I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a final bid
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The unknown man was successful with a final bid of £9,500.
a final decision (= one that will not be changed )
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The council will make a final decision in four months.
a final exam (= at the end of a course )
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The students take their final exams in June.
a final examination (= at the end of a course )
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My final examinations take place in June.
a final/last attempt
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They made one final attempt to make their marriage work.
a final/last-ditch effort (= a last effort, when you want very much to achieve something )
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Sam took a deep breath and prepared herself for one final effort.
cup final
final approval
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The document’s final approval had to come from the Pope.
final fling
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He sees this as his final fling before he retires.
final flourish
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There’s nothing like a luxurious dessert to give a menu a final flourish .
final reckoning
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In the final reckoning , the president failed to achieve his major goals.
final salary
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Your pension is based on a proportion of your final salary.
final score
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The final score was Southampton two, Leeds United nil.
final tally
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The final tally was $465,000.
has the final say (= has the right to make the final decision about something )
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The chairman has the final say .
one final/last point
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There is one final point I would like to make.
put the final/finishing touches to sth
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Emma was putting the finishing touches to the cake.
sb's final destination ( also sb's ultimate destination formal )
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At around 1pm we arrived at our final destination.
sb’s last/final resting place (= the place where someone is buried )
sb’s last/final/dying wish
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Her last wish was to be buried in her husband’s grave.
the championship finals
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His team lost in the European Championship Finals.
the end/final result (= the result at the end of a long process )
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The end result will be well worth the effort.
the final arbiter (= make the final decision )
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The European Court of Justice will be the final arbiter in the dispute.
the final draft (= the finished form )
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He showed me the final draft of his letter.
the final selection
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The final selection will be based on local requirements.
the final total
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Mrs Menzies said the final total could be as much as £750.
the final version
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The final version of the report omitted these criticisms.
the final/ultimate outcome
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The final outcome of the investigation is still to be announced.
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The ultimate outcome of this controversy remains in doubt.
the final/ultimate/crowning etc indignity
the initial/early/final stages of negotiation
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The offer was in the final stages of negotiation.
the last/final chapter
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The final chapter summarizes the themes in the book.
the last/final part
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We had reached the last part of our journey.
the later/final/closing stages
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She was well cared for during the final stages of her life.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
analysis
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The inaccessible lesions were included in the final analysis as the aim was to evaluate this procedure according to the intention to treat.
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In the final analysis , the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision struck down the first display and upheld the second one.
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Since the modifications were only slight, data from the piloting stage were included in the final analysis .
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But in the final analysis , these are just details.
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Nevertheless, in a final analysis , her older houses have an edge over the new, or relatively new.
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In the final analysis , it is hard to imagine just what Boschwitz thought he would accomplish with the letter.
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And, in the final analysis , are they any good?
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In the final analysis , informed decision making is the overriding goal of financial statement analysis.
approval
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The guidelines, due for final approval next year, will have little practical effect.
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Aztar Corp. received final approval in December to open a riverboat casino in Evansville.
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Bundesbank reform On June 17 the Bundestag gave final approval to controversial legislation reforming the structure of the federal banking system.
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Pending final approval , work in the field is expected to begin in the second quarter.
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The committee reports to the faculty board, and final approval is given by the General Board.
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Received final approval for an administrative plat to consolidate lots 1-3. 9.
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The proposal will be debated in dioceses before being returned to the synod for final approval in 1991.
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Newton and Marie Shank received final approval to build 10 single-family homes on 17.35 acres. 11.
blow
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The final blow for many firms was the government's abolition of import duties which resulted in a flood of cheap imports.
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Practices which have characterised the details of your daily living from the cradle upwards are dealt a swift and final blow .
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The final blow for Philip was the defection of his chancellor, Conrad, bishop of Würzburg.
chapter
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The final chapter - on whither the wedding cake - had this reviewer in helpless stitches.
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The final chapter summarizes the key themes in the book.
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He had spent the afternoon teaching Sun Tzu to his senior officers: the final chapter on the employment of secret agents.
