noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a charity event (= one organized to collect money for a charity )
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She spoke at a charity event in aid of famine relief.
a sports event
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Is this country able to stage a major sports event?
an exceptional event
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If an exceptional event occurs, such as the death of a family member, you can ask for the court case to be postponed.
chance meeting/encounter/event etc
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A chance meeting with a journalist changed everything.
festival events
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Many of the festival events are already sold out.
field event
forthcoming events
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Keep an eye on the noticeboards for forthcoming events .
in case of emergency/in the event of an emergency (= if there is an emergency )
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The fire-exit doors should only be opened in case of emergency.
in the unlikely event of sth (= if something which is unlikely happens )
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In the unlikely event of an accident, the system will automatically shut down.
isolated incident/case/event
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Police say that last week’s protest was an isolated incident.
Momentous events
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Momentous events are taking place in the US.
sequence of events
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the sequence of events leading up to the war
sporting events
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one of the major sporting events of the year
the happy event (= the birth of your child )
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When’s the happy event ?
three-day event
track event
unforeseen circumstances/events/changes etc
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Due to unforeseen circumstances , the play has been cancelled.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
annual
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Like the Founder's Day Service, this too has developed into an impressive annual event .
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Its big annual event in Dade County, a banquet honoring the judiciary, just made me impatient.
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The village atmosphere is kept alive by an annual May Day event and tree and bulb planting schemes.
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Funds raised in the third annual charity event will go toward research and new examination and treatment areas.
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With the success of these first Championships, the organisers are hoping Blackbird Leys will become an annual event .
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Last year, there were 450 people at the annual event .
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During the war these readings were an annual event , and she became a close friend.
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Its success has spawned an annual event , drawing more than 40, 000 people.
big
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It was the Carling tournament at Royal Birkdale, a big event with a great deal of money as first prize.
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Its big annual event in Dade County, a banquet honoring the judiciary, just made me impatient.
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That was a really exciting moment, I felt as though I'd come from nowhere to a big event .
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The concerts, held in the evening, were a big family event .
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He had relegated the match to part of a bigger event as he thought people wanted more entertainment.
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It's important in small conferences where there are limited numbers moving slowly, but for bigger events it's absolutely crucial.
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The race is the biggest single spectator event in the country and attracts more than two hundred thousand fans.
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But first, with news of two big sporting events looming, here's Tim.
dramatic
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At the Kleiber household in Poplar, these dramatic events passed unnoticed: Ernest and Rosie had more important matters in mind.
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As is often the case with dissertations, mine dealt with dramatic events but was abstract, academic, and lifeless.
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This is the backcloth to the dramatic events that were soon to follow.
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This represents a dramatic turn of events in presidential politics.
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I predicted that a dramatic event would soon strike at the heart of the Royal Family.
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But the most dramatic event was probably the 4-minute landing.
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For Sonny, those dramatic events are less than a blur.
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The dramatic events of Black Wednesday leave little chance of avoiding a quick revival of inflationary pressure.
important
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As in all the important events in Modigliani's life, there are differing versions of the story.
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This inclusion should be shaped into a historical retraining of important events .
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So why is it acknowledged that the Geneva Motor Show is the most important event in the automotive calendar?
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In the past, comets were feared harbingers of important historical events , including invasions and major disasters.
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One very important event in London was his marriage to Anne Bamford.
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The development of printing was one of the most important events in the making of our modern world.
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All the while important geophysical events were unrelenting.
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First of all it is difficult for nomads to gather at one place so important events are made to coincide.
major
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Find something to look forward to; it does not have to be a major event .
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It is a great interactive way to find out what major events happened this century.
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In the past, the publication of such a book would have been a major professional event .
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Denver was seen at many major events in the Monterey area.
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This process is repeated over and over again in relation to major and minor events throughout the family life-cycle.
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The prime seats in the San Jose Arena are already sold out for the major events .
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One channel will be a subscription service, mainly feature films and major sporting events .
other
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I went to Brighton and saw for myself the absence of most of the top players due to other events taking place.
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For the while the war went on. Other issues and events now came to complicate events.
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In each case, the subject was reporting which other event a particular experience was synchronous with.
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There are other events for women only.
