adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a careful examination
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After a very careful examination of the evidence, we have ruled against the defendant.
a careful measurement (= an accurate measurement – used when you are emphasizing the process of measuring )
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Careful measurements of the human skull were taken and recorded.
a careful/close analysis
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Students learn to make a close analysis of the texts.
a careful/detailed inspection
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The architect has now made his detailed inspection of the building.
a careful/safe driver
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Since I had the accident, I’m a much more careful driver.
a thorough/careful check
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An engineer gave the computer a thorough check.
a thorough/careful search
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We conducted a thorough search of the building.
careful consideration
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After careful consideration I have decided not to accept your offer.
careful planning
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To do the job properly requires careful planning.
careful preparation
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Moving to a new house requires careful preparation.
careful scrutiny
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These figures need careful scrutiny.
careful selection
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Adair emphasises the importance of careful selection of team members.
close/careful supervision
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Children were allowed out only under close supervision.
close/careful/detailed observation
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A lot of useful knowledge is gained by careful observation of the world around you.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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This more careful use of language is welcome.
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What you need to do is be more careful in your scattershot approach to labeling people as bigots.
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Does attention to unconscious wishes and conflicts necessarily produce a more careful gender politics?
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One argument is that two legislative houses ensure more careful deliberation on issues and laws.
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Let us assume that we have been more careful and not leapt before we looked.
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If much of this occurs, re-examine the proposal write-up; it may need a more careful rewriting.
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Alan thought men could be more responsible: Men should be more careful .
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If anything, he had been more careful of his diet than ever.
most
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I assure the House that I shall keep this matter under the most careful review.
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It is for this reason among others that current literature should deserve your most careful consideration.
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In the hope of getting a fair deal, you should press him to undertake the most careful inquiry into the facts.
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Our delusions are just as likely to be real as our most careful scientific observations.
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No one should embark on it without the most careful consideration.
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I have done that after the most careful scrutiny.
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Time and the most careful deliberation of the issues raised are available in the House of Lords.
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Goose required the most careful carving.
so
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Prunella and I are so careful .
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Now she isn't so careful .
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One of the reasons she had survived in business was because she had always been so careful .
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This may not be what is required at all and so careful and gentle questioning will be needed.
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He is normally so careful crossing the road.
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It has to be places that are very flat and you have to be so careful .
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He need not have been so careful .
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Habibi's confidence was restored, yet never was a horse so careful not to bite the hand that fed it!
too
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As he expected, he found nothing incriminating, Spencer would be far too careful for that.
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He used words handsomely, though he may have been too careful with them, a little too punctilious.
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You can never be too careful these days.
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But as I started to slow down for the approach, I was too careful .
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Pawley and Syder provide a number of examples, among them the following: You can't be too careful .
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She was stiff-looking; her smile looked too careful .
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Well, I didn't say it was, because you can't be too careful these days with all these burglaries.
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Sometimes he considered that he could not be too careful .
very
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However, this needs very careful planning and management.
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Leese and I had done a very careful preflight.
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You felt you had to be very careful what you said to him.
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I have paid very careful attention, and the federal government is too.
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At least she could talk about Terence to her child; she would have to be very careful what she said about Peter.
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In such circumstances one would have to be very careful about interpreting the results of Turing tests.
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I just have to get my rest, and be very careful with it.
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One needs to be very careful about asking if modern science really does commit one to rejecting objective purposes and values.
■ NOUN
analysis
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But it does lend itself to careful analysis and preparation which may well pay off during the actual bargaining.
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Under careful analysis , however, the imagined alternatives do not stand up as realistic.
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It is careful analysis and a clear direction that will bring rewards.
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This, it seems to me, is an issue worthy of careful analysis .
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Rather, they require a careful analysis of contemporary political struggles over questions of representation, symbolic boundary formation, and identification.
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He talked about the civil rights movement, the need for political engagement, careful analysis , honest leadership.
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He provides a careful analysis of the relationship between the functional and structural characteristics of different types of discourse.
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The key factor in making better decisions is a careful analysis of what an organization believes about itself and its environment.
attention
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With our long tradition of effective management and careful attention to quality we have a bright future as an independent company.
