verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
close/conclude a deal formal (= agree a deal formally )
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A deal between the two companies has now been concluded.
conclude a treaty formal (= successfully finish arranging it )
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In 1875 Japan and Russia concluded a treaty.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
therefore
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Are we to conclude therefore that eminence can not be allowed as a yardstick of creativity?
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Do we therefore conclude that the beer consists of solid indivisible lumps of matter of that volume?
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Some have therefore concluded that behaviour in this category can not be termed altruism at all.
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His boss had therefore concluded that he should head up the technical team.
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I therefore conclude , though not without some doubt, that there was consideration for the new agreement ....
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We can therefore conclude that in these societies a different system of exchange or barter was used for basic daily transactions.
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They therefore concluded that a lack of social relationships was a causal factor in the onset of neurosis.
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Many on Wall Street have therefore concluded that something panicked the usually unflappable chairman.
■ NOUN
agreement
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Around 40 percent of the businesses in each host country have concluded co-operation agreements as a direct result of the event.
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The meeting concluded without formal agreement .
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States which did not consider a customs union to be necessary could conclude agreements with the customs union on a free-trade zone.
author
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The authors concluded that creativity and psychotic symptomatology do indeed reflect equivalent forms of cognitive processing.
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The authors of the study conclude that the flushing response probably deters individuals from drinking-or from drinking enough to trigger alcoholism.
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The authors conclude that a combination of the last two models offers the best prospect of a full explanation.
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That, the authors conclude , casts doubt on the refuge hypothesis.
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The authors conclude that the risk of respiratory conditions resulting from passive smoking, although small, is not negligible. 2.
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The authors concluded that genetic factors play a major role in the etiology of alcoholism in women.
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The authors conclude that the improving image of the game drew a wider and more respectable public, including more women.
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The author concludes by suggesting ways in which teachers can use and develop these activities in their own classroom.
committee
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The Committee concluded that a commitment of extra resources was needed if significant further progress was to be made.
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The Marre Committee concluded that unless the professions themselves initiated change, it would be forced upon them.
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The Committee concluded , on balance, in favour of the second set of arguments.
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The Shelmerdine Committee concluded that international civil aviation should be internationalized and placed under an international authority.
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For permanent television, the Committee concluded , a larger control area will have to be provided.
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The Committee concluded that, subject to some important amendments and undertakings relating to groundwater, the Bill should be allowed to proceed.
contract
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A court or tribunal will be reluctant to conclude that your contract has been frustrated.
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However, by far the majority of private company acquisitions are concluded by private contract .
court
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The Court of Appeal concluded that he ordinarily worked outside Great Britain and was therefore unable to pursue an unfair dismissal claim.
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The court concluded that this pattern of behavior threatened working relationships that were vital to maintaining school operations and thus constituted insubordination.
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We hope the court proceedings will be concluded quickly, so that the period of uncertainty is kept to a minimum.
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The court concluded that it would be inconsistent with these purposes for it to confer tenure status on a teacher.
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On the other hand, the Court concluded that the union could charge nonmembers for activities beyond local labor negotiations.
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The court was driven to conclude that the jury would not necessarily have convicted had it been correctly directed.
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The majority of the Court of Appeal concluded that the same principle should not apply in the case of such public authorities.
deal
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In Mozart's absence, Constanze organized and concluded the deal .
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The California Debt Advisory Commission has concluded that most lease-finance deals in the state have been well-managed.
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Yermak concluded a deal with the then tsar which wiped out his past crimes for a surrender of his conquests.
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In Warsaw he had been some sort of real-estate broker, but years had gone by without his having concluded any deals .
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They have talked to Pisa, and hope to conclude a deal before the weekend.
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By February 1956, Nasser was ready to conclude the deal .
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One artist concluded his deal by standing on a cardboard box full of notes while Berry taped it up.
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No reservations are allowed to the Convention, which was concluded as a package deal .
report
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In six percent of cases the report concluded that there was a high risk to health.
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Their report of October 1988 concludes that the present is a critical time to establish such a center.
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The report concludes with references to increase in long term unemployment and slump in business optimism.
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The report would conclude that there was no evidence that the intelligence services were involved.
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The 1989 report concluded that children receive greater exposure to pesticide residues than adults.
