noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a professional body/association (= organization that people from a particular profession can belong to )
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Is your architect a member of a professional body?
association football
fraternal association/organization/society
housing association
parent-teacher association
residents' association
savings and loan association
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
close
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Fine collection of pictures, Rockingham china. Close associations with Charles Dickens.
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By its close association with women.
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Most of the teaching was offered in small tutorial groups with close association between staff and students.
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That began a close association between the two, with the artist applying himself assiduously to the theories of his friend.
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Coupled with his close association with medicine, it explains why he decided to follow the career of scientist and natural philosopher.
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Crosse's close association with Ralegh ruined his prospects at the court of James I and he retired.
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The close association with the university teaching programs which prepare future teachers of exceptional children. 2.
free
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Freud later developed the technique of free association , a triumph which is often neglected in the discussion of his controversial theories.
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Mosk, though a loyal liberal Democrat, demurred, citing the right of free political association .
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This technique of free association is a contribution to psychology which is used widely by psychotherapists, including behaviourists.
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Even the most innocent Jell-O fact sends me spiraling into free association darker than even the blackest black cherry.
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Science may be obliged to find a new word free from religious associations .
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Only very rarely would subjects become conscious of the fact that this was not a bona fide study in free association .
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Remember, one of the fundamental freedoms is the right of free association .
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This would violate their constitutional right of free association .
local
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A number of local fishermen's associations have objected to the development.
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One waits for an outcry about such abuses from honest attorneys or an investigation by the local bar association .
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Victoria Lum Ting, one of the powers in the local family association , visited our house.
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A lay person would appear to be able to do little in this direction, except perhaps check with local trade associations .
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There are also local credit associations that exchange credit information.
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What Liverpool abolitionists initially expressed other local associations - in Hull, Norwich and Leicestershire for example - rapidly adopted.
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As a reaction to those events some local associations organised a demonstration on October 23.
long
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She was a total mystery to him in spite of their long and successful association .
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The long association with Jogis had bred out canine slavishness.
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She had imagined it was because of her long association with the name Lemarchand, but it was not that.
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Fortunately, Viktor valued him and they had a long association before he ever worked with Irina.
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The Davis's long association continues, for they are still the owners.
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Preston had a long association with railway stations.
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In this way began the darkest chapter in the cat's long association with mankind.
national
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Since the national association was formed, 1.5 million people have been referred to Victim Support.
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The national association estimates that 6 million workers moved from temporary to permanent positions in 1996.
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Training squads and programmes are now part and parcel of the structures within each of the national associations .
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The national association of large real estate developers sent its president to assist the process.
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Play Matters is the national toy library association and membership costs £17.50 a year for unlimited access to toys!
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Setting - National association for adults with cystic fibrosis.
professional
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The professional associations representing accountants sponsor numerous courses, seminars, group study programs, and other forms of continuing education.
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Yet realistically this dilemma is likely to be brief as long as employers hold the key to one's livelihood rather than the professional association .
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Join all the relevant trade and professional associations .
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The teacher unions and professional associations have produced clear and accurate documents for their members which inevitably highlight these problems.
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Others again, such as physics, chemistry or history, have important professional associations or societies without being full-blown professions.
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There are a variety of professional associations of doctors, nurses and teachers which give tacit support to the regime.
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Membership organisations Trade unions, trade associations , professional associations etc.
significant
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No other significant association between gastrointestinal symptoms and a specific organism was found.
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Again, neither involvement nor perceptions of threat has any significant association with the attitudes measured by this factor.
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Conversely, there was no significant association with portal hypertension.
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The only significant association was an increased risk of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma associated with first pregnancy.
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Barker etal also failed to find a significant association between birth weight and wheeze.
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Conversely, we found a highly significant association with the severity of liver disease as measured by the Child's classes.
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In accordance with Wyatt etal we found a significant association between the extent of gastric metaplasia and microscopic signs of duodenitis.
strong
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For woman as maker and subject, earth has particularly strong associations .
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Studies show a strong association between consistent dividend growth and long-term stock performance.
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The strong association between antral tumours and chronic active gastritis suggests the possibility that H pylori infection may have a pathogenic role.
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The blue saddlecloth evidently had a strong association with pain; which indicated the reason for her earlier unsuccessful training.
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However, a much stronger negative association was found between neurotic symptoms and the perceived adequacy of social relationships.
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The strong association between colorectal dysplasia and cancer in ulcerative colitis was described in 1967.
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A strong association , however, is not a proof of causation.
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Through its strong associations with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes, abdominal obesity in particular is injurious.
voluntary
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Finally, in a free democratic society, voluntary associations provide a training ground for participation in wider politics.
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The village ceased to be a voluntary , personal association and became an administrative division existing for the convenience of the state.
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All things considered, women belong to somewhat fewer voluntary associations than men do.
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The inhabitants of the shanty towns have frequently achieved stability and social organisation through the establishment of personal networks and voluntary associations .
