noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
steep
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The upper part of the village of Whittington lies on the south-east slope of a steep hillside .
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They can be installed on steep hillsides .
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Thorn said that midsummer sunset was observed from a small platform on a steep hillside overlooking the stone.
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The village is situated on a very steep hillside with steps leading up to the next row of houses.
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Soon the path led him down a very steep hillside .
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A similar system was also used in the West Country on steep hillsides from the seventeenth century onwards.
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An outcrop of white rock from the steep hillside seemed to the children as tall as a cliff.
■ VERB
build
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Read in studio Aviation enthusiasts are calling for a memorial to be built on a hillside where a wartime pilot crashed.
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I ask about the strange cement houses built into the hillsides .
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Broughton said the codes would make it simpler to build on small hillside vacant lots in older developed neighborhoods.
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But he said they would tighten restrictions for building on coastal hillsides .
set
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She climbed the rickety steps set into the hillside and got up to the porch of the Katz house.
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Many of the chalets are set on a hillside reached by steps - not ideal for the infirm or very young children.
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Above the solitary institute, with its picture postcard setting , the hillside prayer flags flutter.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her house was built on a hillside overlooking the ocean.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Continue on a clear path up the hillside to reach a stile on the ridge.
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Control over the distribution of cocaine has been settled in the hillside slum communities.
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Faint news of the whistle from the nearby paper mill broadcast from the hillsides.
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He could see the grassy wilderness forming a high bank beyond the old bulging stone wall that held back the encroaching hillside .
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The hillsides are still gray from the bare twigs.
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The harsh logic of survival ruled out such fancies, and not a voice was raised in protest from the listening hillside .
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The high hillside was hollowed out a long, long time ago, in order to create an amphitheater facing the sea.
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The upper part of the village of Whittington lies on the south-east slope of a steep hillside .