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The report concluded that the Khmer Rouge tactic was proving successful and that grassroots sympathy for the group had probably been underestimated.
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A policy Studies Institute report concluded that specialist money advice was helpful to debtors, particularly multiple debtors.
researcher
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But many other researchers have concluded that legal intervention is of extremely limited value in truancy cases.
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The researchers concluded that the supportive atmosphere of the extended family had been sufficient to counterbalance the effects of the questionable diets.
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Individual predisposition Psychological factors Most researchers have concluded that the premorbid personality is characterised by substantial emotional instability.
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They need to provide better information and more evidence of courtesy, caring and professional competence, researchers concluded .
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The real problem is that so many kids are uninterested in learning, researchers have concluded from a 10-year study.
section
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In concluding this section on subsurface detection, we may refer in passing to a controversial technique that has a few followers.
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We conclude this section by demonstrating this equivalence.
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The next chapter considers the legal and social aspects of selling which then concludes the section on the sales environment.
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We conclude this section by identifying in more detail the tasks that each of the named roles implies.
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Training To conclude this section it is necessary to point out a few things about the squad training sessions.
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To conclude this section , we can, at last, refer to an experiment.
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This concluding section will discuss these in turn.
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We can conclude this section then by picking out a number of criticisms of the scientific management approach to organisations. 1.
study
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The study concluded that the economic prospects for the Teifi Valley are very poor.
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Some previous studies had concluded that there are as many as 236, 000 firearm-related injuries in the United States yearly.
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The authors of the study conclude that the flushing response probably deters individuals from drinking-or from drinking enough to trigger alcoholism.
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Several case studies have been concluded .
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Much of the clean-air act is aimed at acid rain, which a giant official study has concluded is virtually a non-problem.
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One recent study concluded: These days, some truckers are more inclined to sport white collars than tank tops.
treaty
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Millett J. concluded that the treaty was a membership agreement, not one forming an agency relationship.
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As an alternative to this bloc policy Khrushchev offered to conclude treaties of non-aggression and friendship with the states concerned.
■ VERB
lead
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The existence of judicial balancing should not lead us to conclude that all such balancing is necessarily premised on the same assumptions.
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The fact that the date line was not drawn straight has led some to conclude that it is further malleable.
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Observations of Freddy led them to conclude that dolphins use sonar while hunting.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
concluding remark/section/stage etc
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In that case, he may have to tape his concluding remarks before the story is actually over.
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In the concluding remarks not only the main conclusions related to diffusion and production are summarized.
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In the concluding section we shall speculate as to why this might have been. 6.
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Section 3.4 provides a rather briefer coverage of internal relationships, whilst section 3.5 contains some concluding remarks.
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The concluding section considers the relationship between the external and internal auditor.
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The exhibition will be basically chronological in format with a concluding section of twenty-one drawings.
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These are points to be returned to in our concluding section.
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This concluding section explores selected implications for practice.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By July the research team had concluded the main part of its work.
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Davis concludes from an analysis of traffic accidents that the speed limit should be lowered.
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European governments are trying to conclude a treaty to ban certain atmospheric tests.
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He concluded with an appeal to everyone to support the campaign.
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I'd like to conclude by thanking everyone who has worked so hard to make this conference possible.
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It seems reasonable to conclude that people's behaviour is influenced by what they see on TV.
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The British car industry has just concluded a deal with the Japanese government.
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The Giants conclude the three-game series tonight in Palm Springs.
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The jury listened carefully to the evidence and concluded that the man was guilty.
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The police have now concluded their investigations.
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The sales convention will conclude as planned on Sunday.
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This year, Muslims will conclude Ramadan with the usual festivities on April 15 or 16.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the very least, city officials are wise to see how those lawsuits are concluded.
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Bette concluded with a gasp and sank her teeth into her sandwich.
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He concludes, not by committing himself to atheism but showing empathy with it.
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I can only conclude by saying that I am sorry the situation has developed the way it has.
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It was for this reason that he concluded that different cells receive different genes.
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The patient quickly concludes that tablets are the real treatment and the diet of secondary importance.
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The report concludes with references to increase in long term unemployment and slump in business optimism.
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The team concluded that an updated system was required.