I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a perfect/ideal setting
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The castle was a perfect setting for the wedding.
compromise your beliefs/convictions/ideals
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Anti-war activists were put in prison for refusing to compromise their beliefs.
fall short of a goal/target/ideal
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The economy fell short of the Treasury’s target of 2% growth.
good/ideal preparation (= very useful )
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The game was good preparation for our match at Torquay next week.
make good/ideal etc pets (= be good/very good as pets )
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Do rabbits make good pets?
sb's ideal weight (= what someone should weigh, according to their height and body type )
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She weighs about 10lbs more than her ideal weight.
the best/perfect/ideal solution
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Locking people in prison is not necessarily the ideal solution.
the ideal/perfect opportunity
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I'd been wanting to try sailing, and this seemed like the ideal opportunity.
the perfect/ideal gift for sb
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This book is the perfect gift for anybody who’s interested in birds.
unattainable ideal/dream/goal etc
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
base
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This is an ideal base for those attracted to Torbole for its windsurfing, or for those wishing to visit nearby Riva.
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Based as it is on the north western edge of Snowdonia the centre is an ideal base for all kinds of climbing.
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It's an ideal base from which to enjoy your stay.
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This medium should provide the ideal base for complete and balanced growth.
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Just five hundred yards from the A82, it makes an ideal base from which to tour the Central Highlands.
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Set right in the heart of bubbling Benitses, it's an ideal base for entertainment in the resort.
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Illmitz is such a village and is in the heart of the Seewinkel area, providing an ideal base for our course.
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It offers an ideal base for a relaxed and leisurely holiday in the heart of the Tuscan countryside.
candidate
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Jenny was, Eloise hoped, the ideal candidate .
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But with his conservative views on welfare and other issues affecting women, he was hardly our ideal candidate .
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His stable star Jodami looks an ideal candidate for National Hunt's most important chasing prize.
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Tremendous value, good performance and an ideal candidate for a Value award.
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The ideal candidate will have experience of protein purification and gene cloning and should have an appreciation of plant defence mechanisms.
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Her age makes her the ideal candidate for a pension mortgage.
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Its elasticity would have made it the ideal candidate for a trampoline-cover.
choice
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Roses are often the ideal choice .
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This makes it an ideal choice of food.
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This made him the ideal choice to fly this naval fighter.
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One would have thought that Ian Botham would be an ideal choice , but his one-day record argues otherwise.
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As both these species are comparatively compact, with a light foliage they are an ideal choice for the smaller garden.
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He says that the bright colours, as well as the subject matter, made it an ideal choice .
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So if you intend to paint a cold, bleak, winter scene, the grey would be an ideal choice .
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Stanley is the opposite to Mitch and an ideal choice for her needs.
environment
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An aquarium two or three years old is an ideal environment for the growth and development of all species of aquatic plants.
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Next we have fisheries, such as the Cheshire meres, which are ideal environments for producing really big bream.
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The University and the City of Edinburgh provide an ideal environment for the degree course, academically and physically.
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Hydrcolloid dressings provide an ideal environment for wound healing.
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Set in 30 acres of attractive parkland on the River Thames, it offers the ideal environment in which to study.
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And he hailed it for providing an ideal environment in which individualism can flourish.
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The Sardinians were great experts in both activities for which their remote dwellings surrounded by rich Tuscan pastures were the ideal environment .
form
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The Report encouraged the idea that there is one ideal form of organisational structure which can be applied to all organisations.
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It is doubtful that face-to-face meetings are the ideal form of group communication in all situations.
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Small wonder that there was little time or taste for theorizing about ideal forms of secondary education.
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Zeno and his followers rejected Plato's two-worlds theory of ideal forms and sense data.
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Sleek, solidly built, gentle on the environment, they are often an ideal form of city transport.
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Francis Lee's youngster has ideal form for a contest like this and seems to be improving with every run.
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But this also describes, if only in ideal form , the character of the academic community.
location
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Location Edinburgh provides an ideal location for the study of scientific and technical graphics.
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Sanibel is the ideal location for a serious shell museum.
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It is an ideal location for wedding receptions, having large attractive grounds.
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The gallery has an ideal location on central London's Covent Garden.
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It makes a perfect base and not just for enthusiastic golfers and golf societies looking for an ideal location .
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They could also be ideal locations for bureau services, or just for companies to hire for courses or away-days.
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Intermediates, too, find this the ideal location first to tangle with performance dinghies and catamarans.
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Hotel Amenities All Citalia hotels have been specially selected for their ideal location , good service and value.
model
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Unlike the eternal ideal model on which it is based, the universe is subject to change.
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The first attempts to understand the quantised Hall effect were in terms of this ideal model .
opportunity
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Male speaker Our community has three artists working from these workshops and this seemed an ideal opportunity to show their work.
