I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dual role/purpose/function
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The bridge has a dual role, carrying both road and rail.
fulfil a role/duty/function etc
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A good police officer is not fulfilling his role if he neglects this vital aspect.
function key
function word
perform a function/role
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The two organizations perform similar functions.
serve a useful purpose/function (= be useful )
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Sending her to prison would serve no useful purpose.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
administrative
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In the absence of any clear division between administrative and judicial functions , even the humblest official enjoyed arbitrary power.
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They may be said to be exercising an administrative function .
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The cardinals joined in all the rapidly growing administrative and judicial functions of the papal court.
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There are additional administrative functions , such as the submission of a statement of affairs and the making of reports on specified matters.
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Routine administrative functions were sited in the free-standing towns and cities within a hundred or so miles of London. 7.
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Confusion also arose when schools took over administrative functions which traditionally had been located in LEAs.
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Robson recognized that, throughout history, courts have performed administrative functions and administrative bodies have undertaken judicial functions.
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Where administrative functions are not discharged by autonomous agencies, they are largely devolved to the Länder.
basic
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Describe briefly the basic function of the reception office, enumerating the services it provides. 6.
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Confiscatory taxes and overly complex tax regulations make it exceedingly difficult for small business to perform this basic function .
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They begin by challenging the current opinion that all peoples share basic functions of the mind such as logical and abstract abilities.
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When customers judge a company, they judge the totality, not the basic function .
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The subset containing fabliaux with lavatory humour, tales concerning basic bodily functions of excretion or flatulence, are fewer in number.
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It may be argued that this was not a new concept of the basic function of monarchy; perhaps so.
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Like Friedman, Duesenberry believed that the basic consumption function was long-run and proportional, as illustrated in Fig. 7.
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The combined package with the basic function of Photoshop Version 2.5, enables users to input and edit images with their computer.
bodily
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Bob's humour was based on everything from swearing to drug-taking and bodily functions .
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Any thoughts I had of eating, drinking or relieving bodily functions were forgotten.
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Most people consider elimination to be a very private bodily function and therefore find it an embarrassing subject to discuss with hospital staff.
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The intimate aspects of bodily function are more easily expressed with a person of the same gender.
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Their sensory perception as well as their motor responses - their behaviour - are thus totally consonant with their bodily form and function .
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It was the fact of having bodily functions .
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In many ways this day felt ordinary, too. Bodily functions went on.
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If the neurons control automatic bodily functions , heart rate and breathing are impaired.
different
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This suggests that a marked theme has an additional or different function .
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Each switch feels different and controls a different manipulator function .
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The reason is that they have different functions , which impose different constraints on their nature.
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But hidden from immediate viewing, they fulfill a different function .
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The Disney-inspired theme parks serve an only slightly different function .
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A cemetery and a museum are two different institutions that have different functions .
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The newspaper reports, however, serve a different function and illustrate the dangers of young teenage temptresses.
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In a metaphorical sense, different functions of the brain take place in different rooms.
dual
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In similar vein, dare it be said that the charitable function of Age Concern serves this dual function?
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For women preachers in particular, these testimony stories fulfill a dual function .
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It will have a dual function .
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Of the fifteen rotary controls that adorn the S120's front panel, all except one is dual function .
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This method serves a dual function - it will absorb irregularities in the existing floorboards, and also muffle sound.
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It was seen to derive directly from the dual functions of the state, the securing of accumulation and legitimation.
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As a New Town, Cramlington has always had a dual function .
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Hence medicine under capitalism has a dual function , both liberating and controlling.
important
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Its first important function as a bank is as banker to the government.
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This chemical has several important functions , including regulating motivation, mood and movement.
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The yardages for each tournament are the single most important function of a caddie.
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The financial work performed by budget analysts is an important function in every organization.
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In addition to channelling funds from depositors to borrowers, certain financial institutions have another important function .
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Effective control of this circulating capital is one of the most important functions of financial management.
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The above description clearly denotes an extremely important function .
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The third important function provided by the factor is the assumption of risk of bad-debt lOsses.
main
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The two other main functions concerned contrasting ways of judging and ordering these perceptions.
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Its main function was teaching, through evening classes.
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Describe the five main functions of money. 3.
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Its main function , however, appears to be to present a better image of Sri Lanka to the outside world.
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The main function of scholarship surely lies in keeping alive the wonderful minds, works of art and thought of earlier generations.
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A good starting point is a check list with sections covering criteria for acceptance by all the main company functions .
