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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at a given moment (= at any particular time )
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There was no variety at all - you knew exactly what you would be doing at any given moment of the week.
be given/awarded custody (= be legally allowed to have it )
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The court will decide who will be given custody.
be granted/given bail
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Magistrates adjourned the case until June 9 and Smith was granted bail.
get/be given a hero’s welcome (= be treated as a hero when you arrive somewhere )
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The team were given a hero’s welcome when they returned to the city.
get/be given an airing
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an issue that wasn’t given an airing during the campaign
given a fair crack of the whip
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They feel they haven’t been given a fair crack of the whip .
given carte blanche
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The new manager will be given carte blanche as long as she can increase the company’s profits.
given first aid
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Being given first aid at the scene of the accident probably saved his life.
given half a chance
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Many kids would sleep till noon given half a chance .
given name
given precedence
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Safety must be given precedence .
given the chance/given half a chance (= if there is an opportunity to do something )
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Goats will eat anything, given half a chance.
given the chance/given half a chance (= if there is an opportunity to do something )
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Goats will eat anything, given half a chance.
given the choice (= if you had a choice )
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Given the choice, I probably wouldn’t work.
given the constraints on sth (= because there are particular constraints on something )
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Given the constraints on space in the city, most people live in tiny apartments.
given the thumbs up
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The project was finally given the thumbs up .
given...a jolt
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The oil crisis has given the government quite a jolt .
given...black eye
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Jack looked like someone had given him a black eye .
given...facelift
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The new owner had given the pub a facelift .
given...seal of approval
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A number of employers have already given their seal of approval to the scheme.
given...the sack
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They’ve never actually given anyone the sack .
has given...blessing to
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The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme.
receive/be given/get recognition
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Younger women artists are now getting wider recognition.
take it as read/given (= assume that something is correct or certain, because you are sure that this is the case )
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It isn’t official yet, but you can take it as read that you’ve got the contract.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be given over to sth
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The upstairs bedroom is given over to her collection of antique dolls.
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Afternoons were given over to village leave, organised games, set walks, leisure periods and detention.
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He feared that within a decade it would be given over to factories.
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Less than 1 percent of classroom time is given over to questions that require complex student thought or responses.
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On the second floor, half the space was given over to a dormitory.
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Returning from music, the twenty minutes left before lunch are given over to review for a spelling test.
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The greater part is given over to the well in which the ice was deposited.
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The rest was given over to a bowling green and a large expanse of lawn; the potential for change was enormous.
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The surrounding countryside is lush and fertile and much is given over to agricultural use.
be given/get your marching orders
get/be given a bad press
get/be given short shrift
get/be given your cards
take a hammering/be given a hammering
under/given the circumstances
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Besides, under the circumstances , the risk had to be taken.
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Especially under the circumstances and all.
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He made some measure of pass at me. Given the circumstances of a cheese dip, it was cheering.
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He said that he felt that its terms were the best obtainable under the circumstances .
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Perhaps under the circumstances it made sense to remain in the one place.
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Their disciplined behavior under the circumstances impressed my father.
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Well given the circumstances who can blame them.
with time/given time
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
already
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Witnesses have already given descriptions of the pair who were seen having what appeared to be a heated argument.
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Mr. Ashdown I think that I have already given way a reasonable number of times.
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As the examples already given illustrate, most of the protests concerned what the conservatives saw as government weakness.
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But it seems he had already given reward enough with his charming behaviour.
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But Descartes had already given answers to objections such as these.
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But this has already given rise to concern about hidden or back-door sponsorship.
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You've already given notice to the work-force, though you haven't paid them their dues.
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I have already given examples of different characteristics evolving for different reasons.
also
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We were also given presentations outlining progress to date since the merger and plans for the future.
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The distinction between the intermediate and the aggravated offence has also given rise to adverse comment.
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The 1986 Act and the 1988 Education Act have also given governors more power over schools than previously.
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The teacher was also given time to prepare for the interview.
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Garden tour operators are also given tours.
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In both the causal task and the temporal task the children were also given items using so instead of because.
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Skinner was also given responsibility for liaising closely with the troika at the apex of Bush's re-election campaign.
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He was also given concurrent youth custody sentences of five years, three years and one year.
