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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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appropriate
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There were a numbers of factors which pointed strongly in favour of Ohio as the more appropriate forum for the trial of the disputes.
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She is fighting back in the television interview arena, which is the appropriate forum .
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The existence of a partnership has also provided an appropriate forum through which external agencies can be channelled.
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These lessons should be put to good use by the rightful participants in an appropriate forum .
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What is missing is an appropriate forum to merge the various efforts into a functional and widely acceptable whole.
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Hence, the county court is the appropriate forum .
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This takes time and the heads are not the appropriate forum for protracted negotiations.
economic
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The protests are becoming a familiar part of world political and economic forums .
important
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A more important transatlantic forum for cooperation and exchange of knowledge was the Teetotal Movement in which Nonconformists predominated.
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The magazine became and remains perhaps the most important forum for the publication of outstanding new photography from around the world.
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The College has provided an important forum and resource for a wide variety of groups and individuals from working-class backgrounds.
international
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Agreeing such aims will not be easy in any international forum .
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And she took the results of her work to international forums .
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This especially arises where third parties make procedural claims in an international forum seised of the dispute.
national
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That it should be other than the great national forum for political debate and decision would at first be unthinkable.
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Yet the president is sharply criticized for convening a national forum to discuss our racial divisions.
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Employers, similarly, had expectations of schools and school-leavers but no national forum in which these could be articulated and discussed.
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First, there is the suggestion that a national forum should be set up to develop an overall education research strategy.
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There was a feeling that the wider issues needed to be looked at in a national forum .
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Finally, the national forum recommended by the first Haycocks Report should perform the same function for courses for part-time teachers.
new
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Whatever the new forum does for industry, it certainly does something for Mr Heseltine.
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International Home Exchange Network is among the new Internet-based forums .
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By launching the new forum Mr Heseltine is getting his own back on the now weakened Mr Lamont.
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The first meeting of the new forum was scheduled to take place in Paris in mid-July.
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We will convene a new private sector forum to promote London's position internationally.
open
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The evening will include election of officers, an open forum and social with snack and wine.
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We hope these pages act as an open forum for debate.
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For one week the company messaging sys-tem would provide an open forum for grievances and suggestions, not necessarily in that order.
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Organizing the open forum had been emotionally taxing as well.
public
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While her colleagues pompously assemble public forums , she informs the police.
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I invite Chris to attend any type of public forum where Bucky performs.
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This would act as a public forum to discuss and recommend improvements to the controversial Tinkhundla system of indirect elections.
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But it had never before been made in a public forum .
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Fans may get chance to discuss the Seasiders' ambitions as chairman Geoffrey Richmond is considering holding a public forum next week.
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We shout our hatred of them at public forums and into radio and television microphones.
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The eighteen candidates, mostly pro-democracy activists, organised public debates and forums which were packed with interested observers and participants.
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In this case, the court decided that the junior high involved did not create a limited public forum .
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discussion
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The golden rule is that if you have a chat room or discussion forum , you need to monitor it closely.
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attend
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Unfortunately no council officers have attended these forums for several months.
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Members of both families are expected to attend the forum .
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Fife Symington, said Dole should have attended the forum .
become
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There can be little doubt that they have now become the forum for the expert.
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Our family calendar has also become a forum for math talks.
create
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The original reason for establishing our association had been to create a more representative forum for contacts.
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In this case, the court decided that the junior high involved did not create a limited public forum .
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By focusing on major issues that loom ahead, they create a forum for anticipatory thinking.
discuss
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This would act as a public forum to discuss and recommend improvements to the controversial Tinkhundla system of indirect elections.
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Yet the president is sharply criticized for convening a national forum to discuss our racial divisions.
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These organizations will host forums to discuss local, national and world environmental problems.
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Labor-Management Committees give managers and labor representatives a permanent forum in which to discuss their concerns.
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They are priceless forums for discussing new ideas, solving problems, and sharing feedback.
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The initial purpose of the groups was to provide a friendly forum for discussing sexism and the Standing.
hold
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Fans may get chance to discuss the Seasiders' ambitions as chairman Geoffrey Richmond is considering holding a public forum next week.
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The governor has not listed Melones Internacional as a business holding in either forum .
provide
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Its aims are to promote awareness of X and provide a forum for the discussion of technical issues.
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It provides a forum for the sharing of ideas among archaeologists, computer specialists and mathematicians.
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The House of Lords provides a useful forum for debating the great issues of the day. 3.
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The panel that he envisaged would be made up of their representatives and would provide them with a forum to air concerns.
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The existence of a partnership has also provided an appropriate forum through which external agencies can be channelled.
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It is essential that presidents meet together on a regular basis and the dinner circuit provides the ideal forum for this.
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Meal times provide a marvellous forum for stories, some wildly exaggerated, others somewhat embarrassing.
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Partnership provides a forum for the consideration of the evidence and the opportunity to reach a view on it.
use
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Now Lord Lane has used the forum of a court of law in order to make his contribution to this political debate.
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Prodigy has just begun using members as forum co-hosts; they get preferred rates but no pay, unlike CompuServe.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I want a forum to address the most serious problem facing the people of this state.
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The association began as a forum for sharing ideas about management problems.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A forum , or bulletin board, is a place where people can trade questions and answers.
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Agreeing such aims will not be easy in any international forum .
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By focusing on major issues that loom ahead, they create a forum for anticipatory thinking.
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Fans may get chance to discuss the Seasiders' ambitions as chairman Geoffrey Richmond is considering holding a public forum next week.
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He has put forth his criticisms on paper, on the Internet, at community forums and during council meetings.
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To complain individually is not as successful as to complain within a unified forum .