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Problem-solving time is also an ideal opportunity to get some insight into how you are feeling and how your child is feeling.
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Workshops are an ideal opportunity to meet tutors and exchange ideas with fellow students.
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This was an ideal opportunity for a friend of mine who is a gifted seminar leader.
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Many catering colleges consider the award to be an ideal opportunity to evaluate their students' progress against other catering colleges.
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It is exclusive to Club 18-30, and offers an ideal opportunity to meet other couples on holiday.
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However, it is an ideal opportunity to meet one's colleagues on a regular basis and to discuss matters of concern.
person
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Nick was the ideal person for the role.
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As a child, you probably imagined the ideal person you wanted to be.
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Doctor, you would be the ideal person to assist me in a small experiment.
place
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Southend was once the ideal place for a day out from the East End.
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It is the ideal place to spend a leisurely holiday.
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The ideal place to start is in an area that has been problematic all season-the defense.
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Perhaps that was not the ideal place to lodge her.
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Maurice had only to look around at Casterton to see the ideal place for his school.
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One is a realistic, pitch-dark forest of oaks - an ideal place for hide-and-seek in almost treeless Venice.
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Of course the ideal place for her is in a home but it's a question of money.
position
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This was a popular option and, at 56, Fleischmann was in an ideal position for it.
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The ideal position for the mouse is on the same plane as the keyboard and as close to the keyboard as possible.
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We are a few yards away from the Palace Pier and in an ideal position for all attractions including the Marina.
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Time spent building a complete picture of your ideal position will be well spent.
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Peabody appears to be in the ideal position to meet this goal.
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Using the principles of creative job hunting, she quickly found her ideal position through networking.
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You will need to narrow down the possibilities to find the one ideal position for you.
situation
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Few of us are blessed with ideal situations , often having to endure steep slopes, narrow alley-ways or deep shade.
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The ideal situation would be to recover the capital investment and the production costs and still make a reasonable profit.
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Many fishkeepers feed their fish just once a day, but this is very different to the ideal situation .
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The ideal situation for the artist is that all money should be paid to the artist.
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In an ideal situation the staff to be trained will be taught externally on an identical system to the one being installed.
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The ideal situation , of course, would be to be empathic and in rapport with the horse.
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It was, in the circumstances, an ideal situation .
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Even so it helps to understand what each requires in an ideal situation .
solution
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Delegates were generally agreed that the ideal solution was to remove migrants' reasons for wanting to leave.
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The Generalísimo, however, was not convinced that this was the ideal solution .
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In those days married women didn't work, so for her it was the ideal solution .
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No ideal solution to this problem has been found.
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While the ideal solution is a fast 486 computer there are a lot of 386 machines still performing sterling service.
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This split barrier is an ideal solution for keeping out undesirables such as motorbikes while giving room for wheelchairs to pass through easily.
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The ideal solution would be to use such people as software testers but the world isn't that well organised!
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Though Hunt was grateful, this was hardly an ideal solution .
time
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Late spring is the ideal time to divide waterlilies, the plants being lifted and the adult foliage removed at source.
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It certainly came at an ideal time , given the uncertainty surrounding this team.
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He had not been able to in Edinburgh, but now seemed the ideal time .
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When is the ideal time for a gynecological exam? &038;.
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The moon was full, the sky clear; it seemed an ideal time for the manifestation of ghosts.
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Winter may seem like the ideal time to do interior painting, but it requires adequate ventilation.
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The ideal time to pursue the sport which many considered to be the purest form of hunting.
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The ideal time at which to make an arrest is in the early hours of the morning.
type
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But as was stated above, it must always be borne in mind that these models are ideal types .
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Since they are ideal types , this fact is not surprising.
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Pahl and Winkler, however, construct an ideal type of corporatist system, and not a description of contemporary Britain.
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As an ideal type , however, a command economy need not be committed to such egalitarianism.
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As previously noted, the ideal type of short or long term residential care is another family home.
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An ideal type is illustrative, but it does not necessarily correspond exactly to any real-world example.
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The four examples below suggest some of the features of actual political economies relative to ideal types .
way
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It is an ideal way to start the under 14's on the right road to savings.
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I was starting to think of the caddie bus as the ideal way to travel.
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She saw you coming up the drive, and hit on the ideal way to take her revenge.
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Finesse Intensive Conditioner is an ideal way of treating holiday hair, repairing damage done by sun, sea and chlorine.
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From each magazine, our Classical Music Editor will make a top recommendation as your ideal way to build your classical library.
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Just as there is no ideal size for the top team, there is equally no ideal way of working.
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There's very little except ... the ideal way , of course, is to bring your husband around for them to meet.
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The ideal way is with a single, long exhalation, but most of us do not have the lung-power for that.
weight
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Charts, then, are only a rough guide to ideal weight .
