COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The bolts met all the engineering specifications .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
again
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The executive, which met again for the first time last week, was unable to resolve when flags should be flown.
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Subgroups again met to draft a statement.
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We've only just met again after being apart for years.
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Eight days later, the agreement was drafted and both sides met again at the summit and signed their names.
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When the counsellors were ready, they met again with the king and agreed their proposals.
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The conferees met again and found Ambedkar adamant.
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They never met again , for under the probationary terms they were forbidden to associate with each other.
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Junipero bad the better of that bet; they met again five years later and worked together for ten more.
ever
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She is the least self-conscious creature I have ever met .
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He is one of the few people I have ever met who has never been either inflated or deflated by personal possessions.
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Richard Moore was perhaps the strongest weak man I ever met .
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He was an original, Mungo decided; one of the few he had ever met .
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He was an extraordinary man, one of the most civilized and cultured men I have ever met .
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All that mattered was that he was the most exciting man she'd ever met in her life.
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He was one of the most honest men she had ever met .
first
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He was an old sixteen when I first met him.
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Doyle remembers Gabby, an 8-year-old he first met eating discarded ice cream cones in the train station.
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I first met him, as I met Askalu, in the highlands 13 years ago.
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When I first met him, too.
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Maybe he's not the man she thought he was when she first met him in prison whilst serving time for rape.
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When I first met him, he was a female rogue character.
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It was in that same room where Spider played with his Walkman that Miguel had first met him.
never
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Robbie had never met any of Caro's adopted family.
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I have never met or even seen a member of the Royal Family.
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He had an agent, but they had never met .
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I've honestly never met anyone half as lovely as you.
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I had never met Mr Lincoln, but his support was constant.
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I've never met a happy hooker.
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I saw his wife once, but I never met her, either.
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death
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Medieval representation of Frederick Barbarossa as a crusader, the role in which he met his death .
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Though he met death under Iroquois torture in 1649, his example Inspired others to follow.
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If the ropes do jam then please remember that the great Giusto Gervasutti met his death during just such a retrieval operation.
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In this way a number of rash young men met their death .
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Could he have been a signalman who met an unfortunate death and still haunts the place of his end?
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Strange coincidence, the same place where Whitton had met his death .
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As to how young William met his untimely death , accounts vary.
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She was later seen at a hamburger stand in the car park behind the Guest House where she met her death .
demand
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And now we have met the demand .
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The president met that demand with his announcement Tuesday, the first full day of his second term.
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Only 17 forces have met Sir William's demand that they train staff fully in racial awareness and cultural diversity.
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There was something fishy about the way supply met demand in an investment bank.
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These reports summarise the demands made on the computer system over time, and indicate how well the system met those demands.
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When he has met our demands both of you will be released.
friend
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I have met all his friends , and I worked on his archives for six years.
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On the way over I met a friend , Dave, out jogging.
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We met through mutual friends a couple months ago, and we see each other most weekends.
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There were so many little jobs to do, and trips into Lulling for shopping when she met friends and had company.
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They went to a pub on the river bank and met their friends .
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He met his friends in the small wood outside the village.
girl
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Then, just before the accident, he had met a girl whose looks reminded him of Diana.
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Ed had met a girl called Galatea who was living in San Francisco on her savings.
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Subsequently I travelled to many parts of Britain and met over thirty girls , mainly in their homes with their children.
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Then he met Cristalena: a girl with a name like a poem.
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Henry met and married this girl all in the course of one short fortnight.
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She had just met a small girl who possessed, or so it seemed to her, quite extraordinary qualities of brilliance.
leader
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Boudiaf had met the leaders of eight opposition parties on Feb. 9 in order to give them prior notice of the measures.
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On April 3, 1954, Dulles and Admiral Radford met with eight congressional leaders .
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On Sept. 11 Kravchuk met leaders of opposition groups, when topics under discussion included a transitional government and a new constitution.
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In February a ceasefire was established after King Hassan met Polisario leaders for the first time.
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He has also met Senate leaders in West Berlin.
man
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She'd met arrogant men before, but never one quite like him.
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I had never before met this little man , and yet I felt I knew him.
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But I honestly don't think she would unless she met the man of her dreams.
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I met half a dozen men who coveted Barbara.
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He met three men inside A45.
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I had never met such men .
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She never met any men until she met the young man whom I can not think of as my father.
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We met a man wearing 17-year-old trousers, and children clad in shredded shirts.
minister
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I never even met the Prime Minister .
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This week he met environment minister Tony Baldry to discuss Government proposals to give local authorities greater powers to curb illegal camping.
