I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
staunch supporter/ally/advocate
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one of Bush’s staunchest supporters
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
close
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The result is that poverty and retirement are usually close allies .
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The two countries are close allies .
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The United States, formerly President Barre's close ally , has abandoned him.
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Cleveland was a close ally of Dorsheimer and an admirer of Olmsted.
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The Yang brothers had previously been regarded as close allies of Deng.
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A third candle was ambivalence, and usually takes the form of two women who are close allies and rivals.
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Robert Walker, R-Pa., a close Gingrich ally .
great
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If they are burned they can not regenerate, so fire is the greatest ally of the Troll fighter.
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Patients will often be your greatest ally when testing yourself for the first time.
important
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He has an important new ally - Princess Diana.
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With the leader of our most important ally .
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Gus van Kouwenhoven is Mr Taylor's most important business ally .
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And in Madison, the unions have been important allies in the Total Quality Management process.
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This time the stakes are higher than ever: the very future of Moscow's most important military ally .
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Lynne could be an important ally .
natural
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The Reagan White House had understood from the beginning that the press was not its natural ally .
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He would have been a natural ally for Edward Heath, campaigning for him against the Conservative right.
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But de-emphasizing the ban would enrage their natural allies among abortion foes.
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They therefore proved natural allies in her assault upon the seat of consensus in Whitehall.
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Research libraries and humanities departments should be natural allies in promoting equity of provision across disciplines and user groups.
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Nkrumah saw this as a contradiction, and was critical, thus annoying Nyerere who should have been a natural ally .
old
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Kissinger in particular thought it outrageous that such an old friend and ally as the Shah should not be allowed into the States.
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If his old allies accuse him of lying about lying, he deserves that.
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But it's unthinkable that they should allow the krytron into the hands of their oldest ally .
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Perhaps another factor was the ever-rising star of Commander Dander, old friend and ally of Coffin and now his influential patron.
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The most eloquent witness to this fact is Maxse's old ally Bridgeman.
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This was very unfortunate for the Trinovantes, the oldest allies of Rome in Britain.
political
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But the discrediting of his political allies leaves Mr Berlusconi vulnerable.
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Since that time, Feinstein said she has tried to make amends with her longtime political ally and friend.
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They murdered her friend and political ally , Airey Neave.
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Alan Simpson of Wyoming, a close friend and political ally .
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There was little support for Archer from his former political allies .
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The two have been close ideological and political allies since they served together in the House.
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This republican religion, as we shall see, was sometimes a political ally but also an ideological competitor.
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The soccer mom walks out a happy customer and a political ally for life.
potential
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As relations with the Soviet Union deteriorated the Western zones began to be seen as a potential ally against Soviet expansion.
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Even a potential ally needs to feel the first rush of adrenal urgency.
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Whitehall's biggest potential ally is the United States, which is sending a large delegation to fight the ban.
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Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who supports the immigration package but is viewed as a potential ally .
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The report, drawn from evidence given by supergrasses, identified those whom the Mafia considered allies or potential allies.
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He can be charming and funny, eager to introduce potential allies to people who can help them.
powerful
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The Elves were content to have powerful allies in the Old World.
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Aeneas would find them willing and powerful allies .
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The pro-Stuart exiles were greatly strengthened early in the new reign by the arrival of two formerly powerful new allies .
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The Yuezhi were the goal of Zhang Qian's mission to the west to find a powerful ally against the Xiongnu.
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As the bears go after salmon, not sticks, one might make a powerful ally in the Fishermen's War.
staunch
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Mrs Thatcher is still seen in the United States as the staunchest of its allies .
traditional
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It was backed by its traditional allies from the debates of previous years.
western
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The pressure is discreet - after all, the survival of a key Western ally and a new democracy is at stake.
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It was also true, however, of the Western allies who also possessed important residual legal rights, especially in relation to Berlin.
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The Basic Law proved acceptable to the Western allies , who approved it in May 1949.
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The troubles of the Soviet economy are fast becoming a pre-occupation of the Western allies .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(be) allied to/with sth
allied industries/organizations/trades etc
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The site now employs about 7,000 people directly, although many more are involved in allied industries or in ongoing construction projects.
stalwart supporter/ally etc
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Few people could have made a less favorable impression or turned out to be such a stalwart ally.
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They are her stalwart supporters in a dosed, oppressive world.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The auto industry has many allies in Congress.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At first glance, the antagonists look a lot like allies.
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By the end of World War I, however, she faced a widening split with her radical allies.
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If they are burned they can not regenerate, so fire is the greatest ally of the Troll fighter.
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Korzhakov and his allies may have the resources to disrupt the peace, and with it the election, if they choose.
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Sigibert retaliated by calling in his allies from across the Rhine.
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They therefore proved natural allies in her assault upon the seat of consensus in Whitehall.
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Third World industry could also become an ally in promoting efficient technology.
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This book therefore sets out to win over a much wider audience to the beauty and importance of ferns and their allies.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
closely
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Concepts of instrumentation in this period appear still to be closely allied to Renaissance consort principles.
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Closely allied to the fundamental fear-complex within the personality is violence.
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The second reason is closely allied to the first.
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Closely allied to our aims and ethos are the School's pastoral system and support network.
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The Spirit brings reconciliation Reconciliation is closely allied to this concept of unity.
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There's charm here, but it's closely allied to wit and shares with it a piercing quality.
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By contrast, the professions of journalism and politics continue to be closely allied .
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Ophiohelus is considered to be closely allied to these three genera.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any decision in favour of change has to be allied with the ability and the confidence to change.
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At that time the country was partitioned among wartime allied powers.
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It extended its powers over smaller towns and communes, such as Nonantola, and allied itself with others.
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The prince then moved to Poitiers and allied with his uncle Childebert against his father.
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Willa remains, in my memory, my dearest ally .