noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a tourist attraction (= an interesting place for tourists to see or an enjoyable activity for them to do )
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Yellowstone National Park is a major tourist attraction.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
added
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He finds Miriam appealing and she holds for him the added attraction of being married and committed herself.
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But it gave an added attraction to the plenary session anyway.
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Avoid situations where you are merely an added attraction or gimmick!
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The event is suitable for all the family and added attractions will include craft, food and collector's fairs.
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Sunday trading is an added attraction .
big
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They say the canal is a big tourist attraction , and has been neglected for too long.
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So, forget for the moment the big tourist attraction: explore your local area.
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The biggest attraction , the Manchester Mites, came to Blackpool to work the season with them.
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A big attraction of the West Country for many second home owners is the opportunity it offers for waterside living.
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The big attraction is lower or, at least, less rapidly-escalating electricity bills.
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The traffic-free routes in the Forest of Dean are already a big attraction for cyclists.
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But for many, the biggest attraction is the colour and beauty and like all good gardens, the peace and quiet.
cultural
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The city cleverly combines cultural attractions such as museums, galleries, theatres and opera houses - with a very strong fun-loving steak.
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The following morning there will be an opportunity to tour some of the local cultural attractions in informal groups.
fatal
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The object of her fatal attraction is Patrick McGaw, a clean-cut premed student with athletic potential.
gravitational
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Weight is the gravitational force of attraction exerted on a body.
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This hypothesis holds that giant tongues of material were torn from the preexisting Sun by the gravitational attraction ofa passing star.
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Their gravitational attraction would thus curve up the universe to infinitely small size.
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By collision and gravitational attraction , the larger planetesimals swept up the smaller pieces and became the planets.
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Stars are initially formed from gas, mostly hydrogen, and contract under their own gravitational attraction .
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Both Earth and Moon have gravitational fields that allow bodies that would have missed them without their gravitational attraction to hit them.
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Earlier experiments had compared the Earth's gravitational attraction with the centrifugal force from its own rotation.
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The hard core of Newtonian physics is comprised of Newton's laws of motion plus his law of gravitational attraction .
great
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The increased number of freemen need not, however, be explained by the greater attractions of town life.
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The Los Angeles River was the greatest attraction .
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But the great tourist attraction of Dornie remains.
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The greater attraction , however, was the river.
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Before motoring became firmly established, the brigade was not only the district's guardian but also one of its greatest attractions .
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Of liberal disposition, he opened Thirlestane House to the public and it became one of the greatest attractions of Cheltenham.
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Tioman's greatest attraction is the almost total lack of anything to do.
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Here you would have seen a great attraction and opportunities to do well in expanding industries.
local
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For local attractions please see the entry on Millers.
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It includes searchable Olympic housing ads and event schedules, restaurant reviews, local attraction listings and a variety of news summaries.
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The following morning there will be an opportunity to tour some of the local cultural attractions in informal groups.
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The Conference Centre and all local attractions and amenities are within a short walk.
main
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It is also the island's main tourist attraction .
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Country &038; western band Borrowed Money and party favors are the main attractions .
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Shutlingsloe is just one of the numerous miniature mountain gems in Britain where quality, not quantity is the main attraction .
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Undoubtedly, the story itself is one of the main attractions .
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One of the main attractions of the scheme is its simplicity.
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Southsea was the main attraction but Latimer Road contributed to drawing away the London skaters.
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Its main attractions are the optimal utilisation of permanent grassland and the control of internal parasitism without resort to therapy.
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All of London's main tourist attractions and shops, theatres, cinemas, etc., are within easy reach.
major
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Cadbury World is a major attraction set in Cadbury's famous garden factory in Birmingham's Bournville.
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Events are strategically placed along its 5-mile length, with major attractions at either end and smaller events along its path.
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The presence of acclaimed international artists has helped make both events major tourist attractions .
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Another major attraction to breakfast at Top of Five is the quiet and serenity of the room.
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At major attraction of Ufford Park is its proximity to other courses.
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And about the same time a mystery blaze broke out at Madame Tussaud's, another of the capitals major tourist attractions .
mutual
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Salts can be described as a collection of ions held together by their mutual electrostatic attraction .
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Phillip becomes aware of the mutual attraction of those two when he observes them together at a bazaar.