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Sugar was asked to change something which was peripheral to the main function of the machine.
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The Commission's main function is the conservation and protection of the salmon fisheries of the Foyle area.
normal
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The presence of HAPCs was suggestive of normal colonic function .
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Although such inhibition might seem counterproductive, it is actually crucial. Normal brain function depends on both excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters.
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But not all pretended deeds have to fall short of their normal function in order to accomplish their communicative purpose.
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Increased military intrusion into civilian life, with many normal police functions usurped by the Pentagon.
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Simply removing this stress can, in many instances, restore an individual to normal function without any other therapy being required.
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Analysis of normal and abnormal function of central pattern generators probably has a more general significance.
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Non-parallel enzyme secretion has been shown in patients with normal pancreatic function under certain stimulatory conditions.
objective
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Class origins are less important than the objective function of serving the interests of the ruling class.
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We first observe that T1 is uniquely optimal for the objective function because we would have.
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Similarly, there is an objective function which has T2 as its optimal tableau.
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In general, we will examine problems having p linear objective functions ,, which we wish to maximise subject to linear constraints.
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However, the objective function increases if we increase any variable.
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To accommodate multiple objectives , we will extend the simplex tableau by including an additional objective row for each objective function .
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This involves specifying a goal or target value for the objective function .
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The up-pseudo-cost is where is the objective function value of the up-problem.
other
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Is it just to do with production quality control or does it also embrace marketing, accounting and other functions ?
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It was several preceptors phasing out together, Posi later explained, that threw directional control and some other functions out of kilter.
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The two other main functions concerned contrasting ways of judging and ordering these perceptions.
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Most of the actual work of book provision is operated on an area basis - in common with other functions of the library service.
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Among the other functions is ruled-based message management.
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A second reduction of available resources is due to short term problems in other company functions .
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A dedicated server is one that has no other function but to act as a servant to the workstations.
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The laws of war may have one other function in the contemporary era - helping to harmonise standards between allies.
primary
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When the mouse cursor enters this menu bar the main menu is displayed which controls the 19 primary functions of MegaCAD.
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The specialization of functions has a dispersive effect and a primary function of government becomes that of securing co-ordination amongst the parts.
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Damage in this case does not compromise the primary function , that of producing traction.
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This space was purpose-built for exhibitions, and this should remain its primary function .
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The primary function of snake venom is, of course, to quieten prey before swallowing them.
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When economic growth depends upon spending before saving, shopping must be the primary function of the female in the consumer economy.
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The primary function of the Magistrates' Court is to try criminal cases.
public
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The administration of justice by such bodies is a public function even when all the parties to the action are non-governmental.
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Both individual health care coverage and core public health functions are needed to maintain health at the community level.
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These are essentially public law functions .
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There is no reason why a contractual body performing public functions should not be amenable to these remedies.
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Many have their public relations function handled by an outside consultancy as well as by an internal public relations officer.
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My own recollections begin at a public function just over 20 years ago.
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Equally they sustain as well as designate those who discharge public functions .
social
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August is a fairly quiet month in Shetland apart from social functions like sailing regattas.
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Laughter, he says, serves some primitive social function , not yet nailed down.
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Go out and mix with people - in their homes, at social functions , on public transport, in community activities.
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They may also additionally represent much more; they may indeed have a highly integrating social function .
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Much depends on the social function of labelling criminal offences, and on the particular labels chosen.
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What has to be specified in this explanation is the social function which all these diverse customs serve.
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The Playhouse is the ideal venue for your Conference, Exhibition or social function .
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Moving on was a prophylactic, a social cleansing function , keeping one's beat clean.
specific
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Some specific functions can only be conferred by an order made by the Lord Chancellor.
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The defining metaphor for this innovation was the biological cell, which performs specific functions and communicates with other cells.
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Generally fitted with one, two or three buttons which can control specific software functions .
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More specific functions of academic statuses might be explored.
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They can also change character: during development cells change from having rather unspecialized characters to mature cells with very specific functions .
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In universities or large school systems, responsibilities are divided among many administrators, each with a specific function .
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First, each is assigned to a specific function with a functional boss.
useful
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Yet it does perform a number of useful functions . 1.
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The use of categories, when those categories serve a useful function , is not questioned.
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We've found a tiny offshoot of imagination that once, like the appendix doubtless had some useful function .
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This so-called parasitic genetic material turns out to serve a useful evolutionary function .
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While it survived, it served a useful function in obtaining agreement on some economic questions such as currency convertibility and capital transfers.