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We will look at the means of accomplishing this goal in the final chapter of this book, Chapter 9.
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This suggests an important point which will be taken up in detail in the final chapter but which should be mentioned here.
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The antidote lies in recovering awareness of our context embracing the real, which is the subject of the final chapter .
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In the final chapter the narrator relates the actions of the new people as they flee from their encounter with the Neanderthalers.
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But Sisson, in addition to bringing his story up to date with a final chapter , interjects half way through a lengthy segment on his war.
day
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One of Frankie's greatest fears in his final days was letting people down.
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The final day will feature speeches by Dole and his running mate.
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Hoarse from the final days of furious campaigning, Clinton celebrated his victory at a party with campaign staff on Thursday night.
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The resulting look may not have been pretty on the final day , but neither was it unfamiliar.
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But Jimenez blasted a best-of-the-week 63 for a two-stroke lead going into the final day at Crans-Sur-Sierre.
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Cardinal Barnabo of Propaganda had said as much to Corrigan that final day in Rome.
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Pam Wright, who started the final day at two over par, was three over at the turn.
days
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One of Frankie's greatest fears in his final days was letting people down.
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Will he be remembered as a statesman in his final days , or just another bought-and-paid-for hunk of political meat?
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Hoarse from the final days of furious campaigning, Clinton celebrated his victory at a party with campaign staff on Thursday night.
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Bush got a significant boost in the final days before the recess from two votes in the House of Representatives.
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During the final days of his reign as chief executive John Hackney was tipped off that his boardroom was bugged.
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The probe has lasted for nearly two years and in its final days has split the House into warring partisan camps.
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These final days of the third session were taking place in increasing gloom.
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Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., died in the final days of the GOP-led Congress last year.
decision
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The final decision is with me.
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A final decision will be made once the stricken destroyer is towed away.
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After this it re-enters the network and a new set of answers emerge, leading to a final decision .
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The final decision will only relate to where the girl lives and does not affect her parents' other rights.
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You've got to start back a long way before you get to the final decisions on costs and budgets.
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But again, it is up to each manager to make the final decision , basing it on the best available advice.
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This commitment to objectivity and clarity of thinking proved useful when making the final decision .
dividend
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A final dividend of 7.25p makes a total of 12.75p for the nine-month reporting period, a prorata increase of 6 percent.
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A 9p final dividend takes the total on from 13p to 14p.
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A final dividend of 6.5p makes a total of 11p, after a special dividend of 10p which was paid in June.
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A final dividend of 4p makes a total of 6p.
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As announced on 11 March an unchanged final dividend of 1p per share is being recommended.
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The final dividend should be 10 percent up on last year's payment.
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A 1.01p final dividend on June 5, lifts the total from 1.39p to 1.45p.
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The final dividend is raised to 10.4p from 9.6p, taking the total to 16.1p from 15.3p.
draft
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Chancellor Norman Lamont and fellow finance ministers began hammering out the final draft in Edinburgh yesterday afternoon.
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This layout should be made as formal as if it were the final draft .
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Always use good quality paper, especially for the final draft .
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I have pleasure in enclosing our considered response and hope it will be carefully considered before the final draft is prepared.
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It is good practice to write your proposal word for word as if it were the final draft .
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Only 12 types of links were used in the semantic net that supported the final draft of the Hypertext book.
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The final draft of the environmental impact report on rezoning is to be completed in the spring.
exam
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Hundreds of riot police on Nov. 2 clashed with students in Dhaka protesting against recent legislation to curb cheating in final exams .
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Thousands of students are diligently filling out final exams with Number 2 pencils.
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On top of this, I face my final exams at the end of the year.
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This week, final exams or not, she is in no mood to tolerate poor practices.
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Mr Foecke has claimed he scored passes in 13 out of 13 final exam papers.
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Staying up for a week during final exams is nothing compared to months of interrupted sleep with an infant.
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The usual summer crush of final exams was supplanted by the trappings of grief.
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There will, I promise you, be a final exam .
game
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They played gallantly, leading right up to the final game , and going down on 836.
