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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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great
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All these colonies belonged to powers whose empire-building had begun in the age of the great discoveries .
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No great discoveries , but at least he knew the score.
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He did exactly that, little knowing that he was about to stumble upon one of the greatest discoveries of this century.
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I had read somewhere that all the greatest discoveries had been made in the blink of an eye.
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He was frozen there with an appalled sense of waste, that his cohort had denied him his greatest discovery .
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Had I made a great discovery ?
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Thus were born the azo dyestuffs, perhaps the greatest single discovery in the history of the dyestuffs industry.
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Although Fenton was active in research he made no great discoveries .
important
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At the same time, the public hears little about a surprising and important discovery - not an assumption - of psychometrics.
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However, several students educated at the Academy made important discoveries in mathematical science, both pure and applied.
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Two important oil discoveries in the Espinal block, Purificacion and Venganza, will be appraised in 1992.
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The Librarian would be glad to know of any important discoveries Mr Michell might make.
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Even earlier, a more important discovery was made.
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Glasgow Cathedral - the past revealed IMPORTANT discoveries have been made about the early history of Glasgow Cathedral during recent archaeological excavations.
late
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They react to the latest discoveries with blasé aplomb, remaining unruffled by theological controversy.
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In short, for every argument there was a counter argument, or a later discovery overturned the accepted wisdom.
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We collected them like rare orchids, gleefully sharing our latest acquisitions and discoveries .
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But this morning, she wasn't interested in my latest discoveries in skin care.
major
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The paper is often quoted as the original report of a major discovery , but it does not look like it.
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In those years, I believed I was on the verge of a major discovery .
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The cancer institute met the major costs of discovery , but Glaxo claims it is recovering costs.
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All the major gas discoveries were made between 1965 and 1967 using seismic data similar to that shown in Fig. 4.
new
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In regions where early civilizations had flourished new research and discoveries filled out the chronological sequences.
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The new discoveries are already stirring up more questions than answers.
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The first is to increase production through new discoveries - the second is to encourage alternative fuels.
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And so arrangements were made to brief the families first on any new discoveries .
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The new discovery , of weakness in welded joints, may delay plans to reopen the plant's two reactors.
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Few new scientific discoveries are completely beneficial.
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By then, time and sadness had dulled the need for any new discoveries about the past.
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Are not the journals full of new discoveries , some them important?
recent
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This interesting stance has been seen in more recent dinosaur fossil discoveries .
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Their preserved counterpart, the sun-dried cherry, is a fairly recent gourmet discovery , however.
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A recent discovery has shown that in kindred matters they followed a tradition current in Athens, at least in the fourth century.
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Our understanding of nature is now radically shifting, how-ever, because of recent discoveries in the new sciences.
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Synthesis of data arising from the recent discoveries of gold in south Devon suggests the presence of two phases of gold mineralisation.
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Laboulbeniales are a relatively recent discovery in the mycological scheme of things.
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The recent discovery of the persistence of vision, he insisted, has finally undermined the Neo-Classicists.
scientific
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Such, after all, is the pace of scientific discovery that today's knowledge is redundant tomorrow.
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All it needs is some degree of up-grading to keep in touch with scientific and technological discoveries .
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A delightfully frank account of its development shows some of the less scientific problems of discovery .
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No wonder the guy came up with the most revolutionary scientific discovery of a good 500-year period.
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In particular, pupils do not learn of the social and political implications of scientific discoveries .
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Few new scientific discoveries are completely beneficial.
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His scientific discoveries and his fight for religious and political freedom, form equally important parts of an exceptionally industrious life.
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gas
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Four significant gas discoveries and one significant oil discovery, all offshore, have been announced resulting from this activity.
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The government also considered the drop in drilling costs -- and rising output from the average gas discovery .
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Without major oil and gas discoveries , there will be a wide gap between demand and supply.
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Texaco is also focused on exploration, and has three deepwater gas discoveries in the Gulf.
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All the major gas discoveries were made between 1965 and 1967 using seismic data similar to that shown in Fig. 4.
oil
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Four significant gas discoveries and one significant oil discovery, all offshore, have been announced resulting from this activity.
