noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a community centre (= where people living in an area can go for social events, classes etc )
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The church has been converted into a community centre.
an immigrant community
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There are shops catering for the various immigrant communities.
bedroom community
Care in the Community
close-knit community
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a close-knit community
community care (= in the area where you live rather than in hospitals )
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Most mentally ill people are now treated through community care.
community centre
community chest
community college
community policing
community property
community relations (= relations between different groups in society )
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Two police officers are responsible for community relations in the area.
community service
community support officer
faith community
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In any faith community there are varying levels of commitment.
Francophone countries/nations/communities
gated community
gay community
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the gay community in London
police community support officer
the business community (= people who work in business )
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There was pressure on the government from the business community.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
academic
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These are welcome indications of the academic community enhancing its capacity to engage collectively in self-criticism.
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Studentsmany of them black and Latino-would have had to make up their academic deficiencies in community college or elsewhere.
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They are learning about themselves, with the internal academic community growing as a community.
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Henley hosts conferences to report research outcomes from both its own and the wider academic community .
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It should also be noted that many of these issues have not greatly exercised the academic community in this country.
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It follows that the academic community and research are directly interrelated.
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The academic community is not directly part of that process.
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First, the idea of culture has application in relation to the academic community .
black
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Not surprisingly, relations between the two black communities are often hostile.
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Stax, one that used its resources to aid the black community in adventurous ways.
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The charter says to monitor service provision properly, local authority inspection units should consult individuals and organisations within the black community .
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We found a way in which we could help the black community directly and in the most positive way with considerable sums.
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These problems are even more severe when elements of the black community have themselves endorsed this understanding.
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For us and the rest of the black community it is a way of life.
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Black professionals with disposable income believing in the black community enough to support black businesses.
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Sessions took place either on bureaux premises or in the offices of black community groups.
ethnic
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There is a strong ethnic community and this causes friction in the community because of the lack of jobs.
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Pre-election violence has erupted even within the same ethnic community .
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Applications are particularly welcome from women and those from minority ethnic communities .
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She writes boldly about Latina sexuality, challenging machismo in her ethnic community .
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We are actively trying to improve the number of women and members of the ethnic communities who are reporters and presenters.
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It will lead to a better choice of candidates and ensure that more women and candidates from minority ethnic communities are elected.
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They work in many clinics, health centres and surgeries where there are large ethnic minority communities .
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Many clients are old, infirm, and often from ethnic communities .
gay
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But all other things being equal, the gay and lesbian community has responded well to examples of perceived corporate goodwill.
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But the second, larger goal of prevention is just as crucial for the gay community .
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That's very important for the gay community to respect.
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We have a large gay community , a lot of artists and a lot of people in the entertainment industry.
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They laid great emphasis on the value of a high level of participation by members of the lesbian and gay communities .
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Why does this city need a gay community center?
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Clearly societal distinctions also operate in the lesbian and gay communities .
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If the device is found to be safe, Schatz predicts significant interest in the product within the gay community .
international
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The international community could no longer hope that the reasons for war would fade away.
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Until now the international community has been conspicuously silent.
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The authors are drawn from the international surface analysis community and all of the material is clearly presented and well illustrated.
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It was, however, the reaction from the international community that was most profound.
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With an uneasy peace prevailing along the border the international community launched a series of missions to defuse the crisis.
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But the war is now over and yet the international community is still deeply implicated in trafficking.
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The international community is helping to prolong the hostilities and the loss of lives on both sides.
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The move, popular locally, was criticised by the international investment community .
large
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The Reiksland shelters a large community of Dwarfs who have lived in the Empire for many generations.
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We have a large gay community , a lot of artists and a lot of people in the entertainment industry.
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And in a larger sense community is affirmed, and the complexities of social life dissolved.
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The family, and the larger community , imparted the values that made them self-disciplined and confident and ambitious.
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They work in many clinics, health centres and surgeries where there are large ethnic minority communities .
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Gravel that is about half an inch in diameter has been found to be large enough for the large cichlid community tank.
local
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These procedures will also make the database available for the more intensive study of local communities .
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Local stations and telecommunications facilities should be supported largely out of local contributions and appropriations from local communities .