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Even a victory over Fresno State in the final game Saturday would produce a record no better than 5-6.
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He never looked like relinquishing that lead, although Rusedski did have one break point in the final game .
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From now, mid-January, until the final games of the season in mid-March, every game counts.
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Their final game this season is against Newcastle Blue Star at Guisborough tomorrow night.
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A few days after the final game of the 1990 World Series we were married.
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Basuki broke Van Lotum's serve in the final game .
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But in the final game before the All-Star break Sunday, the Angels went right at McGwire.
minute
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Up until the final minutes the jokes fly as fast as sniper's bullets.
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The sixth had to wait until the final minute when substitute Teddy Sheringham slammed in Solskjaer's pull-back.
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But his joy was almost stolen in the final minute when Everton's Paul Rideout hit a post.
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And then in the final minute came the try that brought the crowd to their feet.
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Middlesbrough full back Gary Parkinson limped off in the final minute with an ankle injury.
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Pears was whisked off still wearing his goalkeeper's jersey and limping heavily after being hurt in the final minutes .
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For B.C., a missed conversion in the final minutes was critical.
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In-form Smith, getting through a power of work, could have added to his tally in the final minute .
outcome
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The final outcome will be exceedingly positive - and it isn't far away.
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Some others were not pleased with the final outcome .
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And are now waiting to hear the final outcome .
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Throw in a possible appeal after that, and the final outcome may be years away.
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The most obvious example is the electoral college, the phantom body that stands between voters and the final outcome .
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Your prayers could make the difference, affecting the final outcome .
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One rationale emphasises the connection between procedural due process and the substantive justice of the final outcome .
part
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We will turn a more critical eye to the assumptions and propositions of this model in the final part of this chapter.
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Shaken free from its sand, a casting looked like nothing so much as a grotesque mutation of the final part .
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The final part of this chapter offers guidance on how this task can be approached.
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Most of the final parts of this story can not be independently verified but events appear to have run as follows.
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After all that, the final part is an anticlimax, just a simple up-scroller.
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The final part of the chapter will consider some of the broader policy arguments concerning the scope of review.
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That forms the final part of our Strategic Intent.
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The final part of the weekend was spent packing everything away in the van.
phase
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The third and final phase was different again.
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The third and final phase would be carried out between April and September 1998, he said.
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The client is also understood to be working up proposals for the final phase of the project to build a leisure centre.
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In the final phase , in the seventh century, the settlement moved westwards and consisted of more isolated and separate farmsteads.
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He felt her lift up to him as they started the final phase of their journey.
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In the final phase there was a major change in alignment and structural type of building.
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Entering the final phase , I noticed with a shock the year was old and light got bruised by 4 o'clock.
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In the final phase of the project, which began in 1991, tritium was put into the machine.
point
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My final point is a secondary issue relating to the sample letter.
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With the win, Zanardi moved into third in the final points tally.
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The final point by way of preface is that it is a mistake to assume that all black people are deprived.
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All of the above leads to a final point .
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This leads on to the final point .
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Conclusions draw a final point based on numerous other points.
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One final point - sometimes you have to return a card to the manufacturer before the warranty becomes valid.
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One final point should be remarked upon.
product
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Finally, the backgrounds and characters must be brought together to build the final product .
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The second, and final product , was great.
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The final product may have as many as 40 to 50 different components.
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From the point of view of the quality of the final product , reproduction from seeds is the better method.
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This makes difficult to offer less then whole-hearted and enthusiastic endorsement of the final product .
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At several points in the concrete process a mistake could weaken the strength of the final product .
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More importantly, he is not in control of the final product .
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But his aides stress that the final product , while reflecting the input of dozens of others, is predominately Clinton.
quarter
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There was improvement in all Commercial lines when compared with both the first and the final quarters of 1992.
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The 49ers had a 35-21 lead with three seconds gone in the final quarter , and that was enough.
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All biennials are best placed in their final quarters by the end of the month, and firm planting is extremely important.
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Cardiff attacked gamely in the final quarter and scored a late try through Jeffreys.
