noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a broad alliance/coalition
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The government was a broad alliance of eight political parties.
an uneasy alliance/relationship
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The government is based on an uneasy alliance between Christian Democrats and Socialists.
an unlikely alliance/coalition
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Once he resigned as president, the unlikely coalition of former enemies fell apart.
cement a relationship/alliance
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They want to cement a good working relationship between the government and trade unions.
contract a marriage/alliance etc (= agree to marry someone, form a relationship with them etc )
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Most of the marriages were contracted when the brides were very young.
forge a relationship/alliance/link etc (with sb)
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In 1776 the United States forged an alliance with France.
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The two women had forged a close bond.
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Back in the 1980s, they were attempting to forge a new kind of rock music.
loose federation/alliance/group etc
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a loose federation of political groups
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
close
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Kabbah's close link with them predictably alienated the army, driving it into an even closer alliance with the rebels.
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The Yugoslavs sought a close , opportunistic alliance with the national bourgeoisie of the colonial and semicolonial countries.
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The agreement is said to mark the beginning of a close strategic alliance between the two companies.
electoral
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Discussions took place between the two parties over a possible electoral alliance , but broke down in April.
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A further provision would have the effect of banning electoral alliances and coalitions.
formal
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Any such majority was now thought likely to depend on formal or informal alliances which might emerge from the current intense negotiations.
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Reservations about formal interdisciplinary alliances may be reflected in a reluctance to purchase compilations of papers delivered in an interdisciplinary symposium.
loose
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The Empire, a loose alliance of city-states and provinces owing allegiance to its Emperor, and the kingdom of Bretonnia.
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Some are loose alliances that use new technology to spread ideas and mobilise supporters.
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Both of the two main parties are loose federal alliances of local, state and regional organizations.
military
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He said this summer that the Warsaw Pact had to become a political rather than a military alliance .
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Tuesday, the three countries were invited to join the Western military alliance in 1999.
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The military alliance is offering a first prize of £130,000, as well as several runner-up prizes worth at least £60,000 each.
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For all these years we had this huge military alliance designed to thwart the dreaded Commies.
new
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February to June and September are powerful months for new alliances and relationships across the board.
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Around the country, the first tentative steps have been taken toward this new alliance .
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The new alliance will attempt to win the moral high ground from anti-abortion and antivivisection groups, he says.
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It also points to a developing new alliance between environmental activists and religion.
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Judith for her part sought security for Charles and herself in new alliances .
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Jan 16, 2001 A new alliance of major technology companies is being forged in Washington to address the problem of hacking.
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The new alliance will be looking for consensus among its members when developing its global policies.
political
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We should therefore seek evidence for long-distance exchange as indications of political alliances and the growth of centralised political organisation.
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He built a political alliance with his old college chum and fellow L. A. Democrat, Rep.
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Waechter has consistently refused political alliances with either left or right.
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In a world of shifting political alliances , it has always been true that where you stand depends on where you sit.
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Castells's interest in the politics of consumption and the political alliances surrounding consumption have, for example, been developed by Dunleavy.
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Despite the flux of political events some alliances of this kind proved surprisingly durable.
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On other occasions a high settlement has been desired as part of a strategy of political alliances .
strategic
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He went on to say that the solutions are diversification, restraint, restructuring and strategic alliances .
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Kodak is exploring either selling its copier unit or setting a joint venture or strategic alliance .
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A strategic alliance may take the form of an outright acquisition, minority stake, joint venture or brand franchise.
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You can form a series of strategic and productive alliances with people who have different specialties.
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The phone companies have invested in technologies and strategic alliances designed to enter the business.
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The agreement is said to mark the beginning of a close strategic alliance between the two companies.
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Turndal predicted future growth would come from product development, strategic partnerships, alliances and acquisitions.
uneasy
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Rothermere, a much bigger newspaper owner, supported Beaverbrook in uneasy alliance .
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Ironically, some eugenics leaders were uneasy about their alliance because they felt it could compromise their then-respectable public image.
unholy
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It was the potential in this unholy alliance that she feared.
