noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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final
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Had it been the final confirmation of her suspicions?
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But the final confirmation of this accord never came.
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She had the final confirmation that Jenny was not Henry's child, so the original plan was going to suffice.
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Eventually, satisfied that he had found what he wanted, the Doctor halted, waving the box around for final confirmation .
further
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A curious fact which might seem at first to constitute an exception to this explanation turns out to provide further confirmation of it.
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I could chortle at this further confirmation that Microsoft's operating systems are secure only when not connected to the Internet.
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What we are witnessing is a further confirmation of the judgment that capitalism is in its death agony.
independent
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Fission-track also provides independent confirmation of dating results.
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It seems that Hamilton received independent confirmation of how good the School was.
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As with any newly proposed risk factor, independent confirmation of our results will be necessary.
official
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There has been no official confirmation that the documents are genuine, although sources suggest that they are.
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There was no immediate official confirmation .
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He saw the knowledge in her face that he was already chairman - all he needed was the official confirmation .
written
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Yes, I have changed insurance companies and, yes, I have asked for written confirmation of cover.
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Your written confirmation includes an invoice for the balance due.
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We will send written confirmation of your booking as quickly as possible.
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Confirm delivery date and make sure you send written confirmation of all the details.
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If in any doubt, we should ask the client for written confirmation of our understanding of the criteria.
■ NOUN
hearing
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The Senate leadership quickly gave its consent and we ran many of the confirmation hearings live.
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At her Senate confirmation hearings , she wasted little time proving him right.
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As is customary with appointees facing confirmation hearings , Albright declined to be interviewed for this article.
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Lake is not granting interviews as he prepares for his confirmation hearings .
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Some were raised in confirmation hearings .
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During Senate confirmation hearings , Sen.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee did not make her charges public and closed the confirmation hearings without calling her as a witness.
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Andrew Cuomo had the combined feminine power of two dynasties backing him at his Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday.
process
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It was widely agreed that the episode had damaged the public image of Congress and had discredited the confirmation process .
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The Democrats need to relocate the middle ground between rubber-stamping nominees who are unacceptable and abusing the confirmation process .
senate
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The administration designed the package in hopes of winning speedy Senate confirmation for all three.
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The post does not require Senate confirmation .
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C., refused to hold a Senate confirmation hearing on the nomination.
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At her Senate confirmation hearings, she wasted little time proving him right.
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Lee appeared with her but did not speak in keeping with the traditional practice among nominees awaiting Senate confirmation .
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During Senate confirmation hearings, Sen.
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Andrew Cuomo had the combined feminine power of two dynasties backing him at his Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday.
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await
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It eased p to 34p on the news with investors also awaiting confirmation of a planned name change to Signet.
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Lee appeared with her but did not speak in keeping with the traditional practice among nominees awaiting Senate confirmation .
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It was suggested that the isoforms were the likely result of alternative splicing although this awaits confirmation .
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For about a month, while he awaited confirmation as Attorney General, Ed Meese was also on hand.
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I will await confirmation of these dates before I contact the owner of the site or arrange local publicity.
find
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I find confirmation of this in the fact that in describing Pelops's wing of the gable he ends with Alpheus.
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The existence of treachery finds confirmation elsewhere.
follow
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The crisis follows confirmation by Railtrack that the Hatfield crash has cost it £600m so far.
need
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He saw the knowledge in her face that he was already chairman - all he needed was the official confirmation .
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Sammler thought of him as a man who badly, even desperately, needed confirmation , support, and touch.
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So I needed confirmation , a witness.
obtain
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Diagnostic difficulties in those cases were related to confusing radiological and endoscopic appearances or failure to obtain histological confirmation of lymphoma.
provide
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A curious fact which might seem at first to constitute an exception to this explanation turns out to provide further confirmation of it.
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All this contest provided was confirmation that this team is nowhere near what it claimed to be, and fading fast.
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Fission-track also provides independent confirmation of dating results.
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Once the carrier provides confirmation , the carrier transmits the relevant information to the new holder.
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Evolutionary biology provides good confirmation of moral judgements.
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It does not provide confirmation that the various conditions of s135 are satisfied.
receive
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It seems that Hamilton received independent confirmation of how good the School was.
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The customer receives confirmation the purchase request has been forwarded, then he is given the name of the dealer.
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Normally, you will receive confirmation at the time of booking. 3.
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The bishops received word in February that a revised draft would receive Vatican confirmation if it were resubmitted.
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The predominance of the United States in the world capitalist system received fresh confirmation .
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I later received confirmation of my new job in a letter indicating a start date.
require
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The Warranties generally require confirmation that a state of affairs exist at a certain date, eg Completion.
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The post does not require Senate confirmation .
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Decisions taken, said the Code, require papal confirmation , but a Council exercises supreme jurisdiction over the Church.
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Abrams's White House appointment, however, required no congressional confirmation .
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Extrapolations are, therefore, best seen as working hypotheses requiring confirmation by studies made on people.
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It is normal practice for hotels to require confirmation from a prospective guest in writing.
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Such a hypothesis requires , however, confirmation in a large group of patients.
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This was unexpected and requires confirmation by continued follow up and other studies now in progress.
seek
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A hereditary Forest warden had therefore to seek royal confirmation if he wished to grant away his bailiwick.
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I will seek confirmation from both parties as to the factual accuracy of any such memorandum.
win
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Thomas won confirmation by a bare two votes, but the case never really closed.
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Clinton had hoped to win confirmation of Rohatyn by packaging it with his reappointment of Greenspan.
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When it comes to winning Senate confirmation of their Cabinet choices, presidents have history on their side.
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The administration designed the package in hopes of winning speedy Senate confirmation for all three.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I'm still waiting for confirmation from the travel agency about my tickets.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Earl Robert stood tranquilly where he was, and bowed away the necessity for any such confirmation .
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Powell was equally reassuring and calming in his Senate confirmation testimony.
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Such confirmations merely indicate that some theory that was well established and regarded as unproblematic has been successfully applied once again.
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The development of the law along these lines is recent and confirmation of it by an august Commission is ominous.
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The guilty finding and sentence are subject to confirmation .
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The matter seemed to lie beyond the pale of any definitive confirmation .
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Your written confirmation includes an invoice for the balance due.