I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a constitution guarantees sth (= says it must happen or exist )
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Hungary's constitution guarantees freedom of religion.
ensure/guarantee sb’s safety
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There were few laws or regulations to ensure the safety of workers.
permit/promise/guarantee etc safe passage (to/for sb)
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The government offered safe passage to militants taking up their offer of peace talks.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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Mutation is almost guaranteed and one individual among billions is certain to draw the successful ticket in the genetic lottery.
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Cargo shares were of course proportioned to rank, but for the more senior officers it could almost guarantee wealth.
virtually
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Those price agreements, which virtually guarantee the firms a 25 percent profit on the drugs, are being renegotiated this month.
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Yet this refusal to intervene virtually guarantees that core group behavior will continue to be encouraged by profit-minded entrepreneurs.
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Official leniency is exploited by the smugglers who can virtually guarantee secure entry, whatever happens.
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Yet continuity of basic policy is virtually guaranteed by the retention of Norman Lamont at the Treasury.
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Like those cars, it's available in numbers exclusive enough to virtually guarantee future classic status.
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When he batted, his name did not merely promise runs as virtually guarantee them.
■ NOUN
constitution
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The constitution should guarantee respect for equality and autonomy, yet leave individuals to pursue their own interests as they wish.
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The 8 {-by 14-inch paper outlines an argument that the Arizona Constitution already guarantees the right to carry concealed weapons.
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The constitution guarantees federal payments, but that does not mean they have to be made on time.
freedom
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The closed shop: Mr Fowler said the legislation would guarantee people the freedom to decide whether or not to join a union.
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Article 19 of the Covenant guarantees the right to freedom of expression in all its forms.
future
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However, that still leaves ministers well short of the 13 million tonnes they need to guarantee the future of enough pits.
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You can't guarantee the future . 7 Past Loves Is there some one he's never got over?
government
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They are also demanding that the government guarantee their security.
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Some even had government guaranteed prices.
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Can the Government guarantee that the recent increases in railfreight charges will not continue under their privatisation proposals?
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This was a classic example of big government advocates misunderstanding a problem and designing a government solution guaranteed to make it worse.
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While local programmes are the responsibility of the TECs, the Government guarantees the offer of help to particular groups of unemployed.
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That problem cost the federal government , which guarantees the loans for lenders, several billion dollars a year.
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The Bank lends to governments and governmental agencies, although private organizations can borrow if the national government guarantees the loan.
income
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And by age 75 they must use most of their pension fund to buy an annuity guaranteeing an income for life.
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Better by far to invest while the going is good, to guarantee yourself an income , rather than rely on an uncertain future.
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These reforms will ensure that every citizen is guaranteed a decent minimum income , whether or not they are in employment.
job
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Some have been guaranteed jobs on leaving school after proving themselves reliable.
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Improving the knowledge and skills of young people certainly does not guarantee that the jobs will come.
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Employers who join the Compact make a collective guarantee to offer jobs to young people who have achieved the Compact goals.
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Health benefits are maintained during the leave, and workers are guaranteed their job back when they return.
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Your ability to guarantee jobs will depend on the size and nature of your business, and recruitment pattern.
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He would demand work from welfare recipients but provide them with more day care and guaranteed public jobs .
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In return, they are guaranteed a job with training - or training leading to a job.
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Governments can easily guarantee their employees a job , without guaranteeing the job they currently hold.
law
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Thus in Britain, a series of laws have guaranteed solicitors a monopoly on particular services.
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On March 6 a federal judge, Gabriel Cavallo, repealed two amnesty laws that had guaranteed immunity for 1,180 army officers.
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The law guarantees that sufficient additional funds are available to act quickly in the event of a spill.
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Both sides have agreed on a new electoral law which guarantees secret balloting and an immediate count.
loan
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Goldhawk has discovered that Ansbacher would not guarantee the loan notes until the Telecom deal was certain.
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The city would guarantee each loan for its first five years, to limit the bankers' risk.
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You should have been told that an endowment policy is not guaranteed to repay a loan .
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That problem cost the federal government, which guarantees the loans for lenders, several billion dollars a year.
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Firstly, loan demand must come from creditworthy customers who can guarantee loan repayment at a future date.
