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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
alter ego
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Gissing used his fictional alter ego to attack Victorian morals.
change/alter the appearance of sth
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The proposed dam will change the appearance of the surrounding countryside enormously.
change/alter the course of sth
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The incident changed the course of the election.
change/alter/shift the balance
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Will this alter the balance of power in the EU?
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His appointment shifted the government’s balance decisively to the right.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
dramatically
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Nell felt almost giddy at the way her outlook on the future had so dramatically altered .
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Yet none of the fathers portrayed thus far has actually had to dramatically alter his work life in order to father.
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The situation does not appear to have altered dramatically since then.
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Modern telecommunications technologies have the potential to alter dramatically the role of wired media.
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Over the last 20 years new technology has dramatically altered work in the paper industry.
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New roads, stadium lights and steel fencing have dramatically altered the 5-mile stretch patrolled by agents from the Imperial Beach station.
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Experiences of dramatically altered consciousness can be traumatic.
drastically
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However, the coastline has altered drastically in the last 10,000 years.
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The geography and history of the United States would have been drastically altered .
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Scattered through the policy review are proposals to: Drastically alter the status and organisation of the Department of Trade and Industry.
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All the weights set so meticulously for one fact could be drastically altered in learning the next fact.
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But if marriage patterns were to be drastically altered , significant changes in the social structure would occur.
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This would drastically alter the emphasis of most campaign fund-raising operations and increase the ability of individuals to affect the outcomes.
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This introduction of a second order of system drastically alters what is being claimed for semiology.
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Additionally, the traditional organizational structure is drastically altered .
fundamentally
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It is going to fundamentally alter the rules by which which business operates.
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The character of the field man's work was fundamentally altered in ways unknown to younger staff.
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The distribution of power in the legislature was also fundamentally altered by the dilution of the seniority principle in the early 1970s.
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Structural alterations Fundamentally altering the property to suit your business could be in breach of the agreement.
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But the international climate in which he finds himself has altered fundamentally .
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Unification had been imposed from above, without fundamentally altering the existing state and political system.
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The differing forms of these strategies will fundamentally alter the direction and scope of central interventions and peripheral responses.
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The final year of the Occupation did not fundamentally alter this status.
genetically
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The United States, the leading producer of genetically altered food, had resisted the regulations.
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Transgenic animals are genetically altered to produce proteins in their milk.
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Organisms that have been altered genetically by such means are said to be transformed and after transformation they are transgenic.
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It may be at least three years before the genetically altered fish hit the market.
radically
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With a little knowledge you can make very healthy changes to your diet without having to alter radically your whole way of eating.
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As for those who did not, it was too soon to contemplate the radically altered life that awaited them.
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On the one hand there is awe at the way the elements can so radically alter the landscape.
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He would do everything he could to accommodate Hickey, short of radically altering the ethos of Holy Trinity.
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The pattern of employment has altered radically since our traditional industries began.
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The 49er quarterback situation has altered radically this year.
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However, that position has been radically altered by the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
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The couple were coping as best they could with the radically altered life polio had foisted upon them.
significantly
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Theories of visual perception have altered significantly in the twentieth century.
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E-commerce hasn't significantly altered consumer behavior, experts say, adding that the death of malls was exaggerated.
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We know from many studies that quite subtle changes in tasks can significantly alter their difficulty level.
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Are there fundamental elements of human nature that can not be significantly altered by socialization and institutions?
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Treatment with sucralfate did not significantly alter the number of capillaries or myofibroblasts.
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The result is a menu slightly but significantly altered from the Good Earth selections of the past.
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Cholesterol, bile acids, and phospholipid output concentrations were not significantly altered .
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The mental aftermath points up how body changes can significantly alter lifestyles, relationships and self image.
substantially
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Similarly, practices could appeal if they had evidence that the population characteristics had altered substantially since the last census.
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It also could be altered substantially by the presence of a third-party candidate, such as Ross Perot.
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Parsons did not substantially alter this view, and as a result lost the stress Freud had placed on conflict.
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Rising unemployment and the development of Government employment schemes have substantially altered the pattern of young people's activities.
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It has been substantially altered in later periods and has a largely classical, dull exterior.
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And if the blade had gone in farther than that, the case was altered substantially .
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So in some cases a compromise must be made, although this should not substantially alter the overall effect of formality.
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Time has established their worth, which is now unlikely to alter substantially , either in terms of esteem or financial value.
■ NOUN
balance
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This not only altered the strategic military balance in favour of the rebels, it also gave them an important psychological boost.
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Jeff is already a victim but his actions could alter the balance and restore the upward mobility of his career. 2.
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The decision avoids mass byelections, which could have altered the balance in parliament.
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Did they unwittingly do the worst possible thing in response, thus altering a fragile balance for ever?
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Such strange patterns of relatedness may alter the economic balance , but do not themselves cause sterility.
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An organization typically needs only to alter the balance of fears and beliefs that lay at the core of its decision-making processes.
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Reaction to speech Commentators claimed that Hussein's speech did nothing less than alter the strategic balance in the Middle East.