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Geest warned in the autumn that oversupply in the final quarter of 1995 would severely hamper its full-year bottom line.
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The final quarter was an untidy affair on both sides with the conditions taking a heavy toll on concentration and stamina.
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Quarterback Terrence Bryant, who sat out the final quarter , completed 17 of 25 passes for 224 yards and two scores.
report
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But the time to plan the final report is right at the start.
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The final report is complete within a few weeks.
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Differences of opinion among the observers prevented the drafting of a final report .
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Did opposing views find compromise in final report ?
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In its final report , however, the Criminal Law Revision Committee has reconsidered this approach.
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The final report is expected by the end of the year.
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Provisional tables, etc., for the final report should be specified. 4.
result
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The only major problem at this year's final results from the traditional fine weather in southern California.
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Exit polling indicated the final results would reflect this spread.
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But what is extraordinary about all these intricate reworkings of such disparate source material is the coherence of the final results .
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But the final result always remains murky.
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Surprise fought for supremacy over sheer relief, the final result hardly strong enough to chase away the last vestiges of fear.
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For Democrats, the final result this year was easily achieved.
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The final results will be announced at a special lunch in London, on March 23.
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Yet the final result is still what we desire.
round
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Meanwhile, Stuart Easton waited until the final round of the year to score his maiden win on the Vimto Honda 125.
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While there is a certain grubby vitality to the show, it wears thin long before the final round of moralizing.
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The back nine of that final round would again decide.
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It was also the day of the final round of the Masters.
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The final rounds of the judging took place at the charity ball that evening.
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Bring the final round of comments to your next meeting.
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On the fiendishly tricky 10 - 15 foot sets of the final rounds , resident Pipeline specialists began with a huge advantage.
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Wright flew back to cover the final round of the tourney.
say
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We should not go so far as to hold a referendum, but the people must have the final say .
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You can do all the planning you like, but in the end the Old Course has the final say .
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The Good Friday agreement leaves the final say to the people of Northern Ireland in a referendum.
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Huckelberry makes a final recommendation to the Board of Supervisors, which has the final say .
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The commission says it's adamant that the public will have the final say.
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The state Board of Education -- Florida's governor and Cabinet -- has the final say .
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Under the constitution, the supreme leader, appointed by conservative clerics, has the final say in matters of state.
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It was she who would have the final say as to whether I was migration material or not.
score
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So, 3-1 the final score .
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The computer then crunches all the numbers and churns out not only the winner but the final score .
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Wallace got another in the second half to make the final score 2-0, bring the car in future boys.
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Eventually, the heroic locals would make several killing mistakes, the final score would look bad.
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The final score Oxford nil, Forest nil.
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Thus, it was even more amazing that the final scores were so high.
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The final score of a strategy was the sum of the points it gained against all the other strategies.
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The final score for the Sabino-Flowing Wells game was 49-48.
section
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In the final section you did pay close attention to detail, but it remained only observation of detail.
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The final section gives a Simplified economic analyses for the various conversions of a 200 megawatt plant.
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The centre section deals with gastrointestinal fermentation and metabolism leading to a final section on the whole animal.
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The final section of the bill decided the regulatory powers of the Directorate General of Telecommunications.
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The final section of the walk takes you south to Montacute and then west to Ham Hill.
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In the final section , I will begin to cast some doubt on the terms in which the debate has been set.
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This is an issue to which we shall return in the final section of this chapter.
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The final section of this chapter stresses the importance of participation by managers and all users.
stage
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The whole course is finished off with a word or two about the final stage of the recording process: the mix.
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Ordering Ordering is the final stage , and if the previous steps have been thoroughly done it is the easiest.
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Crunchy-topped broccoli To save time during the crucial final stages , cook the broccoli beforehand, rinse under cold water and drain.
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The final stage of the reorganisation which is currently in hand will bring together the service departments at four regional centres.
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The status of latent inhibition was assessed in a final stage of training that immediately followed the habituation test.
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Relief normally like to sweep out through the crowds, as an orchestrated extension to their dramatic final stage exit.
touch
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Braintree started to control the midfield in the second half and only the final touch in the circle let them down.
