noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a peace/climate/sales etc conference
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an international climate conference in Sweden
harsh winter/weather/climate
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the harsh Canadian winters
hostile environment/climate/terrain etc
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a guide to surviving in even the most hostile terrain
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Sales increased last year despite the hostile economic environment.
humid air/climate etc
Mediterranean climate
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a plant normally only found in a Mediterranean climate
the Earth’s climate
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The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has an influence on the Earth’s climate.
the economic climate (= the general economic conditions in a country or area )
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In the current economic climate, a lot of people are trying to save more and spend less.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
changing
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It will target specifically chosen people in an effort to help them make links with the changing climate .
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The sea temperature gives us clues to the changing climate and the possible effects of global warming.
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Nevertheless, the parties did undergo some transformation as they adapted to a changing political climate .
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Coincident with the changing Parliamentary climate was a more positive attitude towards abolition on the part of the Labour Government.
cold
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I was reporting in a cold public-spending climate .
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Their fur made hats worn in cold climates .
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In general, the mountain areas of the Auvergne experience a much colder winter climate with a long period of Permanent snow.
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This occurs in cold climates that have heavy snowfalls during the winter.
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The relative importance may change, as can be seen in the increasing importance of mechanical weathering in cold and dry climates .
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If they're brought to a cold climate too young, that is.
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Or even the Niebelungenlied if he prefers magic potions and omniscience from a colder climate ?
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As with all animals, the colder the climate the bigger the body becomes.
cultural
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The political and cultural climate between 1927 and 1939 has already been discussed.
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Violent behavior has also been part of the cultural climate over the past decade.
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The cultural climate was bleakly corrupt and cautiously conservative.
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Fashion and change Two features of the present cultural climate make this element of conviction all the more necessary.
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The educational systems and cultural climates in every country are so diverse that international planning would be unwise and ineffectual.
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If interpreted within an uncensored, pluralist cultural climate , the Socialist Realist method still embodies fine, humanist ideals.
current
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Funding will depend on the sale of extraneous plots for other developments, not an easy matter in the current climate .
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Especially today, in the current volatile climate , it is vital that leaders steer a clear and consistent course.
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In the current political climate , an official strike would count under Condition 17 but not an unofficial one.
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The current political climate in Washington does not suggest that government programs can be relied on to fill this training gap.
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Fifth, it offered targets, such as the minimum wage, that were impossible to defend in the current climate .
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Delegates in Jakarta were urged to get full value out of every penny spent, especially in the current economic climate .
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It is a vast undertaking at considerable cost and hence a very brave venture in the current economic climate .
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However it, like others, is suffering in the current recessionary climate .
different
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In the current period industrial relations is conducted in a very different climate from that of much of the post-war era.
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Besides the contrast in scale between the two cities, they also have far different political climates .
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Although tigers have been able to adapt to different climates and landscapes, they have not been able to live alongside people.
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They do exist, however, because certain breeds of cat have become adapted to different climates .
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Porto Santo, being smaller and lower than Madeira, has a different climate .
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In the spring of 1987, as I write this piece, a very different political climate prevails.
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It was an entirely different climate from today.
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In a few hours I would be flown into a different culture, a different climate , with different people.
difficult
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All of these should help firms in the present difficult climate .
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It is a remote country with difficult communications, climate and geography.
dry
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The molluscs have taken advantage of the iron's dry micro-climate and gathered underneath to hibernate.
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Advised by doctors to recuperate in a warm and dry climate , he bought a ticket to Los Angeles.
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It is more likely, however, that it represents a short period of dry climate when there were frequent brush fires.
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Those that live in dry climates have therefore found a variety of ways of avoiding water loss.
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The relative importance may change, as can be seen in the increasing importance of mechanical weathering in cold and dry climates .
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The dry climate of this region helped preserve scenes of stunning complexity.
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In a very dry climate the moisture content might reach as low a figure as 5 percent.
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This is a useful quality in any dry climate , warm or cold.
economic
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Net margins were 14% of turnover, a very good performance considering the very unfavourable worldwide economic climate .
