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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
power
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Mistrust of the family's ultimate intentions may also explain the ease with which Gloucester was able to dismantle their power .
program
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Dole also switched his position on affirmative action, saying he wanted to dismantle a program he previously supported.
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Ayn Rand is just another excuse to dismantle programs that support social welfare.
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Atkinson then publicly apologized to Wilson and said he would speed up dismantling the program , and the regents meeting was canceled.
system
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Pasaret is dismantling a hiring system where a job applicant's chief qualification was his or her party loyalty.
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When he won, he quickly dismantled the system .
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While Britain started dismantling its selective system in the 1960s, Northern Ireland retained it.
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His book Perestroika helps establish that from the very start Gorbachev was out to reorient, not dismantle their system .
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But it remains unclear how far the plan will go in dismantling an entrenched system .
weapon
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And at the so-called Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas, technicians are dismantling nuclear weapons to comply with arms-control treaties.
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The estimates do not include the cost of dismantling nuclear weapons and military nuclear facilities.
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A: That money has helped dismantle several thousand weapons .
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Another worry is that nuclear material from defunct nuclear power plants and dismantled nuclear weapons might end up in the wrong hands.
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begin
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Big firms like Fiat and Pirelli began dismantling and de-centralizing labour forces.
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Mr Linley began dismantling his equipment.
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Dole aides began to dismantle the camera riser.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Jimmy was in the garage, dismantling his bike.
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No one is suggesting that we dismantle the Social Security system.
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The Detroit Tigers dismantled the Chicago White Sox 16-0.
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The first thing the soldiers did was to dismantle the enemy's surveillance equipment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Before a technician dismantled the device, a nearby restaurant, a post office and City Hall were evacuated.
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From there, police and park workers on the ground would move in and dismantle them.
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He suggested that the huntsmen should dismantle the gate to release the animal.
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If this measure could indeed alienate Latinos, why do several recent polls show overwhelming support from Latinos for dismantling bilingual education?
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The occupation regime was gradually dismantled, and sovereignty granted by instalments.
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These structures need to be erected and dismantled quickly with a minimum of disturbance whilst encountering many difficult locations.