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The rest are from the local community .
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It can happen in the local community whenever the sources of a security are threatened.
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We shall create councils which reflect local communities and which are able to predict and respond to people's needs.
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The Catholic Church offers its local communities no model for dealing with conflicts among the faithful.
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An airfield that is an asset to the local community .
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Male speaker I have lived here for nearly eighteen years and I have been accepted by the local community .
rural
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The transformation of rural communities , therefore, has led to new social divisions.
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Its strong defence of farming interests is designed to win the support of the large rural community .
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People in rural communities are much less likely to become the victim of violence, researchers found.
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It was claimed that it made rural communities vulnerable to guerrilla reprisals.
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Anyone involved in a rural business or community could apply-it's not just for farmers.
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This was true of the industrial areas but also the rural communities which had ancient Catholic communities.
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They join a rural community life and a society based on mutual aid.
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I understand the desire to protect the small rural communities which rely on agriculture.
scientific
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We the undersigned, senior members of the world's scientific community , hereby warn all humanity what lies ahead.
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Previously, scientific evidence was allowed only if it had gained the general acceptance of the scientific community .
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Few in the scientific community would argue that the scientific evidence justifies immediate extremely drastic action.
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The scientific community agrees that women 50 and older should have annual mammograms.
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The plan, announced at a conference on cloning, was denounced as dangerous and immoral by the mainstream scientific community .
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Once the researchers returned to shore, news of their findings spread rapidly through the scientific community .
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Which of these responses is made depends on how deeply the scientific community is committed to the theory.
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Yet his name is hardly known outside the scientific community .
small
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The most dangerous areas for ethnic minorities are also those where there are the smallest communities .
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Confrontationalists advocate challenging Roman authority, experimenting with new liturgical forms and creating smaller new communities to replace or supplement traditional parishes.
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Nothing at all out of the ordinary. Small communities get things out of perspective.
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People lived in small communities spread throughout the countryside, under the authority of feudal lords whose land they worked as tenants.
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The source said Mr Schwartz's interest in Cineplex would be for between 40 to 50 theatres, mainly in smaller communities .
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That worries Judith Rugo and her neighbors in Strawberry, a small community just northwest of Payson.
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This combination is still to be found in his letters as archbishop, especially in his letters to small communities of nuns.
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How did the lives of prehistoric Southwestern people change when they moved from small communities into large pueblo villages?
whole
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The service will be attended by pupils from William Cassidy but is open to the whole community to celebrate education.
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A missing species which once reintroduced, would reorder the whole community of ecology of plants.
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The right hon. Gentleman can be assured that the whole aid community is firmly behind those principles.
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But I was now finding a whole new community I felt more comfortable with.
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The upholding of marriage is the responsibility of the whole community .
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It's a joint effort by the council, health services, local businesses and volunteers ... the whole community .
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Illegal camping by gypsies or other travellers can affect the lives of whole communities .
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These are vexed questions that involve the whole community in Western societies: scientists, professionals, and the general public.
wide
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And the wider community is denied the opportunity to deal with the issue compassionately.
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The belief that the handbook is scientifically grounded does not remain confined to its authors but spreads to the wider community .
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In turn the profession would articulate philosophy and justify efforts and achievements with confidence to the wider community .
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Henley hosts conferences to report research outcomes from both its own and the wider academic community .
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Very rarely has such experience been shared amongst a wider group of community partners.
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I've also used my web site to make a number of resources available for the wider community .
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The programme supports a wide range of community groups and charities working in this area.
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Many industrial activities impose external effects, usually detrimental ones, on the wider community .
■ NOUN
business
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This could distort competition and reduce support in the business community for the single market.
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Leadership also must come from the business community .
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The aim is to provide a comprehensive range of services and expertise on a national scale to the business community in particular.
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It is thus far the most widely accepted approach in the business community .
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The bases and policies used by the audit should be generally acceptable both to the accountancy profession and to the business community .
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He also has made Sinclair a prominent player in the business community .
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The business community rallied to him for fear that Duke's election would scare off tourism and outside investors.