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Creditor business continues to be affected by the poor economic climate but rating action has resulted in some improvement in Q2.
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It is a vast undertaking at considerable cost and hence a very brave venture in the current economic climate .
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Creditor business continues to be affected by the poor economic climate .
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The economic climate of the 1980's may give new significance to the DRAs.
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Undoubtedly the political and economic climate for social policy growth has chilled.
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Despite the strictures imposed and the tough economic climate , William Grant &038; Sons is constantly investing in the future.
favourable
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During the years of our research, numerous other publications were already in circulation, helping to create a favourable climate .
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But the policy then was not to lie low until a more favourable climate developed.
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The editorial matter can be biased to presenting a favourable buying climate for speculative stocks.
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The country experienced something of a flight of capital as investors sought alternative outlets in more favourable economic climates .
financial
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In both countries, optimistic expansion strategies fell victim to the harsher financial climate of the mid-1970s onwards.
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Whatever the financial climate , there still seemed an insatiable desire to build more office space, rentable or not.
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Now the financial climate is very different.
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In today's financial climate , that's a significant saving.
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The balance between additions and cuts will depend on the financial climate and the political complexion of the council.
general
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In addition to changes in structure and general climate there is a place for short bursts of motivational effort.
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Changes in the general moral climate therefore had their inevitable effect.
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But because of the general economic climate , you may still feel as though you must manage on a tight budget.
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Much will depend on the general business climate and the particular business in which the organisation operates.
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The cause may be a poor product or competitive pressure or the general economic climate .
global
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Cycling in synchrony with the supercontinents and sea levels is the global climate .
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ERS-1 will also measure sea temperature, contributing to studies into the role that the oceans play in determining global climate .
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The presence of major population centers very close to mean sea level has been much discussed in connection with global climate change.
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This savannah covered huge areas as the great forests of 15 million years ago decreased following global changes in climate .
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This enhancement of the greenhouse effect leads to increasing Earth-surface temperatures and global climate change.
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Removing the heat from the atmosphere will have had an effect on the global climate .
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No one is quite sure whether there will be more or less of them in a warmer global climate .
harsh
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In both countries, optimistic expansion strategies fell victim to the harsher financial climate of the mid-1970s onwards.
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Employees posted to areas with a harsh climate generally receive greater amounts of leave than those in less severe climates.
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The other vital factor for banks' profitability in today's harsh climate is cost control.
hostile
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No one seriously contests any more that a hostile tax climate has hurt New York's economy.
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Private practice is burdened by bureaucratic demands in a hostile climate .
hot
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Chemistry that works in cold climates does not always work in hot climates.
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Leetmaa suggested they may reflect a fundamentally hotter climate caused by global warming.
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In hot climates , the air-conditioning in reception is kept icily high to contrast with the sweaty streets.
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Very little produce is imported, and with the restrictions imposed by a hot climate , meals are based on indigenous ingredients.
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The hotter the climate or higher the altitude, the higher the protection you will need.
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Both trousers are cut to be loose fitting and this is a tremendous benefit for the fair skinned in hot climates .
humid
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This could represent a humid climate during the glacial-interglacial transition between stages 8 and 7 of the marine 18 O record.
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In humid climates , triticale seed had the annoying propensity of sprouting prematurely; often, while still on the parent.
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A very humid climate fostering tropical vegetation in a swampy and lagoonal surrounding is characteristic of this period.
intellectual
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The affinities between music and poetry have been familiar since antiquity, though they are largely ignored in the current intellectual climate .
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Similarly, Labour in 1964 won because its message was in tune with the prevailing intellectual climate .
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Nevertheless, the intellectual climate of the Cortes of Cadiz was anti-aristocratic.
international
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But the international climate in which he finds himself has altered fundamentally.
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The importance of the international climate must also be reiterated.
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The international politics of climate change; 9.
mild
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Although he made some magnificent paintings and drawings of it he preferred a milder climate to produce his masterpieces.
