I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an assistant coach
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He took a job as an assistant coach at the college.
assistant professor
personal assistant
personal digital assistant
sales assistant
shop assistant
teaching assistant
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attorney
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The assistant attorney general then shipped it back to Dewey without even attaching a letter.
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Clinton named a new assistant attorney general for civil rights, Deval Patrick, who persuaded the administration to switch sides.
coach
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By the spring of 1993, after being an assistant coach for eight years, she was ready to make the jump.
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Plucked out of school rugby by the current All Black assistant coach , Ellis has impressed with his ability and polished skills.
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He came to Arizona State University as an assistant coach in 1984.
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I thought maybe I could be hired by a Major League Soccer team or continue on as an assistant coach .
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Bill Tobin is a firm believer that the scouting department should have more influence than assistant coaches in running the draft.
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Suns assistant coach Donn Nelson has a loaded itinerary.
commissioner
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The assistant commissioner reported troubles with the farmers, but much more with the labourers.
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As assistant commissioner , Smith oversees marketing programs involving livestock, horticulture, fiber and international marketing.
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Ultimately, I made him an assistant commissioner .
cook
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He worked his way up from kitchen porter, assistant cook , employment at a casino and by painting and decorating.
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The assistant cooks toyed with salamanders and spits without interest.
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The assistant cooks heaved on the rope and the cook pot lurched slowly backwards.
director
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He became superintendent of the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough in 1916 and assistant director of aircraft production in 1917.
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Bonanni, the former assistant director for Installations and Logistics.
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Before that she was a divisional director in Berkshire and assistant director in Reading County Borough.
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He served as assistant director from 1952 to 1960.
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Price Waterhouse consultancy was offered and a senior assistant director in the department appointed in charge to push the changes forward.
editor
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Climber assistant editor Tom Prentice and leader Keith Milne reached the summit of the 6,904m mountain after 13 days.
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Normally, the inconsistency wouldn't matter, but it might now that she's assistant editor .
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Guy Riddihough is an assistant editor of Nature.
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I also spoke to the assistant editor , when he came in.
manager
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The Association exists purely for the benefit of assistant managers .
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Hotel managers and assistant managers strive to ensure their guests will have a pleasant stay.
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Also, I'd make arrangements with your assistant manager to cover for Michael long-term.
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I told myself that Stu was just nervous, here on the job, assistant manager , acting like he invented wiring.
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Shankly was assistant manager to Andy Beattie when Huddersfield were relegated.
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Salaries of assistant managers also varied because of differences in duties and responsibilities.
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He, his assistant managers and chefs all hold the Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.
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Employment Hotel managers and assistant managers held about 105, 000 wage and salary jobs in 1994.
principal
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Some assistant principals hold this position for several years to prepare for advancement to principal; others are career assistant principals.
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Depending on the number of students, the number of assistant principals a school employs may vary.
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He then served on county staff development staffs until becoming assistant principal at Bryant in 1998.
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But more assistant principals and janitors are necessary to make the schools operate effectively, Saylor said.
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Much of that sentiment stems from the transfer in March of Gloria Nogales-Talley, a popular Latina assistant principal .
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Similarly, a New York court ruled that a school district could transfer a teacher who married her assistant principal .
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But he said it looks bad to the public to cut teachers while hiring janitors and assistant principals .
professor
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The doctor has been sent on leave from her post as an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard.
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He got his Nobel for the work he started as an assistant professor at Harvard.
recorder
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The assistant recorder , sitting in the county court, refused leave to introduce the counterclaim and made an order for possession.
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The court also upheld the decision of the assistant recorder to reject the counterclaim which the defendant sought to introduce.
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The assistant recorder determined the preliminary issue in favour of the plaintiff, and the council now appeal to this court against his decision.
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The assistant recorder determined that issue in the plaintiff's favour.
superintendent
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Potential employees are screened more carefully now, said John Townsend, assistant superintendent of operations.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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My mother is assistant principal at a school in Washington, D.C.
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Noll, an assistant coach with the Colts, was hired by the Steelers as head coach.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Calls to assistant general manager Mike Port came at a bad time.
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He was a red-blooded assistant bank manager.
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Hurt was quickly hired, and several weeks later Friedman selected Harry Lawrence Clark as an assistant cryptographic clerk.
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The assistant commissioner reported troubles with the farmers, but much more with the labourers.
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The, the, the late director was pushed and knocked down I guess when he was assistant director.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
administrative
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Mellowes has assigned me to the duties of the administrative assistants , then to those of the statistical clerks.
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I had worked for many years as an administrative assistant and an executive assistant.
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The post is sometimes also known as administrative assistant .
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Until September, she was an administrative assistant at a geriatric hospital.
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The lack of help has forced the part-time student and administrative assistant to move to her parents' South San Francisco home.
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They need your help about everything from prospecting to how to get along with their administrative assistant .
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Lisa has two daughters, 12 and 16, and works as an administrative assistant in a bank.