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When the Boston Compact was renegotiated for the second time in 1994, it included a new challenge to the business community .
care
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Perhaps the most crucial recommendation is that relating to the funding that will be available for community care after April 1993.
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Some 60 percent. of applicants are refused community care grant because they do not meet the basic criteria.
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I believe it is unrealistic to expect the community care reforms to transform services according to the wishes of service users.
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The report estimated that 75 percent of local authorities would have insufficient resources to implement the government's community care proposals.
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Two areas of concern are first, who should have residential care and second, the relationship between residential and community care.
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Hold a conference with voluntary organisations on implementing the 1993 community care programme.
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Shadow community care minister David Hinchliffe is campaigning vigorously for a change in the law.
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Her special interests are transport, planning and community care .
centre
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Muriel opposed planning permission for the new community centre opposite her flat.
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We play on the astroturf at Framlingham College when we can but sometimes we play on the community centre field.
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You hire a room above a pub or in a community centre and hand out invitations to all your friends.
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Hall fire: A Huyton community centre has been attacked by arsonists for the third time in a month.
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The city will purchase the property if not already owned by the city, and build a community centre .
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She has a hall in a community centre owned by Age Concern, and her class numbers 25 to 30.
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The larger of the two branches met in a community centre near a council estate.
charge
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The standard community charge is payable in respect of second or further homes.
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In the case of the community charge , the law is clear.
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Conservative councillors will cut unnecessary expenditure - and slash your community charge bill.
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Certainly I defended the community charge , which gave Labour councils in many areas the fright of their lives.
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The idea that it would somehow reduce the community charge is erroneous.
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The introduction of the community charge aroused considerable controversy around three main issues.
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The two combined would mean a very high increase in the tax and community charge burden on all people.
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One would have though a lesson would have been learnt from the community charge fiasco.
college
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I got a call from the community college where I sit on the industry advisory board.
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Equally, the community college students recalled more information when the relative importance of different ideas was made more explicit.
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The budget proposes a sharp fee increase for California community colleges that officials say would cut enrollment.
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Other goals that were achieved included a vast increase in green space and a major expansion of the community college system.
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Tuition estimates for community colleges and private universities were also thousands of dollars off the mark.
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He was with friends, people he was teaching with at a community college in Manhattan, all of them white.
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One of the most widely available resources are adult-education classes run by local school districts or community colleges .
development
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Yet the theory and practice of community development can offer some hope in the matter of the control of health care.
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Citizens' groups expressed considerable initial interest in the community development program.
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Conclusion Community development goals in Phoenix, indeed the definition of community development, shifted as the program progressed.
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She trained as a state registered and registered mental nurse before moving into community development with a voluntary organisation.
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There was no community development program, per se, in the first two years.
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However, the educational team took a more openly critical view of the community development process and the philosophy underlying it.
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The first period began after Chicago had decided to participate in the community development program.
education
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In a few instances, community education buildings have been adapted with deaf-loops, ramps, toilets, and stair lifts.
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Almost inadvertently, through such activity, structures emerged which promoted active citizenship through community education and development initiatives.
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The notion of the overriding importance of applicability of learning is born of long immersion in community education .
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It also underlines one of the main reasons why community education did not become a radical movement for social change.
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There were also innovations in childcare, community education and adult literacy.
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However, radical community education is not concerned with complementing or invasion.
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There are 340 schools and colleges and nearly 100 community education centres and outdoor education resource centres in Lothian.
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This is just another way of describing community development and this you will not get without good solid, useful community education .
group
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There had to be a united voice on the policies, particularly from local community groups .
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But other community groups are taking a markedly different stance.
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It was agreed that community groups should give some thought to campaigning to have these facilities installed.
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An exhibit of seven altars created by Bay Area artists and community groups . $ 3 to $ 5.
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This organisation provides technical assistance to community groups on planning, housing and environmental matters.
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They oversee long-term planting projects for community groups .
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It provides a coordinating linkage in an extensive network of community groups and activists, and furnishes them with a gathering place.
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It is a movement that started outside institutional labor: unemployed workers, community groups , church groups.
health
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The community health movement in western countries presents a similar challenge to the medical dominance we have described.
