noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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conservative
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Even very conservative commentators can regard the conditions within some prisons as morally intolerable to a civilized community.
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But while Mr Mitterrand won praise and respect abroad, he often drew sharp criticism at home, especially from conservative commentators .
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Perhaps I sometimes do that job inadequately, in the view of any Conservative commentator .
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Phil Gramm of Texas at 5. 7 percent and conservative commentator Pat Buchanan at 3. 9 percent.
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The tone then was set by conservative commentator and unsuccessful presidential contender Pat Buchanan, who forecast a cultural and religious war.
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Gramm said he had to win Louisiana, but was trounced by conservative commentator Patrick Buchanan.
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The conservative commentator visited South Carolina last week after his win in the New Hampshire primary.
other
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And many other commentators accordingly praise the Presocratics on this score.
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But both were themselves poets, and by that token were concerned more urgently than other commentators , even Edmund Wilson.
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But other commentators have also had something to say about the use of quantification in linguistics.
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Business decided to promote him - from the back pages to the front, to join our other regular commentators .
political
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Scarman's position in 1981 was well received by many political commentators .
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He will also be a political commentator for Fox News Channel.
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Her style of government has turned out to be a marvellous make-work scheme for political scientists, contemporary historians and political commentators .
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That led many political commentators to indulge in hand-wringing about how apathetic Californians were about representative government.
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Many political commentators and opposition leaders see his move as a tactical retreat-a typical Haider trick.
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Also Revel Alderson, several dozen political commentators and, oh yes, me.
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George Will, a political commentator of rarefied taste, is another who thinks that sport should be taken seriously.
social
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Reading accounts of evacuation by more conservatively-minded social commentators , one repeatedly encounters this analysis.
western
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And by seeing connections, she rejects the superior, alienating attitude often adopted by Western commentators towards other cultures.
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radio
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After retiring, he became a radio commentator on cricket and rugby and also wrote about both sports for Sunday newspapers.
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It is hard to believe the poverty the radio commentators keep talking about.
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The apparent discord in those rulings has sent radio commentators , columnists and much of the public reeling.
television
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I was in lane 1, and when the television commentators introduced the field they started in lane 2.
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Dini is the most likely person to lead the new government, television commentators said.
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Radio and television commentators suggested it occurred because of poor visibility in the rain and fog along the border.
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The former television commentator has sought repeatedly to tell and sell his story since his acquittal.
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lead
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This has led a number of commentators to argue that the unemployment trap is now of little importance to the real world.
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That led many political commentators to indulge in hand-wringing about how apathetic Californians were about representative government.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a college basketball commentator
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Parcells, the former New York Giants coach, later became a sports commentator on television.
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She was the former political commentator on the evening news.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Lamar Alexander and news commentator Pat Buchanan, both of whom themselves are men of substantial financial means.
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Musicians, critics and cultural commentators often compare recorded music unfavourably with live performance.
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Once he gets going, there is no stopping this longtime Chicago talk-show host, sports commentator , actor, professional raconteur.
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Some commentators see such developments as further evidence of the erosion of local democracy.
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Television commentator Patrick J.. Buchanan, whose name was only on about two-thirds of the state ballots, came in third.
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The commentator even remarked on the fact that the two loose horses leading the field had caused no hindrance.
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The comedian outdrew the commentator on Friday.
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The solutions offered by New Right commentators and their fate is the subject of later chapters.