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She also decided to redesign the functions of the two administrative assistants in the office, to get the help she needed.
chief
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The 35-year-old is chief valuation assistant for Liverpool City Council, which means she always has to look smart for work.
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Before moving to Radio 2 she was chief assistant at Radio 4, handling schedules.
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Who was Osvaldo's chief assistant these days, X. Ray or the Corporal?
clerical
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This was considered to be due to the limited involvement of the officers and the clerical assistant in certain parts of the analysis.
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Apart from Summerchild and a clerical assistant , the Unit at the last count still consisted of one single member, Serafin herself.
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Adoption of this system has not only avoided the need to employ at least two clerical assistants .
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Serafin was proposing to involve the clerical assistant in the discussion?
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General administration and clerical work - officers and clerical assistant .
digital
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Of course the other important contributing factor to the success of the personal digital assistant will be software.
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I expect these so-called personal digital assistants to dribble slowly out this year.
editorial
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She was previously editorial and production assistant at Product Communication, in London.
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And Rosemary Carey, an editorial assistant at the journal since 1984, said she had never heard of Yaki.
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All the editorial assistants except Hannah, who's on holiday, and all the production staff.
executive
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I had worked for many years as an administrative assistant and an executive assistant.
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His second choice, they said, is his executive assistant , William Keefer.
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Five days later, Lee, who was by then an executive assistant , was fired.
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Brown hired longtime aide Eleanor Johns as executive assistant to the mayor, and named campaign scheduler Whitney Schwartz as appointments secretary.
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My first executive assistant was Hu Tsang, a thirty-three year-old graduate of the Kennedy School.
legislative
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A lawyer, Alexander went to Washington as legislative assistant to Sen.
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Later, Albright worked as a legislative assistant to the late Democratic Sen.
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A former legislative assistant to North Carolina Sen.
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He omitted it on applications to be a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill.
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To his surprise, Alexander recalled, Baker won and tapped him to go to Washington to work as his legislative assistant .
personal
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Other senior men took their personal assistants with them when changing jobs.
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For your personal assistant , I guess.
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He arrives driving a golf cart with two personal assistants who will never leave his side.
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I had been working for the Countess as a personal assistant since she married the Earl in 1976.
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Very soon, she had become a sort of personal assistant , helping him select fabrics, cost dresses and choose accessories.
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Please confirm that you are able to make it to my personal assistant .
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I expect these so-called personal digital assistants to dribble slowly out this year.
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Carolyn became Laura Ashley's personal assistant , a role which necessitated an extremely close relationship.
■ NOUN
production
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She was previously editorial and production assistant at Product Communication, in London.
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This was no simple production assistant .
research
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Expenditure on research assistants might also save a significant degree of time and money in the long run.
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Another Volunteer, a biologist, started to work as an informal research assistant , but did not enter the classroom.
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One of my research assistants did some investigation.
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Checking the nests and weighing the eggs and chicks is a daily task for Spendelow and his five research assistants .
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He had married Judith Hall, a parliamentary research assistant , five years earlier.
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There are interviewers, data analysis experts, and research assistants to be employed by the project.
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Huge Government grant. Research assistants .
shop
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Fighting back: Shop assistant tackles an armed robber.
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Schoolchildren flock to the malls and fast-food joints, looking for jobs as shop assistants and chefs.
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She found she was short-tempered with shop assistants , angry if something she had ordered failed to arrive on the appointed date.
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Communication skills affect every area of life, from expressing feelings in intimate relationships to dealing with over-zealous shop assistants .
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I called over the smart and snooty shop assistant to ask why such a pricey outfit sported such ` crinkles'.
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The shop assistant laughed with him and gave him his money back.
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She remembered his tetchiness with shop assistants , which presumably had been simulated.
ucla
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One of the UCLA assistant coaches saunters up to the Ducks' bench.
welfare
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Returns were received from 100 welfare assistants working with 98 children in 72 schools.
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Approximately half of the assistants also wished to attend an induction course on the general role of a welfare assistant.
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Approximately half had organised or helped with playgroups and a similar number had previously worked as welfare assistants .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a sales assistant
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Hughes, who was Mott's assistant , will now become head coach.
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Lydia is the assistant to the Director of Finance.
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The dentist had her assistant sterilise the instruments.
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Winston got a job as assistant manager at Wal-Mart.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Everybody had personal assistants whether they needed them or not.
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Five days later, Lee, who was by then an executive assistant , was fired.
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He and his assistants hung around shopping malls and city streets, eavesdropping on whoops and hoots.
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He implies that pay and conditions for personal assistants rely on the exploitation of staff for their cost-effectiveness.
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In fact, the access badge given to Lakers public-relations assistant Raymond Ridder features a Clippers logo.
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Other senior men took their personal assistants with them when changing jobs.
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The assistant put them in a paper bag and Tom handed them to him.
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The goal of these assistants is to become something like the office computer guru.