noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at irregular intervals
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Beamish only returned to Britain at irregular intervals .
at regular intervals
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The pipes were placed at regular intervals .
at regular intervals
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Trains will run at regular intervals from 11am to 4pm.
frequent intervals
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Trains rushed past at frequent intervals.
sunny periods/spells/intervals (= periods when it is sunny )
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sunny periods/spells/intervals
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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brief
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For a brief interval , the two pronuclei sit side by side in the cytoplasm.
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After a brief interval , the number is disconnected and everything is as it was before.
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Fructose is inverted in the liver and follows after a brief interval .
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In the brief interval between revisions, we agree to celebrate in Santa Fe.
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After a brief , acid interval , the terms became right and the bargain was struck.
decent
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It hadn't even been a decent interval , and here it was again.
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We could reasonably expect a decent interval of peace in which we might think about these catastrophic events.
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So now Mrs Kettering could enjoy the future with her Claudio, whom she would meet again after a decent interval .
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After a decent interval , the three of them resumed their conversation, much to my relief.
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A decent interval elapsed, during which we looked at each other rather anxiously.
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After a decent interval the roommate should disappear on an errand or into his room for an extended period. 12.
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At a decent interval later, twice-divorced Whoopi, 43, would saunter out, like any other unattached lady guest.
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First Stevie, a boy, and after I had nursed him for a decent interval , Amy, a girl.
free
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These patients underwent complete resection of their tumours and had a median disease free interval of 16 months.
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This uses any free control intervals in the control area rather than the free space in other control intervals containing data.
frequent
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Once established, the 20 minute process can be repeated at frequent intervals .
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Four soldiers with submachine guns patrolled the room, and an officer made his rounds at frequent intervals .
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In chronic cases the potency is usually administered every alternate day, or less frequent intervals if required.
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Sight-seeing tours with guides leave Waverley Bridge at frequent intervals each day.
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Downpipes should be clean and placed at frequent intervals soas to avoid long gutter runs and changes of direction.
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Check the call-sign reception at frequent intervals .
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Inevitably, the incontinent patient needs cleaning and drying at very frequent intervals , to prevent infections such as cystitis.
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Attempts were made at frequent intervals to contact Mr Clark without success.
irregular
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They were set at irregular intervals so that it was difficult to achieve any rhythm in the descent.
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The shrieks continued at irregular intervals as the creature walked the woods.
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In order to escape payment Beamish fled the country and he only returned to Britain at irregular intervals from then on.
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I prayed she hadn't taken one of the narrow lanes that turned off at irregular intervals .
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Sisley was an Impressionist painter and exhibited in five of the eight Impressionist exhibitions held at irregular intervals between 1874 and 1886.
long
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The comparatively long time intervals between such environmental vicissitudes may be characterized by stasis in ecosystems as well as the component species.
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After a long interval an attendant comes, wearing elbow-length, pink-plastic gloves.
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The average interval between polls would have been four and a half months, and the longest interval eight months.
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The longer intervals will also avoid the costs of unnecessary testing.
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But long intervals had elapsed since many of these offences were committed.
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The cold tap dripped into the stone sink at long , regular intervals .
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An unwanted component can sometimes be present at long intervals , and this can be very troublesome.
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Sergei was saying mostly Da and Nyet, with long intervals in between.
minute
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Wave after wave of starlings take off at short 2-3 minute intervals , with a great roar of whirring wings.
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Bile was collected at 15 minute intervals .
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Everyone took-off at one minute intervals to allow for the prop wash to subside from the plane in front of you.
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After ingestion of sucrose, breath hydrogen was measured at 20 minute intervals for 160 minutes.
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The basal values reported are the means of the two basal values obtained with a 15 minute interval .
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The model sat from ten till one, with usually fifteen minute intervals at the striking of the hours.
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Three venous blood samples were taken at 15 minute intervals .
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A further blood sample was obtained 10 minutes after starting the drink and thereafter at 10 minute intervals for 90 minutes.
monthly
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They do, however, need to be tested at monthly intervals to ensure that the batteries are still active.
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Each session is spaced out at monthly intervals .
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Newsletters from the police will be issued at three monthly intervals .
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The Village Association will pay for the three monthly intervals .
regular
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We all overfly the border at regular intervals .
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Follow-ups at regular intervals also focus on relapse prevention.
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The cold tap dripped into the stone sink at long, regular intervals .
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He made long sweeps at regular intervals in and around the Teeth, but there was nothing.
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They would have to field candidates for a variety of offices at regular intervals or risk being closed.
