verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
arouse/generate/attract interest (= make people interested )
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This extraordinary story has aroused interest in many quarters.
attract an audience (= make people want to watch )
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The first show attracted a television audience of more than 2 million.
attract customers (= get more customers )
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The Internet is a great way to attract new customers.
attract investment
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The company is trying to attract investment from overseas.
attract migrants (= make migrants want to come to a place )
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The settlement attracted new migrants and it expanded quickly.
attract notice (= be noticed by other people )
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She didn’t want to attract notice, so she dressed very plainly.
attract publicity
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Two recommendations in the report have attracted publicity.
attract/draw a crowd
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The ceremony is expected to draw a crowd of more than 1,000.
attract/draw sb/sth like a magnet
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She drew men to her like a magnet.
attract/draw tourists
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They hope to change the image of the city and attract more tourists.
draw/attract/provoke criticism (= be criticized )
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The plan has drawn criticism from some groups.
win/gain/attract support
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Try to win the support of local shopkeepers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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She was also attracted by the opportunity to do advocacy whilst serving articles, which is only possible in a local authority.
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Pictures of Western women in tank tops, short-shorts, and tights also attracted the attention of local photographers.
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But it has been seen that Picasso was also attracted to tribal sculpture because he admired its conceptual quality.
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But she also attracted the ire of advocacy groups.
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It also attracts many from the middle or professional classes who have a commitment to social and economic justice.
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Every cave was silent, lest it also attract disaster.
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They also attracted the bulk of the immigrants.
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It also attracts criminals, mostly nonviolent, who drive to trail heads and parking areas to steal from cars and campsites.
always
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I suppose women are always attracted by men who do physical things such as motor racing.
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You were always attracted to regulation and sanity, kiddo.
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Gail and Tommy were always attracted to each other, but their love ripened slowly.
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The bail bond business had always attracted people who should have been in cells themselves.
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A man alone always attracts more attention than a couple together.
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Monorails have always attracted inventors because the structure can be lighter than that of conventional railways.
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The Grand National always attracts around 15 million.
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Although its enormous diamond deposits have always attracted some interest, this has been limited to private companies and individual entrepreneurs.
more
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Affected children inevitably attract more than their fair share of parental attention which can cause problems with unaffected siblings.
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The next day, the same show attracted more than 9, 000 listeners at the Hollywood Bowl.
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After all, New York State has attracted more foreign companies than any other state, from headquarters operations to manufacturing operations.
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Day and night, the three networks attracted more than 90 percent of the audience watching television.
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This in turn attracted more lenders into the market, and made borrowing more attractive.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average remained relatively unscathed during the last six months, attracting more positive money flow.
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The 1992 Berlin Film Festival attracted more than 700 films from around the world in documentary and feature categories.
■ NOUN
attention
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Far from being eclipsed after his death in 1964, his work has attracted ever more attention .
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Pictures of Western women in tank tops, short-shorts, and tights also attracted the attention of local photographers.
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I set up a great screaming to attract his attention .
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The early date attracted a lot of attention from presidential candidates.
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A building that is obviously empty immediately attracts the attention of vandals.
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Any information regarding Foster has attracted extraordinary attention because he was a friend of Mrs Clinton and later committed suicide.
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It is still unusual enough to attract attention .
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The initiative has attracted national attention .
audience
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His televised trial attracted huge audiences .
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They attract an audience with varied interests and offer on-line access to the greatest number of users throughout the United States.
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The real challenge will be to attract an audience and advertisers against formidable rivals.
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This means that it usually attracts an attentive audience , which in turn means it provides a good environment for commercials.
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Why, for instance, are musicals assumed to be are the only way of attracting a popular audience ?
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Skating may not have to rely much longer on such naked attempts at attracting audiences .
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Not for the first time Salisbury found it was easy to attract a large audience for a free show.
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The first show attracted a television audience of more than 2 million.
business
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And the move, if successful, would be part of a package used to attract new businesses to Darlington.
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Now Barnett made a second attempt to attract business .
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Because of their size these towns have been like magnets attracting more businesses and people.
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He spied a chance to develop the kind of workforce that would attract many different businesses to Tulsa-and keep them there.
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You were not the only one attracted by his business ventures.
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I believe the local economy can only change when the city makes significant efforts to attract high-technology businesses to the area.
capital
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It must therefore remain an open question as to whether the local economy is sufficiently robust to attract private sector capital .
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UDCs are designed to create the conditions and confidence necessary to attract private capital .
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The expanding region will attract capital for investment and workers will migrate from the less advantaged areas.
