noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
electrical
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The electrical generator is about 98% efficient.
large
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Some power companies are taking advantage of the technique to clean large generators quickly.
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Ampair's stern-mounting kit would appear to be the most sensible system for fixing larger generators on yachts.
■ NOUN
electricity
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Much of the new demand will come from a doubling in the amount of gas consumed by electricity generators .
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Its original plan was to unload the problem on to the electricity generators .
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The two major electricity generators , PowerGen and National Power, declined to comment until they had assessed the white paper.
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Or we could leave it up to the electricity generators to reduce the impact, at the expense of higher bills.
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In 1990, it emerged that he had held discussions about buying PowerGen, the state electricity generator , outright.
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A hotel's conventional boiler for heat production alone usually achieves 70% and standby electricity generators , 50%.
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Motorways, electricity generators , municipal dumps were all subject to kickbacks.
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Whether this is because of the impending General Election, or the impending conclusion of negotiations with electricity generators remain to be seen.
power
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Also, tidal power generators must be designed to withstand severe wave action and the corrosive effects of seawater.
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Professional television crews, in fact, bring their own power generators with them to enable them to light large areas.
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This left them unable to pay some independent power generators , so they had to shut down.
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Then there is the massive power generator which can weight 20 tons or more.
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Dalek firepower threatens to destroy the expeditionary force until the attackers hit on the idea of disabling the city's power generators .
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Such an idea might sound rather optimistic, but some power generators are already trying to look environmentally friendly by doing it.
wind
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All the wind generators tested used standard ferrite magnets.
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The batteries for the torches were recharged from the wind generator and the solar panels, as was the radio battery.
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There are two techniques for using a wind generator or a solar panel.
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Surely a manufacturer could develop a wind generator which has a cage enclosing the turbine?
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Over the past few years wind generators and solar panels have become cheaper.
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It is essential to fit wind generators as well out of the way as possible: on the aft pulpit, for example.
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The major factors governing the use of wind generators are as follows.
■ VERB
use
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There are two techniques for using a wind generator or a solar panel.
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Instead, in an ingenious way, it uses a flywheel generator .
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They were using a nearby generator to provide lighting and music.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Andre Berry switches on a standard domestic vacuum cleaner powered by a petrol generator to collect material to repair an historic mound.
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Evidence of electrical power on main and stand-by systems has to be determined and generator or alternator functioning assessments must be made.
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In this phase, the most active generators of ideas were sociologists and psychologists.
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The Coliseum has several backup generators, and additional generators were also brought in, Trask said.
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They put in new heating and air conditioning, carpeting and a generator .
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When the generator shuts off, they have no electricity.