noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
handling charge
shipping and handling
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The jewelry can be yours for $15 plus shipping and handling .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
careful
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Ensuring that patients participating in drug trials give fully informed consent will need careful handling .
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The transition from Key Stage 1 to the more structured and prescribed history curriculum for Key Stage 2 needs particularly careful handling .
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Over the years, James had become more sensitive and careful in his handling of machinery.
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The third type needs careful , experienced handling .
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They are likely to need very careful handling if their substitute parents are to establish a happy relationship with them.
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The stove remains quite a complex piece of engineering however and careful handling and maintenance is necessary.
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Certainly they need very careful handling .
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The store temperature should be raised over 7°C before unloading commences. Careful handling is necessary to reduce mechanical damage.
rough
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Lucy was no saint, but she could forgive him the rough handling .
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Ludens said afterwards that it was a sound of protest at this rough handling .
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Plants can suffer from too much sun or too little water, or a watch from rough handling .
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Two volumes of Bohn's edition of Lowndes's Bibliographer's Manual, the headbands betraying rough handling .
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It will protect computers used in harsh environments against dust, oil, water, rough handling , vibration and tampering.
■ NOUN
information
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Attitudes on information handling and responsibility have to change.
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The art of information handling is complex.
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How far should it be taken in respect of information handling ?
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Fig 14.5 shows the type of information objects used by the Departments and the main issues regarding information handling and communication.
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It is expected that this new method of information handling will have other advantages.
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There are, broadly, four skill categories: subject, information handling , social and technical skills.
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Half of those making this statement thought they would use it for experimentation and over 40 percent for information handling .
■ VERB
need
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However, a partner needs gentle handling to tread gently and with extreme caution.
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Ensuring that patients participating in drug trials give fully informed consent will need careful handling .
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This is a strong-willed and sometimes rather aggressive breed, which needs firm handling from puppyhood.
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Timid children need gentle handling to build up their confidence.
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The third type needs careful, experienced handling .
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Conversely, do they trust you sufficiently to discuss with you those delicate and sensitive issues which need confidential handling ?
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They are likely to need very careful handling if their substitute parents are to establish a happy relationship with them.
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Lord Hesketh, the government's chief whip, knows that backwoodsmen need delicate handling .
require
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A non-chemical method is also possible, but requires skilful, expert handling .
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This is very convenient for the user as it requires the minimum of handling .
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Piano wire is less expensive than cable but requires careful handling .
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March and early September present opportunities for increase, February and August require careful handling .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Most of these chemicals require special handling .
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Police have been criticized for their handling of the Stuart murder case.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Graphics handling is also quite impressive, on a par with much more expensive laser printers.
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Inept handling of the match by the referee ensured that the game would not pass without incident.
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It has tremendous grip, failsafe handling and a ride of exceptional quality.
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It is, however, NOW that the defender should take the initiative in the further handling of the claim.
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Opinion polls showed a high level of domestic approval for Shamir's handling of the war.
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This computerised derivatives market guarantees a high level of market transparency and a rapid handling of clients' transactions.