noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
accelerated
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It is this which has resulted in accelerated erosion .
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We infer that they accumulated during periods of accelerated soil erosion .
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For agriculture, the most significant result of accelerated soil erosion is a reduction in productivity.
coastal
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Waxholme is on the coast and suffers badly from coastal erosion .
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Exact positions of the 120 pegs will depend on the state of the beach due to the recent coastal erosion .
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In 1816 the old church at Owthorne finally succumbed to the coastal erosion and its remnants disappeared into the sea.
further
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Labour committee chairman Jim Skinner said he would be concerned by any further erosion of rail services.
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This led to a further erosion of sectional loyalties.
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Our goals are safety, income and to halt further erosion of principal.
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Dole aides denied that he was being kept under wraps to prevent further erosion in his support.
gradual
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Furthermore, long-standing untreated gonorrhoea and syphilis cause joint swelling and inflammation with the gradual erosion of complete joints in severe cases.
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The condition is characterized by spinal cysts and the gradual erosion of spinal nerves.
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Hence, since the late 1960s there has been a gradual erosion of the line between sales promotion and advertising.
marine
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Coasts shaped by marine erosion . 2.
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A series of such oscillations, aided perhaps by marine erosion , is probably an important cause of island formation.
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A second contrast between subaerial and marine erosion is to be found in the relative importance of erosion and deposition.
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Thus the coastline receives not only the products of marine erosion but also the waste derived from subaerial erosion.
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Finally, it must be pointed out that the recession of a coastline is not merely the result of marine erosion .
serious
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In fact, many of the occasional desert rainfalls are very light and incapable of any serious erosion .
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Reliable eyewitness reports of actual events, when embedded in such a list, suffered a serious erosion of credibility.
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Many of these areas also suffer from extremely serious soil erosion , although reports and impressions seem to differ.
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We must expect that asteroids in this size range would have suffered serious erosion of their regolith.
severe
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Possibly more than half the soils in the semi-arid regions are subject to severe erosion .
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The makeshift trails that grow deeper and wider each day cause severe erosion and destroy valuable watershed, she said.
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Acid rain has caused such severe erosion of the Sierra del Mar that the entire mountainside could slide down on to Cubatoa.
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Accordingly these areas are heavily used and subject to severe environment erosion .
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Currents of the velocity quoted above are obviously capable of severe erosion and considerable transport.
significant
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A significant erosion of household wealth could accentuate a slowdown.
steady
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The next four decades saw a slow but fairly steady erosion of royal power.
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The increase would arrest a steady erosion that had cut the budget by almost half since the mid 1980s.
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They believe the Bush administration's promise of steady deficit erosion , in co-operation with Congress, is being more systematically derailed.
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But the steady emotional erosion , the sleeplessness, the manic anxiety I can not pretend about or minimize.
■ NOUN
problem
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Three different ways can be identified in which piecemeal improvements to the conceptualisation of the soil erosion problem have been transcended.
rate
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It might well be more prudent to think of climatic influences on forms and erosion rates rather than climatically dominated landforms.
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This shows that slope form and soil moisture status are particularly influential in determining erosion rates .
soil
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Without the trees, soil erosion in the area accelerated rapidly.
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Poor farming methods have contributed to increased soil erosion .
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At this point the discussion shifts to the question of ideology in assessing the importance of soil erosion .
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Is soil erosion really a problem?
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Constructing rows of turbines in strategic areas could reduce soil erosion and help to phase out the use of wood for fuel.
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The main purpose of the list is to illustrate complexity and variety of political-economic and physical circumstances of soil erosion .
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This quotation is one of the very few places in his work where he actually mentions soil erosion .
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In conclusion, there is a wide variety of social and physical contexts of soil erosion .
wind
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The work of wind erosion is therefore very limited.
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Geological features ground out by ancient glaciers are seen overlaid by the scars of recent wind erosion .
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A minor effect of wind erosion is the formation of faceted and polished pebbles.