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Smith particularly feared unholy alliances between business and government.
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An unholy alliance with other minorities to preserve ideological positions otherwise unacceptable to the electorate does not appeal as a noble enterprise.
western
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There appeared to be a man using her room to conduct the business of the Western nuclear alliance .
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Tuesday, the three countries were invited to join the Western military alliance in 1999.
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Ministers were as anxious as their predecessors to preserve Britain's privileged position in the Western alliance .
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It was also partly because of a sense of loyalty to the United States as leader of the Western alliance .
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The ensuing rows almost split the western alliance .
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Allies received attention in proportion to their contribution to the Western alliance .
■ NOUN
marriage
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With his friends and allies about him, a prince might discuss future strategy, consider marriage alliances , resolve disputes.
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The incident shows that force might still play some part in the creation of marriage alliances in the eleventh century.
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In addition, gifts would be required in any negotiations with foreign powers, especially if they culminated in a marriage alliance .
■ VERB
announce
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He has already started negotiations, and hopes to announce alliances next month.
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It also announced an alliance with Thomas Cook that could bring more customers to its website.
build
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I have continued to build up alliances with organisations prepared to pursue quality in architecture.
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They built alliances to win decent wages, decent working conditions.
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The combination of smoother style and slight changes of substance has allowed Britain to build different alliances on different topics.
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The tribal warfare between groups of chimps is both a cause and a consequence of the male tendency to build alliances .
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He built a political alliance with his old college chum and fellow L. A. Democrat, Rep.
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Most of what I did, the real work, was building alliances , coalitions, informal relationships to get things done.
cement
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To cement the alliance with Lombardy, Charles married Desiderata, the daughter of Desiderius.
create
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However, participants denied reports that the four planned to create an alliance modelled after the Group of Seven industrialized countries.
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Companies with more than 5, 000 employees nationwide could choose to insure their workers directly by creating their own corporate alliance .
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Similarly, primitive valuables may be paid by weaker groups to create alliances .
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Part of the reason we were selected was because of our ability to create manufacturing alliances with other companies.
enter
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Britain, like most other countries, has been entering treaties and alliances with other countries for hundreds of years.
forge
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Some dictators had been keen to forge triple alliances including foreign firms; other had kept them at arms' length.
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Clinton and Brown overcame early political tensions to forge their strong alliance .
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And, whereas King forged an alliance with the Democrats, Loury is a member of an exotic breed.
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Lowe wrote claiming that Sutton was trying to undermine him and forge an alliance with the Founders.
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We have already seen how pioneers of the ecological approach forged an alliance with specialists from the environmental sciences.
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Whatever their differences, they were able to forge alliances across their somewhat varying but broadly similar positions.
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He added Zeta to his realm in 1186, and forged a strong alliance between his state and the Church.
form
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You may need to form alliances for your ideas.
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They use cunning, and above all they form alliances .
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She was too fragile to form an alliance with large, strong, fully made Deborah.
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One way is to form an alliance with other small wineries and open a co-op tasting room.
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So the three political groups must now decide if they're to form alliances to push through some sort of compromise package.
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It also allows smaller countries to form alliances .
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The company would be interested in forming alliances to allow television companies use its lines to transmit information.
join
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After all, that is what happens whenever a state joins a multilateral alliance or economic community.
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Tuesday, the three countries were invited to join the Western military alliance in 1999.
seek
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Others will seek alliances with infotainment giants such as Microsoft or Disney to project their courses around the world.
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Kwasniewski, a deft politician, insists his policy is still to seek entry into the alliance .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an unholy alliance
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Apple and online provider service America Online formed an alliance .
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NATO is a formal military alliance with America at its head.
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the NATO alliance
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The two countries entered into a defensive alliance .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Instead, it has vaguely proposed some form of co-operation or alliance with Pirelli.
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Some are more easily drawn into a regional class alliance than others.
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These last two organizations are alliances of many of the organizations previously mentioned though they also tap new members.