noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a building/construction boom (= a sudden increase in building work )
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There’s been a recent construction boom in the Gulf.
a building/construction site
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He has worked on various building sites.
a construction project
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Spending on new construction projects has been reduced.
a construction worker (= someone who builds buildings, bridges etc )
a software/catering/construction etc business
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His girlfriend runs a catering business.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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The influx of large numbers of construction workers had inevitably caused disruption in the nearby villages, especially the closest, Stogursey.
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On a large construction project, for example, the estimating process begins with the decision to submit a bid.
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This wrote off the need for any large new harbour construction .
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Companies from across Northern Ireland entered four categories-\#large construction , small construction; residential housing, and civil engineering.
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The Wyeth project is one of the largest construction jobs currently being undertaken in Ireland.
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They also, of course, govern linguistic units larger than words - idioms, phrases, and larger constructions .
new
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And so will a number of other measures, including new designs and construction for all kinds of incinerators.
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In the valley, new construction snakes along the branches of the Gallatin River.
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The valuation reflects estimates of the costs of the most appropriate modern method of new construction of the network.
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Want to buy underpriced apartments in a glamorous location that has few vacancies and little competition from new construction ?
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All the expense is incurred during development of a new construction program, rather than in the manufacturing process itself.
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At the formal operational level, internal reflection can result in new knowledge-new construction .
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This wrote off the need for any large new harbour construction .
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The firm based its rankings on occupancy, rents, affordability, renter demand and new construction .
social
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Such terminology will undoubtedly continue to change as social constructions of disability evolve.
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As the deconstructionists remind us, all human knowledge is situated in particular social constructions .
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There is in this du Transvestites and transsexuals do not challenge the social construction of gender.
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The gender differences explored here are social constructions that have had influence in certain mainstream discourses.
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Gender should never be used as a bottom line explanation because it is a social construction needing explanation itself.
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The forms of organization, power, control, coercion, and all modes of social construction are the focus.
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Post-war Britain offers a suitable period in which to apply the concept of the social construction of old age.
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What it means to be social is a construction .
■ NOUN
company
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The construction company denied being involved.
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He eventually formed his own construction company .
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Its interests run to hotels, construction companies and dabbling in currency futures.
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Engineering and construction company Tomoe Corp., for example, is up 13 percent.
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He worked as an engineer with a construction company and lived quietly with girlfriend Lorna Burns in Eltham, south London.
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But construction companies can not afford to pay top dollar, never mind the double rate required by Davis-Bacon, to novices.
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He worked for Boeing and various construction companies .
costs
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Nuclear power stations are notoriously unreliable and construction costs go way over original estimates.
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They track and control construction costs to avoid cost overruns.
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Total construction costs are projected to reach Ir £125m.
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In the ant's case, construction costs are further reduced by building the nest out of the living bodies of workers.
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The city then could use the money to help pay back the construction costs of the new stadium.
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This has already resulted in substantial savings in our construction costs , selling expenses and overheads.
industry
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We know that Western armaments, engineering and construction industries gain.
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That massive government spending has helped the construction industry survive the downturn.
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Unless training continues, the future of the construction industry will be in jeopardy.
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Again, standing alone this evidence is not probative of any discrimination in the local construction industry ....
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I pay tribute to the efforts of the construction industry training board.
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It was a means of social improvement along narrowly defined routes, usually connected with the construction industry .
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For instance, millions have been laid off in the construction industry .
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As will become clear tonight, the construction industry still suffers from the irresponsible cuts imposed by the Government.
manager
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He was previously construction manager at Shepherd.
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The architectural study by Hellmuth-Obata-Kassabaum would be used by construction managers to develop a more specific cost estimate by spring.
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Advancement opportunities for construction managers vary depending upon the size and type of company for which one works.
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Land has been cleared and some work started under a preliminary agreement with the construction manager in December.
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That prompted college trustees last month to threaten legal action if the architect and construction manager did not help resolve the problems.
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Employment of construction managers is sensitive to the short-term nature of many construction projects and cyclical fluctuations in construction activity.
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I tell you, he has about the same interest as the construction manager .
material
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The decree exempted a list of raw and construction materials and production and technical goods, which would remain at fixed prices.
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Many employers provide formal training programs to broaden inspectors' knowledge of construction materials , practices, and techniques.
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The construction materials division, which employs more than 4,200 people, is to be floated as a separate company.
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The recordings will be used to verify the sturdiness of station construction materials .
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The straightness of the rods and the plant's natural pliability made it a valuable construction material for early settlers.
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I then did a 25-week Class Two basic trade course as a construction materials technician.
project
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Many construction projects will involve some element of loan finance.
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This will be referred to in more detail in connection with recent developments in financing construction projects .
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However, he said there is an open issue of how such a construction project would be financed.
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Construction managers plan, budget, and direct the construction project .
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To rebuild after the devastation, will require huge construction projects .
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Streets and sidewalks are blocked by mammoth construction projects .
road
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Most transport investment has gone on road construction and not on public transport.
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Clearance for cultivation threatens the islands' tropical forests and brings with it road construction , settlement and damage to water supplies.
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The Zignego family, road construction , Milwaukee, $ 5, 000.
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Meanwhile, funding for road construction , as well as other transportation alternatives, has declined.