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By contrast MDC's land reclamation and infrastructural provisions have demonstrated a markedly weaker propensity for attracting private capital .
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Biotechs are among those expected to attract a whack of capital as the Baby Boomers age and the study of genomics advances.
criticism
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To be fair we have also been offered the chance of revising articles which attracted substantial justifiable criticism .
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Both policies attracted sharp Republican criticism .
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Tories are also conscious that the image of Unionism is such that any agreement would attract inevitable criticism from opposition parties.
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Hart has attracted some sharp criticism , especially from Otago and southern parts of the South Island.
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For instance, the use of purveyance began to attract criticism in the last fifteen years of the reign.
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The death sentences attracted widespread international criticism , and several government leaders made appeals for clemency.
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But, though they have never been overruled, they have attracted strong adverse criticism .
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This would attract even more criticism .
crowd
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Models were attracting crowds unseen for years.
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He must have suspected that a Madness gig would attract a football crowd .
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To attract crowds large enough to fill up the ornate space, big spectacles were de rigueur.
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Clubs did not compete with one another to attract larger crowds by reducing their prices.
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Cole attracted crowds to Fillmore clubs.
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It attracts huge crowds to exhibitions and fetches high prices at auctions in New York, London and Paris.
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If the band don't attract a sell-out crowd , the promoter's risk has been minimized.
customer
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So far, most discounters have stuck to selling food, though Aldi does use one-off promotions of clothing to attract customers .
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Managed-care companies that had kept prices low to attract new customers are under heavy pressure to increase earnings.
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And the outlets had to be revamped to attract more customers .
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Last year, it launched the Deluxe sandwiches, a higher-priced line meant to attract customers looking for better quality.
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Franchisees at the meeting worried about cash flow, and what it will take to attract more customers .
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These latter departments are not only profitable but they also attract customers .
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I say run ads in magazines that already attract the customer you are looking for and ask for catalog requests.
effort
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Mr Hunt made a good effort to attract business to the state, but his political reforms floundered.
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I believe the local economy can only change when the city makes significant efforts to attract high-technology businesses to the area.
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She had made every effort to attract him, but he had not given her his heart.
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New economic reforms were put on hold, although efforts to attract foreign investment and push forward with the modernization drive continued.
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Pat Cash and Dave Wheaton have also agreed to play and efforts are continuing to attract other leading players.
industry
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This would attract industry and commerce, and hence bring about the creation of jobs.
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The dams etc may also have been designed to attract industry and so benefit the country in the long term.
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Among these, the most prominent is the emphasis cities have placed on programs to develop or attract high-technology industries .
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Several government and local authority funded regeneration programmes have attracted retail and other industries to the area.
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Workers were attracted to these industries and to the docks and so the city grew rapidly.
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But Lord Exeter also saw to it that Stamford should never attract any industry .
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Rather, cities needed to be revitalised through investment in infrastructure and facilities that would attract the growing service industries .
interest
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Similarly the draw will attract as much interest for those it keeps apart as those it brings together.
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Barnett Banks Inc. is still attracting the interest of analysts.
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The system was established in 1971, and has attracted the interest of many countries.
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Yet even if Frankenstein had never been invented, Mary Shelley would continue to attract interest as the favoured child of romanticism.
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Paintings by Bell and Grant attracted renewed interest .
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This area is one that also attracts the interest of political scientists.
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Analogously, large loans attract a lower interest rate than small loans because of the administrative economies of scale.
investment
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It hopes to attract foreign investment and technology by liberalising and privatising the industry and encouraging joint ventures.
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If it works, it will attract foreign investment .
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The expanding region will attract capital for investment and workers will migrate from the less advantaged areas.
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The aim, therefore, was to attract substantial foreign investment .
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In a competitive environment, Bristol is already well-positioned to attract new investment funds.
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Belfast is attracting significant new private investment .
investor
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Note that eurobonds are unlikely to attract tax exempt investors such as pension funds, given the lower yield associated with bearer status.
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Their steady, reliable earnings growth attracts investors primarily when the economy is growing slowly or not at all.
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I was aware that building societies are in the habit of launching new products from time to time, primarily to attract new investors .
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To attract new investors and to dodge new regulations, the market became ever more arcane and complex.
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Acres of empty office space should attract investors .
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Also, utility stocks with their ample dividend yields tend to attract investor attention when rates are low elsewhere.
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Set up to provide money for growing companies, the stockmarket failed to attract investors .
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Persistent talk of takeovers attracted investors into the banking industry in the last year.
kind
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Another problem was that the show business element attracted a different kind of spectator.
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Such trophies attract the kind of devotion from supporters once accorded to regalia and the furnishing of shrines.