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Almost miraculously Herrera recovered after several months of careful attention and rest.
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One day it might not be, unless careful attention was kept.
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For example, careful attention is given to communication in writing.
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What is certain is that land and property development are where the action is today and that merits careful attention .
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Instead, in each room, careful attention is paid to how to build a just community.
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In Britain similarly parties would have to give careful attention to the locality factor.
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Diverse management would happen in the natural course of things without paying excruciatingly careful attention to balance.
consideration
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Clearly, the decision to admit a patient to hospital must be taken only after very careful consideration .
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It is for this reason among others that current literature should deserve your most careful consideration .
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The admission of a tenant already showing signs of dementia requires very careful consideration in the individual case.
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After careful consideration of all the evidence and relevant law the Tribunal either upholds or dismisses the appeal.
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As the confederation moved toward constitutional government, issues of internal security were found to require careful consideration .
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The establishment of a new political system based on law was a highly complex matter and needed careful consideration , he said.
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After careful consideration , Jay turned down the offer.
examination
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Both of these premisses warrant careful examination .
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By careful examination , Lamb estimated the age of the tree at five hundred years.
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Of course we welcome the Woolf report and its careful examination of what happened during the Strangeways riot.
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A careful examination of the full context, however, suggests that see may well denote mental inference here as well.
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On careful examination it became clear that the cartouche had been engraved.
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After a careful examination of the bottles, I sorted one out, and poured the amber fluid into an expensive glass.
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The devaluation debate also needs careful examination before Labour or Livingstone set off down another dead end.
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In half the specimens studied these lesions were found only after careful examination of numerous sections and staining with an anti-cytokeratin antibody.
look
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But Acheson took a second careful look and saw a few bright specks attached to the rod.
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Just take a careful look the next time you are out shopping; how many people look happy?
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They were ambitious for gain and apt to want a careful look at the books.
management
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Let us consider why careful management may be beneficial.
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They did know that despite those high amounts, they could, with careful management , prevent kidney stones.
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With careful management and unadventurous policies the Crown could, however, keep afloat.
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But with careful management the carp can still be a boon to water authorities.
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Neither is viable without the other and both require careful management to ensure that their viability is perpetuated.
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This can create a conflict of interest which needs careful management .
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In other respects careful management and a firm hand pushed up the royal income.
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The company is in the type of industry which is going to need ever more careful management and control.
note
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Take careful note of the potential size - it is very easy to go wrong with these.
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After your first interview, work your way down the list, taking careful notes in your career log after each conversation.
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He looked at the soles of the feet, making careful note of what he saw.
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The first thing to do is make a careful note of any error messages you get.
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He must not only distinguish behaviour from ideology, he must also take careful note of just how they are interrelated.
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I made a careful note of this exchange in the slim volume in which I stashed anything that sounded like wisdom.
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A careful note should be made against any sub-contractor used by the builder who subsequently proved to be unsatisfactory.
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Take careful notes during the session.
observation
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He frequently implies that knowledge is to be had by experience and by careful observation of the world.
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After years of horticultural experience and careful observations , I have compiled a short informational guide on your choices in lawn-mowing equipment.
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The improved brain made this possible by careful observation of the animals they pursued.
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In order to answer such causal questions, careful observation of what goes on is simply not sufficient.
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This was probably based on careful observation of the summer solstice.
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But careful observation suggests that this is not the case.
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The truth of such statements is to be established by careful observation .
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New concepts of force and inertia did not come about as a result of careful observation and experiment.
planning
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If work is needed in all of these areas, careful planning will be as important as hard work.
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Thus production processes require careful planning and controlling. 2.
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This can involve materials already in school, some supplementary materials or the careful planning of a visit or trip.
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I would argue that this careful planning of activities is already the current practice of many teachers.
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This demands careful planning well ahead of the requirement.
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By teatime, Landless was well pleased with his day's work and the careful planning which had gone into it.
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This needs careful planning and it makes sense to start saving early.
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In the absence of careful planning , it will not occur.
preparation
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More complex needs will call for multidisciplinary assessments, careful preparation , and time for patients to consider their future.
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There was none of the careful preparation and gradual introduction which usually precedes the adoption of a child beyond infancy.
