noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a foundation course British English (= a general course that students do in the first year at some universities )
foundation course
foundation stone
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Greek and Latin were once viewed as the foundation stones of a good education.
laid the foundations of
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It was an invention which laid the foundations of modern radio technology.
rocked the foundations
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The theory rocked the foundations of social and moral life.
solid foundation
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The first two years provide a solid foundation in the basics of computing.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
charitable
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The remote origins of Emanuel School lay in the sixteenth century and a small charitable foundation for the elderly and the young.
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She was now executive director of a large charitable foundation .
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Jay was amused by her go-getting energy, especially when Lucy had done battle with yet another charitable trust or foundation .
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The Halls are appealing to charitable foundations , businesses, corporations and local people for further support.
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After his death in 1998, the money continued to flow from Botnar's estate and charitable foundations .
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Charity commissioners admit they have been in lengthy discussions with Jansen's solicitors about her position with the charitable foundation .
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These submerged classes survived on the charitable foundations of the past: Madrid convents provided 30,000 bowls of soup daily.
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When government cash was withdrawn they applied to several charitable foundations for funding.
firm
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No building can stand without firm foundations , and neither can a marriage.
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Particularist feeling in the duchy of Aosta was hallowed by centuries of tradition and grounded in a firm foundation of local institutions.
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Then new gravel is laid directly on top - the old gravel will form a firm foundation .
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In fact, the learning rule can be given a firmer foundation .
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Therefore, the soil has to be removed down to firm ground, and a firm foundation prepared for the side walls.
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These are the firm foundations of economic recovery.
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Or concrete can be used as a firm foundation for a more decorative finish later.
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We will also continue to support the recruitment and development of trainees to provide a firm foundation for our future development.
good
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It is still the best foundation at postgraduate level.
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You may be dreaming of barbecues and planter boxes, but even a backyard deck starts with a good foundation .
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Anything's only as good as the foundation it's built on.
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The first step toward a good foundation is a concrete footing.
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It is keen to point out that solid, secure savings are the best foundation for any portfolio.
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For sound adobe construction, three elements are crucial: good dirt, good foundation and patience.
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It will continue all through marriage as long as it has a good foundation of friendship.
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The idea behind the Homestead Act was that a nation of small, independent farmers would make the best foundation for democracy.
new
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No more universities would be created, either as new foundations or as promotions from the public sector.
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Such are the preliminary skirmishes of all new foundations .
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Hagnon called his new foundation Amphipolis, the City Surrounded, from its strong position in a loop of the Strymon.
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The new foundation is registered with the state as a tax-exempt religious corporation instead of a nonprofit organization for public benefit.
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This time it is clear that the new foundation was to the Viscount's detriment and was expected to anger him.
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Underpinning is expensive and inconvenient, and involves the addition of new foundations or short concrete piles without demolishing the building.
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Remember, it is very important to try a new foundation on your jawline in daylight.
nonprofit
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Gardens, run by a nonprofit foundation .
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At issue in the Gingrich case is a college course he taught in 1993-95 with financial support from a nonprofit foundation .
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Richard had a secretarial job at a nonprofit theater-development foundation .
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Linn responded by donating the Prolinn name to a nonprofit foundation and publishing the formula.
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The investigation focused on a college course Gingrich taught with financial support from nonprofit foundations .
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His plan is to establish a nonprofit foundation that would support this kind of community service in exchange for long-term psychotherapy.
private
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Does the private cultural foundation cover the running costs of the museum for the next ten years?
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He advocates forming private foundations and approaching agricultural and manufacturing businesses to help bridge the gap in state financing.
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Among these sources are grants or aid from state and federal governments, private foundations , and various voluntary health agencies.
solid
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They dug solid foundations , spending a lot of time pouring concrete into four pits.
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Local autonomy thus rested upon a solid foundation .
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Decayed, warped and neglected, it stood proudly on its solid foundations , displaying a still sturdy brick frame.
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Much like any brick or block wall, an interlocking block wall needs a solid foundation .
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At the end of the first week you will have a solid foundation on which to build in future weeks.
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They had a solid foundation in reading, writing, math, and other core skills.
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The solid financial foundations required by a modern state had not been laid by 1603.
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Such a person lived and, in a sense floated on the air, without a solid foundation .
strong
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The unfortunate result - a general bitterness towards nations of a stronger foundation .