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They present and practise grammar and useful language functions , such as explaining, defining and comparing.
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To be fair, these materials performed a useful function for a time in the propellers of Spitfires and similar aircraft.
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One useful function of hypotheses is that they help to indicate what data are needed for their testing.
various
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It comes bundled with Windows 3.1, and a proprietary front-end, which uses graphics to depict the various functions provided.
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The President, I was sure, was now making up his explanations of the various Citadel command-post functions .
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The head, if that's what it is, is crowned with a tuft of rubbery antennae serving various functions .
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In between, he designed software for his phone systems, which allow callers to perform various functions through a voice menu.
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Ministry seems to have grown up in a haphazard manner, basically in response to the need that various functions be performed.
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Armed with his Bumper Fun Book, the minister of Dunlop joked his way around the world at various functions .
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These symbols represent the various functions that are available to help you with your designing.
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The state has various executive functions .
■ NOUN
word
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Since words in the closed class have a syntactic rather than a semantic role in utterances they are also known as function words.
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The relational devices such as word order and function words are explicit ways of linking ideas.
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As we have seen many inappropriate parsings are constructed primarily from function words and their reduced forms.
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Secondly, the current technique makes no use of function words .
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Is it a problem of word order, government, function word, or what?
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The selection of a particular planning frame commits the speaker to using certain function words and affixes and not others.
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Why is it that content words tend to be preserved and function words omitted?
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This patient's verbal output consisted almost entirely of content words there were almost no function words and no grammatical structure.
■ VERB
fulfil
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Law can not fulfil this function unless the decisions of the legal institutions are binding or non-optional.
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In fulfilling these three functions , two duties are imposed upon the Commissioner.
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Where site assembly is involved, the speculator fulfils a valuable function .
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Such punitive gestures fulfilled the important function of maintaining mechanical solidarity at the requisite pitch.
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Generations of Spencer men and women have fulfilled the functions of Lord Chamberlain, equerry, lady-in-waiting and other positions at Court.
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We have fulfilled our biological function .
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It thus fulfils the affirmative function of transmission and the negative function of prevention, both of which are designated semantically.
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Comprehension of negative sentences is facilitated when negation is being used to fulfil one of these functions .
perform
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In all these senses, therefore, the exclusively training model performs no educational function at all.
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The defining metaphor for this innovation was the biological cell, which performs specific functions and communicates with other cells.
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Because stress is not available in written language, intricate syntactic devices have to be used to perform a similar function .
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What happens when a thing no longer performs its function ?
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The jaw action is scissor-like and both tooth and jaw bone can perform the cutting function .
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McLanahan and Sandefur seem to assume, also, that only fathers can perform certain functions within the family.
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In addition, the tutor can advise on alternative equipment or software which will perform the required functions more quickly or more effectively.
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In between, he designed software for his phone systems, which allow callers to perform various functions through a voice menu.
serve
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The newspaper reports, however, serve a different function and illustrate the dangers of young teenage temptresses.
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The use of categories, when those categories serve a useful function , is not questioned.
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However, as a lot of the controls serve two functions , some initial confusion can arise.
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It passes through many of the abandoned towns that at one time served auxiliary functions to the mines of Tombstone.
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The development of reliable text recognition procedures would serve two important functions .
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When you stop to think of it, every object is similar to the umbrella, in that it serves a function .
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The ozone molecules are very thinly spread within this area but their fragile existence nevertheless serves a vital function to life.
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This so-called parasitic genetic material turns out to serve a useful evolutionary function .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bauhaus architects thought that function was more important than form.
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Each basket is designed to perform a specific function , from carrying corn to holding babies.
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His specialist service is in constant demand for big corporate functions.
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Long term exercise changes the function of the heart, blood, and muscles.
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Part of her duties is attending official state functions.
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Several instructors could not answer questions about the function of a particular switch.
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The function of this gene is to block the uncontrolled division of cells; it therefore prevents the development of cancer.
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The Great Hall is available for weddings and other social functions.
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The Lavender Room can be booked for functions or parties.
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The main function of the bars is to protect the driver's legs.
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What is the function of literature in our society?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Hepatic damage has also been reported; thus, periodic liver functions should be done.
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Kerberos may be adequate for those who do not need the more robust functions and properties of public-key systems.
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Oral fluids are introduced gradually until a normal level is reached. 4 Once bowel function returns diet is gradually re-introduced.
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The defining metaphor for this innovation was the biological cell, which performs specific functions and communicates with other cells.
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The part of the job he liked best was standing up at grand civic functions and bathing in the applause.
