I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a branch library (= a small library that is controlled by a larger library )
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There is a good children's section in the branch library.
Special Branch
tangle of bushes/branches/vegetation etc
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She followed him, pushing through the dense tangle of bushes and branches.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
executive
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Executive hegemony is also facilitated by institutional arrangements that combine, rather than separate, the legislative and executive branches .
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And that meant both the legislative and executive branches .
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They were subject to transfer, but the executive branch was unable to interfere with specific decisions.
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Before these committees existed, Congress had no way to evaluate the budget priorities given by the executive branch .
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The judiciary, not the executive or legislative branches , was the most powerful institution, I decided.
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He is paid $ 148, 400 a year to preside over what is the largest civilian agency in the executive branch .
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Congress and the executive branch are often too immobilized by internal problems of political survival to take action on great national questions.
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Another obstacle to congressional effectiveness is the communication gap between the executive and legislative branches .
high
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They were interspersed with rows of vines, whose high branches must have made the harvest very hard work.
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We summon them down from the highest tree branches .
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He had others in his grizzled russet tonsure, dropped from the higher branches as the wind stirred them.
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Leopards have been known to carry a kill half as heavy again as themselves high into the branches of a tree.
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They compete for the savings of the general public through a network of high street branches .
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The highest scoring branch was Chelmsford.
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From a leafless high branch of a dead tree the huddled heap of a kite regarded them thoughtfully.
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A particularly vicious back-cast entangled her cast, high in the branches of a nearby, unclimbable tree.
judicial
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It must pursue policies in both its judicial and executive branches that uphold an international rule of law.
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Congress has gone back into session and most of the judicial branch of government began its annual one-month vacation.
legislative
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Not withstanding these comforting words, Gerald Ford never succeeded in establishing a productive relationship with the legislative branch .
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And that meant both the legislative and executive branches .
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Executive hegemony is also facilitated by institutional arrangements that combine, rather than separate, the legislative and executive branches .
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The judiciary, not the executive or legislative branches , was the most powerful institution, I decided.
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Instead they set out to ride roughshod over the legislative branch , attempting to govern without congress rather than with it.
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Another obstacle to congressional effectiveness is the communication gap between the executive and legislative branches .
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Although the legislative branch was clearly subservient to the executive, the Supreme Court exercised power independently.
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The legislative branch has just chosen its leadership.
local
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Members of local branches meet in the evenings to discuss social and business matters.
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Once I was riding my bicycle to the local branch library.
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Please contact your local Eagle Star branch giving as much advance notice as possible.
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Alternative midland accounts and services are available to students taking these courses - please ask at your local branch for further details.
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It had sixty-three local branches and its pensioners numbered eighty-eight.
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As schemes differ it would be essential to enquire at a local branch .
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In her spare time Elaine does voluntary work for the local branch of the National Schizophrenia Fellowship.
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In some circumstances, security is not required for a loan - written requirements regarding security are available from your local branch .
low
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Suddenly it rushed at the tree, leapt on to a low branch , and ran up the trunk.
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Julie fell dead beneath a tree, its lower branches hacked off in the frenzied attack.
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He climbed on to a lower branch and tried to see in her window, but he was too low.
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As animals have traditionally been allowed to graze amongst them, the lower branches have been rubbed or eaten away.
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We cut two pecans down and pruned some large lower branches off the oak.
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Luckily, there were some trees by the river and Anne saw a low branch over the water.
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I try to hold on to a slender low branch of a birch tree.
main
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Chemists divide their subject into two main branches , organic and inorganic.
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Dead, ragged heads of the climbing hydrangea can be removed, cutting where the stem joins the main branch .
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The Command Menu shows the main branches of the command tree available.
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The six main branches of biblical criticism are textual, source, tradition, redaction, form and historical criticism.
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Only one main branch is permitted, along which shoots above branch level are spaced at a minimum of 15 centimetre intervals.
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Here the spreading main branches show up well against the snow.
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The main branch of the Bayles family farmed at New Houses.
new
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A firm looking to expand will not simply contemplate recruiting new partners or opening up new branch offices.
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This observation was made by a new branch manager in a securities firm.
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Phyllis is very particular about cleanliness, which is why she always shops at the new branch of Safeways.
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Until 1994, the federal McFadden Act of 1927 prevented banks from crossing state lines to open up new branches .