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Indigenous oil discoveries proved disappointing and efforts have been directed towards hydro-electric power, nuclear and geothermal energy.
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Two important oil discoveries in the Espinal block, Purificacion and Venganza, will be appraised in 1992.
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The block is located in the Murzuk basin between proven oil discoveries and first drilling is expected in 1993.
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By applying the Pareto condition, we can not say that the oil discovery improves actual economic welfare.
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In addition, a new oil discovery was made in the Venganza prospect, to the east of Purificacion.
■ VERB
announce
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When Fawcett announced the discovery at a scientific meeting in Cambridge in 1935, it was ignored.
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Exploration is continuing in the area and RioFinex has announced the discovery of similar mineralisation at the Lack prospect west of Omagh.
follow
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It follows the discovery of a shortfall in the Anfield books which was spotted by the club accountant.
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In the 90 years following its discovery in 1875 only 5 t was recovered.
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It followed the discovery of a package that could have caused serious injury, writes Audrey Gillan.
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It followed the discovery that many old people metabolise the drug much more slowly than normal.
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Three widely-prescribed drugs have come under question following the discovery that they led to serious undesirable side effects.
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This followed the discovery of a large quantity of explosives under an apartment block in Ryazan shortly after the Moscow bombings.
lead
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It is hoped that it will lead to the discovery of a technique to combat diseases such as Parkinson's.
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None of the calls led to the discovery of explosives.
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Following food chains can lead to exciting discoveries .
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The magnetic field that led to its discovery had vanished at the moment of that radio shriek.
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There is always the feeling that, at any moment, something may happen that will lead to a new discovery .
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The microscope has led to several discoveries .
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Secondly, a research programme should lead to the discovery of novel phenomena at least occasionally.
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A swollen optic nerve found by her optometrist led to the discovery of the tumor.
make
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In several placed Donald Duck makes exciting discoveries by playing with a chemistry set.
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And along the crooked border where the landmasses once came together, the researchers made an extraordinary discovery .
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Henry Harlow and his colleagues made the discovery after analysing muscle biopsies from sedated bears at the start and end of hibernation.
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The two cleanly scrubbed grunts had made a final discovery: land mines last and last.
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One dreams of making miraculous discoveries ... but most of it is digging and hoping.
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Then in 1991, geomagnetist Brad Clement made a strange discovery .
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When, in 1609, Galileo constructed his first telescopes and trained them on the heavens, he made dramatic discoveries .
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As they venture forth from parents to explore their own worlds, children must make their own discoveries .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
voyage of discovery
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As the reader has seen, my six years of service was a voyage of discovery.
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Beside, we had come to get some-thing to eat, and not to make any voyage of discovery.
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Between 1768 and 1779, his own voyages of discovery filled in vast empty areas on the maps of his time.
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Captain James Cook, whose parents were local farmworkers, set out on his celebrated voyages of discovery from this estuary.
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Each expedition is a new adventure, a new voyage of discovery.
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In fact much of the Ancient Mariner came from the sea voyages of discovery.
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Marcel Proust once described voyages of discovery as seeking new landscapes and gaining new eyes.
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Your mission, therefore, is much more than a voyage of discovery.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Among the discoveries of the late nineteenth century were several new chemical elements, including radium.
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An investigation was ordered after the discovery that $89,000 was missing from the account.
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At first I did not realize the importance of my discovery .
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New archaeological discoveries prove the existence of an ancient civilization in the Indus Valley.
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The chance discovery of a blood-stained shirt led to the capture of the killer.
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The depletion of the ozone layer has been one of the most dramatic discoveries about our planet in recent years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All these were chance discoveries by scientists engaged in other pursuits.
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Dylan, his first independent discovery , later became, wonderfully, a friend.
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Had I made a great discovery ?
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If you can get this right, the maturing of your relationship will be an interesting voyage of discovery .
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Photographs of the comet taken shortly after its discovery show a clear but faint tail.
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Their preserved counterpart, the sun-dried cherry, is a fairly recent gourmet discovery , however.
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Then in 1991, geomagnetist Brad Clement made a strange discovery .