to become unrestricted free agents .
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So unless we become the agents of our own destruction, we have hardly begun our allotted span on Earth.
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Each traveling employee becomes an independent security agent .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a book of memoirs written by a retired MI5 agent , Peter Wright
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a travel agent
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He had been a secret agent of the enemy all along.
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My agent sent me to an audition.
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My meeting with the author and his agent did not go well.
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The company is the UK agent for a top Danish furniture maker.
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The firm has an agent in Sydney who deals with the Australian side of the business.
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The licence application must be signed by the applicant or his agent .
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Wray was filmed passing money to an enemy agent .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And owners note a perceptible increase in door-hangers, fliers and other pleas from agents to put their homes up for sale.
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My agents fixed it for me.
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Not an estate agent , a valuer, a lawyer or a property slump in sight.
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Number 73 was just a doorway between a travel agent and a small grocery store, with three steps leading up to it.
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Residents say they understand that agents have an important job, but they accuse the feds of lies, intimidation and harassment.
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She passed on to our agent the name Raphael, though he paid for it with his life.
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That raises obvious questions about the priorities of federal drug enforcement agents and prosecutors.
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Travel agents often advertise package tours which include a stay at a certain hotel.