noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
primary
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The preverbal identifications of the Imaginary involve identifications based on symbiotic fusion with the primary caretaker .
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All over the world, women were assumed to be the primary caretakers of children.
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Apparently she accepted that she was the primary caretaker of her children and the linchpin of family life.
■ NOUN
boss
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A caretaker boss is expected to be named today.
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And caretaker boss Barrow said he was a little disappointed at not taking three points!
capacity
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No party won an absolute majority and the outgoing government remained in office in a caretaker capacity as inter-party negotiations took place.
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The outgoing administration was asked to stay on meanwhile in a caretaker capacity .
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He was succeeded in a caretaker capacity by his deputy, David Gandy.
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It finally did so on Dec. 14 and asked the government to continue in office in a caretaker capacity .
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Hrawi asked Hoss to continue as Prime Minister in a caretaker capacity until a new government was formed.
government
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The caretaker government had earlier introduced new laws increasing the penalties for election offences.
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They sought extra-parliamentary means to oust Chavalit, establish a caretaker government and hold a new election.
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All three parties undertook to support the caretaker government until the elections.
manager
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A player representation, led by caretaker manager Edwin Stein, received a rapturous welcome.
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In the meantime, his assistant, Mr Ronnie Moran, would act as caretaker manager .
school
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They were the school caretakers but my job helping them didn't last long.
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The accused, a school caretaker , fired an air gun at some boys who were trespassing.
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At the back of the church knelt Mrs Duffy, the school caretaker , saying her beads.
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Mr Beyga, a former school caretaker , served on Knowsley Borough Council for 14 years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apparently she accepted that she was the primary caretaker of her children and the linchpin of family life.
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Baptist Nunn, the caretaker of Bigshot Rayle and Lodge was receiving threats of extortion from the gang.
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Higher up the hill the streets were full of office buildings, so that the parishioners were caretakers.
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Poole and Bowman had often humorously referred to them-selves as caretakers or janitors aboard a ship that could really run itself.
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The caretaker , an old man and frightened by what he saw, went to his wife who then called the police.
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The infant can feel at one with its care-taker because the caretaker identifies with the needs of the infant.
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The other, the caretaker said, had been empty since 1974 and had housed a testing facility for the Navy.
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When they had fruitlessly exhausted their task, Myeloski called the caretaker to guide them round the rest of the palace.