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He first took into account the fact that a sun as well as a planet moves under the influence of their mutual attraction .
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He speedily diagnosed a mutual attraction and the pair are now happily together.
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I had seen them together, arm-in-arm, taking their mutual attraction for a walk.
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If m is sufficiently small we can ignore the mutual attraction of the two masses.
natural
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Here you are surrounded by the natural attractions of the region and have your own fully-equipped home from home.
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If one wished to see it, the natural attraction of the tropics was al-ways there.
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The city has been content historically to stand on its natural attractions to draw business.
new
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Work continued throughout the year to develop new visitor attractions and enhance the tourism appeal of the city.
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But there would be no more, and every season needed a new attraction .
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Bee World - a new attraction - opens next to Stogumber Station in 1992.
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It is the newest tourist attraction at the Kennedy Space Center.
obvious
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The tripartite definition has obvious attractions .
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The obvious attraction is job security, since the world of intelligence never suffers from lay-offs.
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This simple physical concept of addictive disease and recovery has an obvious superficial attraction but may be far from the full picture.
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The Wife's Legs Cafe served a moderate spread at an affordable price and had an obvious attraction to recommend it.
other
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In the end, seventeen different forms of motive power were on display along with a wide range of other railway related attractions .
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But dude ranching - staying on a working ranch - has other attractions too.
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Both these and the other attractions can be easily reached from our bases in Kissimmee and Orlando.
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In other places the attraction is weaker.
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The admission price includes rides on the steam trains and the other attractions .
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It could be linked with other tourist attractions in the city by running steam trains along an existing track through the docks.
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Children will enjoy Lightwater Valley which has, amongst other attractions , a miniature railway grand-prix track and fun rides.
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The Children's Weekend offers sideshows, stalls and other attractions , as well as rides on the railway.
physical
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In all cases the explanation is that there is some sort of physical attraction between the centromeres of similar ancestry.
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It was more than just a physical attraction , he'd known that immediately, the first time he saw her.
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But physical attraction could jump that gap like an electric spark and did so effortlessly.
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It take s lot more than just physical attraction to make a lasting, happy marriage.
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It is not a physical attraction but a psychological affinity.
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She had been fighting this insidious physical attraction , trying to deny its existence ever since they'd met.
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Strangely, she wasn't so upset by the revival of a strong physical attraction .
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An elegant carriage and a vivacious manner must have added to her physical attractions .
popular
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St Michael's Mount, left, is a popular tourist attraction .
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That our lovely, blue planet is not a popular tourist attraction for extraterrestrials.
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Opened in May 1975, the Museum is rightly a popular attraction on the Island.
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They are a popular attraction for tourists and Ottawans alike.
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In summer the arts festival at Buxton is a popular attraction .
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Foxton still remains a popular attraction , though obviously chiefly on account of the Locks.
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Stacking the stooks proved a popular attraction for visitors to the farm, although for some the whole process seemed rather baffling.
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This popular attraction for tourists is laid out with over 20,000 plants.
powerful
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The powerful attraction they both fought against.
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And why does it continue to have such a powerful attraction for so many people?
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The first course has powerful attractions .
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That was one of the most powerful attractions of appearing on television in the first place.
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It's just a powerful attraction and I can fight it.
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That is one of your most powerful attractions , your unselfconsciousness.
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Another aspect of these aims was the powerful attraction of establishing international companies for their own sake.
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The flexibility of a structure which allows movement between degrees, and even between faculties, is a powerful attraction .
special
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Next weekend holds a special attraction for youngsters who are members of the railway's own Stepney Club.
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Whether there is a special attraction or not a visit to the Bluebell is a memorable occasion.
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Timber which has already been affected by fungus or decay offers a special attraction .
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A special attraction is the tropical greenhouse, with its forest of Kentia palms.
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A special attraction is the swimming pool, with sliding windows opening on to a large lawn.
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Downward channels are rather more diverse, each having its own special attractions .
star
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But the star attraction proved a flop with the bat - he was out first ball.
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He's one of the star attractions of Samana.
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But for others the food is the star attraction .
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Secondly, you want the image to be the star attraction .
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The race is set to be one of the star attractions in the second of the trial Sunday meetings on November 15.
strong
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But he held a strong attraction for the the Duchess - and by now she was totally out of the Palace's control.