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It was inappropriate of me but I have always been attracted to that kind of danger.
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The weather, too, attracts a different kind of tourist.
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Frontier areas with low population densities attract particular kinds of exploitation of natural resources.
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The Imperial court itself supports a flourishing economy which naturally attracts all kinds of people.
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Yet it is at least arguable that different kinds of people are attracted into different kinds of subjects.
lot
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This aluminium sea kayak trolley, to be imported by North Shore, attracted a lot of interest at Crystal Palace.
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The early date attracted a lot of attention from presidential candidates.
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Remediation solutions Bioremediation is currently attracting a lot of attention as a remedial technique.
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That attracted lots of attention throughout that nationwide organization.
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It's the pick of the ties although the game between holders East Belfast and Killyleagh will attract a lot of attention.
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The Fox sisters attracted a lot of attention.
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Between this and stories on Burke of the Somme, Chant's death attracted a lot of column inches.
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Complexity research has attracted a lot of attention, but the field remains contentious.
member
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But there may be parliamentary unrest, as other parties try to attract new members .
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It had failed to meet the demand for family accommodation, and cheap holiday alternatives were attracting young members elsewhere.
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Mr Kinnock's compromise would have created one society, with a national executive seat if it attracted more then 3,000 members .
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In order to stimulate local interest and to attract more members , a revision of the constitution allowed the formation of Regional Councils.
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Held in Dunfermline, Aberdeen, and Glasgow, they attracted 60 members of staff from 50 piloting centres.
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We need to attract and retain members and that can be done with information which is very powerful.
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He sees the union merger, combining massive resources, as a way of attracting more members .
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During the year staff attracted 201 new members .
number
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The disproportionate population of samurai attracted vast numbers of retailers, craftsmen and servants to service the large and wealthy consumer market.
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However, such schools do seem to attract a large number of religious families.
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The new orders of the late eleventh and twelfth centuries attracted ever increasing numbers of recruits.
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I found the protozoan attracted in large numbers to slate panels we deliberately left at vents for one year and then recovered.
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In addition to a number of internationally recognised jazz musicians the Festival attracts a number of artists and attractions from around the region.
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Surely the Services must attract a large number of duty-conscious people?
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Another service attracting a growing number of subscribers is Commercial Payment Profile.
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The event attracted a record number of passengers who enjoyed an intensive steam train service and additional vintage train service.
opposite
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You said it yourself earlier, that opposites attract .
people
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Both seem to have attracted around 30 people .
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It is designed to halt vote-buying and corruption, attract better people to government and strengthen protection of human and civil rights.
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Alliance councillor Michael Healy is attacking proposals for a centre which, it is hoped, will attract 7,000 people a week.
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The bail bond business had always attracted people who should have been in cells themselves.
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Private finance is unlikely to be attracted to areas where people have little money to spend.
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In recent years, Hillcrest has become a center for festivals attracting people from throughout the region.
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The exhibition attracted 217 people in the first week.
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I should imagine that the police force attracts people who have got particular hang-ups about race.
student
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And we will allow them to attract older students as well.
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Because the school is located just west of Downtown, it attracts an ethnically diverse student population.
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Some of the worst massacres by paramilitaries have been in towns where the university expects to attract students .
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Schools that excel and attract more students rarely grow or clone themselves.
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In this context, the failure to attract overseas students is seen as a dramatic failure.
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The most needed fields, social service and nursing, have attracted pitifully few students .
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Several modules are specifically designed to attract students from different areas of the Course.
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In addition, school-to-work initiatives designed for narrowly defined occupations or industries may fail to attract students .
support
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Compromises would not attract the support of the key interest groups in either and would be impossible to implement.
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For Republicans running in blue-collar districts, where raising the wage attracts support , the argument hurts.
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Kostunica had been on the political scene for years and had never attracted such support .
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It was also to attract increasing support from youth and students.
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The idea of socialism, so passionately affirmed by the Bennite multitudes, attracted less and less support amongst the population at large.
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However, the Soviet initiative attracted only marginal support from the states in the region.
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Mr Smith hopes that his campaign will attract the support of all organisations for the elderly or those on low incomes.
visitor
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Open only two months, the centre has already attracted more than 20,000 visitors .
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The result is an on-line meeting place that attracts visitors from all over the world.
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Read in studio Stone circles like Stonehenge attract thousands of visitors each year drawn by the excitement of the ancient and unknown.
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Today there is much within Belfast to attract visitors and citizens alike.
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In 1991 the event attracted over 18,000 visitors .
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Some places have even seen the publicity over new fees attracting extra visitors .