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Though not entirely met , ministers claimed a reduction from 50,000 to 2,000 in two-year waiters within one year.
need
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Evaluation of how the plan has met these needs takes place in open discussion in class. 3.
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Local artisans, working close to home, often met the essential needs of the nearby population.
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The original car was a hit because it met the needs of big-car buyers better than most rivals.
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The amount of water released was worth $ 59, 000 and would have met the annual needs of nearly 300 families.
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Western models were influential because they met a need for a system that could accommodate diversity.
official
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Over the next year and a half, management met regularly with union officials , and both met regularly with workers.
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As soon as he stepped out into the fluorescent-lit corridor, he was met by an official who hurried him into a briefing room.
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Machungo and other government members met trade union officials and management representatives on Feb. 2 to discuss the labour unrest.
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While there, they briefly met junior officials in the Bush campaign.
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We met the officials of the embassy at dinner that same evening.
opposition
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The attempt to legitimise Renville met widespread opposition .
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That met a lot of opposition from different sources.
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On Christmas Day, he met the opposition head-on.
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The proposals were met with opposition from across the political spectrum.
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The levy, which began on January 1, has met with fierce opposition from the trade unions.
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On Sept. 11 Kravchuk met leaders of opposition groups, when topics under discussion included a transitional government and a new constitution.
requirement
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Aldermaston was chosen as it met these requirements .
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That, Sullivan argued, met the state constitutional requirement that criminal defendants be able to confront their accusers face to face.
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As a result not one nation has met the directive's requirements .
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Under federal deposit insurance regulations, Rapaport agreed to guarantee that the thrift met federal net worth requirements .
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Petipa and Massine also met Newman's requirement for the balancing and treatment of episodes.
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The Truman Doctrine met that requirement .
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Officials acted as chairmen of both these bodies, but some councillors were elected by Sri Lankans who met certain property requirements .
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But unless the city met the requirement , it would have to build a $ 135 million treatment facility.
response
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The idea met with a widespread response .
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When the longer breaks were implemented, the change was met with an enthusiastic response from both workers and observers.
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As Madame Delon had predicted, her enquiry met with a cordial response followed by an unexpected invitation to lunch.
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The Führer's call to fly flags on 5. 6. 1940 met with a joyful response everywhere.
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The organizers were rarely charged in court, probably because such a prosecution would have met with an unpleasant response .
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Broadcasters were to find that their challenges would be met with a similar response .
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His smile met with no response .
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The week was met with a generous response from the public and media.
success
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Although the fifteenth edition met with some success , it was not generally popular.
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But he met with little success .
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Neither half of that balancing act has yet met with success .
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So far, his efforts to set up a maintenance fund for Bemersyde have met with limited success .
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Meanwhile, Jeffries and black leaders met with no success when they tried to subdue the rioters.
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To date, many housing associations' rural ventures have not met with marked success .
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Previous similar efforts with traditional expert systems technology met with marginal success .
times
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Susan had met her several times , and had always said she'd like to know her better.
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I had met her a few times in the United States and was awed by her adventurousness.
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A man she had met three times .
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I met Leonard Elmhirst a few times in his old age.
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During a five-month period, the task force met seven times .
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She'd met him a few times , usually when he was drunk.
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Marie, whose high-boned cheeks and weary eyes he had met a thousand times before.
wife
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He met his wife of 61 years on board a train on his way to work in 1921.
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Then about five years ago 1 met his wife at a concert.
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It was here that he met his future wife , Jan, and the pair eventually set up their own practice.
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You met my wife a few years ago when she came around to let you know about the Neighborhood Watch program?
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DeVito met his future wife while performing onstage as a demented stable boy.
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Just about then I met my wife , who, coincidentally, had also gone to the University of Chicago.
woman
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He said, I've met dozens of women and girls like you.
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He had been celibate for one mind-clearing year when he met the woman who later became his wife.
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I thought it was a nationality and went round saying I'd met some strange women from Lesbia.
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Luckily I met an extraordinary woman who helped me.
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I met a few women but never asked one out.
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He had never before met a woman so entirely free of the constraints which he had come to associate with being female.
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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Court documents give this account: The day after the shootings, Osborn met Blums in a park.
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He had a great sense of humour and when we first met , I was instantly attracted to him.
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I met them leeward of the middle vehicle, where they lent a hand to tip the wheelbarrow into a stable position.
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It was natural that he should be President of the Constituent Assembly when it met .
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Officer Bass said he has met with protective agency workers in an attempt to improve communications.
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Paul Lambert then met Moravcik's cut-back and slammed his side's third past the goalkeeper.
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When the latter were realigned or made anew they often met the earlier roads at a sharp angle on the parish boundaries.