verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb's membership expires/lapses (= it comes to an end )
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We will send you a letter when your membership is about to expire.
sb's visa expires/runs out (= it ends )
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I had 14 days to leave the country because my visa had expired.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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agreement
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That agreement is about to expire .
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Tomorrow, talks are scheduled to begin on a new musicians contract to replace the collective bargaining agreement that expired Friday.
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This agreement will expire in March 1987, and it has been decided not to renew it.
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The old agreement expired October 28.
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The agreements expired in 1992 and were not renewed, because they afforded the kind of protection banned under international trade agreements.
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The temporary funding agreement expires at the end of the week.
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The two companies' original three-year joint-venture agreement is expiring .
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The bad news is that the current basic agreement expires Oct. 31.
authority
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The authority will expire at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 1994.
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The settlement put a Dec. 31 deadline on meeting conditions of the agreement or the purchasing authority would expire .
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Both these authorities expire on the date of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
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That authority will expire at the end of this year's Annual General Meeting and Resolution 9 seeks a renewal of it.
contract
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They are the only members of the first-team squad whose contracts expire at the end of the season.
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The February crude contract expires Monday after Nymex floor trading ends.
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Well, the answer is that my contract expires after six more commercials.
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His contract expires at the end of this season, and there should be more than a few teams interested.
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Despite calls for his head, Taylor yesterday pledged to stay on until his contract expires after the World Cup in 1994.
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He moved his family to Beverly Hills in 1919 and made twelve pictures before the contract expired .
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A fixed-term contract naturally expires at the end of the contract period.
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The contracts are due to expire in July, and a decision on the new three-year contracts are due in the spring.
end
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They are the only members of the first-team squad whose contracts expire at the end of the season.
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A restriction that he refrain from counseling women will expire at the end of this month.
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You will be required to vacate the land on six months notice expiring at the end of any month. 5.
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His contract expires at the end of this season, and there should be more than a few teams interested.
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A fixed-term contract naturally expires at the end of the contract period.
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His contract there was due to expire at the end of this month.
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His cooling-off period does not expire until the end of seven days following the acceptance.
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The temporary funding agreement expires at the end of the week.
lease
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This set me up so that, when the lease expired , I found backers to move one.
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Several of the leases are set to expire this year.
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The term of the lease is limited to expire in 2015.
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And when the lease expires , their flats become the landlord's property.
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The reader does not disclose the term of the original lease which expired on 25 March 1991.
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It closed only last Christmas, when the lease expired .
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The lease has now expired and a compulsory purchase order has been placed.
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As the original lease had expired , a new Committee was appointed to consider how best to make the garden viable.
midnight
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The offer expired at midnight yesterday as scheduled.
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The bills would replace a temporary spending bill that expires at midnight Friday.
month
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Gullit's lucrative contract expires next month and he has yet to agree another one.
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The company said it expects between one-half to two-thirds of eligible workers to accept the offer, which expires later this month .
offer
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Shah made a counter offer , which expired last night, with a £1m premium.
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The offer expired at midnight yesterday as scheduled.
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The offer expires on Feb. 1.
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The offer expired at 12: 00 midnight, New York City time, on August 30, 2000.
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The company said it expects between one-half to two-thirds of eligible workers to accept the offer , which expires later this month.
period
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The payment had originally been due on April 1 but the Toronto-based company had a grace period which expired on Thursday.
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The state had 30 days to appeal, a period that expired this week.
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Unless the Commission extends this period , parties may conclude a merger after the three week period has expired .
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Yet he can still play for his former club while he waits for the clearing period to expire .
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Apply before the first priority period has expired .
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By the time this letter is published, the Faculty examination consultation period will have expired .
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His cooling-off period does not expire until the end of seven days following the acceptance.
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In such circumstances the seller is not entitled to refuse delivery unless the agreed period has already expired .
tax
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The matured loan notes can be rolled over indefinitely until the tax liability expires .
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The tax expired last Dec. 31, a casualty of a congressional budget impasse in Washington.
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The current tax expires next October.
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With the tax expired , most airlines also have cut their fares accordingly.
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A tax break also expired for hiring young people, certain veterans and other targeted groups, according to Woolf.
term
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Sartzetakis's term was due to expire on March 30.
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Polanco's office said the Senate majority leader will instead fulfill his term , which expires in 2002.
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His current four-year term expires next year.
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He has scheduled a phony parliamentary election for October 15, and his own term expires next year.
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One day, Cyprian called for new elections for steward, even though the old terms had not expired .
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In return he would be allowed to continue in office, with his term not due to expire until 1996.
time
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The allotted air time had expired .
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The 70 day time limit had expired , and the prosecutor sought an extension of time, which was refused.
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In time honoured tradition, the players returned well after the curfew time had expired .
year
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The numbers of tenancies expiring each year are approximately equal.
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His current four-year term expires next year .
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He has scheduled a phony parliamentary election for October 15, and his own term expires next year .
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Several of the leases are set to expire this year .
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The sentences of many of them had expired 17 years ago.
years
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The sentences of many of them had expired 17 years ago.
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And rents, mostly above-market rates currently, could fall once leases begin to expire in coming years .
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Those compacts expire after 10 years .
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schedule
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Approval for the money is scheduled to expire by the end of March unless the committee acts.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I'm afraid we can't accept this credit card -- it expired last week.
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My driver's license expires on October 12.
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She retired six months before her contract expired.
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The chairman's term of office expires at the end of March.
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Your passport will expire ten years from the issue date.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Between 1775 and 1800, when their patent expired, 321 steam-engines were built.
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In the natural scheme of things, Glover should have expired on the day Johnson was born.
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The government is now operating under a temporary measure, or continuing resolution, that expires at the end of next week.
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The offer expires on Feb. 1.
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Unless the Commission extends this period, parties may conclude a merger after the three week period has expired.