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This reflects the Society's function to monitor and maintain the highest professional standards.
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This teaching function , though, declined sharply after 1380 with the establishment of Durham College at Oxford.
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Yet it does perform a number of useful functions. 1.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
correctly
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In Mr Warren's case, the intoximeter at the police station did not function correctly and so samples were required.
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Other errors are unlikely to cause any damage - the supply will simply not function correctly .
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Her brain wasn't functioning correctly .
effectively
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The difficulty was that the courts were unable to function effectively .
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Public scepticism and opposition had to be overcome before the system could function effectively , he said.
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Many new organizations and businesses have been, to lesser and greater degrees, designed to function effectively in this volatile climate.
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Such open-mindedness is an essential part of the missionary gift which the Church needs in order to function effectively in any cross-cultural situation.
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Second, we believe that civilized society can not function effectively without effective government-something that is all too rare today.
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However, without all this the infantry's most vital asset, the soldier, does not function effectively .
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In order for the dialogue to function effectively , there are rules of procedure which all participants have to accept.
independently
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The other side of the movie is structured by a choreography that seems to function independently of the screenplay.
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A person who has been successful in separating psychologically from parents is equipped to function independently in both play and work.
normally
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It may be that that individual does not function normally as a consequence of the sensory deprivation.
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Collagen normally functions like steel reinforcing rods in a concrete structure.
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In the past most of us have been unaware of these signs and that is why our body ceases to function normally .
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Provided the liver is functioning normally , the amount of dye retained after 45 minutes should be less than 6 percent.
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A biopsy of brain tissue detected the presence of toxoplasmosis, which is relatively harmless in people with normally functioning immune systems.
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But they functioned normally on the farm, he said.
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Perhaps she would never again be able to function normally .
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Cocaine users often feel as though they need the drug to relieve themselves of the tired feeling and to function normally .
perfectly
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Most modern computers will function perfectly well over short cable lengths at these reduced signal levels.
properly
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The monetary role enabled the coin to function properly as a coin by ensuring that it circulated smoothly and without interruption.
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About two-thirds of all collisions at state public crossings actually occur where everything is functioning properly .
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Pull one part out and all of the others cease to function properly .
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The bacteria can enter the bloodstream, but are usually quickly destroyed when antibodies and the immune system function properly .
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Thanks to a sound system that fails to function properly , Kevin's words of diseased warning and wisdom are indecipherable.
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Impairment describes parts or systems of the body which do not function properly such as hearing or sight.
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It is this secondary mandate which ensures that our bi-cameral system can properly function .
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For nearly 45 years, it was unable to function properly because it became a political battleground in the Cold War.
still
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We must assume that creatures whose machines still function after three million years may build a society equally long-lasting.
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I could still function out in the provinces, where local political barons had their own media agendas.
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Often seen in the movies, this 1924 building across from MacArthur Park still functions as a hotel.
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Even if every adenosine receptor in your brain were blocked by caffeine, you could still function .
well
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No hospital can function well without receptionists, cleaners, administrators, porters and all the other ancillary staff.
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This final, preferred mode of response is much more likely to keep your immune system functioning well .
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The company was functioning well as a business entity and making inroads all the time creatively.
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He ensured that our institutions functioned well .
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One person may function well in most areas of life, but be paranoid and hostile in certain circumstances.
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I just could not function well in an adversarial role.
■ NOUN
ability
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There was no difference in the 1, 700 patients' ability to function or in their death rates.
body
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In the past most of us have been unaware of these signs and that is why our body ceases to function normally.
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Impairment describes parts or systems of the body which do not function properly such as hearing or sight.
brain
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There was grief and shock, but another part of his brain was functioning - the reporter's.
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Her brain wasn't functioning correctly.
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Was it her fault if her brain wouldn't function at a normal level?
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Neural network efforts pay more attention to how the brain functions .
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His brain functioned , but on a detached, robotic level.
family
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The two families function as one.
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The object was to keep the family functioning as normally as possible, and for many families it worked.
government
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Dole has promised to seek a balanced budget by 2002, but he also realizes that the government must continue to function .
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But at least the government is functioning .
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We want our government to function in a manner befitting the last superpower on earth.
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The proposed charter is a combination of paranoia, elitism, staff manipulation and basic ignorance about how government really functions .
group
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To no other group of soldiers functioning in this period was leadership a factor of such prime importance.
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The groups can function like political campaigns or professional sports teams, carrying their own psychic rewards.
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It took a year to train a group of people to function as the general managers.