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The Ritz winter league and other events on the ice-bound River Ancholme were cancelled.
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The Society plans to meet twice a year, with the possibility of matches and other events being organised, subject to demand.
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Turn to our Race Series details on page 78 for other events to try.
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Some other cellular event was involved, but its nature remained obscure and unexplained for another 30 years.
political
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The military and political events of 1939-1945.
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A source familiar with Philip Morris said the firm usually invites subcontractors to its political events .
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But again political events were overtaking the scheme and bringing in their wake a radical reshaping of the whole programme.
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But even this sad circumstance was overshadowed for me by political events of the week.
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At that point, she concluded it was a political event and decided not to attend.
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We have to make our own political events on the streets and stay in control of them.
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The second and opposing view treats political events as the result of forces inherent in human nature.
recent
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Given the recent events in Orkney and elsewhere, promoting social work as a caring profession must restore faith in its activities.
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You can not tell by recent events and prognostications.
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And recent events hadn't helped much, either.
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But recent events work against his goal.
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In illustration of this last point, a couple of examples can be taken from recent and current events .
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The conquest of air by living organisms is a relatively recent event , and one not yet completed.
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I wish to add a personal word on a subject related to recent events , in which I played a personal role.
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Though legal, recent events raise legitimate questions about the wisdom of accepting donations from permanent residents who can not vote.
social
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Funerals are not just some grim social event for retired people.
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Alumni in Concert Petra Armitage-Smith talks about a successful social and musical event .
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At first they just focused on the fun part, the social events .
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The Club's day-to-day affairs and social events carried on side by side.
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It will compare different methods of recruitment, identify opportunities for involvement and stress the importance of a programme of social events .
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The railways allowed ordinary people to visit the seaside and the country, so that natural-history excursions became social events .
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You will find details of our social events and coffee mornings in this newsletter.
special
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This vehicle now has a full school programme as well as being present at special events .
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She was the publicist for a syndicate of galleries in Soho, an impresario of special events .
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In any conference or special event there are certain essentials.
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Is it going to be baseball-only, or will it be used for holding special events ?
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Anniversaries can also be recorded in copper or pewter as a lasting reminder of a special event .
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When it was, it was a special events theater.
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Here are just a few of the courses available plus some special events and club news.
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What the Liquor Board was most interested in is what was happening with the funds generated from these special events liquor licenses.
unlikely
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For one thing, especially if the sample is relatively small, unlikely events can skew the sample.
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In the unlikely event of it surviving for three years, it becomes mutton.
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Should this unlikely event take place, she did not want to be caught looking less than her usual immaculate self.
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Except in the unlikely event that rates soon plummet, it could cost the bank up to £100m this year.
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This applies when the words are so wide that on a strict construction they cover improbable and unlikely events .
■ NOUN
charity
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Large corporations have been quick to see the financial potential in becoming involved with charity events .
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Funds raised in the third annual charity event will go toward research and new examination and treatment areas.
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I meet him regularly at charity events and we have had many a round of golf together.
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People still come to your charity events .
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Yorke, 21 today, was returning home from a charity event at 2am, the city's magistrates heard.
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David Emanuel left the world of hautecouture to take charge of the charity event at Cheltenham Ladies' College.
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The more charity events celebrities do, the greater the euphoria they experience.
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And he happily agreed to donate the pumpkin for a charity event in which contestants would guess how many seeds it contained.
■ VERB
attend
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The move will double the number of people who can attend this popular event , from 4000 to 8000.
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The couple recently attended a campaign event for freshman Rep.
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Almost 60,000 people attended last year's event .
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Live theater drew 9 percent, nearly double the 5 percent who attended sporting events .
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I also won a separate competition arranged by one of the major manufacturers attending the event - another £350.
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Buckley said previous commitments blocked him from attending some company events .
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About 1,500 young people attended the event .
happen
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This is the sort of event which happens once every 50 years on average.
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In a phenomenologically complex universe, extremely improbable events are certain to happen .
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Much though we might sometimes like it to be otherwise, events unfold as they happen .
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We might say that a probable event is one that happens in many or most possible worlds.
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Since their interest in the past was primarily moralistic, precise knowledge of actual events and when they happened was not required.
