verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be considered an embarrassment (= be thought of as embarrassing )
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He may be popular abroad, but he's considered an embarrassment at home.
be considered/deemed essential
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During the summer, air conditioning is considered essential.
consider a possibility (= think about whether you should take an opportunity )
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We even began to consider the possibility of moving there permanently.
consider a possibility
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Police In Glasgow are considering the possibility that the death may be drugs-related.
consider a proposal
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We shall consider their proposals carefully.
consider a question
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We must also consider the question of compensation.
consider a request
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After carefully considering this request, the council rejected it.
consider a scenario (= think about what might happen )
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The government has considered various possible scenarios.
consider an appeal
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The US Supreme Court could refuse to consider the appeal.
consider an application (= think carefully about it before making a decision )
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All applications will be considered on their own merits.
consider sb/sth inferior
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The poor are considered inferior by some people.
consider the consequences (= think what might happen as a result of something )
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She jumped into the river without considering the consequences.
consider the implications
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Have you considered the implications of your choice?
consider the matter (= think about something )
consider your verdict (= think about what it should be )
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The jury retired to consider their verdict.
consider/examine/study the evidence
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Having considered all the evidence, the court found him not guilty.
consider/judge the merits of sth (= think about whether or not something is a good idea )
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The committee is considering the merits of the proposal.
count/consider/think yourself lucky (= believe that you are lucky in a particular situation )
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You should count yourself lucky you weren’t seriously hurt.
examine/consider/study sth in detail
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He asked his lawyer to examine the contract in detail.
look at/consider/examine an aspect
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Managers were asked to look at every aspect of their work.
regard/consider sth as crucial
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The city was regarded as crucial to the area’s defence.
stop to think/consider etc
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It’s time we stopped to think about our next move.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
carefully
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The timing of an approach must be considered carefully .
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This latter impression was then reinforced by his manner, which was quiet, polite, and very carefully considered .
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Professor Glennerster considered carefully the argument that expensive treatments might be refused by fund holders and found no evidence of that yet.
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Deborah carefully considered the types of punishments to use.
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Consider carefully which invitations to accept.
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Court has carefully considered arguments of counsel on each side of the issue.
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In Committee, we shall consider every detail of the Bill and we promise to consider carefully every clause.
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They are real and should be carefully considered .
how
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They consider how to recover damaged platinum ware, an important problem in routine laboratories dealing with aggressive samples.
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She has imagined what that would do to Karen and has considered how the other players would take it.
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He found himself considering how different were these two sisters, Agnes vehement, voluble, exclamatory.
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I went back to the waiting room and considered how appropriate the name was.
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This chapter does not consider how this problem can best be resolved for the future.
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When we do read aloud, we may want to consider how this shared reading can truly convey our love of reading.
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Christmas is a good time for considering how to change ourselves and our businesses in 1999.
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It will consider how the people's will is translated into political action.
seriously
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Rugby officials say the offer has to be seriously considered and the two parties are currently holding talks.
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She had graduated from a Lutheran Bible college back home, and at one time she had seriously considered becoming a nun.
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Every computer user should seriously consider protecting their system with an uninterrupted power supply.
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We left the shop and headed the few blocks toward Chinatown, considering various restaurants but evidently not considering seriously enough.
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Both Hayman's suggestions were too loose and half-baked for a man of his devious cunning to consider seriously for a moment.
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East Lampeter police never seriously considered other suspects.
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If the patient develops early overt congestive heart failure it is contraindicated, but do seriously consider it later.
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It is a matter to be seriously considered .
■ NOUN
case
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Mr. Waldegrave On the latter point, the statutory inquiry must consider this case .
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The Texas Supreme Court will consider a case next month that could seal another entire realm of information: district attorney files.
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We may consider the case of positive as shown in Fig. 19.3.
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Once again consider the case of Xerox.
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In alcoholic liver disease, transplant assessment was considered appropriate in the case of sustained abstinence following medical advice.
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Expulsion from Congress is reserved for the most serious misconduct and is considered unlikely in this case .
chapter
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This chapter has considered the two most natural methods of recognition used by humans - speech and writing.
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This chapter considers these four types of influences on political beliefs and actions.
