noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a high sugar/salt/fibre etc content
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Red meat tends to have a high fat content.
fibre optics
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fibre optic cables
glass fibre
moral fibre British English , moral fiber American English (= the emotional strength to do what is right )
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Single parents are sometimes treated as though they lack moral fibre.
optical fibre
synthetic fibres/materials/fabrics
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dietary
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Fresh fruit, for instance, being mainly water, provides only a dilute form of dietary fibre .
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In this we reveal the number of calories and the quantity of dietary fibre present in the useful canned and packaged foods.
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The role played by dietary fibre is of importance to this compartmentalisation because it binds bile acids.
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The foods which we are advised to eat in greater quantities arc those supplying dietary fibre .
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It seems strange that this great surge of medical interest in dietary fibre should have occurred only in the past decade.
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This intriguing finding from the surveys led medical researchers to investigations into a whole new aspect of dietary fibre .
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But dietary fibre provides nothing of use in this way.
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You are, you see, still consuming a very high percentage of dietary fibre .
high
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Breakfast each day consists of high fibre cereals with skimmed milk and a Vitamin C enriched orange drink.
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Team it with high fibre beans, bread or pasta and you have a supper or lunch dish of real potential.
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Plant proteins also have the advantage of being low in fat and high in fibre .
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It is also low in fact and high in fibre .
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It made no pretence of catering to faddish tastes like vegetarianism or high fibre diets.
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The proliferative zone, however, was expanded in the distal colon of the higher fibre diet fed rats.
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It's no lower in calories, but it's higher in fibre and unrefined carbohydrates.
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Two further patients could not tolerate the high fibre diet and the remaining three defaulted for no apparent reason.
low
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These diets are now frowned upon by many medical experts because of their low fibre content.
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At postmortem, the low fibre diet rats had more abnormalities and tumours of body tissue than the higher fibre diet rats.
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Even when he was trying to be a criminal, the low moral fibre shone through.
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Three rats in the low fibre diet group suffered from middle ear infections and were removed from the study.
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Conversely, a low fibre diet did not lead to changes in cellular proliferation which might be associated with mucosal instability.
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It has a low fibre content and a low portion weight, so its fibre contribution to the average diet is negligible.
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It is largely because the bran is stripped from white flour that our Western diet has become low in natural fibre content.
moral
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But now I shall leave you with one final anecdote which impinges on both issues of morale and moral fibre .
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Even when he was trying to be a criminal, the low moral fibre shone through.
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The Zeitgeist has proved more powerful than her own undoubted moral fibre and the historical influence of her own Church and family.
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Some people believe that the effect of the Zeitgeist is invariably to weaken moral fibre and signal the downfall of the nation.
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The problem does not arise merely through lack of moral fibre .
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It isn't just lack of moral fibre which leads to a rising divorce rate.
natural
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Although it is a natural fibre , it tends not to weather well.
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Fresh water rotted natural fibre , while seawater preserved it.
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Hair is a marvellous natural fibre - you could almost compare it to pure silk thread.
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The reason is that fruit juices are simply fruit stripped of its natural fibre content.
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And yet many foods are now refined to such an extent that the natural fibre has been removed.
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It is largely because the bran is stripped from white flour that our Western diet has become low in natural fibre content.
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It feels like a natural fibre yet has all the advantages of a modern synthetic material.
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A Ramie is a natural , linen-type fibre that gives fabric a most attractive slub finish.
new
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They were given a grandstand view of how the world's first new man-made fibre for 30 years is manufactured.
optical
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It also explains why it is virtually certain that Britain's main trunk lines will rely on optical fibre .
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You will also need a length of optical fibre .
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An optical fibre uses total internal reflection to carry a light beam over long distance and around corners.
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It is interesting to examine the optical fibre before using it in the communications system.
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IskraTEL specialists are currently laying optical fibre cables to connect the city's exchanges.
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Next came an all-optical experiment using an optical fibre as nonlinear medium { 32 }, demonstrating 12 and chaos.
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The obstacle to optical fibre communication is lift loss due to impurities in the glass.
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It is not the purpose here to explain exactly how an optical fibre works in terms of total internal reflection.
synthetic
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A synthetic fibre with a foam or waffle backing is best.
