noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
annual
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The politics of the issue have become deeply entwined in the process of wrapping up annual appropriations bills.
dishonest
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The fact that they controlled the company which consented to the transfer was irrelevant in the light of their dishonest appropriation .
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This has the advantage that the cases referred to will be brought within the single concept of dishonest appropriation .
■ NOUN
account
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In the appropriation accounts of the Government, the distinction is almost non-existent.
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Since these appropriation accounts are on the cash basis, accounting standards would hardly seem relevant.
bill
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The abortion counselling clause was included in an appropriations bill for labour, health and human services.
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Mr Clinton has signed appropriations bills funding seven cabinet agencies.
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The politics of the issue have become deeply entwined in the process of wrapping up annual appropriations bills .
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Only seven of 13 appropriations bills have been passed and signed by the president.
subcommittee
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DeConcini also chaired the Senate appropriations subcommittee overseeing Customs' budget.
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In an appearance before a House appropriations subcommittee , Reno was asked why she has not moved to have an independent counsel.
■ VERB
make
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Any lesser density makes the private appropriation of lands ineffective and the potential supply of paid labour insufficient.
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The difference is made up through appropriations from the state's general fund.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The exhibition focuses on Picasso's appropriation of photographs as the bases for his work.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Congress has ever been niggardly when little or no evidence of electoral sentiment is presented to justify more generous appropriations.
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Congress left itself the option of forbidding line-item vetoes of major program appropriations, such as funding more Stealth bombers.
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It was held that there was an appropriation .
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The difference is made up through appropriations from the state's general fund.
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The politics of the issue have become deeply entwined in the process of wrapping up annual appropriations bills.
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The undefined portion covered what occurred in Lawrence, above, an appropriation with the consent of the owner.