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In the next chapter we consider the subject and problems of commitment.
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In Chapter 9, we consider how individuals and organizations can capitalize on the new manager experience.
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This section of the chapter considers them in turn.
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Later in Chapter 31 we will consider how functional shares have changed historically.
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The three middle chapters each consider individual crimes: cattle stealing, homicide and riot.
committee
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The Catering Committee will be considering whether what used to be St. Stephen's tavern could help by providing facilities for visitors.
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The Committee will consider the matter further.
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This should be distinguished from the Appeal Committee which considers applications for leave to appeal.
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The right step is for the Select Committee on Catering to consider the proposals, as it will do shortly.
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It will meet again on 3 March to make recommendations which the recreation committee will consider on 15 March.
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The Committee will consider whether other professions should be added to this list as and when requested to do so.
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In response to these demands for change, an interdepartmental committee was set up to consider the criticisms and evaluate the suggestions for alternative procedures.
court
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The court will also consider whether the information is of a type which it is willing to protect at all.
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The courts will consider other factors, too, in deciding whether a payment from your corporation is a loan.
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On March 26 the prosecutors appealed to the Supreme Court because of what they considered the excessively lenient judgments.
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The court is scheduled to consider the issue July 25.
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The court must first consider whether, on normal grounds, an awards for costs should be so made.
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The court would have to consider whether a duty was owed.
factor
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The courts will consider other factors , too, in deciding whether a payment from your corporation is a loan.
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Thus, one could consider such factors as hours, sick pay, pension schemes and holiday entitlements.
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Social scientists who study domestic violence and daily witness such evil do not seriously consider evil as a factor in family violence.
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Appleton considers the major factor to be the ability to see without being seen.
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There is also a problem in delineating this sector since self-employment is considered such a crucial factor .
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The court will have to consider a number of factors .
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The courts have instead tended to consider a number of factors which point to the existence of an obligation of confidentiality.
implication
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I will briefly outline the nature of this reaction, and then consider its implications for classical criminology.
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Have you considered the implications of the review procedure by which the proposal will be evaluated?
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We will consider the implications of the failure of this assumption later in the section.
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For the moment, let us consider some of the implications .
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It seems that on receipt of the documents, potential competitors were able to consider the implications and appreciate the pit-falls.
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Any organization looking to send a message by way of systematic high turnover should consider the grave implications of this cold-blooded approach.
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Then we consider again the equity implications of taxation.
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The Policyholders' Protection Board is considering the implications .
issue
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The trial was immediately adjourned to consider legal issues raised by the defence.
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It is appropriate here, however, to consider briefly the treatment issue of moderation goals.
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Those being the relevant facts, I turn to consider the important issues of law which arise on this appeal.
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Or consider the issue of vacuous names, names that do not name anything.
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These are, of course, three of the most commonly considered issues in the literature on management style.
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As and when the need arises, sub-committees will be established to consider specific environmental issues .
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County commissioners will consider the issue at their meeting Tuesday.
matter
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The Cabinet did not collectively consider the matter until 22 October, only three days before Baldwin's speech at Plymouth.
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Some have said they do not consider the matter open to negotiation.
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There may also be a safety committee set up to consider such matters .
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But before we venture down the road to actual accusation, we must consider the matter very carefully.
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The Committee draws attention to any draft which it considers to raise a matter of political or legal importance.
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After age thirty-five, contraceptive responsibility was considered a matter of mutual responsibility.
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The more she considered the matter , the more she believed that Rose Cottage was as much a victim as she.
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The jury considered the matter for many days and have reached their verdict.
option
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If this does not occur, then revert to the normal diet and consider other options .
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After considering his options , Henderson left Tandem in March for another job.
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The unforeseen Sometimes there just is not time to consider all available options .
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The council was considering several options outlined by City Attorney Glenn Sabine.
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Now, let us consider the options open to a regulatory agency.
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Leicester Building Society has said it is considering options but has made no decision.
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A two-pronged helicopter attack with synchronised landings at both camps was considered the best option .
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Emily considered lots of options for being in a more intellectual environment.
position
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It would seem logical that reassignment need only be considered in respect of positions for which the disabled employee is qualified.