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The extra strength of synthetic fibre allows Evergreen to spin finer yarns with efficiency.
■ NOUN
carbon
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The canopy, which hinges forwards, is made of flat sheets of poly-carbonate, framed with carbon fibre for stiffness.
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The body is aluminium and carbon fibre , and the chassis is glued together for extra fly-away lightness.
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These carbon fibre rollers are used by firms manufacturing machines for a variety of uses including films, textiles and paper.
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They are made by winding resin-laced strands of carbon fibre round a mandrel and then curing in an oven.
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One of them big mining companies did it, only they used carbon fibre .
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These chitin fibres are embedded in matrix materials, making the wall material like a carbon fibre composite.
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And because the body is made from light carbon fibre , the result is a staggering 380 brake horsepower per ton.
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The architects say the carbon fibre structure is a design for the nineties.
content
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Our existing nutritional labelling gives a full description of sugar, fat and fibre content .
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They have proved beneficial for plants partly because of their cotton fibre content , which lends moisture.
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These diets are now frowned upon by many medical experts because of their low fibre content .
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The reason is that fruit juices are simply fruit stripped of its natural fibre content .
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Gain all the well-established health advantages of eating meals high in dietary fibre content .
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No need to weigh these fruits; day-to-day variations will tend to balance out the calorie and fibre content .
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A reduced fibre content of the diet on its own might be an important contributor to the development of colonic cancer.
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It has a low fibre content and a low portion weight, so its fibre contribution to the average diet is negligible.
diet
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The proliferative zone, however, was expanded in the distal colon of the higher fibre diet fed rats.
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Two further patients could not tolerate the high fibre diet and the remaining three defaulted for no apparent reason.
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At postmortem, the low fibre diet rats had more abnormalities and tumours of body tissue than the higher fibre diet rats.
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He had a high fibre diet and plenty of exercise.
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After a week or so of this high fibre diet , your constipation should ease and your normal bowel habits return.
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Three rats in the low fibre diet group suffered from middle ear infections and were removed from the study.
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Conversely, a low fibre diet did not lead to changes in cellular proliferation which might be associated with mucosal instability.
glass
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His flying saucer, however, is made of glass fibre and runs on compressed air.
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During the summer, he had insulated the roof by filling the areas between the joists with glass fibre wool.
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Rockwool mineral wool in blanket form is an effective alternative to glass fibre .
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The handles are made from nylon-reinforced glass fibre for extra strength.
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Left: Typical of the rigid frame using glass fibre tubing on the earlier steerable deltas is seen on this example.
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Below: The range of glass fibre tubing, in this case moulded in various colours.
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It must be borne in mind that more copper equates to more adhesive holding the copper foil on to the glass fibre panel.
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Leak-Fix seals leaks in tanks made of steel, copper, lead, aluminium and glass fibre .
intake
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Those allowing themselves 1,500 calories daily might reach a fibre intake of 50g daily.
optics
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Measuring current with light Another area of activity for King's is in fibre optics .
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DONs can be a fast way of establishing links between major conurbations, often by means of fibre optics .
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The DoI runs a mass of schemes to support research in particular areas, ranging from robots to fibre optics .
■ VERB
eat
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Many people know they should be cutting down on fat and eating more fibre .
use
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Next came an all-optical experiment using an optical fibre as nonlinear medium { 32 }, demonstrating 12 and chaos.
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Left: Typical of the rigid frame using glass fibre tubing on the earlier steerable deltas is seen on this example.
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Now I've started using coconut fibre which is a peat substitute.
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All the modules are linked using a redundant fibre optic cable.
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One of the projects close to commercial realisation uses optical fibre to sense a current flowing in a conductor.
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But others are concerned that the telecommunications industry may be rushing to use novel types of fibre before the technology is proven.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Courtaulds España produces 62,000 tonnes of acrylic fibre a year.
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Every tiny fragment of fibre , denim and leather was picked up and dropped in the bags.
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It is difficult to join monomode fibre because the tiny cores must be accurately aligned.
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The sample is trapped from a large volume of solution on to a coated fibre .
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This intriguing finding from the surveys led medical researchers to investigations into a whole new aspect of dietary fibre .