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However, there will be much to be gained by careful preparation of the selling task.
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He believes that the secret of successful selling comes from careful preparation and hard work.
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Creating the climate in which such tough talking can occur is a highly skilled task and takes careful preparation .
scrutiny
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Each process had to undergo careful scrutiny by the Environmental Health Department, and the cooks had to pass medical tests.
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Incidentally, that experiment is now also under careful scrutiny in Professor Krauss's laboratory.
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I have done that after the most careful scrutiny .
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Such figures as we have need careful scrutiny , because they rarely take account of those who came back.
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Efforts to stain paper artificially to give an appearance of age have little hope of withstanding careful scrutiny .
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Since these behavioural data are so crucial to interpreting the physiological findings they will repay careful scrutiny .
selection
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They joined the six-day residential course after a careful selection process.
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While real estate seems still to be undervalued compared to stocks and bonds, this is a year for careful selection .
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A tendency towards rather flighty behaviour in the breed is being overcome by careful selection .
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The careful selection of the most logical buyers in order to reduce circulation size can therefore be a wasted effort.
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Such intimacy requires careful selection of a detail that is representative of the whole.
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With careful selection you can recreate your own wildlife haven.
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The answer to this lies in careful selection of paper.
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Students may, by careful selection , build a course of informed specialization or one of reflective overview.
study
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The foundation of the Camden Society in 1839 had promoted much more careful study of medieval architecture.
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It is vital to his sense of responsible obsession that everything in his room warrants careful study .
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Its modes of privilege, in actual institutions and practices, need especially careful study .
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Table 4-7 provides a checklist of the determinants of supply: the accompanying illustrations deserve careful study .
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But careful studies in the 1960S revealed that none of these explanations will do.
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But, as careful studies demonstrate, entrepreneurs do not seek risks, they seek opportunities.
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Breach of discipline Any written disciplinary rules that affect you deserve careful study .
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If the existence of an attention deficit is confirmed through careful study , appropriate help must be provided for the child.
thought
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We do need order, concern, mutual consideration and careful thought , but not as devices to suppress the darker forces.
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To design something usually implies careful thought , preparation, organization, and coherence.
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You need to give careful thought to any such stipulation before accepting it.
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Meanwhile, since the beginning of 1941, Navy planners had been giving careful thought to a revamping of fleet strategy.
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And each work area needs careful thought to ensure that all necessary equipment and ingredients are conveniently to hand.
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I also admired and learned from the careful thought that this organization had put into their program.
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This can often give rise to dispute and requires careful thought .
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Busacher, after careful thought , had decided he would conduct the orchestra himself this evening.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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""Failing your exams isn't the end of the world,'' said Kay's mother, careful not to sound disappointed.
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A careful inspection showed cracks in the foundation of the building.
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Dr. Angelo made a careful examination.
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Fry the garlic, being careful not to let it burn.
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Her book is the result of years of careful research.
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I wouldn't say he was mean -- he's just careful .
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Jen's a very careful driver.
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Mona's careful planning made the festival a success.
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Once you've spent your allowance there won't be any more. You must learn to be more careful with money.
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Paints today are getting safer as companies remove harmful chemicals, but you still need to be careful .
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She's a careful , hard-working student.
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She is careful not to criticize the president, but makes it clear that she thinks the government's policies should be far more radical.
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They were careful not to touch anything until the police arrived.
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They were both aware that there might be listening devices in the room, and she wanted to be careful what she said.
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Try to be more careful with your punctuation.
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We had to be careful that we didn't tip the raft over.
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You'll be OK with Jane - she's a very careful driver.
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You have to be careful what you say to her, she's very easily offended.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Be careful not to accompany your chosen carbohydrate with large quantities of fat.
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Be careful with toxic substances and always follow the directions on the bottles with great care.
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During the election campaign Bush was careful not to say outright that he would bring the boys home from the Balkans.
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He liked to sit on the floor, but was careful not to do so too often.
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I told her we were, and that being careful , the way we were careful, has always worked for me.
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I was always careful about promises and threats.
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When parents become involved in sibling arguments they have to be very careful not make the situation worse rather than better.