I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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For what else could so many well-connected old buffers do if not manoeuvre themselves into and around the Senate?
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It must be a long time since anyone - except the most die-hard old buffer - can have thought them outrageous.
■ NOUN
stock
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Such usage will invariably absorb some of the buffer stock unless planned deliveries are made on time.
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Indeed this is what should have been done to stop the actions of the buffer stock Manager.
zone
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In this buffer zone around the park, people survive through subsistence farming and cash crops such as cotton.
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These buffer zones would be similar to the quiet zones around hospitals.
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Martin Smith is correct about increasing the buffer zone to four shots.
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Severe obesity represents a buffer zone between you and the world.
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Each park will be bordered by a buffer zone where environmentally friendly farming will be encouraged.
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All the people Fletcher surveyed have a buffer zone , usually somewhere between 3 and 5 pounds.
■ VERB
act
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The federal army has been called in to act as a buffer in areas of high tension.
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I really should have had an accountant to act as a buffer , and filter all money issues through his skeptical gaze.
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The University Grants Committee had acted as a buffer against change.
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Far from acting as a buffer against Federalism, it will actually assist it.
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Indeed, permanently fixed exchange rates could be positively harmful since changing parities can act as a buffer to absorb economic shocks.
hit
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But when it came to dealing with Railfreight, he said, his ideas hit the buffers .
provide
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The increasing internationalization of Chlor-Chemicals, both in marketing and production also helps provide a buffer against economic uncertainties.
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Electronic Shock Protection provides a buffer , in effect accumulating a reservoir of unplayed music.
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Family, friends and colleagues at work can provide a buffer against some of the stressful effects of change.
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The holding company form has been used to provide a buffer between the state enterprises themselves and political direction by the state.
use
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IC2 is used as the buffer stage in the active lowpass filter ahead of the delay line.
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A TriFlex controller uses high-speed buffers to manage data flow between the buses.
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I can tell you one thing, I won't be here to be used as a buffer .
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The holding company form has been used to provide a buffer between the state enterprises themselves and political direction by the state.
wash
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The contents were then discarded, the wells were washed with the wash buffer solution and blotted on a paper towel.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hit the buffers/skids
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But when it came to dealing with Railfreight, he said, his ideas hit the buffers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Farmers want the government to set minimum prices as a buffer against market changes.
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The U.N. forces will act as a buffer between the warring sides.
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Without the buffer of the trees, the noise from the highway would be unbearable.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All samples were assayed at a 50% dilution in immunoassay buffer and corrected for dilution after subtraction of the assay detection limit.
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I can tell you one thing, I won't be here to be used as a buffer .
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It depends upon many variables such as net charge, type of buffer , time, applied potential difference, etc.
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Recovery from this sort of error is possible by increasing the size of the buffer .
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Somehow you must organize a buffer between you and any mail delivery system.
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Take a look at the piping detail above the buffer beam.
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The subsystems include texture mapping support, double buffer colour animation and hardware image processing.
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There'd been assumptions, hadn't there, made very happily and very easily, and they smashed into the buffers.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
phosphate
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As a control, sections were incubated with phosphate buffered saline instead of the primary monoclonal antibodies in the first step.
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After filtration through a 50 µm nylon mesh nuclei were washed twice with phosphate buffered saline.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Their savings helped to buffer the effects of the recession.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A confidant and social support buffers a woman against the losses of retirement, widowhood, moves, and deaths.
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Aside from buffering your water, it offers good external and internal surfaces for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.
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The resulting salt mix has a high alkalinity reserve and is well buffered with extra calcium.
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These are buffered to some extent by coral sand and gravel.