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Building a first world economy on top of a massive third world workforce does not create the strongest of economic foundations .
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Knowing the subject talked about knowing the context using language sense, anticipation and aural memory are strong foundations for speechreading skills.
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Water extraction from ice-free rocks may seem a bit strange, but it has a strong foundation in our study of meteorites.
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The launch of the Equipment range at the end of the last year established a strong foundation on which to build.
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The great success of our air campaign flowed from a strong quality foundation , shaped on those three basic points.
theoretical
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Before we consider each of these offences in outline, let us examine the practical and theoretical foundations for them.
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Moreover, as Patinkin has shown, its theoretical foundations are questionable.
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Computer Science has emerged as a well-defined discipline with a solid theoretical foundation .
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The theoretical foundations for a currency union among independent nation-states are not strong prima facie.
very
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Can prizes be awarded without compromising the very foundation on which National Certificate assessment is built?
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A bold idea which strikes at the very foundation of White's edifice.
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The political structures were torn apart until the very foundations were rocked.
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This means that one basic source of human doubt is located within the very foundation structures of knowledge itself.
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As I watched the fire at Windsor Castle it seemed as if the very foundations of our family were crumbling.
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Thus the very foundations of our communication culture and its structures need re-examination.
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The book is read so easily because it is almost devoid of mathematical formulae, normally the very foundation of engineering work.
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It is to save them the need to refer to the very foundations of morality and practical reasoning generally in every case.
■ NOUN
course
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So doing the foundation course here gives me the chance to get a place at a Czech University.
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Mike completed a foundation course in Leeds before moving to Edinburgh in 1982, to study photography at Napier.
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Most students usually have to complete a one-year foundation course first.
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She moved on to do a degree without doing A-levels as the foundation course was a university Access course.
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The foundation courses of a fourth furnace were discovered in the south-west corner of the workshop.
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Suzanne, 18, will be starting an art foundation course at Middlesex University this month.
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Foundation-level basic skills or university Access / foundation courses are generally free.
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The Open University has a unique combination of foundation courses followed by a modular course structure.
stone
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Examples with stone foundations are also known at Bourton-on-the-Water and Ashton, the latter with unusual upright limestone slabs.
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The tarpaper walls and sagging, roof and stone foundation .
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The other two had pitched stone foundations , more normal for the area.
subject
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The position of the other foundation subjects , however, is less clear at present.
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Reporting on the progress of five-year-olds in foundation subjects such as history and geography in a meaningful way taxes most teachers.
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The proposal is intended to allow students access to understanding business more fully through core and foundation subjects .
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based
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It seemed to me he never appreciated what a mess the Soviet Union was and based on what rotten foundations .
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He argued that Realism is based on three foundation stones, all to be found in the writings of Machiavelli.
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Our understanding of the world and our place in it is based upon the foundation of language.
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The chapter showed that these theories are based on microeconomic foundations .
build
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Both were necessary, he said, in order to build the foundation for an improvement in the standard of living.
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And it was built on a foundation of deception.
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One needs to build upon the foundations of cost-accounting, not escape from it.
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Others purchase sites, and a few have even built small homes on foundations .
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We're going to build on those foundations .
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This allows his bandmates the freedom to punctuate and build on his foundation at will.
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Specific issues can provide initial meeting places, and open up communication, but that communication must build institutional foundations .
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It is the place where we can lay the foundation upon which democracy is built .
establish
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It can establish certain foundations , give pupils some strategy by means of which to proceed.
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In 1930 he established a second foundation dedicated to the welfare of children.
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There are approximately 5,000 such schools, virtually all of which were established by religious foundations .
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His plan is to establish a nonprofit foundation that would support this kind of community service in exchange for long-term psychotherapy.
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Shewhart was among the first to establish a scientific foundation for quality control and techniques for monitoring production process efficiency.
form
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Then new gravel is laid directly on top - the old gravel will form a firm foundation .
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He advocates forming private foundations and approaching agricultural and manufacturing businesses to help bridge the gap in state financing.
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On these pages we review some of the recent commercial successes which combine to form the foundation of our new business.
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The distributed mass of ricocheting impulses which form the foundation of intelligence forbid deterministic results for a given starting point.
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These policies are constantly reviewed, communicated to all employees and form a firm foundation for our worldwide operations.
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National infectious disease surveillance systems form the foundation of our ability to know and track the routine.