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Valmark guaranteed the loan with its three commercial properties in Chatsworth, which carried a value of $ 2. 2 million.
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A few pounds a month will guarantee the loan is repaid if the worst happens.
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Federal programs to guarantee loans to small businesses have been expanded and targeted at women.
money
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The Treuhandanstalt would guarantee creditors against losing money lent to businesses unsuccessfully attempting to adapt to unification.
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This is supposed to guarantee the new money will be stable and strong.
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And, if you're not delighted with your purchase, we guarantee to refund your money in full.
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First among these responsibilities is to guarantee sound money .
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And as with all our offers we guarantee to refund your money if you're not entirely satisfied with your order.
payment
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The constitution guarantees federal payments , but that does not mean they have to be made on time.
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Instead, farmers would get a guaranteed but dwindling federal payment over each of the next seven years.
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An importer gets his own bank to guarantee payment by issuing a letter of credit.
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Under the Conservation Reserve Program, farmers are guaranteed rental payments to idle sensitive crop land.
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To do so would suggest that the Bank were in effect guaranteeing their payment at maturity.
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The federal government currently protects its nonworking elderly with a promise of guaranteed Social Security payments .
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The banks or organisations that issue them guarantee payment of bills run up by the credit card holder up to a certain limit.
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Instead, participating farmers will get guaranteed but declining federal payments .
place
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And as soon as any of the old big names are fit, they're guaranteed a place in the team.
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However, as the home country, the United States is guaranteed a place in the field.
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Whoever wins that bout is likely to be in the semi-finals, which should guarantee an Olympic place .
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It does not guarantee you some privileged place on earth.
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It would be a tremendous blow if Boro lost Pears for a game that could guarantee a Premier League place .
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A good performance from Baggio today would probably guarantee his place in Vicini's World Cup side.
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It guarantees a training place to all 16- and 17-year-olds who leave full-time education and can not find a job.
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The Government must speedily ensure that the necessary public and private resources are made available to guarantee the investment takes place .
price
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This is similar to a put option that guarantees investors a minimum price at which they can sell their shares.
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By selling gold forward, producers are guaranteed a fixed price for their future gold production.
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Basically the policy protected farmers by guaranteeing a price for their products and by setting up barriers against imports.
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Some even had government guaranteed prices .
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Keith Prowse are able to guarantee top price east stand seats together with first class hospitality facilities, situated within the Club.
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Jim McCrery, R-La., said competition among oil companies would guarantee lower prices for consumers.
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I guaranteed a starting price so long as I got last refusal - he was auctioning the piece.
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Two, they guarantee the lowest prices .
quality
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Is it worth paying the extra money to a company in order to guarantee good quality support and back-up?
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Could Langlitz guarantee that level of quality , the company wonders, if it turned out 1, 000 jackets a month?
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Ways of guaranteeing a quality service to clients have also been pursued in specific fields of work.
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We will establish a new National Inspectorate for Health to guarantee a quality service.
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If so, did managers have access to the type of training which would guarantee their quality ?
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Birds are bred by crossing champions, to try to guarantee a high quality of song.
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Sites will guarantee the quality of the information available from their links, and these might become the Yahoos of the future.
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Only when Anis controls every stage of production and can guarantee quality and delivery will it try exporting again.
rate
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This includes two things: the guaranteed interest rate and the regular bonus rate.
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It is invested in Treasury securities with a guaranteed monthly rate .
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Every pound you repay on your mortgage offers a guaranteed rate of return of 11.5 per cent.
return
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These companies must pay a price that gives growers a guaranteed return , including a premium for social investment.
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A bond promises a fixed interest rate, fixed maturity and guaranteed return of your principal, barring default.
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Every pound you repay on your mortgage offers a guaranteed rate of return of 11.5 per cent.
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Unisys bought $ 211 million worth of these Executive Life contracts, which guarantee a specific return to investors.
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The agreement guarantees Kurds their safe return - but who is to be the guarantor of their long-term safety and freedom?
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Unfortunately, choosing a top-paying account now does not guarantee the best returns in the long run.
right
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Yet nowhere are people guaranteed a right to food.
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So far, 29 states have taken action to guarantee victims' rights .
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We don't guarantee immediate positive rights .
