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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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about
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Single parents comprised about 4-S percent of the opioid users known to these agencies.
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Single rupee sachets comprise about 70 per cent of the company's shampoo sales.
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There are 11 records, comprising about 14 birds.
both
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A limited partnership comprises both limited and full partners.
mainly
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After only a couple of days, comprising mainly insults and bickering, she hadn't felt as if they were strangers.
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Rivers in this area are mainly comprised of domestic and industrial effluent, and many have been fishless in living memory.
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The former group is largely made up of locals while the latter mainly comprises newcomers, but the class dimension is paramount.
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It comprises mainly lignin and cellulose fibres too short for re-use with an organic matter content of 10 % to 30 %.
now
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Coursework often now comprises both practical assessments and longer projects and individual studies.
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The monetary sector now comprises those institutions subject to the Bank's supervisory powers under the 1987 Banking Act.
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So, Granada Computer Services now comprises four divisions in total, including the two mentioned above.
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The company now comprises three divisions: the first is Applied Technology, which generates 13% of group turnover.
only
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Exports remained weak as a whole, however, comprising only about 6 percent of production.
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However, the loaders comprise only one of two munitions specialties.
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The convoy's armed escort comprised only two destroyers and two corvettes.
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However, the structure of attitudes does not only comprise the explicit justifications and criticisms which might be advanced by the attitude-holder.
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The text chosen for analysis is a short story by Ernest Hemingway comprising only 11 sentences.
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But, as Taylor shows, in the value-adding spectrum, they only comprise the first stage of a four-stage process.
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area
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Usenet-the Net's prime discussion area-comprises over 85,000 newsgroups, each dedicated to a specific topic.
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Rivers in this area are mainly comprised of domestic and industrial effluent, and many have been fishless in living memory.
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The well-drained areas on the mounds comprise brown forest soils and humus-iron podzols.
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The Comprehensive Development Area comprised a total of 5670 acres of which 424 were available for industrial development.
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But the Detroit metropolitan area , comprising various cities in three surrounding counties, already has regional governmental authorities.
business
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The business comprises two operations, Steriseal, which distributes medical and opthalmic products, and Rotax, which supplies scalpels.
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The Waterford Crustal business comprises the manufacture, marketing, distribution and retailing of high quality crystal products including stemware and giftware.
committee
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The research committee comprises chartered accountants working in industry, commerce, public practice and academia.
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So far the steering committee comprises representatives from its lead bank, Barclays, and four big lenders.
council
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Operating as a standing committee of Council , its membership comprises: Two members nominated from each of the 22 district societies.
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The Council comprised all the member States, which are each represented by one delegate.
course
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A course comprises words on paper, illustrations and sounds.
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Essentially the course comprises sequences of language drills.
group
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Pahl's final group comprises local traders and small business owners.
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The second question concerns the types of groups most likely to comprise the largest support for violent rebellions or revolutionary movements.
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The activities brought together 18 senior members of the newly restructured operations group comprising all the east coast and New Zealand sites.
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Wild horses live in breeding groups comprising one stallion, a handful of mares and their youngsters.
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This group comprises the County Court, the Magistrates' Court and tribunals.
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Much academic attention has been focused on the classification of the social groups comprising the new types of communities in rural areas.
member
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Operating as a standing committee of Council, its membership comprises: Two members nominated from each of the 22 district societies.
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The task force initially comprised 28 members from law enforcement, civil rights, public health, neighborhood and prostitution-affiliated organizations.
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The current 57-seat Legco comprised 31 government-appointed members , 14 chosen by functional constituencies and 12 by electoral college.
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The Council comprised all the member States, which are each represented by one delegate.
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The money comprised contributions from member States, which maintained their position of not being legally liable.
number
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This comprises a small number of true wasteland species, commoner there than in other habitats.
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In the first place it comprised by far the largest number of workers in one industry.
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Many surgical waiting lists comprise large numbers of simple, low cost, procedures.
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For example, we can characterise the human body as a system which is comprised of a number of sub-systems.
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Also consider the cost, since hedges comprise large numbers of plants.
percent
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Exports remained weak as a whole, however, comprising only about 6 percent of production.
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They will comprise 75 percent of the state's public school population.
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Thus, if forest comprises 85 percent of the area, it must be allotted 55 percent of the squares.
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Mining and extraction industries, such as oil and gas, comprise 7. 7 percent of the index.
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He said that his government was prepared to share power with the Hutu majority, who comprised 85 percent of the population.
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People over sixty-five will comprise at least 20 percent of the population, up from 5 percent in 1900.
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Spring's vast fortune comprised upwards of 40 percent of the combined assets of the Babergh clothiers.
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They cover three detailed studies and include an extensive essay comprising 40 percent of the assessment.
property
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One of the properties comprised five thousand dunums of land owned by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem near Nablus.
series
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The first is called algorithmic, which comprises a procedure or series of instructions used to solve a specific type of problem.
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The intermediate elements comprise a formal series or structure.
study
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Most of these studies , however, comprised patient populations treated by varying surgical techniques, in the period before our study.
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Our study population comprised men born in one maternity hospital during 1907-24.
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Taken together, these studies comprise a substantial body of work notable for its diversity, its competence and its orthodoxy.
system
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The system comprises three key modules, which are centred on the Network Control System Console.
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Comparisons to other technologies, such as statistical methods and expert systems , comprise the bulk of chapter 6.
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The unit cost of most modern computer systems like these comprised about 80% materials, 15% overheads and 5% labour.
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Each Mouse Alert system comprises a network of up to 360 strategically placed infra-red electronic sensor boxes.
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TeamLinks, which to date only operates on VAX/VME-based systems , comprises an X.400-based mail system and office automation software.
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In a bilateral system comprising a network of reciprocal relationships the entity against which claims are made is evident.
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For example, we can characterise the human body as a system which is comprised of a number of sub-systems.
team
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In more complicated cases or where a larger aircraft is concerned the investigating team can comprise up to a dozen investigators.
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His team comprises of John Rafferty, Maintenance Manager.
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Men's teams comprise five competitors plus two reserves.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hindus comprise 82% of India's population.
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The city's population comprises mainly Asians and Europeans.
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The house comprises 2 bedrooms, a kitchen, and a living room.
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The Sea Grant Program comprises over 300 colleges nationwide.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It comprises acts of Parliament and subordinate legislation made under the authority of the parent act.
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It absorbed so much arsenic that, in just two weeks, arsenic comprised two per cent of its entire weight.
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Its principal archival collection comprises records relating to some 140,000 charities.
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The first is called algorithmic, which comprises a procedure or series of instructions used to solve a specific type of problem.
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The reactions of the community will be the aggregate of the reactions of the individuals it comprises.
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The world's bulk fleet comprises 7,798 vessels, 2,231 of which are between 16 and 20 years old.
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Unlike a company, a partnership possesses no legal personality separate from the partners that comprise it.