■ NOUN
access
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Shortlisted parties will also be given access to the vendors' various professional advisers to obtain information and to discuss specific areas.
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Users should not be given access to this account.
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Where possible the public are given access to enjoy the land for recreation.
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The Purchaser can be given access to the documents and take its own view.
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Each user is given access rights to the server's files.
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We are not given access to her private emotional struggles, but we are clear that she can not reject social values.
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The most severely-handicapped may be able to benefit from pictures and music, if they are given access to them.
area
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Unlike the Magistrates' Court, the Crown Court's jurisdiction is not limited to a given area .
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In practice, for a given area to remain in isostatic equilibrium, there would always be a limiting factor.
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This is particularly so within a given area .
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We could possibly arrange sub-contractors if anyone was interested in taking up the job in a given area .
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Of course, they dealt with a given area , and quite successfully.
birth
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A woman who had just given birth was being lifted off a stretcher.
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This horse has just given birth to a foal. b. This mare has just given birth to a foal.
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To think that the selfsame parents could have given birth to the two of us, she says.
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What good was this love that she should never have given birth to?
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Meg had just given birth to a baby.
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The degree of glucose intolerance for any given birth weight was influenced independently by body mass index in adulthood.
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She's just given birth to daughter Rosie.
case
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Although this is complex to analyse, the average times are easily checked in any given case .
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The Commission can also be given cases where two or more distinct firms by implicit collusion operate to restrict competition.
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However, Poulantzas would presumably argue that in any given case the course of events is determined by antecedent factors.
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Nevertheless, there does seem to be ample latitude in determining how many tests will be conclusive in a given case .
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It is not always easy to identify the ratio decidendi of a given case .
context
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Latent inhibition will show context-specificity when the only training given has been non-reinforced presentations of the stimulus in a given context .
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This may partly explain why a speaker or writer opts for a marked theme in a given context .
information
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Are managers of nurses given information about annual leave arrangements of other staff?
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Is it one at which they will simply be given information by the teacher in role?
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Presuppositions contribute to that given information .
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You have always said that you think it important that this House should be given information first.
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Those questioned were also concerned that they were not given information on exactly how their tax liability was worked out.
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You will be given information about the charges.
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Mr Reynolds was also given information about the operation and what would happen to him afterwards so that he knew what to expect.
level
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They could expect to receive a given level of real resources and plan accordingly for the medium term.
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They will of course be subject to a number of conditions such as inter alia a given level of profits and due diligence.
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Where there are definite intuitions about which elements belong at a given level , we may speak of substantive levels.
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One way of calculating this figure is to compare the dose from given levels of contamination of polonium-210 and iodine-131.
life
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The girls in question are Michelle and Lisa Taylor, two sisters who were given life sentences for murder earlier this year.
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The crudest joke against the human race lies in that sweaty farce by which we are first formed and given life .
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I know now that there is every reason for joy at the thought of the day on which I was given life .
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He starts with the idea of a hard, cold seed being woken by the sun and given life by the sun.
moment
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At any given moment most such bands can be expected to contain no incestuous members.
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At a given moment finite time came into existence out of infinite time.
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I would have needed an air traffic control centre to keep track of where everyone was at any given moment .
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To find out which position line, to or from the beacon, the aircraft is on at any given moment .
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There was no variety at all - you knew exactly what you would be doing at any given moment of the week.
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Whatever Jenny was involved in at any given moment took up the whole of her.
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She is whatever the majority of men regard as sexy at any given moment .
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Babergh starkly illustrates the brittleness of its prosperity at any given moment .
name
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Feds all used their given names , whatever their rank.
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The Director was the only one who was called by anything but his given name .
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He developed what psychologists might describe as a reluctance to address members of his family by their given names or titles.
notice
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Tenants who refuse to accept leases are given notice to quit and find themselves on the streets after years of loyal service.
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We also sometimes wish that we were given notice about the arrangements being made for us, and were consulted.
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You've already given notice to the work-force, though you haven't paid them their dues.
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He was given notice that when his employment at Hendon terminated, he could be re-employed at Ruislip as a tester.
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Any respondent to the proposed application is likely to be given notice of hearing of any request for leave.
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Where neither attend despite being given notice of the appointment, the court may refuse to make directions.
number
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In either application, the device is intended to provide a means of systematically ordering the subdivisions of a given number .