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We are, indeed, a nation of the law, and every citizen is guaranteed certain minimum rights .
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The comparative method discloses a number of key issues which any legislation guaranteeing equal employment rights for disabled workers must address.
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Pensions are guaranteed for workers whose right to them has been vested.
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Both guarantee every woman's rights to have a child and everybody's right to found a family.
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The Covenant is designed to guarantee civil and political rights to persons within each country that ratifies it.
safety
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He threw out no sounding parties too weak to guarantee their own safety , and he lost none of them.
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The families agreed not to contact police to guarantee the safety of the two men.
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All this is supposed to guarantee a sense of safety , but after Mr Safra's death, the image is threatened.
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Do it only if you can guarantee your own safety .
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Omar expressed anxiety that we might be attacked as we withdrew from Bahdu, but Ali Wali guaranteed our safety .
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Interior Ministry officials have said that they can not guarantee safety for protesters, so public protests will be banned indefinitely.
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This will guarantee that safety and animal welfare standards have been satisfied.
security
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They are also demanding that the government guarantee their security .
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The federal government currently protects its nonworking elderly with a promise of guaranteed Social Security payments.
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He promised to guarantee the security of the populace and to continue the peace process.
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The salary, usually small by normal standards, guarantees these individuals security through slow times.
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We can't possibly guarantee their security and we wouldn't want to even if we could.
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For one consequence of the whole deception was to guarantee my job security .
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Security in any situation can never be guaranteed but the security that farming provided was obviously appreciated.
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But developing nations are loath to agree unless they too are given some kind of guaranteed status on the Security Council.
success
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These are the qualities which will guarantee long lasting success .
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What themes nearly guarantee success in movies and television?
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The overbearing sophistication of conceptualism and minimalism did not guarantee success in art for anyone.
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There are no cut-and-dried rules or regulations that will guarantee success or unfailingly point to the one correct decision.
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The scheme has to be voted on by Headteachers and parents within ten days to guarantee it's success .
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Furthermore, even the cherished college diploma no longer guarantees success .
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The results are a blow for women who thought their long and hard-fought campaign would guarantee success .
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It may feel it lacks the means to guarantee success and that a military enterprise would be too risky.
system
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Anyone who imagines that any regulatory system can invariably guarantee success is naive.
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As heartbreaking as it is to acknowledge, no system can guarantee that.
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But the capitalist system has no mechanism guaranteeing a smooth transition in such circumstances.
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Although the school system guarantees youths an interview for a possible internship, it does not promise them an actual placement.
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A system of guaranteed successions did exist, but was much more restricted in its scope.
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The offline system automatically guarantees that two copies are taken before the online copy is deleted.
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Proposed changes would phase out that support system , but guarantee farmers a gradually dwindling subsidy payment over the next seven years.
way
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Ownership by the Trust is often the surest way of guaranteeing the preservation of beautiful places of national importance.
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There is the suggestion that being sick is one way of guaranteeing that a child will be taken care of.
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It's the only way to guarantee that it will spread, and spread widely.
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Monorail does the upgrades itself, paying for Federal Express shipping both ways and guaranteeing a four-to six-day turnaround.
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As the preceding analysis should make clear, there is no way to guarantee success in the battle of the forms.
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There is no way to guarantee that any particular group will achieve greatness, but there are ways to maximize the likelihood.
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The most effective way to guarantee rapid distribution is to let people try the program out before asking them for payment.
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But the fact that they teach the calendar in no way guarantees that my son or any other child will learn it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cast-iron excuse/alibi/guarantee etc
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According to Ken Harris, she has a cast-iron alibi.
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Do not expect a cast-iron guarantee of success.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A good education doesn't guarantee a good job.
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I can't guarantee the plan will work, but I'll give it a try.
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The first emigrants to Canada were guaranteed 200 acres of land each.
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The king had guaranteed our safety on our journey.
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The loans are guaranteed by the government.
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We guarantee that you won't lose your jobs when the company is taken over.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After all, it is orders that businesses need to provide jobs and to guarantee employment.
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And by age 75 they must use most of their pension fund to buy an annuity guaranteeing an income for life.
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Anyone who did this last time would have been guaranteed a win.