■ VERB
begin
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Inevitably this began to attract the foreign fleets back to the Klondyke trade.
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Forty years ago it began to attract squatters who could not find cheap housing elsewhere.
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For instance, the use of purveyance began to attract criticism in the last fifteen years of the reign.
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McLaren first began attracting attention about six years ago when he started contesting boundary lines in the development where he lives.
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Healthy Foods for a Healthy Future Foods that confer health have begun to attract a range of names in recent years.
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Later a noted modern dancer, actress and teacher, de Lavallade began early on to attract attention.
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When the movement began they were attracted by a desire to attain certain goals.
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Perversely, the existing system has begun to attract support, from three sources.
continue
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Yet even if Frankenstein had never been invented, Mary Shelley would continue to attract interest as the favoured child of romanticism.
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Of critical importance is that the studio continues to attract gifted animators.
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Meanwhile for marketing we continue to attract growing numbers of candidates.
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Pat Cash and Dave Wheaton have also agreed to play and efforts are continuing to attract other leading players.
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Such a project continues to attract some philosophers.
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The game continues to attract young teenagers whose education is disrupted by the tantalising prospect that they will become professional players.
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Unconventional sports, such as hang-gliding and hot-air ballooning, also continue to attract large numbers of students.
expect
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Some of the worst massacres by paramilitaries have been in towns where the university expects to attract students.
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Only six of the 10 tracts are expected to attract strong attention, mostly in the eastern part of the country.
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Where such factors are present one would expect the crime to attract not only profit-maximising individuals but also profit-maximising firms.
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There's also clogging at the event, which is expected to attract 3,000 dancers from across the country.
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The Sainsbury petition was expected to attract about 2,500 signatures.
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It expects to attract 2,000 attendees.
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The showpiece projects are the Concord Centre and Glass City expected to attract two million visitors and 2,000 jobs.
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Durán, projecting the image of elder statesman, was expected to attract votes from the left in the run-off election.
fail
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Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who dropped out after failing to attract enough money or support.
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There is already evidence to show knitwear firms are failing to attract sufficient numbers of young people.
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In addition, school-to-work initiatives designed for narrowly defined occupations or industries may fail to attract students.
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The Mir space station has failed to attract enough would-be visitors to save itself from destruction.
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But since then the group has failed to attract the number of disaffected provisionals it had hoped.
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Even if I failed to attract Neil's attention, I would probably be able to cross quite soon.
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Because there was still enough runway space to go around, they failed to attract the airlines.
hope
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The city hopes to attract around 3.5 million visitors annually, but last year's figures were little short of disastrous.
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I shone a torch into the water hoping to attract a curious dorado to the light.
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They hope the fund will attract further grants and donations.
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It hopes to attract foreign investment and technology by liberalising and privatising the industry and encouraging joint ventures.
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We hope to attract a new generation of collectors, make this place seem more accessible, less austere.
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It's launched a promotional campaign which it's hoped will attract more pupils.
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The lectures are named in his honour and organisers hope to attract big names in the future.
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Alliance councillor Michael Healy is attacking proposals for a centre which, it is hoped , will attract 7,000 people a week.
try
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Kick the front leg vigorously as if you were trying to attract a shark!
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De Klerk also tried to attract a wider constituency to his own party.
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But there may be parliamentary unrest, as other parties try to attract new members.
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Last year, we were trying to attract Holy Bull to the MassCap with the bonus and look what happened to him.
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I tried everything to attract Howard's attention.
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He then chases her off and tries to attract other females.
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Charles Cockell will be trying to attract them.
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By means of his smart plumage and his simple song, the male tries to attract a female to his nest site.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
attract/catch/get sb's attention
opposites attract
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You said it yourself earlier, that opposites attract.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Disney World attracts millions of tourists each year.
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Have the children see whether the magnet will attract paper clips, coins etc.
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Politicians still risk having affairs, knowing the massive media attention they attract .
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The drug's low price attracts school- and college-age users.
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The food mixture will attract a variety of wild songbirds.
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The industry needs to focus on what attracts customers.
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The special low rent is designed to attract new businesses to the area.
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What attracts me to the job is the salary and the possibility of foreign travel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each has attracted his or her share of supporters who could also see the light once it was pointed out to them.
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I must have cried out, for I attracted the attention of my husband.
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Run by qualified volunteers, the club is keen to attract people of all ages and all abilities.
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Souvenir stands and pawnshops and a strip club attract those tired of spending their incomes one quarter at a time.
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The tempo is usually fast since some programmers believe that fast-paced news programs attract younger audiences.
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Throughout his life Charles attracted the young and ambitious to his court.