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If it stops producing, large numbers of other units whose work follows from this group can not function .
level
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Is that ambition functioning at a high level or is it just a sense of obligation or is it idealism?
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Was it her fault if her brain wouldn't function at a normal level ?
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The real distribution of power describes the allocation of power and functions across these levels of government.
society
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Remove her, and the rest of the society ceases to function .
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It will not be eager to initiate those steps which would enable that society to function in unmanageable or unexpected ways.
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Second, we believe that civilized society can not function effectively without effective government-something that is all too rare today.
system
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So faster wage rises were needed if the system was to function smoothly.
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Public scepticism and opposition had to be overcome before the system could function effectively, he said.
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Thanks to a sound system that fails to function properly, Kevin's words of diseased warning and wisdom are indecipherable.
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The system functions as a turnkey management solution to service providers, making their operation more efficient and profitable.
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It is this secondary mandate which ensures that our bi-cameral system can properly function .
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This final, preferred mode of response is much more likely to keep your immune system functioning well.
way
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Want was all he could do, for his body had long ago ceased to function in that way .
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I intend for these appendices to function in a similar way .
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Elements of behaviour like these can function in a similar way to eye contact.
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The White House initiative functioned in this way not as a mandate but as a disincentive.
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First of all, an orchestra, if it is functioning in the best way , is a creative unit.
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Others function in new ways that allow for different physical laws.
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The market is said to function in the following way .
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Nor do they all function in the same way .
■ VERB
allow
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With certain limited exceptions all care provisions require a permit by the youth department in order to be allowed to function .
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While the confederation is technically illegal, it has been allowed to function openly.
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Within schools, structures and procedures must be created which discriminate between management and leadership and allow each to function appropriately.
begin
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It must be remembered that once these batteries are inserted into the transmitter they begin to function .
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Once the school began functioning smoothly, Friedman turned his attention to the blacker side of the organization: interception and solution.
cease
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In the past most of us have been unaware of these signs and that is why our body ceases to function normally.
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She stood as if her body had ceased to function , her thoughts fixated on her cozy, smoky kang.
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Want was all he could do, for his body had long ago ceased to function in that way.
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Moreover, the assessment tests had ceased to function as barriers to the remedial curriculum on many campuses.
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It stopped, ceased to function .
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In Brixton consultative machinery involving the police and community leaders had ceased to function .
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Pull one part out and all of the others cease to function properly.
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Woolton told Churchill his supervisory role had largely ceased to function .
continue
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How they might continue to function is, however, a different matter.
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Dole has promised to seek a balanced budget by 2002, but he also realizes that the government must continue to function .
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A compromise must be reached if the organization is to continue to function .
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In 1978, when the factory moved, the union was officially dissolved although it continued to function secretly.
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He suffered several illnesses while president, although he continued to function adequately.
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It was this rivalry that allowed the bank to continue to function after the Tampa arrests, much to Mazur's disgust.
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By adaptability I mean the ability of a system to continue to function in the face of an uncertain or unknown environment.
enable
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The monetary role enabled the coin to function properly as a coin by ensuring that it circulated smoothly and without interruption.
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It will not be eager to initiate those steps which would enable that society to function in unmanageable or unexpected ways.
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Ultimately, only the strength of the denial system enables the sufferer to function at all.
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There are four interacting systems within the organism's black box that enable it to function effectively.
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And to enable coinage to function smoothly it must be properly controlled by that authority.
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He would understand in detail the working of the mechanism of the clock, which enables it to function as it does.
fail
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Thanks to a sound system that fails to function properly, Kevin's words of diseased warning and wisdom are indecipherable.
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Thursday, the supertitles failed to function through much of the first act.
keep
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This final, preferred mode of response is much more likely to keep your immune system functioning well.
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The object was to keep the family functioning as normally as possible, and for many families it worked.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ancient Egyptians used herbs to help the stomach function naturally.
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The alarm system was not functioning when the paintings were stolen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About two-thirds of all collisions at state public crossings actually occur where everything is functioning properly.
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As well as not functioning in a submersed situation, dying cells, releasing adverse substances will pollute the water.
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But the land lab continues to function as a base for their operations.
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Cocaine users often feel as though they need the drug to relieve themselves of the tired feeling and to function normally.
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Even if your memory starts functioning by then the forecast is diabolical.
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It is worthwhile stating the obvious, that biosensors do not function for ever and will fail eventually.
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This is a real, functioning dictionary, an astonishingly impressive work of reference and research, however you look at it.