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Domain loudspeakers leave the final touch of interior decorating to the buyer.
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Meanwhile, Hilary Murphy, who sets the questions, puts the final touches to Bob's board.
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A creamy green sauce, redolent of sweet pea and butter, provides the final touch .
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Traditionally this was the time for artists to add the final touches .
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After the final touches , Endill and Mould stood back and admired their work.
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Marcus Hannaford got the final touch down.
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If we'd needed the final touch of homicidal brio, this would have had to be it.
version
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Here we can consider only the final versions .
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Republican governors in particular were intimately involved in crafting the final version of the measure.
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The questionnaire was piloted, then revised, and a final version agreed.
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But the two chambers must agree on a final version before Clinton can sign it into law.
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I enclose the final version of the papers put before the Committee - which were slightly amended from the versions you say.
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He asked Bill Hope to draft a final version that could be tested one more time back in the company.
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Is it beyond the wit of Byers and his legal eagles to include a sunset clause in the final version ?
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The final version must be adopted by both sides and submitted to the court by March 1.
whistle
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By the final whistle he'd done the sensible thing and switched to Gazza.
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Only minutes before the final whistle , Halliday weaved his way infield, causing the disruption from which Morris was to score.
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United, leading 3-0 at the time, conceded two goals at the final whistle .
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Howey led the City celebrations after the final whistle of a game which may mean so much to them.
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The Final, played on Sunday, proved to be a cliff-hanger right up to the final whistle .
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At the final whistle , Souness and Dalglish politely embraced.
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Just before the final whistle , former Leeds player Gary Divorty grabbed a consolation try, converted by stand-off Bishop.
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No sooner had Derek Bevan blown the final whistle at Twickenham, than faint noises could be heard from over the horizon.
word
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He surely could not have known that in spite of his final words .
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Scarsone, however, got the final word , following up with a two-run homer to left.
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In Lord Jim there is no final word .
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My final words would be caveat emptor - let the buyer beware.
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But the final word must be reserved for the destructive, disruptive role played by George Bush's administration.
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One final word about our analogy.
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The preeminence assigned to last hours on earth gave a special significance to the final words of the dying.
year
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These students return to the University for a fourth and final year of study to complete the degree.
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Although President Kim was not implicated in the case, the scandal eroded his authority in his final year in office.
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Mr Hartley, in his final year studying community arts at Newcastle, had been seeing Miss Harrison for about a year.
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Should Laws earn the maximum performance bonus and fulfill the other conditions, he would make $ 213,500 in the final year .
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A personal computing project is undertaken by all students during the final year .
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Too many seniors are floating through their final year in high school in a combination of elective classes and study hall.
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The third year is spent abroad and the fourth year follows the pattern of the final year of the single honours degree.
years
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People are living longer, and costing the state more in the final years of their lives.
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It also seems to come back regularly during the final years of centuries and millennia.
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Another incident which sticks in my memory from those final years at school concerned a friend of mine, Nelly Mitchell.
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If the onset of such diseases can be delayed then morbidity will be compressed into the final years of life.
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In his final years in Bordeaux his drawings were the last things Goya worked on.
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In the final years of his life Hervey achieved high office in the church.
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One can not leave Wordsworth's religion without a glance at his final years .
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The Angela Carter I knew and admired in her final years is a real presence in this book.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
in the final/last analysis
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In the final analysis Stalin was just as much a dictator as Hitler.
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In the final analysis , the project was a failure.
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The responsibility for the accident must, in the last analysis , rest with the captain.
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And, in the final analysis , are they any good?
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But in the final analysis it had been he who wanted out.
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But in the final analysis , these are just details.
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It should also comfort to recognize that, in the final analysis , these sums are operating to purify decision-making.
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That, in the final analysis , is what organizational control is all about.
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The pressures driving research evaluation are, in the final analysis , political.
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The shift of leadership to John Smith may seem temporarily convincing, but it is in the last analysis cosmetic.