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This implies that the government is operating in a world of autonomous, spontaneously self-creating, voluntary associations .
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Likewise, many aspects of leisure and voluntary associations associated with residential location belong in the sphere of civil society.
■ NOUN
authority
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Local authority associations have identified the need for additional resources to provide both housing and education of the children of refugees.
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The local authority associations were subsequently asked to provide an alternative set of proposals.
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I propose to consult local authority associations on that very point.
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But local authority associations , professional bodies and voluntary groups must not become scapegoats for government complacency and inaction.
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Local authority associations say the transfer money is likely to be more than £100 million short of what is needed.
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Eventually the local authority associations agreed a self-denying ordinance and in many authorities councillors do not seek access to records on individuals.
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The department agreed to consider this in consultation with the local authority associations .
housing
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It may be difficult to move areas since many local authorities and some housing associations operate strict residence restrictions.
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Nearly all new social housing is now being built by housing associations .
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Ten percent of the entries were local authority schemes with the remainder divided equally between housing associations and private developers.
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My hon. Friend knows of my great interest in further improving the resources available for housing associations .
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The Corporation provides money to housing associations which rent and sell property.
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On top of that, £358,000 was allocated to housing associations .
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We will continue our programme of Large Scale Voluntary Transfer of council properties to housing associations .
trade
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The obvious possibility is for their trade associations to play a role on their behalf.
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Of the 22 pilot projects funded so far, the vast majority are led by trade associations or industry groups.
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But what exactly is a trade association ?
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The heavy package was sent to William Dennison, who had left the trade association almost a year earlier.
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A member of the mineral trade association is being sought to ensure that there is also adequate linkage with the commercial sector.
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A new report by the Baby Bells' trade association denies that.
■ VERB
establish
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The original reason for establishing our association had been to create a more representative forum for contacts.
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These include the more firmly established association between the drugs and a potentially fatal lung disease, primary pulmonary hypertension.
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Sherry, encouraged colleagues in Liverpool, London, Manchester and Preston to establish local associations .
form
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The sexes form different kinds of association for breeding in different species; some are monogamous, others polygynous, others polyandrous.
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Or, they form their own associations without being prompted and rewarded.
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Legal systems suppliers have recently formed a trade association that has been welcomed in the profession to encourage liaison and co-ordination.
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Many of these children come from families which do not readily form themselves into associations and pressure groups.
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They are not forming stimulus-response associations .
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The new law on association allowed citizens to form associations without prior approval of the Interior Ministry.
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This might have been another attempt deliberately to embarrass the newly formed association .
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Anyone can form a trade association - you don't need any special qualifications or approval.
house
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Against this background, it's no surprise that housing associations are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain staff.
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With good will from Government, charities, housing associations and local councils, something may be done.
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The housing associations also gained the freedom to raise their own funds for new housing developments.
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Black Roofs had stopped being a mutual housing association in 1991.
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Since then, housing associations raised 8. 5 billion pounds in private financing.
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A non-mutual housing association is, however, treated as a private landlord.
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Looks at housing association void management policy and practice, highlighting different approaches and the contribution of other agencies including local authorities.
show
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Several studies have shown the association of reflux oesophagitis with lower oesophageal sphincter dysfunction and impaired oesophageal peristalsis.
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Studies show a strong association between consistent dividend growth and long-term stock performance.
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It shows the close association that can exist between organic chemical synthesis and clay surfaces.
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Another study has shown a positive association between gastric cancer and exposure to coal dust in those miners who smoked.
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Both periodontal disease and poor oral hygiene showed stronger associations with total mortality than with coronary heart disease.
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Indeed, from the 1920s, several studies showed an association between spacing and survival of the offspring.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
voluntary organization/association/agency etc
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All voluntary agencies funded by the Department of Social Work must also now operate a complaints procedure.
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Do you belong to a voluntary organization?
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Local authorities or voluntary agencies should have provided the information, the association said.
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Many of the statutory and voluntary agencies provide advice without charge.
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The list of all the voluntary agencies concerned directly or indirectly with family welfare would be too long to provide here.
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The main voluntary agency dealing with literacy is Marxist.
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Think of your church, your synagogue, your voluntary organization.
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Under the initiative, voluntary agencies have received grants totalling £150,000.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a word-association game
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Foods served at holidays such as Thanksgiving have special associations.
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the college's alumni association
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the National Association of Head Teachers
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The National Basketball Association negotiates TV rights for important games.
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the National Education Association
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The new health care proposals have been criticized by the British Medical Association .
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There is evidence of an association between headaches and computer use.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For children with normal length of gestation there was a positive association between birth weight and lung function.
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Freedom of expression and of the press, and freedom of peaceful assembly, of association and of movement were all guaranteed.
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Maternity wards were notably slow to improve, largely due to their popularly believed, if apparently unfounded, association with prostitution.
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National associations also tend to sponsor larger schemes in the more important settlements rather than in areas of isolated housing need.