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The nonsmoking, sedentary men involved in the study were 20 percent to 60 percent over ideal weight , but otherwise healthy.
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Finally, you can plan ahead and continue with some sort of contingency contract when you have attained your ideal weight .
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Guides to ideal weight often seem arbitrary and inflexible.
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This answer falls within the acceptable range and so indicates that this person is at or reasonably close to her ideal weight .
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For health - as opposed to fashion - reasons, there is a 2-stone range of ideal weight for your height.
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Having decided upon your frame category, check your height and ideal weight with the chart.
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Persevere and keep going until you reach your ideal weight .
world
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To go onstage in the flag is to be a 50p magnet, nomatterwhat it might mean in an ideal world .
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Adolescent thought initially is idealistic-logical, and often it is manifest in criticism of society and an elaboration of ideal worlds .
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In an ideal world , the purchaser will wish to receive formal consent from every customer and supplier before completing the acquisition.
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In their ideal world , Gingrich would be sullied, but not sundered.
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In an ideal world every fat, thin, tall or short woman should feel happy with her shape.
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The ideal world is said to be closed to photography.
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Then came the series of blows that shattered the oil boss's ideal world .
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But ... this isn't an ideal world .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
betray your beliefs/principles/ideals etc
conform to a pattern/model/ideal etc
match up to sb's hopes/expectations/ideals etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A completely new kitchen would be ideal , but I don't think that we can afford it.
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I'm afraid the accommodation here is far from ideal .
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I realize this isn't an ideal situation.
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If you could complete the report by Friday, that would be ideal .
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In an ideal world, no one would ever get sick.
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It's a very relaxed hotel, ideal for families with young children.
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My ideal man would be someone like Mel Gibson.
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My new office is in an ideal location.
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Plato dreamed of an ideal society.
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The ideal candidate will have a degree and at least two years' experience.
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The conditions are ideal for a day's skiing.
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The house was a little too small so it was not ideal .
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The town makes an ideal base for exploring the surrounding countryside.
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The trip is difficult, even under ideal conditions.
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The weather was ideal for the whole vacation.
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With its tough suspension and 4-wheel drive, the truck is ideal for driving in the desert.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Combined with virtual reality capabilities, the team can design its own ideal collaborative work space without the constraints of physical reality.
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Emergency admissions Admissions do not always take place in ideal circumstances, especially where a crisis has arisen.
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Hung on seemingly gossamer cables and curving seductively over a frothing gorge below the Falls, it would be esthetically ideal .
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Is it not also an ideal metaphor for Dole: Route 66, the thread that runs through his life?
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It certainly came at an ideal time, given the uncertainty surrounding this team.
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The main auditorium Although you can shrink a hall by various techniques, it is not ideal .
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The Report encouraged the idea that there is one ideal form of organisational structure which can be applied to all organisations.
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When is the ideal time for a gynecological exam? &.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cultural
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He was an associate of Neuhaus, and like that legendary figure imparted the richest sense of cultural and human ideals .
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There is also strong central support from Rome which places catholic education at the centre of its cultural catholicism ideal .
democratic
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Two potential avenues for this enterprise have been suggested: the corporatist and the democratic ideal of the company.
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The democratic ideal ... embeds at its heart the ideal of compromise.
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A different vision of the company might draw upon the democratic ideal which inspires the relation of the citizen to the state.
feminine
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Concerned that his overweight body can not live up to feminine ideals , Dave's depression nearly ends his marriage.
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Through their various plights, the drama questions a world where feminine ideals regularly defy rational explanation.
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But she, too, felt compelled to whip herself into the dominant feminine ideal .
high
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Henry Lunn, one of the major figures of the early days of organized travel, was also inspired by high ideals .
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Her virginity is one of the highest ideals in Catholicism.
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Though it created problems in times of political crisis, it was the price one had to pay for pursuing high ideals .
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He kept meditating on the highest ideals and professed weakness to do anything about those ideals.
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A professor of small details, and high ideals .
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Aung San was a real leader with high ideals .
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Not the lofty creation of some Turin styling studio, but rather the realisation of men with rather higher ideals .
liberal
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In both theories, however, the guiding vision and uniting theme remains a fidelity to the liberal ideal of individual autonomy.
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In summary, our examination of interests theories demonstrates their fundamental inconsistency with liberal ideals .
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Our refinement of these theories will reveal, however, certain defects in their interpretations of the liberal ideal of private autonomy.
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Nevertheless, the modern law of contracts tenaciously clings to the liberal ideal of individual autonomy.
moral
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First, there are facts about what different people's moral ideals actually are.
new
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And that requires embracing a new ideal: collective entrepreneurship.
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But while the new physically fit ideal was liberating to women, it would lead to more self-consciousness about their bodies.