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The Trotskyist movement could benefit only in the final analysis and in the long range.
last/final resort
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Great power status was in the last resort the ability to wage war.
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In buildings of more than two storeys, wait for the fire brigade, and jump only as a last resort .
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Lithium was to be a last resort , and it looked as if she needed some in October.
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Only in the last resort , under careful international policing and after all other attempts at persuasion have been exhausted.
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That was a last resort , they said.
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The guidance emphasises that restraint should be used as a last resort within a caring and disciplined home environment.
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They also want to use public community service jobs as a last resort , something Wilson strongly opposes.
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Who is the lender of last resort stopping financial panics and capital outflows from bringing the system down?
the final shakedown
the final/supreme/ultimate sacrifice
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Also there, Captain Oates, the man who was to make the ultimate sacrifice in a bid to save his colleagues.
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He evidently thought his life was so valuable that some one would surely save it even at the cost of the supreme sacrifice .
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In that sense I suppose I am making the ultimate sacrifice .
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These were people who showed courage, faith, and were an example to all by making the supreme sacrifice .
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This might appear to be the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the colony, but all the bees in the colony are genetically related.
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We felt that it was a great tribute to us and all our many comrades who made the supreme sacrifice .
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You made the supreme sacrifice of your life for your work last night, so don't be shy about admitting it.
the home/final stretch
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As the debate moves into the final stretch , Britain is not without its bargaining cards either.
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Clinton also had two personal strikes against him as he went into the home stretch toward the July Democratic convention.
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I was tired on the home stretch , but the crowd was wonderful.
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The debate is a milestone signalling the final stretch in the campaign leading to the caucuses.
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The van laboured its way up the final stretch of the brae, its engine protesting at the strain.
the last/final word
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The final word rests with the board.
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But the final word must be reserved for the destructive, disruptive role played by George Bush's administration.
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But the project belonged ultimately to the pupils and they should have the last words .
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By no means has the last word been written on the quantum Hall effect.
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Dana was opinionated and liked to have the last word in an argument.
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He had learned to let Leah have the last word .
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Intimacy is probably the last word anyone would use in connection with the Coliseum.
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Let that be the last word .
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So they do; but that is not the last word , only the first.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A victory over Fresno State in the final game Saturday would produce a record run of wins.
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Are you going to watch the final episode of 'The X-Files' tomorrow night?
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He got as far as the final interviews, but he didn't get the job unfortunately.
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I'd like to make one final point before we move on to another subject.
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Mulligan will coach his final game on Saturday.
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My boss has approved the project, but it's the Chief Executive who has the final say.
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Paul just started writing the final draft of his novel.
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The Board is expected to make its final decision on the merger by August 12th.
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The drug is now in its final stage of testing.
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The judges' decision is final .
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The officials have final authority when making decisions.
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The president appears tired but hopeful as the final stages of the negotiations begin today.
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The two men were tied for the lead going into today's final round of the Dunlop Phoenix golf tournament.
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The war reached its final stages in July.
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They thought carefully before making a final commitment to buy.
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What was the final score?
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Whitney made both free throws in the final minute of the game.
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You're not going out, and that's final !
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Adding insult to injury, a double cross awaits our luckless hero in the final stanza.
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At 11: 30, after a final struggle, he died.
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He was no hero: his final exit was ignominious.
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It occurs when teaching programmes do not relate to the final assessment of learning.
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She said that she had been lucky to sneak in the few arguments from our side that appeared in the final story.
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Start packing, big clean up, final meal together and prize-giving.
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The final cacheing solution is hardware based, and relies on cacheing controllers.
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The Sainsbury's Wine Taste Challenge prize will be awarded to the one who gives best answers at the final tasting.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
national
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Parry, 23, has twice reached the national quarter finals , losing each time to the legendary John Lyon.
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Points earned in the competitions here in Florida count toward the sport's national finals .
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The awards will be split regionally and nationally with each regional winner automatically entered for the national final .
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It was the first time college basketball had witnessed so stark a racial contrast in a national final .
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We will select a winner, publish the card in the paper, and send it on to the national finals .