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The stage was illuminated by a stroboscope, a light which flashed at regular intervals by means of a rotating shutter.
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If using a cone, spray again at regular intervals .
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They started at a particular time, and at regular intervals another dorm would go in.
short
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Wave after wave of starlings take off at short 2-3 minute intervals , with a great roar of whirring wings.
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After a short interval , the two came out again.
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His interpretation is discussed in a short interval documentary.
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As accuracy and speed increase, the pad is shown for shorter intervals of time.
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The objectives of immature followers will be reviewed at shorter intervals than those of mature workers.
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Given the short interval between elections, campaigns for the United States House of Representatives are virtually continuous.
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Obviously, the effective use of contraception precludes short birth intervals .
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But for some, particularly in a generation whose men fought in the trenches, marriage was a short interval before widowhood.
sunny
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Outlook for tomorrow and Sunday: Mainly dry and mild, with sunny intervals after clearance of any early mist or fog.
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Many sheltered central and south-eastern areas might stay dry with perhaps some sunny intervals .
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East Anglia: Rather cloudy, mainly dry, some sunny intervals .
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The day should gradually become dry with sunny intervals .
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Any overnight mist or fog will clear quickly to leave most of the country with sunny intervals and scattered showers.
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East Anglia: Sunny intervals and showers, possibly heavy at times, dry later.
weekly
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Weekly benefits are paid at four weekly intervals , in arrears, following receipt of medical certificates.
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After discharge they were reviewed at weekly intervals and the volume of feed consumed was recorded daily throughout the four week period.
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birth
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Obviously, the effective use of contraception precludes short birth intervals .
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There is some evidence that length of birth interval has a bearing upon child morbidity.
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Even birth intervals are strongly class-related.
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Still birth ratios also increase with birth order in each birth interval category.
confidence
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Here we present approximate 95% confidence intervals for the crude rates.
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Unadjusted and adjusted hazard ratio and 95% confidence intervals were calculated.
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Adjusted rate ratios and their 95% confidence intervals were calculated for men and women separately by this method.
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The figure shows this estimated number of visits with 95% confidence intervals .
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Ninety five percent confidence intervals for the relative risk was calculated using exact probabilities.
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This had no effect on the rate ratio estimates but the width of the confidence intervals was increased by about 50%.
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The methods of calculation for the Cornfield confidence intervals and the population and relative attributable risks are given by Breslow and Day.
lead
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Glentoran settled much quicker and, despite their fortunate penalty escape, were well worth their two-goal interval lead .
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The visitors steadied themselves and were unlucky not to take an interval lead .
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His three first-half points helped Magherafelt to a 0-6 to 0-3 interval lead , and the defence did the rest.
retention
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This effect, however, appears to interact with retention interval in a way that is not necessarily consistent with repression interpretations.
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This interaction between arousal and retention interval does appear to be robust.
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When this was the case there was an interaction between retention interval and interpolated parking episodes.
time
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The comparatively long time intervals between such environmental vicissitudes may be characterized by stasis in ecosystems as well as the component species.
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Success in computation relating to time intervals is highly dependent on a number of factors and there fore is variable.
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The time interval over which half of the nuclei decay is the half life of U-235.
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In Example 12 the temperature change over a time interval was to be worked out.
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In practice the particle sizes in the sediment are computed from the weights settled at specific time intervals .
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A total of 112 pulse arrival times over a 120-day time interval were collected for this pulsar.
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There is a desire for minimal time interval between cessation and treatment.
■ VERB
follow
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Three more follow at daily intervals .
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They will be followed at phased intervals by the rest of the network.
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Fructose is inverted in the liver and follows after a brief interval .
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I follow after an interval towards the entrance.
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Unfortunately many clinicians use this approach in an incorrect manner and do not follow up at regular intervals .
occur
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Faults occur at less frequent intervals and this means that human maintenance expertise can deteriorate through lack of practice.
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Impact explosions of 1, 000 megatons or more occur with average intervals of about eight thousand to ten thousand years.
repeat
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Once established, the 20 minute process can be repeated at frequent intervals .
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The yearly pattern of brilliant displays clearly reveals a repeating interval of about 33. 2 years.
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The surveys will be repeated at prescribed intervals .
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It is frequently not permanent, however, and the exercise can usefully be repeated at intervals , say twice a year.
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The remedy should be repeated at suitable intervals .
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These were repeated at various intervals during the day.
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The exception to this is the acute situation where high potencies are repeated at rapid intervals .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After a five-minute interval , if the baby is still crying, go back and check on her.