noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a drainage ditch (= for water to drain away into )
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They were digging a drainage ditch.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
adequate
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Remove foil covering and place plant on a gravel-filled saucer to allow adequate drainage .
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Without adequate drainage , lowland pasture can be used for little else.
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He says that the drains are adequate , other drainage measures may need to be taken.
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The insertion of an endoprosthesis was successful in establishing adequate biliary drainage in all the patients.
biliary
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Two of our 20 patients required further biliary drainage .
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However, this plan of management is advisable only if biliary drainage has been established.
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The insertion of an endoprosthesis was successful in establishing adequate biliary drainage in all the patients.
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Also, surgical morbidity related to biliary drainage remains high in these alcoholic and often debilitated patients.
good
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The first essential of healthy soil life is air, and this means good subsoil drainage and adequate inter-crumb pores.
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Ixora is tropical and at its best with excellent drainage and bright light.
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The rubble would make good drainage .
natural
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Pressure jetting followed by natural drainage , squeegee assisted, or by wet vacuum. 5.
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Now the natural drainage systems are incised 20 feet below the surrounding landscape.
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Bad natural drainage and heavy rain created this pond.
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Climbs can weep for a while after heavy rain, but the rock away from the natural drainage lines dries quickly.
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Massive soil erosion and disruption of the natural drainage pattern destroyed the land's productivity.
■ NOUN
canal
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From Imperial Beach to Oceanside, drainage canals are being cleaned earlier and with extra attention.
channel
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On the north-east corner is the cellar, complete with winter bee boles and a drainage channel out to the moat.
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The people of the Middle Ages inherited sea-walls and drainage channels which had survived from the Roman occupation.
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But these were hardly distinguishable from drainage channels , having none of the features that we associate with canals.
ditch
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Farm drainage ditches ensure that water runs directly into streams rather than being filtered through the soil.
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A drainage ditch , for example, has an impact far beyond itself.
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Much of it is below sea level and only innumerable drainage ditches prevent it from reverting to its natural state.
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A drainage ditch around them would probably do more good than anything else.
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Many drainage ditches are, however, fringed with reeds.
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At one stage the whole congregation went outside to see where the drainage ditch would be sited.
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Bear right to cross the drainage ditch by the stone bridge.
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Puzzling over this, I nearly miss a water rail which scuttles off down a drainage ditch towards the loch of Westsandwick.
land
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She works with Caleb Garth on a project of land drainage and cottage building.
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In fact, the technocrats of land drainage are heirs to one of the oldest forms of organized local government.
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The problem has been compounded by other factors, including increased water abstraction and land drainage .
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These criticisms have often been the crux of the public case against land drainage .
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Subsequent work included canal and river navigation, land drainage , and harbour projects, as well as a brief venture into canal contracting.
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It helped set in motion renewed enthusiasm for tree clearance in upland catchment areas as yet another aspect of the land drainage solution.
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Much of the land drainage quoted above for Cantal may be associated with remembrement.
pipe
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Gas and drainage pipes had broken as a result of the settlement and there was a risk of further breaks.
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They donned black armbands mourning the cattails and circulated petitions to have the offending drainage pipe removed.
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I then decided to try putting the plants in a piece of plastic drainage pipe .
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On top of a neck the diameter of a drainage pipe was a head with a totally expressionless moonlike face.
problem
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There is rarely a drainage problem with paths, as there sometimes is with patios.
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The newly crowned King decided something had finally to be done about the drainage problems of Teske.
project
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Together with Thames Water, it's just finished a £350,000 drainage project for the Middleton Road area.
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But that did not stop the drainage project .
scheme
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In addition they must pay heavy rates for the major drainage schemes .
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Farmers are looking for free drainage schemes and for ways of selling their land to us.
system
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The drainage system over some sections of route has had to be refurbished or renewed.
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Now the natural drainage systems are incised 20 feet below the surrounding landscape.
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A urinary catheter had been inserted and was draining into a sealed drainage system .
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Bob carried out immediate treatment and reassured the client that the infestation would not recur because the drainage system had been replaced.
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To him the deposits of the migrating Po drainage system will appear to be synchronous.
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The aim is to improve the drainage system .
■ VERB
improve
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Last year an attempt was made to improve the drainage to stop flooding and reduce erosion.
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They hope these wells will improve drainage and safety on the roadway, which has been subject to periodic closures.
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The two together make poor, dry soil more moisture-retentive, and improve the drainage in heavy soils.
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In Jakarta, the government gives squatters title to their plots in return for help in building footpaths and improving drainage .
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The aim is to improve the drainage system.
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Marketed as blocks of pure coir or as loose compost mixed with additives to improve drainage .
provide
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Their use in malignant strictures provides immediate drainage , avoiding the early complications encountered with plastic stents.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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drainage ditches
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About 80 percent of the drainage goes to a treatment plant and about 20 percent flows to these waterways.
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And where proven strength and reliability are called for, clay drainage is its own guarantee.
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Farm drainage ditches ensure that water runs directly into streams rather than being filtered through the soil.
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Gas and drainage pipes had broken as a result of the settlement and there was a risk of further breaks.
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Much of it is below sea level and only innumerable drainage ditches prevent it from reverting to its natural state.
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The drainage system over some sections of route has also had to be refurbished or renewed.
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There were no drainage ditches here, the shoulders too abrupt, the slope too precipitous, to collect water.
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Together with Thames Water, it's just finished a £350,000 drainage project for the Middleton Road area.