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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
graphical
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Its key components include a graphical user interface builder , database access, reusable application framework and cross-platform portability, it says.
great
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Company were not satisfied with this and commissioned Thomas Telford, the greatest canal builder of all, to survey a route.
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They were great builders and masons.
large
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In many instances, peripheral sites offered such development gain to large land-holding builders .
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P Homes Inc., the largest home builder , rose 3. 9 percent to 20, a record high.
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New loans now typically come from large Wall Street investment houses and real estate investment trusts that favor large builders .
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Only the medium and large builders can mount a training campaign and ensure that it is effectively carried through.
local
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There are also many smaller select developments currently under construction by a wide range of local builder clients.
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This is a job for your local builder if you're not happy working up ladders.
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The site has been bought for use by a local builder who plans to make a feature of its earlier history.
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It was built at the time when local builders possessed that magic formula for rightness of scale.
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Nevertheless, it is surprising how often local builders simply took advantage of what was at hand.
private
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And making SROs profitable for private builders is a task that would humble Hercules.
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Housing associations, which were generally more prepared to buy and redevelop such sites than private builders , took a similar line.
small
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Frequently on smaller contracts, builders do not formally obtain consent and assume that it would be granted.
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However, small builders need to be exempted.
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One of the problems facing the very small builder is lack of time and accounting expertise.
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However, it is impossible for small builders to take on trainees.
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Altogether, these small builders were responsible for little more than a quarter of the houses.
■ NOUN
boat
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In 1881 he married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Maynard, a Bath boat builder .
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The craftsman is Trevor Usher, a guitar maker and former model boat builder .
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However, boat builders were reluctant to install such novel machinery.
body
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Time allowed 00:21 Read in studio Police fear thieves are now stealing to order for body builders who want dangerous drugs.
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They want any body builders who're offered it to contact them immediately.
home
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Too much opposition from home builders and charities.
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Other home builders are thought to have fared better.
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P Homes Inc., the largest home builder , rose 3. 9 percent to 20, a record high.
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Republican Senator Rod Grams of Minnesota who was a home builder .
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First Call listed a consensus estimate of 39 cents for the single-family home builder .
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Industry sources said a number of East Coast home builders have been looking at land in the area.
house
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Looks at patterns of development, the approach of house builders to derelict land, and brownfield risk analysis.
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The enchanted house builder was not the first person to notice this pinhole effect.
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At the age of twelve he was apprenticed to a carpenter and house builder .
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The house builders have no pressing need to increase sales as they are making good money as things are.
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He joined the company in 1986 as sales director, having previously held top position with other well-known house builders .
interface
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Its key components include a graphical user interface builder , database access, reusable application framework and cross-platform portability, it says.
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Astec claims an 80% world share for UIM/X of the market for Motif-based interface builders .
master
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Instead of the Baroque or modern architect, Sitte promulgated the values of the mediaeval master builder .
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The names of the master builders are well-known today in carousel circles.
■ VERB
employ
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Wealthy people buy the houses from the Trust, employ builders to do the restoration and move in when all is ready.
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He was employed by a builder who needed woodwork done.
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When people employ a builder to repair their house, they will probably want to agree a price beforehand.
include
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This includes developers, builders , sub-contractors, architects, surveyors, civil engineers and local authorities.
put
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Folly builders always put making an impression and deceiving the eye ahead of any practical considerations.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
builder's/plumber's/electrician's etc mate
jobbing builder/gardener/printer etc
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He was a jobbing gardener by trade.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A man of practical rather than financial intelligence, Garth failed as a builder and thus reduced his family to frugality.
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As ever the builder was one jump ahead, or rather ahead of any one who'd jump.
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But the private sector had the pivotal role as the provider of jobs and the builder of the new urban resource base.
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Hanley said many builders have transformed what would have been attached town-house developments a few years ago into detached condo projects.
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Many councillors, moreover, are builders, businessmen, transport workers, accountants and so forth who may have appropriate specialist knowledge.
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Now the giant builder is reporting a record increase in contracts and is hiring again.
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The builders marshalled their machinery, but it was l970 before the Upper School was genuinely open.
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This represents a very substantial penalty and will undoubtedly make other owners and builders much more cautious over alterations.