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Not because of the new-found fame, the cash she's pocketed or the car she stands to win in the national finals .
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They are the first Suffolk representatives to take part in the national finals .
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And last Saturday he finished runner-up in the national finals at Birmingham.
regional
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The Bruins defeated UConn in the West regional finals last year.
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The biggest game in the Bluegrass state since the teams warred in the 1983 Mideast Regional finals .
semi
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The open semi finals promised to be two very tight games and they did not disappoint.
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Sunday's play was of a high standard with two semi finals going to extra time, then penalties.
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This started on the second day with the women's quarter and semi finals and the men's semi final.
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Swindon have travelled to Tranmere Rovers with a three-one advantage from the first leg of the semi finals .
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The semi finals followed on the Friday.
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Saturday, Under-19: Semi finals: Blyth 3, Darlington 0.
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The semi finals will be held on Saturday, with the final next Thursday.
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Under-16: Semi finals: Stockton 4, Middlesbrough 0.
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championship
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The game had the flavor of a world championship final .
conference
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For the third time in five seasons, the Utah Jazz is in the Western Conference finals .
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I mean, the Seattle SuperSonics reached the Western Conference final in 1987 despite their 39-43 regular-season record.
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In the conference finals , they split the first two games with Houston and lost the next three.
cup
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And will tolerate such mistakes as the O'Driscoll try and the cup final throw-in.
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The first half of their attempt was completed when they defeated Hinckley 21-3 in the county cup final .
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It s funny cos I decided to watch the fa youth cup final from last year on friday ... coincidence or what.
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The Senior Cup final was contested between arch rivals Longfellows, winners in 1992, and the Oakley.
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Reason - I think Harvey only replaced Sprake just before 1972 cup final .
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This gives me the chance to have a last word on the World Cricket Cup final .
quarter
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If all goes well, she should meet Commonwealth Champion Fiona Smith in the quarter finals .
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Parry, 23, has twice reached the national quarter finals , losing each time to the legendary John Lyon.
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Wimbledon champion Edberg lasted until Courier beat him in the quarter finals .
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Bicester rugby club drive towards another Twickenham appearance when they travel to Ongar tomorrow in the quarter finals of the Provincial Cup.
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The quarter finals also took place on Saturday and produced a mixed bag of entertainment.
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advance
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All that summer, they advanced toward the finals , accounts invariably citing their impeccable teamwork.
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Top teams then advance to a single-elimination final .
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The top eight shooters advance to the finals .
make
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At Seoul in 1988 he failed to make the final .
play
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He played in ten Hampden finals and went home as a winner eight times.
qualify
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It came during the Barcelona Olympics, with Redmond trying to qualify for the final of the 400 metres.
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Bingham hit out after Charlton had written-off Northern Ireland's chances of qualifying for the finals .
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To accomplish that, she first has to qualify for the finals , which will be run Friday.
reach
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Jackman, a 20-year-old from Norfolk, has reached four major finals since joining the world tour in August 1991.
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I mean, the Seattle SuperSonics reached the Western Conference final in 1987 despite their 39-43 regular-season record.
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For every athlete who reaches the County finals , it is a potential stepping stone to the National Championships.
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Negotiators in Geneva reached their final agreement just hours before the midnight deadline.
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Parker, after all, had been a key figure in helping Forest reach four Wembley finals over the previous three seasons.
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Monica Seles enjoyed the remarkable achievement of having reached the finals of all 16 tournaments that she entered.
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Yet she was not one of the women tipped to reach the finals here.
sit
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I had sat the finals for Philosophy in late May.
win
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Aston Villa won their group final with a 4-1 win against Basle, 5-2 on aggregate.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I really shouldn't go out - my biology final is tomorrow.
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the NBA finals
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In the subsequent years they have appeared in losing finals against Tyrone 1984, Derry 1987 and Donegal 1990.
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The fourth, fifth, sixth, quarter-final, semi-final and final have, as yet, eluded us.
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The top 18 advance to the semifinal, while 12 move on to the final .
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Three groups from the school are taking part in the finals at the Royal Festival Hall, London.