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An auxiliary listed under a given number may be applied to any subdivision of that number.
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Note that Table 7.5 only applies to the given number of records per track while Fig. 7.18 is more general.
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Numerical Documents or files are given numbers and are filed in number order.
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Excited, she rang the given number .
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For a given number of information arrivals, there is zero correlation between volatility and volume.
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She knew what results in work a given number of them would produce in a given space of time.
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The wrapping machine was pre-set to wrap a given number of biscuits.
period
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At any given period , their art will be on show somewhere across the world.
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We will pay you £5.00 if we fail to respond within the given periods . 3.
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The materials manager does not purchase all the material he could possibly need in a given period .
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None the less, certain collectivities acquire a certain salience or pertinence in relation to the dominant political issues of a given period .
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You can then go through the filing cabinets to locate the files that have not been stamped within a given period .
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Sole Agency One agent has exclusive selling rights for a given period .
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Again, files that have not been worked on in a given period can be selected.
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During the given period of time, exposure to the decisions of others communicates some of the information these decision-makers originally lacked.
permission
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Only VIPs and foreign diplomatic missions are given permission to utilise such dishes.
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In one concession by the government on Dec. 28, it was given permission to publish its own newspaper, Rilindja Demokratika.
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David Ashford, who's a teacher, had even been given permission to take twelve weeks off work.
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It's the first time students have been given permission to broadcast outside a campus.
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He said the management at the site hadn't given permission for welding on the oil tank.
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Russell Ferrante has been given permission by the High Court to ask for a second inquest into his son's death.
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In 1947 he was given permission by the Fourth International to form an independent Labour Party entry group.
point
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Yet pragmatics tends only to examine how meaning develops at a given point .
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Set size the width of the type body of a given point size.
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The three colour laser Doppler Anemometer measures in three dimensions how fast a fluid is travelling past a given point .
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At any given point in time, however, such sites may offer latent potential to the developer.
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Spaces with more than two dimensions require more than a single parameter to describe the Gaussian curvature at a given point .
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This convention requires careful interpretation for local vectors, i.e. vectors measured at a given point in space.
priority
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Applications for younger scientists will be given priority , as will projects in the humanities.
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On the other hand, 32 percent felt that economic growth should be given priority even if the environment suffered to some extent.
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The saving of the party newspapers at this time was given priority over matters related to broadcasting and other information services.
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Child abuse cases to be given priority to avoid delays and enable therapeutic help to be offered at the earliest opportunity.
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If they are, these words are given priority over the other alternatives available for each word position.
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Proposals likely to lead to the development of ideas or resources of use to others will be given priority .
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Demand management had been given priority in preference to profitable or productive work.
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A number of attractive prospects that have been identified will be given priority for early drilling.
responsibility
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A single Minister will be given responsibility for coordinating London's transport services.
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Blanche was given responsibility for the enquiry.
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The new administration was given responsibility for preparing for the forthcoming general election and drafting a new constitution.
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Some one in the occupational health department or specific tutors should be given responsibility for student welfare and be trained as counsellors.
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Skinner was also given responsibility for liaising closely with the troika at the apex of Bush's re-election campaign.
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It was Major Volpi who had been given responsibility for putting up road-blocks and carrying out house-to-house searches.
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Chevenement was actually given responsibility for industry as well as research just under a year ago.
rise
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Secondly, that transfer must have given rise to rights in the individual who makes it.
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The distinction between the intermediate and the aggravated offence has also given rise to adverse comment.
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The bad news is that a given rise in output therefore generates fewer new jobs.
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But this has already given rise to concern about hidden or back-door sponsorship.
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And so one species will have given rise to another.
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The remaining techniques have not given rise to general-purpose instruments but have proved useful in particular experiments.
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This embraces all overseas companies, but in practice this has not given rise to difficulties.
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Thus there must have been initial configurations that would not have given rise to a universe like the one we see today.
set
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Expectations are what we consider to be reasonable behaviour, performance or decisions under a given set of circumstances.
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In a gate, the output is always the same for any given set of input conditions.
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This meant performing a given set of rituals at the appropriate times.
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Then they know that the item conforms to a given set of environmental standards.
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He makes vast series of variations on given sets of conditions.
