noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cattle grid
grid computing
National Grid
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
national
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It said it would cut the power supply to the national grid if its demands were not met.
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For a start it is 40 percent cheaper than electricity from the national grid .
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Landcorp, which administered government buildings and land; and Electricorp, which operated the power stations and the national grid .
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In the 17-month period from March 1980 to August 1981 alone, 15 units were connected to the national grid .
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Labour would also take control of the national electricity grid , making it responsibility for energy saving.
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Isobel Drury, of the society, warned against plans to solve water shortages through a national grid or local water grids.
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Dounreay was chosen because it possesses cable links to the national grid and a suitable coastal site.
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The plant will generate around 30 megawatts of electricity, which will be fed into the national grid .
■ NOUN
electricity
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The power supply will come easily from the electricity grid .
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Labour would also take control of the national electricity grid , making it responsibility for energy saving.
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So also the national electricity grids , when these appeared.
pattern
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The smaller streets criss-crossed on a grid pattern and the town walls surrounded an eight-sided city.
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Sherman had lost track of the grid pattern altogether.
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The street system did not accord to a grid pattern .
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Once illustrated, each backdrop design had to be overlaid with a precise grid pattern as an aid for the scenic artist.
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The machine shop was an enormous shed with machines and work benches laid out in a grid pattern .
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The grid pattern of streets was extensively adopted and the areas for religious, civic and private building carefully laid out.
power
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Roads, subways, power grids , and dams were constructed; cities were refurbished.
reference
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Look out for the grid reference which appears in each accommodation entry.
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The Ordnance Survey grid references relate to the maps, with the grid lines 1 kilometre apart.
system
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But clinging to the numbered street grid system we found, and flopped into, our riverside home.
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As well as the grid system of streets, there is a territorial grid which is equally apparent.
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Most published maps use a grid system and the Cartesian reference system in which coordinates are specified as x, y pairs.
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This system is not as accurate as either of the grid systems.
■ VERB
start
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Indeed, if you only define the four page margins and the paper size you have effectively started to design the grid .
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Last week the first kilowatts started trickling into the grid .
use
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Ripstop: A construction of fabric using a grid of stronger fibres at regular intervals to improve overall strength.
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There might be alternatives to using a grid .
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By using a grid marked out on the ground, each point where a reading is taken can be plotted.
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Proton magnetometers are usually employed using a grid divided into squares 1 m to 3 m on a side.
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The data in Appendix H were digitized manually using an xy grid with coordinate values in the range 0-1000.
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Most published maps use a grid system and the Cartesian reference system in which coordinates are specified as x, y pairs.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the National Grid
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a power grid
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In many U.S. cities, the streets are organized in a grid .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He would have preferred chess, but Sheldukher could not provide a board, and they both disliked playing on computer grids.
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Put some NaOH pellets around the edge and place one grid on each drop, section side down.
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Sometimes when you find such a place it makes that grid seem to disappear.
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The eerie grid of a city was spread out before him, lit by the chemical yellow of the street lamps.
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The electronic zoo consists of a 9m grid coffered slab supported by reinforced columns.
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The final category of small towns covers those sites with an apparent element of planning or some form of recognizable street grid .
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The resulting uniform frequency of energy allows synchronisation with the national grid .
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The tires wailed on the iron grid .