I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
erect/build/put up barriers
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Some kids have erected emotional barriers that stop them from learning.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She holds her head erect , with her blonde curls falling down her back.
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The 8-year-olds sat erect at their desks.
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The headstones were all erect and orderly.
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The magistrate sat there, stern and erect , as the charge was read out.
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The rabbit looked all around, with its ears erect .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It has a long snout, erect ears, a shiny brown coat, and a tail thick as a muff.
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She seems more erect , like a bird.
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Taking my final leave of the President, I turned toward the door, erect and with a dignified, purposeful bearing.
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The youth was tall, erect , and had disheveled blond hair.
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These stems grow erect when submersed, but grow prostrate on marshy terrain.
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They come in various shapes: erect , for instance, or conical, or rounded or with horizontal, spreading branches.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
barricade
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They erected barricades to block traffic, but these were removed following peaceful negotiations with police.
barrier
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Schools unwittingly erect a language barrier which must exclude great numbers of parents.
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The sugar program works by limiting domestic production and erecting trade barriers that keep the price of imported sugar high.
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Thus Blacks became a prime source of hostility for white unionists who set about erecting discriminatory barriers .
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Work-inhibited children have erected emotional barriers to education and, in response to demands by adults, these barriers become more impenetrable.
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Thatcher erect new barrier to monetary unity.
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Password Schemes One straight forward security solution, a password scheme, erects a first-level barrier to accidental intrusion.
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Other status groups erect less formidable barriers to entry.
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Powerful incumbent airlines found three ways to erect strategic entry barriers and consolidate their market power.
bridge
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Hugh Clopton, a mercer, erected the bridge at Stratford-upon-Avon that still bears his name.
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Now most of the monasteries have carved stairways into the stone or erected bridges to usher outsiders into their world.
building
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The architect knows only too well how devoted they become to a building once it is erected .
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Their path westwards can still be traced by the chain of distinctive buildings they erected on their way across.
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By the eleventh century a number of towns existed along the valley and important civic and ecclesiastical buildings were erected .
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In the fifth century rectangular and sunken buildings were erected over an earlier farm and its fields.
church
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Ironically, while they erected 660 churches , they closed thirty-three for every twenty-one new ones they built.
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Francis, where his body remained until I 471, when it was moved to the newly erected church dedicated to him.
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Funeral monuments continued to be erected in parish churches in all parts of the country throughout the seventeenth century.
fence
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Three men, including one called Andrew Cunningham, were brought to the surface to erect the fence .
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Buchanan wants to erect a fence on the nation Southwest border to stop illegal immigration.
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The city erected a temporary fence around the tree and postponed grading of the area.
house
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He would erect houses , she would have neighbours, Thomas would be able to play with their children.
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And an immense fire escape, erected when the house was transformed into apartments in the 1940s, decorated the front exterior.
memorial
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The black sanctuaries are burning even as the South erects memorials to the sorry chapters in its history.
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Many cities have erected similar memorials .
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In 1791 Sir Richard erected a memorial to his parents at Skelton church, near York.
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In 1891, an obelisk of Aberdeen granite was erected as a memorial in place of the headstone.
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Now the people of the town have honoured his bravery by erecting a permanent memorial .
monument
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William Arbuthnot erected a monument on the spot.
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The miners erected a monument that still stands.
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Each species of coral has its own pattern of budding and so erects its own characteristic monument .
sign
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The defendants erected an advertising sign which projected into the plaintiff's airspace by eight inches.
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But it says the area is unsafe and has erected warning signs .
site
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A school-room of brick construction was erected on the site of the ancient building in 1862.
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Following demolition, a memorial hall, named after the late member was erected on the site .
statue
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Strictly speaking, we should erect a statue to a plumber in Trafalgar Square.
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The mission: raise $ 50, 000 and erect a commemorative statue on the City Hall front lawn.
structure
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Of course, the capacity of societies with little technology but plentiful manpower to erect impressive structures can be widely illustrated.
tent
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As we erected the tent Tony became wistful again.
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And, as is customary, the families would erect a mourning tent .
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The ganja farms increased in rapid frequency, with hastily erected tents dotting the hillsides.
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Monday, the family erected a white tent of mourning outside their house in Rimal, on the outskirts of Gaza City.
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The tent will then be held to the ground while you insert the poles and erect the tent. 5.
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If it were a horse race, they might be erecting tents right now on the first turn.
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The defendant's employees erected a tent over a manhole and surrounded the tent with paraffin lamps.
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A few miles below, Southern California Edison was building a project and had erected a tent city for 140 men.
wall
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But if you erect this wall around yourself we shall be forced to throw stones.
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They argued a lot, with Tom and Frank finally erecting an invisible wall between them.
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The SinnFein posters stand rolled and erect against the wall .
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I do think we erect all sorts of walls within ourselves, profession, place, etc.
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Screens were erected on the walls .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Officials plan to erect a monument in Lindbergh's honor.
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The first lighthouse was erected on the island in 1912.
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The group hopes to erect a statue of Fleming next year.
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The tents for the fair were erected overnight.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A person who erects or installs such plant must ensure that the installation is not unsafe or a risk to health.
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After an uncomfortable journey, the fir tree was erected in a large and beautifully furnished hall.
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It's a straight forward dome tent which is quick and easy to erect - it goes up all in one.
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Let us look at what is being erected.
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Spotlights were erected around the shelves.
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The tent will then be held to the ground while you insert the poles and erect the tent. 5.
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William Arbuthnot erected a monument on the spot.