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The Bank plans to establish 170 new branches in 1990 alone.
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How can a retailer decide which of these offer the most profitable opportunities for new branch location?
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Irene had fully expected that Douglas's move to a new branch would lead to promotion, but it hadn't happened.
olive
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He graciously accepted the olive branch .
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House Democratic officials said the message was intended as an olive branch to Rep.
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Mosley had offered the olive branch .
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But far more important than the olive branch the President waved was the sword he flourished.
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They gave every athlete an olive branch as a symbol of peace.
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Nor did the president offer much of an olive branch to the Republican majority in Congress.
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A charming brooch depicting a bird on an olive branch was made to his design by Carlo Giuliano, for example.
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For the moment, then, Jerry Jones may be willing to offer an olive branch .
small
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On every anniversary of the crash she has picked small branches from the same tree and laid them on Day's grave.
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Rob climbed down and watched Albert kick small branches from the gutter.
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Necessary jobs are helping to clear up the smaller branches and making a start on repointing the bridge itself.
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Their strength and inertia allowed them to chop small tree branches with ease.
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Your job is to clear up, first to saw those branches up, to rid all major branches of smaller branches.
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The union is forced to pour resources into simply maintaining the thousands of small branches which trade unionism in agriculture automatically involves.
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I apply stronger colours with a sponge over the top of the background to provide the smaller branches of the main tree.
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Raises dust and loose paper; small branches are moved.
special
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A special branch for artists, with compulsory membership, was formed in 1360.
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One was about the alleged involvement of the special branch .
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It was a very special branch in many way.
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I flash on the special branch: sleepless interrogations in windowless cells.
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Over a number of days special branch police officers picked up the activists.
topmost
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Only the topmost branches were still gilded by daylight, the illuminated areas shrinking as the sun dropped below the misty horizon.
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At first it was just a dot in the valley below, perched on the topmost branch of a lightning-blasted conifer.
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Across the street the topmost branches of the lime trees were tossing and swaying.
■ NOUN
line
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Not surprisingly, the building of branch lines and the provision of freight sidings never failed to create controversy.
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Manchester 765 seen operating here in Heaton Park, Manchester on a former tramway branch line into the park. 3.
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Then she went down the branch line to Port Penrhyn.
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The latter is the branch line on which the mysterious ghost train was heard.
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West Cranmore Station Somerset typical of the rural branch lines of the country.
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Such branch lines are of course vulnerable to changes in output level or distribution policy of their users.
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A typical branch line country station complete with signal box has been created.
manager
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New branch managers were generally promoted from the ranks for competence and achievements as individual contributors.
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Few of the bookselling groups encourage their branch managers to attend, Waterstones being the exception.
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He decided to find out more about the branch manager opportunity, and eventually chose to pursue it.
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The branch manager will ensure that the query is investigated objectively and hopefully be able to resolve the matter to your satisfaction.
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I realize now that when I accepted the position of branch manager that it is truly an exciting vocation.
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In future, less will be done through central training courses and more by individual branch managers .
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In Miami, one investor who had lost $ 4 million shot and killed a Merrill Lynch branch manager .
midland
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A detailed Summary of Cover can be obtained from any Midland branch .
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These are detailed in our Current Account leaflet, a copy of which can be obtained from any Midland branch .
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Ask at any Midland branch for current rates.
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Current rates are available at all Midland branches .
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If you think money is going to be tight, call at your Midland branch for a chat.
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Please ask at your local Midland branch for full details.
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Please ask at any Midland branch for details of both schemes.
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If you need to withdraw more than £500 you can do so over the counter at your Midland branch .
office
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A firm looking to expand will not simply contemplate recruiting new partners or opening up new branch offices .
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When we set up our first branch office in the States, it suddenly became my problem.
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In addition to naming his Cabinet, Clinton also revealed his choice for key executive branch offices .
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Sutton identified Tizhe as a customer who frequently came into the branch office to make large overseas wire transfers.
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Meanwhile it opened a branch office in Boston to sell direct.
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Her problem was to figure out how to implement such a program without disrupting the traditional operations at the branch office .
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Moreover, he was in sole charge of a relatively new branch office .
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More customers are finding the mini-outlets safe and convenient options to the traditional branch office .
tree
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Or use a flexible tree branch or heavy jacket as a flail to beat the person back.