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But uniformity of content and, increasingly, of process has been guaranteed.
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There was nothing caught in her throat, absolutely, guaranteed.
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TRESemmé's 4+4 Exothermic perm guarantees a strong wave formulation which means the curl structure lasts the full life of the perm.
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Unisys bought $ 211 million worth of these Executive Life contracts, which guarantee a specific return to investors.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
certain
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In order to make this possible, certain guarantees and machinery would have to be established.
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Socialist victory in the advanced capitalist countries constitutes the only certain guarantee of enduring peace.
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Innocent needed to be approached as arbiter and he wanted certain guarantees .
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He has certain guarantees to live in peace in Cuernavaca.
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The property may be sold with the benefit of certain guarantees to its conditions.
constitutional
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The letter called for implementation of constitutional guarantees , freedom and justice, and criticized the government's handling of the economy.
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The czars introduced constitutional guarantees , only to ignore them whenever it suited their purpose.
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Collectivism is thus given a very positive image when linked to constitutional guarantees of individual rights.
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What you have here is a situation where custom and convention comes up against constitutional guarantees .
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Beside these confusions, the constitutional guarantee of free speech has an impressive simplicity.
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The present case, then, concerns a relationship lying within the zone of privacy created by several fundamental constitutional guarantees .
federal
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Many House Republicans want to eliminate all entitlements, or federal guarantees of aid to certain groups.
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The vote against a federal guarantee of a minimal, subsistence level of support was a devastating loss to all women.
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It eliminates the federal guarantee of cash assistance for the needy.
international
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These proposals have generally assumed the need for international guarantees of this status.
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For Soviet officials such international guarantees should become a component part of a political settlement.
only
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The only real guarantee of output and investment growth, however, is demand growth.
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The only guarantee that I can give is that there will not be a Tory Government after the 1992 election.
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If the Government use their majority, the only guarantee of consideration is another place.
personal
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Such personal guarantees become effective if and when the company itself can not meet its financial obligations.
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Should you sign any personal guarantees ?
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Purchaser to use reasonable endeavours to release target directors from any personal guarantees .
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And he adds his personal guarantee of company and protection, with the assurance of eventual safe return.
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The company subsequently went into receivership and the bank called in the personal guarantees .
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That is not surprising if they stand to lose large amounts of money through personal guarantees they may have given.
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back
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Many companies offer a 30-day money back guarantee .
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Three-year manufacturer's warranty and 30-day money back guarantee .
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A money-#back guarantee could be attractive to potential customers-but are you willing to pay the price?
card
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Cheque guarantee cards facilitate the process.
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Clearly, the absence of cheque guarantee cards limited the value of the cheque book facility.
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As we saw earlier, societies were previously inhibited in this by the fact that they could not issue cheque guarantee cards .
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The fact that such a cheque is supported by a cheque guarantee card makes no difference.
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And the Eurocheque guarantee card which comes with them will draw cash from dispensers.
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One contained only an empty ammunition box, the other a number of receipts from firearms dealers and some guarantee cards .
cheque
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The bank has simultaneously raised the cheque guarantee limit to £250 for its Premier Visa cardholders..
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Clearly, the absence of cheque guarantee cards limited the value of the cheque book facility.
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As we saw earlier, societies were previously inhibited in this by the fact that they could not issue cheque guarantee cards.
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The fact that such a cheque is supported by a cheque guarantee card makes no difference.
credit
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These included indirect costs such as losses incurred by the state export credit guarantee agency Coface.
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All of the companies had asked for the export credit guarantee agencies of their countries to fund their part of the work.
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Is this about export credit guarantees ?
loan
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Counselling services and loan guarantees are among the better known.
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How are loan guarantees to be counted?
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To be managed by the Federal Railroad Administration, the programme will offer loans and loan guarantees for up to 25 years.
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Congress has approved $ 117 million in development aid and loan guarantees to Pretoria this year.
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The government-sponsored loan guarantees could be an alternative for some airlines which have been seeking foreign partners, the Times said.
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He had helped lead the Senate fight for the loan guarantees .
year
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And it comes with a removable air filter, an extra long cable, fitted plug and a two year guarantee .
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Priced from £12.99 to £32.50, they are all beautifully designed and each comes with a two year guarantee .