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The glorious anomaly of a fake tropical city with a mild desert climate brought people from everywhere.
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Annual Repeats Annual favourites are self-seeding wildly, thanks to our milder climate , writes Barbara Abbs.
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Once inside, buildings are environmentally sealed off from our much-touted mild climate .
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Add a mild climate and miles of beaches where sea-birds swoop on their fishing grounds from lofty cliffs rising from the foam.
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However, if we continue to have a milder climate , it could mount a takeover bid in the garden.
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Blessed with a fine, mild climate almost vertical vineyards produce the region's finest, most fragrant wines.
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The mild climate and the many different habitats support a wide variety of birds and flowers, butterflies and moths.
moral
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In the present relaxed moral climate , there was always a frisky society matron willing to accommodate a discreet young man.
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Changes in the general moral climate therefore had their inevitable effect.
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A moral climate has been created in which collective responsibility has become unfashionable.
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Rulers do not set the moral climate of their nations except, perhaps, at the extremes.
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The Brotherhood provided the moral climate in which more strident cultures could flourish.
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Or perhaps from some different moral climate , like a war, or a revolution.
new
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But supporters were confident that decisive endorsement in the dioceses would create a new climate .
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One might hope, and even expect, that conservative reaction against the reality of meteorites would vanish in this new climate .
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The new economic climate of the late sixteenth century brought advantages and disadvantages so far as the funeral was concerned.
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To begin, we must realize that our assumptions about time may need to change in the new organizational climate .
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The new climate of interaction between the public and private sectors could, we hope, break new ground.
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The new artistic climate found Minton striving to restrain his romanticism beneath taut design.
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This self-dimming is something unexpected in his work, and suggests a new emotional climate .
political
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In the current political climate , an official strike would count under Condition 17 but not an unofficial one.
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For staunch opponents, there is mounting concern about a political and legal climate that more readily fosters capital punishment.
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The Falklands War totally changed the public and political climate .
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The current political climate in Washington does not suggest that government programs can be relied on to fill this training gap.
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In practice, this is unlikely to happen except on a small scale in the present political climate .
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This underclass has been isolated further by a crucial change in the political climate .
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But was this political climate of friendliness towards the oppressed one that lesbians and gays could afford to ignore?
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The political climate was also favourable.
present
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However, such an outcome seems highly unlikely in the present political climate .
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This seems politically unlikely in the present climate of the nation.
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The present climate is very different, however.
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These benefits seem even more relevant in our present climate of hurried and stressful life styles.
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In the present relaxed moral climate , there was always a frisky society matron willing to accommodate a discreet young man.
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In the present economic climate it is doubtful if many lots were actually sold.
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A great deal could be done, even in the present climate of opinion, and example counts for a great deal.
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In practice, this is unlikely to happen except on a small scale in the present political climate .
temperate
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Therapsid fossil distribution also suggests a temperate , moist climate at higher palaeolatitudes in Pangea.
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Occasionally, waterlogged conditions can occur inside burial mounds-a temperate-climate version of the Siberian phenomenon.
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This development is generally very slow and in temperate climates takes at least two months.
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Here I review these data and their implications for a temperate climate .
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Ostertagia is especially important in temperate climates and in subtropical regions with winter rainfall.
tropical
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Health hazards arise since full protective clothing is unbearable in a tropical climate , even if the poor farmers could afford it.
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This is my first experience of a tropical climate and everything overwhelms.
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The raised, open dwellings made sense in this tropical climate .
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After living three years in a tropical climate , I had to get some cold-weather clothes, too.
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Does the Land Rover petrol engine have a reputation for inadequate cooling when operated in tropical climates ?
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A number of geomorphic studies have focused on weathering profiles developed on granite under humid tropical and subtropical climates .
warm
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It is suited to the warmer climates and milder winters.
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It must be the warm climate , they say.
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And although the hospitality was superb, we were relieved to move to the warmer climate of Vancouver and Vancouver Island.
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Advised by doctors to recuperate in a warm and dry climate , he bought a ticket to Los Angeles.