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The strongest attraction , however, is the potential for billions of dollars in new business.
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In some places there are very strong attractions .
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Strangely, she wasn't so upset by the revival of a strong physical attraction .
top
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In the inaugural games last year, the girls' soccer was one of the top attractions with spectators.
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The Ronnie-and-Maggie show was a top attraction of the 1980s.
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INFRA-RED remote control receivers are to be installed at some of Darlington's top attractions in a bid to encourage disabled users.
tourist
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That our lovely, blue planet is not a popular tourist attraction for extraterrestrials.
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The various businesses, social institutions and tourist attractions will be accessible via the network.
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The presence of acclaimed international artists has helped make both events major tourist attractions .
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We can no longer be the exclusive tourist attraction .
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One columnist suggested that the government capitalize on the vendors' street stalls by turning them into tourist attractions .
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Starting from the Scenic Tunnel, long a tourist attraction , the pair headed for the opening that had previously been blasted.
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Why ask the taxpayers of Halifax or Saint John to subsidize a tourist attraction a thousand miles away?
■ NOUN
visitor
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Work continued throughout the year to develop new visitor attractions and enhance the tourism appeal of the city.
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Last month, the ferries won Merseyside Tourist Board's best visitor attraction of the year.
■ VERB
add
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A rather grand certificate marking the successful completion of all the tasks also adds to the attraction .
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The addition of a bar will increase profits and add to the attraction .
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The soft blur of outline adds to this attraction .
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The Bluebell Railway often hold special events to add to the attraction of the visit.
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An elegant carriage and a vivacious manner must have added to her physical attractions .
become
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This was well before it became a tourist attraction , when it was still a fruit and veg market.
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At bars that cater to black gays along the East Coast, the contest has become a regular attraction .
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The organisers hope the event will become an annual attraction .
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The following year, the local middle classes organised the new Bonfire Societies and controlled popular effervescence became a tourist attraction .
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Nothing barring a major disaster can prevent her from becoming a main attraction - Barbara Dennerlein is a star in the ascendant.
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The magnificent hall itself and its gardens became a tourist attraction .
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It has become such an attraction that local tour operators are beating a path to its door.
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I have often wondered since then why they had never become a tourist attraction .
feel
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She didn't want to feel this attraction , and didn't want to know that he felt it too.
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He felt the attraction of the literary life of the metropolis.
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This morning he had felt her attraction and just now, as they danced, he had been convinced it was mutual.
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I no longer feel any tenderness or attraction towards my husband and can only think of this other man.
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Masha nodded, saying that for the first time since Geneva she could feel the attraction of Communism.
hold
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But he held a strong attraction for the the Duchess - and by now she was totally out of the Palace's control.
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Neither the Exchange nor the House of Morrissey holds an attraction for me, Waldo.
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The compensation of greater freedom may hold fewer attractions when energy is diminished.
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But his is a distinctly Lancastrian vision and it holds little attraction for London critics.
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Next weekend holds a special attraction for youngsters who are members of the railway's own Stepney Club.
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Ben Loyal dominates the Kyle of Tongue and holds a magnetic attraction for many hillwalkers.
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After presenting a set of newly engraved sonatas to the elector, he saw that Munich held no further attractions for him.
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Covering derelict land with trees, replacing long-cleared woods and forests, holds a great attraction .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"The Viper" is one of the theme park's most popular attractions.
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A lot of young people take drugs. Personally, I can't see the attraction .
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For many mothers, one of the attractions of childcare in the workplace is the chance to be near their children.
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magnetic attraction
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The Galapagos Islands are one of Ecuador's main tourist attractions.
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The hills of Provence have a magical attraction for many.
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There was definitely a physical attraction between us.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a research project there is a dual attraction .
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Both these and the other attractions can be easily reached from our bases in Kissimmee and Orlando.
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By collision and gravitational attraction , the larger planetesimals swept up the smaller pieces and became the planets.
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It is only when the attraction is not a hot one that you hear about the competition from other events or experiences.
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Our circle was a group of rebels and no-one could quite understand our friend's attraction to him.
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Partnerships are about intentions but they derive their stature and attraction from what they achieve.
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The van der Waals bond is a weak electrical attraction that is related to the asymmetry of certain atoms and ions.
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You can see what attractions lie along your route, or base your route on the attractions you prefer.