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It replaces the existing one on the Broadway and the community health house in Birchington Avenue.
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A recent report by borough councillor and community health council chairwoman Eleanor Young made the point clearly.
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Aylesbury community health council questions whether the money could not have been better spent.
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The publishers, on the dust jacket, add to this list teachers and students of community health .
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The Tomlinson report's description of the inadequacy of primary and community health services in London commands widespread agreement.
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A key element of the work of community health workers centres around educational and organisational activities as to the causes of ill-health.
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This paper outlines a strategic approach for developing primary and community health services in London.
leader
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Black politicians and community leaders who opposed needle exchanges claimed the programme was racist and genocidal.
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It involves participation by businessmen and other community leaders in and out of classrooms.
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In yet another case quoted by Afshan, the girl went to ask the help of some one regarded as a community leader .
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In the process the owners themselves became prominent community leaders and among the biggest advertisers in the emerging gay press.
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In Brixton consultative machinery involving the police and community leaders had ceased to function.
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They were selected by a screening panel of professional, business and community leaders .
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It was this impetus that spurred the community leaders on to forming a fully established radio station.
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For the most part, they listened respectfully as community leaders and peers encouraged everyone to atone, unite and reconcile.
service
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After appointments in community service , she had joined the Navy.
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In a spirit of community service , books and slates appeared.
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If no job after two years of training, recipient must work in community service or public service job.
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Azeem Nazie, 25, and Liaquat Ali, 23, were each ordered to serve 200 hours community service .
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The offer included a $ 250 fine, community service and domestic violence counseling.
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The mission of its business-oriented philanthropy is a combination of community service and international friendship.
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They also want to use public community service jobs as a last resort, something Wilson strongly opposes.
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live
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These results support the hypothesis that individuals are willing to pay more in order to live in communities that provide high-quality services.
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People lived in small communities spread throughout the countryside, under the authority of feudal lords whose land they worked as tenants.
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Socially they live in loose communities comprising a set of juxtaposed home ranges utilized by females and their dependent young.
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For the next twelve years he studied at Jesuit universities, taught at Jesuit schools and lived in Jesuit communities .
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I have to live in such a community .
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Garrison had lived in the community all his life.
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The fieldworkers live in the community , joining in with and analysing its activities.
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The grants aim to help people live in the community as independently as possible.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jury/military/community etc service
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Doing jury service could be one of them.
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He envisaged combining farming and family life with military service in idyllic rural settlements.
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He was fined $ 250 and required to perform community service .
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Like the House measure, the Senate bill requires public housing residents to contribute eight hours of community service a month.
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Normally feudal grants were made within the Patrimony and the Papal State in return for military service .
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The offer included a $ 250 fine, community service and domestic violence counseling.
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What will be attempted is a sketched framework for the illumination of community service profiles.
pillar of society/the community/the church etc
team/community/public etc spirit
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Good team spirit was built up during lunch before heading out to the second round.
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No doubt the team spirit was enhanced.
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The specials certainly show the kind of public spirit and professionalism of the Territorials.
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These accomplishments, and their new-found team spirit , were celebrated with social play in the evening.
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This community spirit even extends beyond Silver Lake proper.
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This creates a good working team spirit and everyone helps everyone else out.
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This obviated the problem of building team spirit or involvement among the area staff.
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Workers' distress can be reduced by adequate and effective reward systems and attention to maintaining a cooperative team spirit .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Community leaders met with city officials to discuss the proposed golf course.
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An arts center will benefit the whole community .
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Borrego Springs, a desert community , was the hottest place in the nation today.
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Miami has a large Cuban exile community .
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New York's Jewish community
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the gay community
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The murder has shocked the local community .
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These areas support diverse communities of birds and animals.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Few now seek residential care because of that support in the community .
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For the community of disciples the crucifixion was not the end.
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He was one of the community , he knew everyone, their backgrounds and where their sympathies lay.
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In Phoenix the community development block grant was implemented within this context of rapid development.
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It will be even more important for a school to have good communications with parents and the local community .
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More than 10, 000 people responded, showing up at community forums and sending messages via the Internet.
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We arrived on Flag Day, and this proud community put its colors on display.