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An improbable event is one that happens only in one or a few possible worlds.
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They would certainly have thought that such events were unlikely to happen for millennia to come - if at all.
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It is a great interactive way to find out what major events happened this century.
hold
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Since it is the dinner party hosts holding the event , the whole £100 a head goes to the charity.
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Is it going to be baseball-only, or will it be used for holding special events ?
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Now they are appealing for anyone to hold fund-raising events to boost the coffers.
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By law, the costs of holding a fund-raising event are supposed to be reported as a noncash campaign contribution.
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Volunteers will be needed during the week to collect envelopes, stand with collection tins and hold money raising events .
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It's the first time we've held the event because we wanted something special for the Centenery.
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He further held that in any event the public interest did not require the institution of criminal proceedings.
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Admission is just £1 and raffles will be held during the events .
occur
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If a neutral event occurs within this time-window then it loses its neutrality.
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Another characteristic of the third period is that infants reproduce events that occur that interest them.
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Electronic mail messages are sent to the terminals of relevant users, telling them when exceptional events occur .
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Consider two events that occurred four days and an ocean apart.
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Could the events have occurred just as they are described?
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How could two 100-year events occur only 15 years apart?
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In the event of death occurring in such a case I would accept that it could be an unnatural death.
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Certainly, such events can occur .
sport
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The advantage is that you can redeem your vouchers for special deals on holidays, sporting events and theatre trips.
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Live theater drew 9 percent, nearly double the 5 percent who attended sporting events .
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Television will bring these Olympics to a larger audience than any previous sporting event .
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He said he also has five satellite dishes, meaning he can watch five sporting events at the same time.
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I have been lucky enough to see some pretty spectacular sporting events up close and personal.
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A ban on tobacco industry name-brand sponsorship of sporting events would take effect a year later.
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So, we do not let our children watch network television, except for an occasional sporting event .
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Special events such as major sporting events or concerts cost up to thirty dollars to watch.
win
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And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988.
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Lloyd Mangrum, who won the event four times, enjoyed his greatest finish in 1951.
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Her team mate Karen Bleakley won the B event .
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Last year she won the event at the World Championships. 19.
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Paul Wells had eased off by this point and was actually beaten by his brother who won the domestic event .
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Polonski, 22, won the event in 1995.
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He popped the shoulder back into place and won the event despite obvious pain.
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Bob Pereyra admits he had to work extra hard to win the luge road-racing event Saturday at Castaic.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be overtaken by events
be wise after the event
fringe group/event/issue etc
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After the uproar created by Nicholas Tolstoy over the Cossack repatriations, the fringe groups had been taken very seriously.
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Few attendees doubted that some fringe groups would respond violently.
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One girl shared her story of a fringe group, which for ten years had dominated her life.
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The remaining 5 percent aligned themselves with fringe groups such as the Natural Law, Green and Libertarian parties.
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To transform a scholarly consensus into something that appears the obsession of a disreputable fringe group requires more than accidental bias.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Joe's party was a splendid event - about 200 people were there.
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John rarely misses a sporting event in his town.
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Meeting Professor Kearney was an event which changed my life.
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Nothing we could have done would have changed the course of events.
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Our special December issue lists the most important events of the past year.
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Police are attempting to reconstruct the sequence of events on the night of the killing.
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The book discusses the events leading up to the outbreak of World War Two.
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The evening meal is a time when all the family can get together and discuss the day's events.
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The Ryder Cup is the big golfing event this month.
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The town's beer festival is an annual event .
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Tomorrow's match against Portugal is expected to be the big event of the season.
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We have a full programme of social events that take place throughout the year.
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Wimbledon is one of Britain's great sporting events.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Every Lee movie contains his signature style; all are major movie events.
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In the loop of Henle, the events are qualitatively similar to, but quantitatively different from, events during dilution.
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It was really delightful to be treated with such consideration after the events of the last week or so.
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The events that it scans during its journey are conceived as the experiences of a positive vector.
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The anniversary of the accession of George I, 1 August, was marked by an exciting event on the river.
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The observational abilities of the ancients were to have practical application beyond those of time-reckoning and attempt to predict future events.
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To my amazement, it was just about as easy and even more fun than writing about real events.