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Inevitably, road construction was done at night in downtown, around ten when I was getting ready to go to sleep.
site
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The opening of a nuclear construction site is a major event in the economic and social life of a region.
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Also, construction sites , mines, farms and landfills will be required to boost their efforts to reduce dust.
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Some guides use their climbing and rope skills to work on oil rigs or construction sites .
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The men worked hard in the stockyards, nearby factories, breweries, and construction sites .
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Occasionally he earns a couple of dollars at a construction site , barely enough to feed his wife and three children.
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I know that, as a teenager, he was caught stealing copper pipe from a construction site and put in jail.
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These numbers are exceptional for a construction site .
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Moreover, the company establishes mobile child-care units to assist workers in its construction sites .
work
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These local planning authorities must give planning permission before construction work can begin on these roads.
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Back in the United States he supported himself by doing construction work while trying to publish short stories and novels.
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Would you believe our biggest grouse in the sixties was about the noise of construction work ?
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This often requires a large amount of architectural design and construction work .
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Mr. Michael J. Martin Naval construction work of this type will obviously lead to work for subcontractors.
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Bechtel will manage much of the project but not engage in any construction work .
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When the Ashleys needed help with construction work he could borrow farm tractors for them.
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Inspectors generally specialize in one particular type of construction work or construction trade, such as electrical work or plumbing.
worker
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There would be lots of jobs; 2,500-odd construction workers would spend money in shops and pubs and local businesses.
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There were about 500 construction workers renovating the tower when the fire broke out.
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Consequently, the fall in demand for building materials and construction workers will generate downward multiplier effects on other types of investment.
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These barracks were for the temporary quartering of overseas construction workers .
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Rodia, an untrained construction worker and a free-thinking anarchist, died in 1965.
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The construction workers first noticed the beautiful blonde driving the convertible.
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The fatality incidence rates per 100,000 stands at 11.5 compared with 4.2 for self-employed construction workers .
■ VERB
allow
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Language is sufficiently flexible to allow the construction of an infinite variety of singular terms which do not designate any entity.
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The ruling party is considering introducing a bill to allow national construction bonds to be used.
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Once the required level of consolidation is reached the surcharge material will be removed to allow the construction work to begin.
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This divides the site into seven plots, allowing phased construction .
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This would allow the construction teams to roll forward from the first stage due to open in November.
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This allows the construction of a riskless hedge in which the pay-offs are the same regardless of the outcome.
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What does seem likely is that MASSMoCA's commissioners will petition the governor to release funds incrementally to allow construction to begin.
begin
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Work also begins on planning the construction of a bridge.
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Only the building industry is happy as nursing home construction begins to equal prison construction.
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Work began on the construction of the school in December and the first brick has already been laid.
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Gap plans to begin construction on that site sometime within the next five years, Hashagen said.
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In 532 Justinian began the construction on a breath-taking scale of the imperial church of Saint Sophia.
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The partners began construction on the plant in March 1995.
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Drepung Loseling lamas will simultaneously begin construction of a Medicine Buddha sand mandala.
build
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We have the experience to build that sort of construction , and the technology.
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The Banu Taqif had built a construction around... a square rock.
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Timber used on building sites for construction purposes such as shuttering and formers is usually discarded - often just burnt.
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Despite these soaring levels of homelessness, hardly any affordable housing is being built even though the construction industry is calling for jobs.
involve
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Photography us involved in the construction of history.
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What is involved is the construction of something qualitatively different from the mere sum of the national organizations.
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This would involve the construction of approximately 20 new reactors.
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Finally, the liability of a person involved in the construction process.
use
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You will need two Vero Plugblocks if using this method of construction - one for the transmitter and one for the receiver.
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Example 4: Four middle infants were making a castle using a construction kit.
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The architectural study by Hellmuth-Obata-Kassabaum would be used by construction managers to develop a more specific cost estimate by spring.
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These two scenarios do not cover all eventualities: it is quite possible to build a thermally lightweight house using masonry construction .
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Plate steel is used in the construction and machinery markets.
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Nevertheless, the children also demonstrated an ability to use because and so constructions appropriately.
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A portion of the proceeds would be used to fund construction of the memorial.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Time Passage" - a construction by Katherine Stutz-Taylor
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Construction of Highway 85 will begin soon.
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Construction of the dam is nearly complete.
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Construction on the tunnel will begin in April.
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About 3,000 housing units are under construction in the city.
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It's sometimes hard for students to understand complex grammatical constructions.
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Most major toy companies have phone lines to help parents with the construction of toys.
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The construction industry has been severely affected by the recession.
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The company is developing several new construction techniques.
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The firm deals mainly in road construction .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A genuine station building of great character - but of wooden construction and older than the railway itself!
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All this in turn helps the child in the construction of reversibility.
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I have a blue-tinged vocabulary that could make a construction worker blush.
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The answer to this question involves an investigation of the construction of meaning in interaction processes.
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The statue shares space with dioramas, glassed-in scenes of the Capitol in various stages of its construction .
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These modular construction kits now include solar cells, rechargeable batteries etc.
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They are confident that their constructions are correct, even when they can not see them.
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This construction of the artist as hero is a primary marker of the modern period.