adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a left-hand/right-hand bend (= going towards the left or the right )
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Take the turning just after the left-hand bend in the road.
left-hand drive
left-hand/right-hand glove
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A left-hand glove was found at the scene of the crime.
the left-hand margin (= on the left of the page )
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All typing begins at the left-hand margin.
the left-hand/right-hand page
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The answers are on the right-hand page.
the left-hand/right-hand side of an equation
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Add up what you've got on the right-hand side of the equation.
the left-hand/right-hand side
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On the left-hand side list the skills and qualifications required for the job.
the left/left-hand corner
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We followed the path to the left-hand corner of the field.
the right-hand/left-hand drawer
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Have you looked in the left-hand drawer?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
column
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The left-hand column is for the pharmacist's notes relating to pricing.
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Their left-hand columns would be similar.
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At the foot of one of the left-hand columns he read a headline.
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As the rite is planned, the London bank clerk adds up correctly the figures in the left-hand column .
corner
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Both PageMaker and Ventura select arbitrary reference points for their on-screen rulers, the top left-hand corner of the page.
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This position will mark the upper left-hand corner of the rectangle. 3.
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Full-back Liley strode into the left-hand corner for a splendid try and there was still a man to spare.
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When reading a resume your eye moves from the top left-hand corner to the bottom right.
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With 17 minutes remaining the right-back Mario Melchiot was fouled by Ian Taylor near the left-hand corner flag.
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The cargo's ultimate destination had been printed neatly in black pen in the bottom left-hand corner of the page.
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But then Wilkinson looped twice and Jim Jenner powered over in the left-hand corner four minutes from the finish.
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Up on the address side, in the left-hand corner .
margin
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The date is typed on the left-hand margin .
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It would also be helpful to write in the left-hand margin where you used the skills.
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Just as with word processing type can be set flush with the left-hand margin , centred or justified.
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The simplest style is to block all headings and text at the left-hand margin .
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If you block paragraphs at the left-hand margin , then headings may be either blocked or centred.
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The first line only starts at the left-hand margin .
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The paragraphs are indented, usually five spaces from the left-hand margin .
side
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On the left-hand sides are the well-known expressions for the radial and tangential components of acceleration.
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Debits are entries on the left-hand side of an account; credits are entries on the right-hand side of an account.
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A flight of steps goes up the left-hand side of the gallery.
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The left-hand side represents marginal revenue.
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Suppose that initially the molecules are all confined to the left-hand side of the box by a partition.
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Open the glass fronted cupboard on the left-hand side and look on the fourth shelf from the top.
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Messages from the right-hand field of vision of both eyes are received by the left-hand side of the brain.
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What you see on the left-hand side of the centre line, you knit on the left-hand side of the machine.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a left-hand piano concerto
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a left-hand turn
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Our house is on the left-hand side of the street.
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Write your name in the upper left-hand corner of the test.