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Besotted hankies can either be draped decorously on tree branches or buried.
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The caterpillars normally live in large communal nests in tree branches .
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When we landed, I saw a red mass of meat hanging off a tree branch .
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As a youngster, you used to train by punching raindrops as they fell off a tree branch .
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We summon them down from the highest tree branches .
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Much of it looks engagingly olde-worlde: cameras disguised as tree branches and hypodermics fitted inside fountain pens.
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She could walk without ever slipping on railroad tracks, across the tops offences, on swaying tree branches .
■ VERB
close
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Do firms close their branch plants before their headquarters?
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Finding joint tenants is one alternative to closing even more branches .
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First came the disappointing news that House of Fraser is to close its branch of Binns in the town.
open
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Until 1994, the federal McFadden Act of 1927 prevented banks from crossing state lines to open up new branches .
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A firm looking to expand will not simply contemplate recruiting new partners or opening up new branch offices.
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Peabody became the owner of Lumber Mart in 1982, opening a branch in Grand Forks in 1993.
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Meanwhile, last September they opened a branch of their New York gallery in Berlin.
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The company plans to open seven branches over the coming months.
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Branching out: A northern store chain is helping to open branches of a different kind.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
extend/offer/hold out etc an olive branch (to sb)
root and branch
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A better solution is to prune roots and branches.
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But Staggs's Gardens had been cut up root and branch.
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I give my hon. Friend the absolute assurance that the Government will continue to oppose it root and branch.
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The roots and branches of the Suez war require an arboretum of their own.
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This root and branch reform of personal taxation has many attractions for those on the left.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a branch of the Missouri River
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A swing hung from the branch of a tree.
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He's interested in the branch of international law that deals with war crimes.
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Her company has branches in Dallas and Chicago.
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I'm sorry, we can't change foreign currency. We're only a small branch , you see.
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I was told to call the branch office in New Orleans.
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Jimmy's from the West Virginia branch of the family.
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Our store has branches all over the country.
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The President is in charge of the executive branch of our government.
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Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics.
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You can deposit money at any branch of the Northwest Pacific Bank.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And so does riding a bicycle, with many protruding branches to track and avoid.
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By craning his neck, Gao Yang caught a glimpse of sky through a fork in the branches.
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He went on to experiment with how far a branch could be extended in any one direction before the tree tipped over.
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More details can be obtained from a Barclays branch .
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She could walk without ever slipping on railroad tracks, across the tops offences, on swaying tree branches.
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The Constitution of the Brothers branch is presently being re-cast.
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The length of the branches indicates the relative distance between the species.
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The trigger fish feeds on coral, crunching the stony branches and extracting the little polyps.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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Tunnels branched off to right and left: these led to other pill-boxes.
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The change of light and darkness, and the tunnels branching off sideways fascinated me.
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However, baby universes branching off and joining on will affect the apparent value of the cosmological constant.
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She followed this until it branched off .
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Nor do they branch off at acute angles or form perfect oblongs.
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The road serving Kinlochbervie is linked to the A.838, branching off at Rhiconich.
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It branched off opposite a small village, a satellite of Reggane, almost where I had begun walking.
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Since then the Docklands Light Railway has branched off the network to serve the redeemed areas of London's east river.
out
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Basically, I figured that this was my ticket to at least branching out a little bit.
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The gallery at the top formed a semicircle with wings branching out on either side.
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Then I branched out into a new area.
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The Journal has branched out into radio and television.
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From Silkstone we need to branch out to other parts of the Yorkshire coalfield.
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He cooked for himself and for others, eventually branching out to jobs as a wine clerk and private chef.
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Tupac Amaru, which at its peak numbered about 1, 000 fighters, soon branched out into Mafiastyle crime.
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They starred in comic strips and branched out into radio.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Turn off where the road branches to the right.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Basically, I figured that this was my ticket to at least branching out a little bit.
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However, x 3 is not now required to be an integer so we can only branch on x 1.
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The basic tree consists of a network branching out from an initial decision of whether or not to undertake the project.
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The Journal has branched out into radio and television.
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The lightning was the forked kind and it branched suddenly like a firework and yet like the limb of a blazing tree.
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The small stems are irregularly branched, with the leaves arranged in two rows.