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To be considered for education administrator positions , workers must first prove themselves in their current jobs.
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Since that was now clearly out of the question Peter decided to get himself away and consider his position .
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Equitable assignments I turn next to consider the position where part only of a deposit has been assigned.
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Tattersalls will consider its position as soon as the Chancellor's decision is definite.
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Maybe have a walk down the fence line to consider our position and prepare ourselves for awkward questions.
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These claims are now examined by considering the position of each sector in turn.
possibility
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This becomes clear when we consider the various extreme possibilities .
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She does not seem to consider the possibility that they were not intended for burial at all.
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Jessamy gave a small shiver and decided she didn't even want to consider that possibility .
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I considered all the possibilities and was rich with their plenty.
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The paper also considers the possibility that the self-employed should prepare tax accounts for the tax year.
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He has never even considered the possibility .
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However, is it not time to consider the possibility of legalising soft drugs, especially cannabis?
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We even began to consider the possibility of moving there permanently.
question
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We have just considered the question from the point of view of mechanism: how does it work?
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After the groups have had time to consider these questions , ask them to share their thoughts with the whole class.
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Such an arrangement would probably be considered out of the question today, and rightly so.
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A concise way of illustrating it is to consider two questions .
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On July 1, 1849, President Herrera called a special session of Congress to consider the questions of public finance.
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It is important, however, to consider this question carefully.
■ VERB
let
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Now let us consider what Wittgenstein says.
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Foreign has simple tastes: only good 3 is demanded. Let us first consider autarky equilibrium.
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So let us consider his examples with some care.
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Now let us consider the predictive power of factor rewards.
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Nevertheless there are important factors that give a strong impetus to a reductivist reasoning. Let us consider the ontological version first.
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Why would they do this? Let us consider the second part of the problem first.
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To see how this argument applies, let us consider an example of a comprehension experiment in some detail.
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But now, let us consider further.
need
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Other unidentified factors need to be considered .
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For the dumping of such radioactive matter four criteria need to be considered: 1.
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We need to consider more carefully what they might have as their objectives.
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In practical terms, one does not need to consider winds of less than Force 5.
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You need to consider what consequences, what additional motivating events or rewards you can use to keep you going.
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We need only consider the scene.
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If Q x: we need to consider each case of R separately.
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Another factor that needs to be considered when policy is formulated is that lethal malformation will not always be diagnosed before delivery.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
all things considered
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All things considered, it's the wrong time for us to start our own business.
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It wasn't the best game I've ever seen. But, all things considered, it wasn't too bad either.
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Andre is a good choice, all things considered.
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Might be the sensible thing to do, all things considered.
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Not bad, all things considered.
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Roots is the title, and not a bad one, all things considered.
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So, all things considered, I think I have done all right, handled my problem as well as it could have been handled.
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Went down well, all things considered.
judge/consider etc sth on its (own) merits
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Before buying a car you should consider the cost of insuring it.
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Before you resign, you should consider the effect it will have on your family.
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Bill paused to consider his options.
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For any skin problem, it's worth considering a change of diet.
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Have you considered getting new car?
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Have you considered working as a journalist?
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I considered driving out to Atlantic City to meet her.
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I would consider it an honour to serve on the Executive Committee.
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Meanwhile, the Legislature is considering the committee's recommendations.
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She is considered to be one of the finest pianists of her generation.
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The boss says she's still considering my request for a raise.
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The mayor needs to consider local residents when she decides where to put the new stadium.
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We began to consider the possibility of moving to Japan permanently.
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We do not consider this film suitable for young children.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A fundamental breach is one which the courts would consider more serious than an ordinary breach.
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But when you consider this in the context of its well-weighted precision and speed, it gives little cause for complaint.
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Differences emerge in three ways: argument; competition; and conflict - which alone is considered wholly harmful.
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He also said he would consider unsealing some documents after the jury is chosen.
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Lying in the water, she considered the evidence against Sykes again.
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Planning Permission Application for permission to develop a timeshare facility would be considered on the same basis as any other resort development.
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That would not be good, for more reasons than he cared to consider .
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While the list of proposed transportation projects is being refined, possible methods to close the funding gap are being considered.