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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a little/many/some/any more
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Can I have a little more time to finish?
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Are there any more sandwiches?
have had one too many (= have drunk too much alcohol )
however much/many
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I really want the car, however much it costs.
many occasions
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I have seen him drunk on many occasions.
Many thanks
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Many thanks for the lovely flowers.
not a lot/much/many etc (= only a few, only a little etc )
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Not much is known about the disease.
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Not many people have read the report.
the first of many
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We hope this year’s festival will be the first of many .
twice as many/much (as sth)
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They employ 90 people, twice as many as last year.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(there's) many a true word spoken in jest
a good few/many
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In time she came to know a good many faces, but none of them were people.
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It had been a good few years.
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It is likely that a good many valuable stones were destroyed in this way because Pliny was muddling up hardness and toughness.
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It was no accident that a good many towns were sited on the borderline between arable farming and pastoral regions.
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Overall, it took a good many years for the primaries to wrest control from the bosses.
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She solved some problems, but she created a good few more-many of which Britain is still dealing with today.
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There are a good many variables that may intervene in just this manner.
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We shared this house all the years of my childhood, and a good many summers afterward.
as much/as many/the same again
be no/few/not many takers
five/ten/many etc times ...
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Besides being one of Henry III's most frequent ambassadors to Rome, Alexander served many times as papal judge delegate.
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I am feeling much better, though there are many times when I feel a dull ache.
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Now, as many times before, the City is missing a chance to put the system right.
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The amount of metal needed is ten times what we used on Mars.
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The males adapt to their new and relaxed home by evolving at ten times the rate of their consorts.
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The prince visited many times more.
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The real frequency of worldwide maternal mortality may be as much as three to five times higher than this ratio.
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Tours leave five times a day.
have a finger in every pie/ in many pies
have had a few (too many)
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Ralph Nader may have had a few , but then again far, far too few to mention.
in so many words
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"Did he say we got the contract?" "Not in so many words ."
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In so many words , she told me that I don't have any talent.
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Although it has not said so in so many words , it is also for the supranational space.
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And, if taxed by such as Sylvester, he probably would not now admit it in so many words .
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But I also knew that if I admitted to that in so many words , Janir would start fussing.
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It hurts to write that out in so many words , but how could it be otherwise.
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Oh, not in so many words , of course.
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There is, in fact, considerable nervousness about saying these things in so many words .
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To be fair, the majority report does not in so many words advance the argument.
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Zuwaya had a deterrent theory of peace, and stated it in so many words .
keep several/too many etc balls in the air
man/woman of many parts
many and various
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Circumstances, many and various , may mean there's no way forward for that relationship.
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Conjectures about the newcomer were many and various .
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Member States refused to meet the claims of the many and various creditors, third parties to the International Tin Agreement.
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The influences on Laski's political and legal thought are many and various .
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The reasons why teenage girls get pregnant are many and various .
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There are many and various racket strings to choose from.
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There were also many and various stories of his birth.
many happy returns
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And, no doubt about it, very many happy returns, sir.
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Charlotte will be wished many happy returns by family and other visitors to a nursing home in Redcar, Cleveland.
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Next up we would like to wish birthday girl Fiona many happy returns.
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They went for more, but Nicky Hammond in the Town goal made sure they didn't have too many happy returns.
many moons ago
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He left Derby many moons ago complaining they gagged him.
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Several colour strains have bee bred since the original black and silver variety came out on the market many moons ago.
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When I got my first laser printer many moons ago, my bank manager almost had a heart attack.
not (all) that long/many etc
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And not that many women really feel comfortable going for the jugular.
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He doesn't recognize the name, not that many people seem to know his or that of his publisher.
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He would do the job himself if he had the time-and had the job not that many years ago.
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I was told the rules, there were not that many and most were sensible.
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McPhail, 20, is making a run for the board not that long after having graduated from the system himself.
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So there is not that long a wait.
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Thankfully there were not that many in cars.
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Well, maybe not that many things.
only so many/much
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There's only so much you can do with hair this fine.
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A human being can undergo only so many changes and take in only so many experiences.
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I think there was only so much fun to go round, only so much and no more available.
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It told him it was grass, and grass could hide only so much.
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The greens were rougher then, and there was only so much good putting you could do on them.
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The truth is there is only so much preparation you can do.
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There's only so much you can cling to - your credibility, your belief in small cottage industries - whatever.
sth of five/many etc years' standing
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The medical superintendent of a hospital had to be a duly qualified medical practitioner of five years' standing .
too many chiefs and not enough Indians
too many cooks (spoil the broth)
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If too many cooks spoil the broth, too many Popes tarnish the faith!
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There were too many cooks , they said.