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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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artificial
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A £16.1m dam will hold back a 2.6-mile-long artificial lake to be known as the Roadford Reservoir.
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In Texas and Oklahoma, between 1940 and 1975, some-thing like eight million acres of land were submerged by artificial lakes .
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In this case the defendant for many years had been in possession of some artificial ornamental lakes formed by damming up a natural stream.
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The whole spreading fortress was surrounded not just by a moat, but by a deep artificial lake .
beautiful
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The dining-room overlooks gardens and the beautiful lake , and a weekly buffet is arranged.
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Then hiking 3 miles on a trail with beautiful lake views and not seeing another hiker?
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He is said to have built his palace next to a beautiful lake , now called Emperor's Lake.
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Many rooms have balconies and most enjoy beautiful lake views.
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The hotel can be found in its own extensive grounds alongside a beautiful lake .
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A beautiful lake is inhabited by many species of waterfowl and the delightful formal gardens include herb and sculpture gardens.
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But the city's beautiful Ranmal lake , which surrounds the small Lakhota Palace, is dry.
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Three miles out from Scheffau is the beautiful Hintersteinersee lake , where you can swim, picnic or just enjoy the scenery.
deep
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Drift-Beating Shot Pattern I am having difficulty holding a large waggler still on a 11 foot deep lake when it's windy.
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In later poets there are various entrances to it from the earth through caverns and beside deep lakes .
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Close by is a fabulous network of caves, filled with deep lakes of clear blue water.
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Dry desert gave way to blue lagoons full of water lilies, palm trees, islands and deep blue lakes .
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The whole spreading fortress was surrounded not just by a moat, but by a deep artificial lake .
freshwater
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But more than most places it specialises in wildfowl, because it boasts a number of freshwater lakes and ponds.
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Breeds by freshwater streams and lakes and sheltered inlets of the sea; in winter mainly by fresh water.
frozen
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Unless you fall into a frozen lake or get left on the mountainside overnight, this will not happen to you.
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The contrast with her exhilaration on the frozen lake had come so swiftly.
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Time and again it nearly cost us our life and that night, on the frozen lake , was no different.
great
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One contained a great still lake , and they crossed it along a rock-bridge that sprang dizzily from wall to wall.
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With its great lakes and long coast line, the continent was, it seemed, ideally suited to the flying boat.
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Instead we did the trail just south of Reykjahlid, climbing a lava mound overlooking the great lake .
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The depression around the breakwater already resembled a great lake , full of swirling whirlpools.
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There was a great lake and on it were flamingos like the ones you see every day on Three Island Pond.
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Here were a people with more than 100,000 archers living alongside a great lake , possibly identified as the Caspian Sea.
high
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Dusk broods, begins to settle but here, up high , a lake of last light trembles round her.
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These may correspond to a period of high lake levels found elsewhere in the rift.
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The hotel was high above the lake itself, with a fabulous view.
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Vertical dashed lines enclose periods of contemporaneous high lake levels and elevated geothermal activity on rift volcanoes.
large
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Rutland Water is a large man-made lake situated just east of Oakham.
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Near to large rivers and lakes , fishing would always have been a major activity, particularly for salmon and the ubiquitous eels.
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This is an area of low wooden hills and a large man made lake is the principal attraction.
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Carp are capable of growing and thriving in both small and large lakes .
small
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It looks on to a pretty ordered garden with a small lake , large terrace, and summer pavilion.
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In wooded recesses were numberless springs of pure water and numerous small lakes .
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I have taken my colouring for Sample 3 from a photograph of a stormy sky over a small lake at dusk.
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Rechtauk was situated between the river and a small sweet-water lake .
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These effects are particularly strong on small lakes .
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Kirchberg has a small lake which is excellent for both swimming and boating.
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In the middle of Reykjavik is a small lake called Lake Tjörnin which has become a centre piece to the city.
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Carp are capable of growing and thriving in both small and large lakes .
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view
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Twin rooms are at the front with lake view , singles overlook the main road.
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Then hiking 3 miles on a trail with beautiful lake views and not seeing another hiker?
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All rooms are twin bedded with a shower and loo; some are available with a lake view .
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Even the lake view was nice.
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Twins have lake view and balcony.
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Bedrooms have a lake view , and twins have a balcony.
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Twin rooms have side lake view .
water
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Once melted they left basins to fill with lake water .
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Additionally, many people report stomach upsets, ear infections and rashes after coming into contact with the lake water .
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The lake water is saturated with gypsum, the material used for plaster of Paris.
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I stand up, as casually as a man can who has been kneeling in snow drinking lake water .
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The lake water was clear and cool, not cold.
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For dish washing, two plastic containers were filled with lake water , one with soap and the other for rinsing.
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They were grey, the iris rimmed with black, and had the clarity of lake water .
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Mussels were handled gently and kept at lake temperature in ambient lake water during measurement.
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fill
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This crater often gets filled with lakes of lava which remain molten for amazingly long periods.
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Sedimentrich runoff from logging, road building and real estate development has been filling the lake with nitrogen and phosphorous.
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The tidal reach of the sea fills the lake so that at all times the water is brackish.
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Once melted they left basins to fill with lake water.
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Give it time and it would fill the lake all by itself, just with its song.
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For dish washing, two plastic containers were filled with lake water, one with soap and the other for rinsing.
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It would have filled in the lake that had always separated their tiny island from the mainland.
find
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Wetland sites include all those found in lakes , swamps, marshes, fens, and peat bogs.
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On occasion he found himself scanning the lake , throttling down as he passed bleak islands of rock and pine.
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Oil has been found under both lakes , for example, and at least one company would like to drill for it.
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They come in two forms, sometimes found in the same lake .
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Two engines were found in a lake nine miles from the disaster area.
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Read in studio Voice over Detectives have started a murder investigation after part of a human torso was found in a lake .
overlook
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Brookes ALaCarte Restaurant overlooking the lake .
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The remote Sylvan Lake Lodge overlooks a striking man-made lake and spruce forest.
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The hotel features a lovely dining room overlooking the lake , where the view can truly be described as spectacular.
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The hotel has a terrace overlooking the lake where you can enjoy delicious cakes and ice cream.
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Instead we did the trail just south of Reykjahlid, climbing a lava mound overlooking the great lake .
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It is an imposing hotel, set in extensive gardens and overlooking the lake and the Borromean islands.
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Mungo reached the fence overlooking the lake and the barrow at 4.25.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(go) jump in a lake!
Lake Michigan
drag a lake/river etc
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Police were still dragging lakes all over the Catskills.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Lake Erie
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In the summer, we go water skiing on the lake .