noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rock formation
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There are marvellous views of impressive rock formations.
back formation
cloud formation (= the shape in which cloud forms )
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There are many different types of cloud formation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
capital
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Investment in coastal shipping yet again reveals how local the process of capital formation in transport was.
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They were not accounted for in private consumption expenditure, general government expenditure, or domestic capital formation .
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This does not mean that the pace of innovation and of capital formation in the eighteenth-century economy were negligible.
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This obviously is not an especially efficient way to promote capital formation .
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The obvious concern is to facilitate capital formation and to channel it into sectors and areas capable of using it most efficiently.
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Moreover, the empirical evidence on the effect of egalitarianism on capital formation is uncertain.
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But how is it possible to reconcile a variable rate of capital formation with a fixed stock of capital?
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In everyday economic discourse, nothing is more frequently taken as an index of economic growth than the volume of capital formation .
cultural
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The sociology of such developments is at a different and much broader level than that of cultural formations .
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The cultural formation processes discussed in Chapter 2 all have to be taken into account in any assessment of this question.
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Many cultural formations have of course been restricted in this way.
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It was within this crisis of the broader social formation that the particular cultural formation of the circle around Godwin became significant.
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The cultural formation we know as Bloomsbury is very different from both.
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The remainder of this chapter is devoted to a more detailed discussion of the different cultural and natural formation processes.
political
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In the years since then, antiracists have become a discrete and self contained political formation .
rock
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The canyon walls, rock formations and spires on the rim looked surreal, like a backdrop in a movie set.
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Artesian wells are drilled into rock formations that contain pressurized water.
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Fantastic rock formations , beautiful mesquite forests and deep grass all hide in the heart of the range.
social
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This capitalist thrust was within a largely pre-capitalist social formation .
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Second, the activities to be considered work must be present in all social formations .
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The content and form of social and economic formations along with institutions can not be properly investigated by projecting preconceived notions.
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A second concern 15 to examine petty commerce in the context of various modes of production in capitalist social formations .
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This more complex account of the process of levels of social formation interacting is reminiscent of Althusser's theory of overdetermination.
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It is also designed to allow causal analysis of the basic dynamics of any social formation .
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He sees the trajectory of his industrial social formation in contradiction to meeting fundamental human and social needs.
■ NOUN
cloud
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Some theorists even believe that solar wind particles hitting the atmosphere may trigger cloud formation .
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Mountains stretched as far as my eyes could see, until the next cloud formation .
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However, a minority of features may be the result of waves which influence cloud formation as they move through the atmosphere.
household
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Changing patterns of household formation are normally taken into account, as this factor can also affect results.
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Recommends more research on the impact of economic and social factors on household formation .
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The post-war period has also been characterized by very profound changes in family and household formation patterns.
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The household formation pattern of women over 80 is quite different from that of all elderly persons as Figure 6 illustrates.
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However, Bramley et al concluded that the principal determinants of household formation and growth remained demographic and social.
memory
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If one can discover which protein is missing, then one has a clue to its necessary role in memory formation .
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Elevated muscarinic receptor seemed therefore to be associated with the early phases of memory formation .
policy
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What is characteristic of both locales is the de-democratization of policy formation and implementation.
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To a large extent, initiative in policy formation is centered in the chief executive.
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These differences are inevitable given the distinct economic, political and professional contexts of such policy formation .
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Instead of the central board of directors foisting decisions on unwilling parties, policy formation reflects endless bargaining between diverse competing interests.
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They will retain a significant role through the party machinery in policy formation .
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Moreover, top civil servants are not only involved in policy formation .
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In addition, the role of higher levels in industrial relations policy formation will be explored.
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However, some delegates feared ordinary members would have even less influence on policy formation if the conference voting system was altered.
stone
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Many studies suggest that sludge formation is a marker of gall stone formation.
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Hyperuricosuria, with or without hypercalciuria, occurs in 10 to 20 percent of patients with calcium stone formation .
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In pregnancy and obesity, increased fasting and postprandial residual gall bladder volumes are associated with increased risk of gall stone formation .
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It is thought that uric acid crystals serve as a nidus for calcium oxalate crystallization resulting in subsequent stone formation .
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In patients in whom the procedure is successful 4.4-9.8% will develop bile duct stenosis, new stone formation or both.
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In these Patients, reduction of urate excretion reduces stone formation .
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At present, we do not know how smoking might promote either gall stone formation or the development of symptoms.
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It is too early to establish whether recurrent stone formation after percutaneous cholecystolithotomy differs from other non-operative treatments.
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announce
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Bosnia's five-member presidency has announced the formation of a republican army after assuming emergency powers to prepare a co-ordinated defence.
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It also announced the formation of a second sales team.
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It had been announced that the formation would be led by Capt.
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On Oct. 18, Djohar announced the formation of a new government.
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A day later the War Department and the army announced the formation of a squadron for black cadets.
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Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir announced the formation of an appointed transitional parliament to pave the way for democracy.
encourage
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Despite an immediate reprimand from Chamorro, Godoy's statements during the strike reportedly encouraged the formation of right-wing armed groups.
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White fluorescent light increases the rate of growth of this plant while apparently not encouraging unwanted algae formation .
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To this extent the region was actually encouraging the formation of richer peasant strata at the expense of the poorer.
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Belfast Action Team said agencies would answer queries and encourage the formation of residents' groups to involve them in decision-making.
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It encourages the formation of farmer cooperatives and advances them loans for irrigation pumps.
fly
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The spitfire, for instance, is part of a squadron of similar aircraft, flying in formation .
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They do anything but fly in formation .
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When you fly formation , try to find your own reference points for every possible position.
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One of 16 pilots flying in the formation dropped out, and she was the only person available to fill in.
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Pilots consulted by New Times say a group of planes flying in formation at night suggests military aircraft.
involve
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Moreover, top civil servants are not only involved in policy formation .
lead
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First, there is the actual death or separation leading to the formation of the majority of such families.
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It raised consciousness about historic preservation, and led to the formation of the numerous historic districts that today ring the downtown.
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The ongoing practice of self-defeating organizational behavior patterns leads ineluctably to the formation of what we call a self-defeating organizational character.
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Painful events in later life can also lead to the formation of blocks.
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It led to the formation of a crust and eventually the continents.
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This would lead to the formation of galaxies, stars, and eventually even insignificant creatures like ourselves.
prevent
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The great body of water remains at a uniform 5.6 o C throughout the winter, which prevents the formation of ice.
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Gentle agitation of the acid, and slight tilting of the face prevents the formation of bubble trains which trench the surface.
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So water softeners are added to washing powders to prevent its formation .
result
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It is thought that uric acid crystals serve as a nidus for calcium oxalate crystallization resulting in subsequent stone formation .
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In many industries, and not only in the United States, mergers resulted in the formation of giant companies.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Formations of tanks were lined up along the border.
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Astronomers were able to observe a galaxy still in the process of formation .
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the natural rock formations of Bryce Canyon
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The players lined up in a T formation .
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Three small planes flying in formation collided this afternoon, killing four people.
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Yeltsin organized the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And even within a single formation the relations between instances are for ever changing.
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However, a minority of features may be the result of waves which influence cloud formation as they move through the atmosphere.
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Looking up, I saw a formation of six Wellington bombers passing over at 4, 000 meters.
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This capitalist thrust was within a largely pre-capitalist social formation .
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Within the squad we got a number that referred to our position in the formation .