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Circumstances could clearly alter the balance in favour of one group rather than another and emphasise some considerations more than others.
behaviour
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Pregnancy can alter the behaviour of some females.
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Neither group has any incentive to alter its mode of behaviour .
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If the work now arrives in time then this could mean that by changing the trigger you have altered the behaviour .
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This tends to support the hypothesis that although customers will complain about price increases it does not necessarily alter their visiting behaviour .
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Most people fail to change because they know little about how to alter their behaviour .
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Both incompatibility and parthenogenesis microorganisms alter host chromosome behaviour during early mitotic divisions of the egg.
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Only at w *; will firms and households be unwilling to alter their realized behaviour .
change
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These patterns show, in their several ways, how one change can alter many at once.
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If this macroscopic change altered the microscopic laws, these laws would eventually reach a form capable of supporting an H-theorem.
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In spite of victory, Britain's participation in two world wars accelerated social changes , altering both social attitudes and power relations.
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She could not believe that the typhoon winds of change could alter our family.
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The thickness change alters the path of reflected light to create a purple spot on a gold background.
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The mental aftermath points up how body changes can significantly alter lifestyles, relationships and self image.
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Minor changes in specification can alter the implications of the model significantly.
character
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However, a planning authority can, through its development plans and decisions, alter the character of a neighbourhood.
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In combination, these changes have considerably altered the character of most places in Britain.
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That no beer can be replicated and brewed miles from its original home without altering the character of the brew and 2.
course
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When it was too late to alter the course of events, the party's leaders found the courage to assert themselves.
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She was an artist who altered the course of Western music history.
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He altered his course to avoid us altogether.
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Our first face-to-face meeting by the monkey bridge was the meeting that for ever altered the course of my fate.
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It was from this little hill Wainwright obtained his view of the Lake District which altered the whole course of his life.
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Away! let us away!-this instant let me alter the course !
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Unquestionably the visit was to alter the entire course of his development as an artist.
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And, through their blunders and miscalculations, they altered the course of Texas history.
fact
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Time doesn't alter attitudes and facts .
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But this does not alter the fact that there is an issue between Eckhart and Snyder, between incarnation and transcendental release.
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Of course that didn't alter the fact that de Tracy had changed sides.
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A change in perception does not alter facts .
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Equal rights aside, you can't alter facts to suit your beliefs.
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This does not alter the fact that if Rule 1 applies the buyer becomes owner at the instant the contract is made.
law
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But emigration to the United States had made this restriction anachronistic and so the Liberal government altered the law .
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If this macroscopic change altered the microscopic laws , these laws would eventually reach a form capable of supporting an H-theorem.
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As regards this latter class of contracts, the Infants' Relief Act 1874 very much altered the law .
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After the judgment the Government was obliged to alter the law on the right to beat one's children.
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Now, belatedly, the Government is thinking of altering the law to legitimise the practice.
life
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A week that had seen all her safe, conventional standards thrown out of the window, and irretrievably altered her life .
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As for those who did not, it was too soon to contemplate the radically altered life that awaited them.
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Not altering your own social life and neglecting your own friendships.
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Yet none of the fathers portrayed thus far has actually had to dramatically alter his work life in order to father.
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I didn't realise at the time the extent to which it would actually alter my life .
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The couple were coping as best they could with the radically altered life polio had foisted upon them.
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It was an experience which was to alter his life .
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Then, that autumn, and quite by chance, something happened which was to alter his life .
nature
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Allen v. Hyatt suggests that the courts are willing to recognise special circumstances which alter the nature of the relationship.
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Even where migrants do join in, they tend to alter completely the nature of the events.
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The famous Education Act of 1944 extended educational opportunity but did little to alter the nature of it.
pattern
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However, in some areas where religious loyalties remain strong, such loyalties can still alter the pattern of class voting.
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According to Planned Parenthood, parental consent laws have sharply altered abortion patterns .
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Instead you pick the most likely payoff and test to see if altering it changes the pattern of behaviour.
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Placing such tasks in context does not increase success rates but does alter the pattern of incorrect responses.
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But the channels may alter the water drainage pattern in the dry area and help to rejuvenate it, he said.
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In the circumstances, programmes to alter reproductive patterns might incorporate special provisions for reaching individuals of lower socio-economic status.
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Nor should we ever underestimate the capacity of old people to alter life-long patterns of interaction when need arises.
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Rising unemployment and the development of Government employment schemes have substantially altered the pattern of young people's activities.
perception
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Blake thought the burning incense could have been a hallucinogenic drug which was altering his perception .
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If you want to improve the relationships in your life, you must take responsibility by altering your perceptions .
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The vase towers bring beauty to the ugliest place, and have altered human perceptions of what is sublime.
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Taken together, they resemble the range of altered perceptions reported by yogis, Zen masters, and other contemplatives.
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Finally, the organization reaches the point where it lacks the resources required to alter the perception of its performance.
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It worries me because it alters perception .
plan
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You could see he had altered his plan and would get her to herself later.
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Discovery did not alter her plans , only slowed them down.