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This task, the creation of new constructive ideals , has hardly ever been accomplished by youth alone.
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Exercise companies use this new ideal to sell products the way diet companies always have, promising a fantasy body.
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Savings banks and cooperatives spread new ideals about independence and thrift.
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More than anyone, Hildebrand had been the visionary force behind the new ideal .
noble
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Here was a country striving for the noblest ideals , breaking new ground ... Straight up!
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The health service has genuinely noble ideals: it provides excellent treatment irrespective of income.
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Alger's stories gave the country a noble ideal - a society in which imagination and effort summoned their just reward.
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Here were young people striving for the noblest ideals .
old
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It is based on old men's ideas, old men's ideals and frustrations.
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The Old Testament ideal of an eye for an eye speaks to that need.
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This is the old Futurist ideal of living dangerously, of self-sacrifice.
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New breath is being blown into this old ideal .
political
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Britain stood for political ideals that must prevail if western civilization were not to break down.
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The Conservative case is more than a political ideal: it can be backed up by rigorous economic arguments.
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Even if we do find such conventions, the appeal of the conception still depends on the political ideal of protected expectations.
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Any political pursuit of ideals of the good is likely to be botched and distorted.
religious
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It is a religious and social ideal which is achieved relatively infrequently in practice.
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Thus collectivism has historical roots in religious or intellectual ideals , and in communal social practices.
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Many of its earlier leaders were lay preachers who entered politics in order to apply their religious ideals in practical ways.
romantic
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Men would be crazy about her at first, echoing her belief in the romantic ideal .
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It is part of the romantic ideal that the promise of a beautiful woman is the promise of eternal perfection.
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Things that last, not some instant romantic ideal .
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For one thing, the Manwaring trade crushed the last remnants of his romantic ideal .
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Again, more men than women endorsed the romantic ideal by answering yes.
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Only Richard Burton, her first lover, seems like the chivalrous romantic ideal .
social
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It is a religious and social ideal which is achieved relatively infrequently in practice.
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Lily was humanity bound to duty, unable to choose, suffering, at the mercy of social ideals .
socialist
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Is it realising the socialist ideals that we stood for?
unattainable
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This is not an unattainable ideal , but a goal which you must pursue in order to avoid stagnation.
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That is, better an unattainable ideal than a limited attainable goal when it comes to the welfare of our fellow men.
■ VERB
betray
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He ridicules but secretly envies Saburov, who accepts professional obscurity and poverty rather than compromising his talent by betraying his artistic ideals .
commit
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Suppose that I am committed to an ideal of conserving areas of natural beauty or variegated wild life in my country.
conform
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Those women who do not conform to constructed aesthetic ideals are punished and excluded.
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Banning books which don't conform to that ideal is another.
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However, the shy beauty of Freud's young woman does not conform to the glamourous ideals of the age.
live
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Conscience is a function of the ego ideal , and is critical of failure to live up to the ego ideal.
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In their private lives , many of the repealers sought to live out the ideal of companionate marriage.
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Concerned that his overweight body can not live up to feminine ideals , Dave's depression nearly ends his marriage.
match
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What he says or does is not as important as the extent to which he matches up to an ideal .
realize
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Discrimination between individuals consists in making it easier for some than for others to realize their ideals of the good.
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Lawrence Lefferts occurred to him as the husband who had most completely realized this enviable ideal .
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The Fiction captures an iron determination to undertake the hard work necessary to realize his own ideals .
share
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It's unrealistic to expect your colleagues to share your ideals and motives.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
betray your beliefs/principles/ideals etc
conform to a pattern/model/ideal etc
high principles/ideals
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He believed genuinely in high principles and aims even if he was not yet assured of a sense of perspective.
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Henry Lunn, one of the major figures of the early days of organized travel, was also inspired by high ideals.
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Her virginity is one of the highest ideals in Catholicism.
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The war, the president insists, is about higher principles than control of a grubby liquid in the ground.
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They put short-term expediency and selfish interest before the application of high principles.
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Though it created problems in times of political crisis, it was the price one had to pay for pursuing high ideals.
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What we worship these days is financial success, as though it automatically confers high principles and admirable character.
match up to sb's hopes/expectations/ideals etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Many Southerners have deeply held ideals about honor.
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the ideal of equality
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And different from the maternal ideal .
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He was also one of the men most dedicated to the ideals of the reborn university.
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If this is the case, then the task of propagating the ideal of legality is not a specifically legal one.
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In other words, one alternative to anti-perfectionism is restrictions on the choice of means through which perfectionist ideals are pursued.
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These humanist goals could be fully covered by the ideals which are sometimes described as socialist.
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This is particularly so in the case of course-integrated instruction and this ideal is more seldom reached in practice than course-related education.
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What this meant in ordinary language was that only those who subscribed to Francoist ideals would be remembered and honoured.