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All this can be enjoyed in a warm and sunny climate .
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The bush is now grown in other tropical areas that have a sufficiently warm , wet climate .
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A desert may become a wetland; a warm climate may turn cool.
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business
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Much will depend on the general business climate and the particular business in which the organisation operates.
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It would be a massive negative to our business climate .
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Advocates of tort reform say the business climate is being hurt by unmerited lawsuits and damage awards.
change
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Various new findings have weakened the position of the sceptics on climate change .
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Yet the alternative outcome of climate change is likely to be much more disruptive.
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The Third Assessment Report will report extensively on the issue of rapid climate change .
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Research in climate change is largely government-driven, mediated through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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The projections build in the ability of farmers to adapt to climate change by changing crops and farming methods.
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And as it has had to grapple with challenges to the whole globe, such as climate change , Aids and biodiversity.
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Cleaning up city air is also easier than curbing output of carbon dioxide, a gas thought to cause climate change .
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affect
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Then it was realised that even small changes in the sun's output affect the Earth's climate significantly.
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Like grapes, the quality and character of the beans is affected by climate and varying soil types in which they grow.
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Ways of working and locations of work are also affected by climate .
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Second, the amount a tree grows each year is affected by fluctuations in climate .
create
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But supporters were confident that decisive endorsement in the dioceses would create a new climate .
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The only hope of raising this money starts with creating a climate of confidence attractive to foreign investors.
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He was anxious, he said, to create the best possible climate for the Orange-Green talks.
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Improvements in hardware and software have created a climate that has encouraged experimentation and simulation.
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We have found that creating this climate involves a number of factors.
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Rather than emphasizing individual efforts, emphasis may be placed on group effort to create a climate of helpfulness.
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We must create a climate of mutual respect.
live
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Those that live in dry climates have therefore found a variety of ways of avoiding water loss.
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Those that live in more arid climates have acquired water-conserving techniques.
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We live in a climate where heat and light are essential, not luxuries.
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A pro-growth atmosphere, relatively low cost of living and sunny climate draw businesses in droves.
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So are those who live in especially beneficent climates .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
temperate climate/zone/region etc
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Altogether there are four similar species known from he tropics and the temperate zones.
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Here I review these data and their implications for a temperate climate.
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Its distribution ranges from the tropics to the warmer areas of the temperate zone of both hemispheres.
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Most aquarium plants come from tropical and subtropical areas, with a few from the warmer parts of the temperate zone.
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Rodomonte hardly noticed the magnificent, unearthly architecture preserved so beautifully away from the squalls of the less temperate zones.
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The epidemiology in subtropical areas is basically similar to that in temperate zones, except that the seasonable timing of events is different.
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The epidemiology, at least in temperate zones, is similar to that of Ostertagia in ruminants with seasonal hypobiosis a feature.
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The length of the day changes in the temperate zone with the change of seasons.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hopefully, when the financial climate gets better we'll be able to take on more workers.
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In today's political climate the return of communism seems impossible.
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Los Angeles has a warm, dry climate .
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Queensland has a warm tropical climate .
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The climate of opinion on the sensitive topic of euthanasia is changing gradually.
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The climate of southern Florida attracts thousands of tourists each winter.
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The recent floods are said to be caused by climate change in the northern hemisphere.
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The revelations of corruption have led to a climate of distrust in the capital.
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These flowers will not grow in a cold climate .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And although the hospitality was superb, we were relieved to move to the warmer climate of Vancouver and Vancouver Island.
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And they are taught about Britain's unfailingly miserable climate .
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It is suited to the warmer climates and milder winters.
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No one seriously contests any more that a hostile tax climate has hurt New York's economy.
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Others behave as annuals in our climate but are true perennials in their native countries.
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People in rainy maritime climates call it just water, and complain when it falls from heaven.
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Somewhere, an air-conditioning unit throbbed softly, maintaining the climate of a cool-temperate zone.
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We know that in most regions there have been frequent changes of climate in the geologically immediate past.