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Window frames carry a thirty year guarantee against rot or decay.
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Airbus has been given a three year guarantee on that contract.
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The plastic tanks carry a 25-#year guarantee .
■ VERB
carry
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They carry no guarantees , but many of them are likely to be near the mark.
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Even for old conservatives, though, a return to central planning carries no guarantee of a stress-free future.
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Such acknowledgment indicates receipt of your order and carries no guarantee of availability.
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Window frames carry a thirty year guarantee against rot or decay.
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Obviously, recognition does not carry with it any guarantee of military protection.
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The name seems to carry its own guarantee of quality and prices are generally fair, so you can't go wrong.
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There's a choice of four great family models and each one carries a 10-year guarantee .
end
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The welfare plan still would end the basic guarantee of money to poor families.
give
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They may then have been required to give hostages as a guarantee of future good behaviour.
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We will start by giving this guarantee to those groups most in need, including the long-term unemployed and single parents.
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It gives him a guarantee against a falling market, but also allows him to benefit from an upturn.
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The deposit of a thesis in a library gives no guarantee of copyright protection.
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But the key sticking point is that the Government will not give a mortgage guarantee without Cammell raising a performance bond.
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Here too the legatee would be asked to give a guarantee that he would make over the property as requested.
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These are the 16 to 18-year-olds to whom the Government have given a guarantee .
limit
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The Regulations make clear that these sections do not apply to any private companies, whether limited by shares or guarantee .
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This normally applies to private companies limited by guarantee .
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If the company is limited by guarantee then slightly different considerations apply.
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A company limited by guarantee must register.
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A private company may, however, be limited by shares or limited by guarantee .
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However, no new company limited by guarantee is permitted to have shares.
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Legislation is also in the pipeline to allow companies limited by guarantee , and hybrid companies, to be formed.
meet
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Those letters tell us that more than half the TECs are not meeting the youth guarantee .
offer
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To be managed by the Federal Railroad Administration, the programme will offer loans and loan guarantees for up to 25 years.
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There are few places that offer a guarantee .
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Choose 100 percent wool or an 80/20 combination of wool and nylon, especially if it offers a wear guarantee .
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But he offered few other guarantees and rejected the Democrats' request for a termination date for the investigation and hearings.
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The benevolent powers offer no guarantees .
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A shop will prove a little more expensive but may be able to offer some kind of guarantee .
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Mach3 offers money back Gillette is offering a money back guarantee in its latest promotion for razor brand Mach3.
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Overdrive will try to find a replacement driver but offers no guarantee in this regard.
pay
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Each pays a fixed guarantee rate of return, which we receive TAX-FREE.
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Promoters also complained about having to pay higher guarantees to artists, which cut into their profits.
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The successor to the guarantor had a branch in London and deducted tax on paying sums under the guarantee .
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Only when you pay off on your guarantee does a bank loan give you basis in the corporation.
provide
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Alternatively, a purchaser may refuse to provide a parent company guarantee if this was not covered in the heads.
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The Novartis team used a low risk philosophy, which necessarily cost more, though it provided guarantees against disaster.
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Will the Treasury provide guarantees of losses over the life of a franchise on, for example, rural or commuter routes?
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The bank also provided guarantees without which the consortium would not have committed itself to the project.
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They would have had to provide a £ 5,000 guarantee that they would not settle illegally.
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The Act also provides new guarantees and more favourable tax allowances.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cast-iron excuse/alibi/guarantee etc
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According to Ken Harris, she has a cast-iron alibi.
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Do not expect a cast-iron guarantee of success.
carry insurance/a guarantee etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a loan guarantee
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After the Second World War, Belgium wanted a guarantee that it would not be invaded again.
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Is the camera still under guarantee ?
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The contract contains a guarantee that the building will be finished within 6 months.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a member of parliament Mr Berezovsky is theoretically immune from prosecution, but he described this guarantee as worthless.
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But what guarantee is there that technique No. 2 will actually be used?
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For workers in small firms employment guarantees are very rare, working hours are longer and safety records poor.
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It said this document was a guarantee of the pensions.
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Neither biological nor cultural evolution is any guarantee that we are inevitably moving towards a better world.
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Royal guarantees secured such a division.