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It was as if she could sense some real urgency whenever he was forced to alter their plans .
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It also means being prepared to alter plan , or course, as circumstances develop.
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Those decisions to alter production plans represented £5.6 million a year forgone, about 8 percent of the value of timber harvested.
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But she would have to alter her travel plans - she is due to be abroad that day.
policy
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Alternatively, the government may wish to alter its monetary policy .
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While it may not provide a specific remedy for the complainant, it can force public bodies to alter policy and procedure.
position
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The error can spread over the polygon by altering the positions of the boundary points appropriately.
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And he has been criticized for altering his position .
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He kept twisting himself on to the side of his affected lung, but did not wake when I altered his position .
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As had happened with the return of the Ambassadors, Franco had seemingly got what he wanted without altering his position .
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It altered the position of sponsored relatives for black people.
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The present arrangements appear to work satisfactorily and I see no reason to alter the present position .
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Encourage him to alter position 2-4 hourly.
relationship
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The very presence of the media also tends to alter the relationships between the political and social institutions which they link up.
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The electric bass for ever altered the relationship between the rhythm section, the horns, and other melodic instruments.
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More limited forms of resistance such as normal trade union activity do not alter the fundamental relationships of class inequality in capitalist society.
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The mental aftermath points up how body changes can significantly alter lifestyles, relationships and self image.
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Little Miss Fogerty was in considerable awe of Miss Watson, but a burglary was to alter their relationship .
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Without altering the relationship of speaker and hearer, the next section turns statement into accusation.
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Nevertheless there is no denying that the threat of removal has radically altered the relationship between chairmen and committee members.
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The question then arises: how high would the tariff have to be to alter the relationship ?
shape
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In so doing, they alter the shape of the repressor so that it can no longer bind to the operator region.
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It has a 70% crystal content and it doesn't alter its shape or size one iota.
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Those injuries, combined with early-season player development, has altered the shape of the league race.
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It was, in fact, natural country with semi-artificial fences which were only slightly altered from their original shape .
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If you can alter the shape through muscle release then the mental and emotional condition of the person will also change.
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You can just about excuse Porsche for not altering the external shape , but forgiveness is impossible when it concerns the interior.
situation
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Schools may feel powerless to alter a situation in which wider economic and political forces have such a crucial influence.
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Modern medical techniques have altered this situation .
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Once again it was an unexpected death which altered the situation .
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Therefore the withdrawal of compulsory registration altered the situation .
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It seemed certain that nothing would alter the situation .
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The growth of monopoly drastically alters this situation .
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In the months following his elevation, three considerations pushed Franco towards drastically altering this situation .
structure
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Minimally, the binding of protein to this element should alter the chromatin structure of the promoter.
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But can violence alter the structure of discontent in a culture of desire?
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Conventions of weaning may alter while family structure does not.
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Then you can experiment, try a variety of functions, alter the structures , and evaluate the differing results.
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Even the magic word processor can not solve the problem of afterthoughts, which are likely to alter a complete structure .
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Imposing such a burden would alter the basic structure between state and federal governments, which is critical to our constitutional scheme.
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The Wizards could make more trades that could alter their salary cap structure and the makeup of the team.
system
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All societies can, if they choose, negate the tragedy by altering the reward system .
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The ruler could not on his own initiative build fortresses, hire troops or alter the judicial system .
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By altering the brain, caffeine automatically alters all systems regulated by the brain.
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Using Date or Time unfortunately doesn't alter the system clock for good.
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Fortunately, we have altered the system .
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They had altered the street route system since last he'd been in the place.
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Hormonally active synthetic chemicals can damage the reproductive system , alter the nervous system and brain, and impair the immune system.
way
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With a little knowledge you can make very healthy changes to your diet without having to alter radically your whole way of eating.
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It doesn't alter the way things are for most people.
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The character of the field man's work was fundamentally altered in ways unknown to younger staff.
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Circumstances must alter your way of speaking.
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I've bought Smiths records but they have never altered my way of thinking.
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And increasing its volume only reduces its effectiveness by altering the way it processes sound pulses.
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Articles of government were altered in such a way as to increase the range of governors' overall responsibilities.
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Firstly the scientific ideas are altered in a particular way by their transmission.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His defence lawyer said that Wilson's lifestyle had altered dramatically since the offences three years ago.
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His mood suddenly altered and he seemed a little annoyed.
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I got the dress altered for the wedding.
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The border was closed, and they were forced to alter their plans.
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The plan will alter traffic patterns in the area.
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You can alter the color and size of the image using a remote control.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the hypothalamic level, emotions of rage and pleasure are little altered by any environmental stimuli.
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It would only shift if the government chose to alter the money supply.
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Similarly, practices could appeal if they had evidence that the population characteristics had altered substantially since the last census.
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Since deregulation of bus services some routes may have been altered or replaced.
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Today is the last day Granada can alter its bid unless a new bidder prepares a competitive offer.
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Treatment of blacks altered slightly with the great depression of the thirties and the economic boom of the wartime forties.
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Whether you like it or not you're going to have to change your ways and alter your lifestyle.