adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an interesting/fascinating subject
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Fame is a fascinating subject.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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They seemed to find the place as fascinating as we did, luckily.
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The real events, though, are just as fascinating .
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The search for details of buildings now gone is as fascinating as that of the discovery of features of those that remain.
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Nige is as fascinating as the average chap in the pub!
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This unseen woman was almost as fascinating to Cleo as Jeopardy himself.
most
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But possibly the most fascinating of Kumana's birds nests on the water itself.
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Perhaps one of the most fascinating places is Melton Constable in north Norfolk.
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For some, this is the most fascinating aspect of the game.
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Yet it is a most fascinating book.
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Sunday will be kept free for you to enjoy the sights of one of the world's most fascinating cities.
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And perhaps of all the elements that can be used in a garden, water is the most fascinating .
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Mr and Mrs Lugt were to put together one of the most fascinating collections of the next sixty years.
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The earliest building is a mid-nineteenth-century workhouse and the most fascinating is the rotunda ward block, built in 1885.
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The list of possible differences is quite fascinating .
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I found the authors' expert discussion of the role of the electroweak force in promoting optical activity in biopolymers quite fascinating .
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As an extreme example of the Breakthrough Phenomenon, the scourge of hi-jacking is quite fascinating .
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Your issue today is quite fascinating .
so
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What was it about the station that was so fascinating ?
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It was easy to understand why Jenny found him so fascinating .
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This is what is so fascinating about playing with them.
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What was so fascinating about him that they had to make themselves a nuisance around him?
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Yet this love, so compelling, so fascinating as it grew despite everything, had been leading to destruction.
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What is so fascinating is that maybe the medieval artists were just as ignorant of Latin.
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First, it's hard to stop oneself looking at the scene, it's so fascinating .
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aspect
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For some, this is the most fascinating aspect of the game.
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Perception is the most tricky and the most fascinating aspect of the mind.
city
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The afternoon is then yours to explore this fascinating city .
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Salzburg is a fascinating city too, and the guided tour is by far the best way to get your initial bearings.
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By contrast, San Francisco was a fascinating city of charm and not a little culture.
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Sunday will be kept free for you to enjoy the sights of one of the world's most fascinating cities .
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And a morning was not nearly long enough to explore the friendly and fascinating city .
collection
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A fascinating collection of historical toys, books and costumes, appealing to both adults and children.
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Just a fraction of the fascinating collection sold by Christie's.
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This consists of a fascinating collection of rural bygones, as well as a complete cobbler's shop and wheelwright's.
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Mr and Mrs Lugt were to put together one of the most fascinating collections of the next sixty years.
glimpse
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This approach also gives us fascinating glimpses of the fallibility of great scientists.
insight
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The inviolable Gedge formed character traits as a child that give a fascinating insight into his later life.
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Irrespective of their original function, these historical documents now provide us with many fascinating insights into the way we were.
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A visitor centre provides a fascinating insight into this traditional farming method.
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Nevertheless, it does contain much revealing information about operatic fees and fascinating insights into the negotiations that surrounded them.
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A special collection of local memorabilia offer a fascinating insight into Nottingham's industrial heritage.
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It offers fascinating insight into the history of machine as well as hand made lace.
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The world's only Museum of Mazes gives a fascinating insight into their 5000 year history.
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The Pople conference of 1990 produced some fascinating insights into current work.
place
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Without your support many fascinating places would otherwise be lost for present and future generations to enjoy.
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Perhaps one of the most fascinating places is Melton Constable in north Norfolk.
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Paris is a fascinating place , one of the best in the world, and it is frightening New York a lot.
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It was a fascinating place , of course.
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However, Ingleborough has much more than just an impressive outline; geologically it is a fascinating place .
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This is why convents are such fascinating places .
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Malham Tarn is a fascinating place .
reading
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He also has a collection of Rentokil news letters going back to his early days which made for fascinating reading after dinner.
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Its Report was published in 1867 and makes fascinating reading .
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And, whether you are at the communication source or its destination, this book proves fascinating reading .
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After much debate and fascinating reading , the panel drew up its final list of the first set of National Certificate prizewinners.
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SemperFidelis I found the roundtable on fidelity fascinating reading , but intensely depressing as well.
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Those invited to lecture at Cambridge represented all types of prophets and the collection makes fascinating reading .
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The editorial panel's interview with Sir Jeremy Morse made fascinating reading in February.
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The Commissioners' annual reports make fascinating reading .
story
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Borwick has a ghost and many fascinating stories and traditions.
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These old Lincolnshire farmhouses, especially the derelict ones, tell a fascinating story of farming life in more ancient times.
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Now you have the opportunity to visit the National Horseracing Museum to explore this fascinating story .
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It is an exciting and fascinating story and one which the visitor to excavated Pompeii seems to re-live.
subject
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Why this has happened I am not competent to say, but it could be a fruitful and fascinating subject for research.
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Why we eat what we do and how much we eat of any particular food is a fascinating subject .
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Then I began on custom and practice - a fascinating subject , because so much depends on precedent rather than formal agreements.
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Heraldry is a fascinating subject , one to which aviation enthusiasts are naturally drawn.
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For some, the Krays have become a fascinating subject .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
make (for) interesting/fascinating/compelling etc reading
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A glance at the provisions of the Convention makes interesting reading .
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He also has a collection of Rentokil news letters going back to his early days which made for fascinating reading after dinner.
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His observations may make interesting reading .
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In the context of the £33 million earmarked for 20 City Technology Colleges, that figure makes interesting reading .
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Its Report was published in 1867 and makes fascinating reading .
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The guidance, when it appears, should make interesting reading .
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The report I commissioned on you makes for interesting reading .
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This, unlike the first one, makes interesting reading , and is referred to continually.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a fascinating woman
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Alice Thornton's autobiography provides a fascinating account of family life in seventeenth-century England.
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It's fascinating to imagine what might have happened if the US had stayed out of World War II.
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It was a fascinating painting, with clever use of colour and light.
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It was easy to understand why Denise found Chris so fascinating .
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London is one of the most exciting and fascinating cities in the world.
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Nathan Bryce was the most handsome, fascinating , and ruthless man she had ever met.
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Singapore's exotic mix of cultures - mostly Chinese, Indian, and Malay - makes it a fascinating holiday destination.
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The programme focuses on the fascinating story of Mary Shelley, the woman who, at just 18, wrote the horror masterpiece Frankenstein.
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The Scottish Craft Centre has a fascinating range of pottery, jewellery and textiles for sale.
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We went round Chesmore Zoo the other day and found it fascinating .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even so, when applied to yesterday's polls the program yields fascinating - not to say hair-raising - results.
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More important, she found it fascinating to put Monsieur de Levantiére's advice into practice.
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Nevertheless, this remains a fascinating recital.
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On the other hand, it was certainly a fascinating building.
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The afternoon is then yours to explore this fascinating city.
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The farmhouse is a welcoming, fascinating building in which past and present happily coexist.
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The student should look out for them and make a mental note of their fascinating and beautiful effect.