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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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on
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Human beings have encroached on almost every part of the world.
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And the scaffolding that surrounded the dress circle has now encroached on to the stage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But even there, modernity has encroached.
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Fourthly, a successful terminal at Stratford would inevitably and inexorably encroach on the Lea Valley regional park and reduce leisure facilities.
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His knapsack was so big that it proved a useful weapon in knocking encroaching sunbathers off his collection of sun loungers.
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It is possible that the deletion is encroaching upon an important part of the protein and altering the conformation of the complex.
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One was the simple protection of individual rights against an encroaching state, the basic defence of rights in the liberal tradition.
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Poachers, illegal loggers and encroaching farmers are active everywhere across the sprawling archipelago.
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The law stipulates that a monument can not interfere or encroach upon an existing memorial.
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This is the chalk of the plains, although it encroaches upon the slopes, most notably in the northern Montagne.