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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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fact
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Tuscan columns in the Great Hall and a magnificent new entrance belied the fact that this was a small house.
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But this piece of ideological mystification is belied by the facts .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Two large tears belied Rosalie's brave words.
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With a quickness that belied her age, she ran across the road.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Again, as with the McCone Commission, surfaces belied depths.
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He wore shorts and a T-shirt that revealed well-muscled legs and arms and a strong neck that belied the grizzled hair.
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The bright October day belied the cold wind.
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The Chamber Symphony No. 2, begun in 1906 and completed in 1939, belies its fearsome reputation.
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The score belies the ferocious chessboard duel that we have witnessed over the past month and a half.
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The subjects, even those in synthetically casual poses, have a rigid alertness that belies their awareness of the camera.
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Their pasty faces - the result of long periods underground - belie their extraordinary strength and tenacity.