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This transfer of wealth forms the foundation for the other aspects we discuss here.
lay
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It laid the foundation for an organisation with greater appeal to the deaf themselves, particularly the young.
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For Buckle, this laid the foundations for a thoroughgoing science of history, and others shared his belief.
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Some elements lay the foundation on which other elements may convey a message.
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To generate fundamental knowledge that can lay the foundation for future advances in high-performance computing and communications.
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Progress in primary schools has laid the foundations for the drive to raise standards in secondary schools, announced last month.
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While incomplete, the steps that were taken laid the foundation for Workplace 2000.
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His papers on the Imagination lay philosophical foundations before fastening on literature specifically.
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If I can lay the foundation , other hands can do the work of restoration itself.
lie
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The try was the signal for Neath's pack to take control and lay the foundations for victory.
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It does little more than lay a foundation of principles.
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Some elements lay the foundation on which other elements may convey a message.
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They lay foundations to introduce evidence.
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His papers on the Imagination lay philosophical foundations before fastening on literature specifically.
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Today's exercises are repeated to the maximum number of counts and lay the foundation for your Maintenance Programme.
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This was the reasoning which lay behind the foundation of the Zollverein in 1834.
provide
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These arguments provide the foundation for Simmel's account of the contradictory nature of modern life.
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Yet throughout it all, the tomographic maps provided the foundation on which these other discoveries were raised.
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This provides a solid foundation for their marriage, which contributes to the comparatively low divorce rate in the religious community.
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It provides a foundation on which future academic study and vocational training can be built.
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Consequently, they had to drop concrete piles 8 metres into the soil to provide a foundation .
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A tribunal is master of its own procedure, and this provides the foundation from which it can permit such representation.
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Good relationships and good communications will provide the best foundation for making the right decisions for the school.
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Knowing that one can do the job provides an excellent foundation .
rock
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Hauled more rocks for west foundation wall.
set
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More frequently, reproduction is set up as the foundation of feminine psychology.
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Economic stability has been restored, setting the foundation for sustainable growth. 2.
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He subsequently decided to do penance for the deed, and set off to his foundation at Agaune.
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What we learn in elementary school sets the foundation for a life of learning.
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The lecture provides a guide to the subject-matter and sets out the foundations on which the student must build.
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The subject was set upon firm foundations around 1930 by Emmy Noether and van der Waerden using an abstract algebraic approach.
shake
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Came like a sudden gust of wind, banging doors in him, shaking him to his foundations .
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The money economy shook the foundations of a society composed mainly of lords and peasants.
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The thunder seemed to shake the foundations of the building.
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Yet even as the competition fades into the history books, something also seems to be shaking the foundations of capitalism.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lay the foundations/groundwork/base
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Because Save the Children want to lay the foundations for a better future.
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He laid the foundations by cutting one percent off interest rates, scrapping special car tax, and boosting the housing industry.
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He said he hoped they had laid the foundations for peace - but admitted obstacles could lie ahead.
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One of my officials chairs the experts committee that laid the groundwork for this achievement.
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Progress in primary schools has laid the foundations for the drive to raise standards in secondary schools, announced last month.
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The defense Monday seemed to lay the groundwork for an argument about damages.
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Then the elite persuaded the newly elected mayor to appoint a committee to lay the groundwork for redevelopment.
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Will took advantage of this opportunity to lay the groundwork for his epitaph.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After the earthquake, I noticed several cracks in the foundation of the house.
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Copernicus's findings laid the foundations for the later work of Galileo.
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Good eating habits and regular exercise are the foundation for a healthy life.
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Teaching experience is a good foundation for a career in just about anything.
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The Heritage Foundation is a conservative political research organization.
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the National Foundation for the Arts
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According to Wegener, the sial masses of the continents shifted on the earth's actual mantle, the sima foundation .
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More than 600 people were evacuated from their homes in Norfolk and eight bungalows collapsed after the sea washed away their foundations.
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The foundation funded a dozen new career centers in high schools, where students could come for career guidance and counseling.
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The foundation in Madrid is going to manage that one too.
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The fears of earlier critics were not without foundation .
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They clearly adore the multi-layered foundations of instrumental funk, and profoundly project this soulful hipster-cool attitude on All Night Burner.
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Usually two main types are used - strip foundations and raft foundations.
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We cut it to four and those four are still our major selling products and the foundation of our business.