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Somewhat softened by wind erosion , the surface none the less looked more like the lunar highlands than like anything on Earth.
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Planetary scientists believe it is most likely the product of wind erosion .
■ VERB
cause
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Acid rain has caused such severe erosion of the Sierra del Mar that the entire mountainside could slide down on to Cubatoa.
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The external heat drives the atmosphere and the oceans and causes the erosion of mountains and the reduction of rock to sediment.
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The analysis must start therefore in areas which initially may seem remote from the physical processes which directly cause degradation and erosion .
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The makeshift trails that grow deeper and wider each day cause severe erosion and destroy valuable watershed, she said.
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Apart from damage caused by trampling and erosion , more widespread and long-lasting degradation can occur as a result of recreation activities.
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Now encryption will cause the erosion of the current corporate monopoly on expertise and proprietary knowledge.
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The storm dumped up to 18 inches of snow on the North Shore, but caused little flooding or erosion .
increase
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The result is a tendency to increase the amount of erosion on the coast.
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Poor farming methods have contributed to increased soil erosion .
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As the volume increased , the erosion of the canyon accelerated and widened.
lead
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Repeated involvement in meetings leads to progressive erosion of the personality traits of the disease.
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It was the quickness of the changes in water flow during previous operations of the dam that led to the most erosion .
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Unemployment, the collapse of the housing market and changes in population trends have led to an erosion of famous traits.
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Vomiting can lead to dental erosion and gastrointestinal reflux.
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Trampling of vegetation is one of the most widespread environmentally degrading repercussions of recreation and can also lead to excessive soil erosion .
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Such a veto would be difficult to defend internationally and could well lead to an uncontrollable erosion of the sanctions regime.
prevent
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The government has, alas, enclosed some of the mountain streams in concrete banks to prevent land erosion .
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The idea was to prevent erosion and enrich the soil.
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They also harbour wildlife and help prevent soil erosion .
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Dole aides denied that he was being kept under wraps to prevent further erosion in his support.
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More trees are being planted for timber and to prevent soil erosion .
reduce
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Last year an attempt was made to improve the drainage to stop flooding and reduce erosion .
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Besides discussing ducks, the report also will look at reducing erosion , increasing oxygen levels and improving fishing.
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Another interesting option is the use of wind turbines as windbreaks to reduce wind speed and erosion .
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Constructing rows of turbines in strategic areas could reduce soil erosion and help to phase out the use of wood for fuel.
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The latter were constructed to both conserve moisture and to reduce soil erosion and occur on slopes as steep as 25°.
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Hence sustainable agriculture could replace unsustainable agriculture, reducing the impact of erosion and flooding on downstream agricultural areas.
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The techniques refer to new or modified agricultural practices to reduce soil degradation and erosion .
result
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It is this which has resulted in accelerated erosion .
suffer
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Waxholme is on the coast and suffers badly from coastal erosion .
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Reliable eyewitness reports of actual events, when embedded in such a list, suffered a serious erosion of credibility.
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We must expect that asteroids in this size range would have suffered serious erosion of their regolith.
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Any particular location may have collected sediment for part of the time, but suffered erosion the rest of the time.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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soil erosion
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the erosion of civil liberties
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the erosion of our beaches
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Erosion or accretion of sand by wind action is evident throughout and soil genesis is truncated by erosion or fossilised by deposition.
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Although the increase in rainfall would aid irrigation, it would add to the problems of soil erosion and nutrient leaching.
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But the networks have scrambled to keep them on the air for another year in an attempt to stem audience erosion .
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Constructing rows of turbines in strategic areas could reduce soil erosion and help to phase out the use of wood for fuel.
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Regulators say that although the erosion does not pose an immediate risk, they are concerned about its long-term safety implications.
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The condition is characterized by spinal cysts and the gradual erosion of spinal nerves.
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These movements and earlier erosion have tended to obscure Mesozoic and Paleozoic structures.