I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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public
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But there is no public clamour for the war to end nor any sign that the Kremlin is ready to back down.
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He suggested the basic reason for the public clamour over strikes reflects their political repercussions rather than any direct economic impact.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The station was filled with the clamour of shouting voices and movement.
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Guildford returned leading a large company of masked figures who marched into the hall to the raucous clamour of tambour and fife.
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Just then the raucous clamour of alarm bells sounded from all over the house and from the basement area ahead of him.
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The clamour reached a crescendo last year when the full extent of the problems relating to the Solicitors Indemnity Fund emerged.
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Then the familiar clamour of bickering voices that will last for months began.
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This cloying commercial clamour had the New Zealand public wound up.
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We approached the east landing cautiously and the cliffs awoke with bird clamour which was to assail our ears until we left.
II. verb
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Carolyn had always resented being left behind, and clamoured for the shops with their sweets, toys and new clothes.
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Outside investors are apparently clamouring to have a share of the service, which is expected to launch later this year.
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That is why environmentalists have often clamoured for regulation, as the best way to conceal the true costs of policy.
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The result is sometimes desperation prose, each individual phrase clamouring for attention.
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This was leaked to the media, who began to clamour for stricter control.
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With local elections due in April 1991, the party knew that its candidates would be clamouring for lots of vote-winning enticements.