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That is in a system with a given set of factors of production and a fixed technology.
situation
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Overlap in a given situation is more or less tolerated in some societies than in others.
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We owe it to clarity to disentangle the varieties of suffering possible in a given situation .
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Try to see a given situation as it truly is when not enhanced by the torture inflicted by your imagination.
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Everybody from the politburo downwards should know what slogans to repeat in any given situation .
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The theory states that individuals possess certain characteristics so that they are predisposed to act in a certain way within a given situation .
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The difficulty is not so much in defining the content for a given situation as stating the level of performance required.
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What I lose is my full ability to monitor and assess correctly a given situation .
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She was not a woman who would see both sides of a question, or want to analyse a given situation .
support
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Staff need to be given support ... especially in the more sensitive areas.
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Those most immediately affected given support .
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So advanced gas-cooled reactors are given support .
task
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Learners are always given tasks to do whilst listening which encourages motivation and gives them a reason to listen.
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An example of the tactic would be a project aimed at establishing the suitability of a material for a given task .
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No discussion or analysis - except in terms of efficient achievement of the given task - can enter into such a process.
time
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Only 7 lines can be displayed at any given time .
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It is only fair to Magnus Magnusson and the new structures that they be given time to prove themselves.
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They are, no doubt, conditioned by the environment in which they live, they act in a given time and place.
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Be able to calculate the interval between two given times , and the finishing time given the starting time and duration.
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Well, those of his extended family that he's on speaking terms with at any given time .
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On arrival at Hillsborough she was given a boisterous welcome by 150 children given time off school to greet her.
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The listeners are always in control because their counterparts will run out of things to say given time .
way
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Mr. Ashdown I think that I have already given way a reasonable number of times.
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But all had remained silent, even the rain and the wind given way to the calm after the storm.
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Had she not taken her weight off them they would simply have given way .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be given over to sth
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The upstairs bedroom is given over to her collection of antique dolls.
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Afternoons were given over to village leave, organised games, set walks, leisure periods and detention.
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He feared that within a decade it would be given over to factories.
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Less than 1 percent of classroom time is given over to questions that require complex student thought or responses.
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On the second floor, half the space was given over to a dormitory.
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Returning from music, the twenty minutes left before lunch are given over to review for a spelling test.
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The greater part is given over to the well in which the ice was deposited.
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The rest was given over to a bowling green and a large expanse of lawn; the potential for change was enormous.
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The surrounding countryside is lush and fertile and much is given over to agricultural use.
be given/get your marching orders
get/be given a bad press
get/be given your cards
take a hammering/be given a hammering
under/given the circumstances
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Besides, under the circumstances , the risk had to be taken.
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Especially under the circumstances and all.
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He made some measure of pass at me. Given the circumstances of a cheese dip, it was cheering.
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He said that he felt that its terms were the best obtainable under the circumstances .
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Perhaps under the circumstances it made sense to remain in the one place.
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Their disciplined behavior under the circumstances impressed my father.
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Well given the circumstances who can blame them.
with time/given time
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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They didn't meet me at the given time.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Set size the width of the type body of a given point size.
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These were to identify, but not describe or interpret, the stylistic devices present in a given text.
III. preposition
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Given the number of people we invited, I'm surprised so few came.
IV. noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be given over to sth
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The upstairs bedroom is given over to her collection of antique dolls.
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Afternoons were given over to village leave, organised games, set walks, leisure periods and detention.
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He feared that within a decade it would be given over to factories.
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Less than 1 percent of classroom time is given over to questions that require complex student thought or responses.
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On the second floor, half the space was given over to a dormitory.
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Returning from music, the twenty minutes left before lunch are given over to review for a spelling test.
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The greater part is given over to the well in which the ice was deposited.
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The rest was given over to a bowling green and a large expanse of lawn; the potential for change was enormous.
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The surrounding countryside is lush and fertile and much is given over to agricultural use.
be given/get your marching orders
get/be given short shrift
with time/given time
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Indeed many other art-historical givens have been rendered obsolete by pluralism and cultural diversity.
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It enters into the work as one of the givens with which the artist begins.
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National identities are not constant and unchanging givens.
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The so-called laws of nature are regarded as inexorable givens.
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They were, like this new body she was growing into, givens.
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We might say roughly that there are two sorts of givens which we could call duties and wishes.