adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a marked/noticeable improvement (= that people can notice )
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Joanna's work showed a marked improvement.
visible/noticeable (= an effect that you can clearly see )
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He drank five beers, but they did not seem to have any visible effect on him.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
especially
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It was especially noticeable that no swastika banners were to be seen on houses where news of fallen relatives had been received.
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The latter is especially noticeable in the martial arts.
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Yellow rump and pale chestnut underwing with black trailing edge especially noticeable in flight.
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This is especially noticeable in women who have often had no previous experience of public meetings or lobbying.
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What if some one in the block of flats had seen me-\#especially noticeable as I was white?
hardly
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Even so, any extra overhead is hardly noticeable .
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The fluctuations, then, are well within the range of ordinary urban life and hardly noticeable to humans.
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J., we become so entangled in the tale that its considerable length is hardly noticeable .
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The movements may vary from hardly noticeable choreiform twitches or dystonic posturings to nearly constant restless activity of extremities and trunk.
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It had only a very small, hardly noticeable brass plate outside which gave nothing away.
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With a delay that was hardly noticeable , the suit interpreted her movement and sent instructions to the orientation jets.
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Unfortunately for Mr Wilson, that comeback will be tepid - and probably hardly noticeable until after next year's gubernatorial election.
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These are detectable in the concentrate, hardly noticeable in solution and undetectable on surfaces after rinsing.
immediately
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It is immediately noticeable that the illustrations in Bertelli's book are of much higher quality than those in Lightbown's.
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Another change that should be immediately noticeable is in the writing.
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The overall result is not immediately noticeable , although it does feel like the machine's been crashing less.
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Eccentricities of behaviour are immediately noticeable in such places.
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What is immediately noticeable in the discussion of these markers is that they are genre-specific.
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It is immediately noticeable that the great majority of comments come from the childhood memories.
less
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Why are the effects of these responses so much less noticeable in powered machines?
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She would be less noticeable on foot.
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And according to test riders the vibration, particularly at low revs, is less noticeable .
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Nor is Lascaux primitive intellectually. Less noticeable than the massive animals are a complex series of abstract signs dotting the walls.
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In spring the effect is less noticeable , but potentially more dangerous.
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It also has an astringent effect which can tighten skin, making wrinkles less noticeable .
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This moisturiser is formulated to soften the skin and improve suppleness, so that lines and wrinkles are less noticeable .
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They are best on top and bottom edges as they're less noticeable .
more
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His brother often slept in and it was just a bit more noticeable this morning.
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And she had made one much more noticeable change.
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Their small number, however, made them more noticeable .
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So it is not surprising that the problem of work inhibition is more noticeable at grade seven.
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All girls and women have these glands but they can be more noticeable on some girls.
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So it was all the more noticeable last month when reformers took on Marxists in the press.
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This will minimise uneven shading in daylight, which is more noticeable on a plain carpet.
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That change became much more noticeable in the fifties and sixties when the first truly modern gay bathhouses emerged.
most
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The lateral and ventral arm plates have distinctive transverse ridges most noticeable in dry or nearly dry specimens.
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The most noticeable difference is the look of the delegates.
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The most noticeable feature of this session is that everybody is very anxious.
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Perhaps the most noticeable earnings problem has plagued the semiconductor group, the hottest sector through the first three quarters of 1995.
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The most noticeable will be the consequences of reorganising the top management structure in Coatings.
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The most noticeable difference: a new portrait of Ben Franklin.
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Riots and Disorder To the general public, the most noticeable symptom of the penal crisis is of course the prison riot.
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The most noticeable difference is that the helmets are lower in the back than those intended strictly for cyclists.
particularly
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This is particularly noticeable with the anti-bacterial action of essences.
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Plenty of lines on his face, which she hadn't really noticed before, but which were particularly noticeable now.
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Their height difference would be particularly noticeable .
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Churches are places where these prejudices are particularly noticeable .
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The excess at ages 5-24 in this area is particularly noticeable and persistent, continuing up to 1988.
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All sensory forms are affected by proximity and this is particularly noticeable amidst networks of lines.
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This is particularly noticeable in conifers such as yew, spruce or fir, where it makes the canopy increasingly lace-like or transparent.
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This was particularly noticeable among the younger policemen, for whom this imagery seems to be a defining characteristic of their work.
so
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His Anfield insecurity, so noticeable in August and early September, has been replaced by rocketing self confidence.
very
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This can be very noticeable if the quoted speech is a question.
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These casts are very noticeable on a lawn.
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Differences between the sexes were very noticeable .
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Sometimes the difference caused by assimilation is very noticeable , and sometimes it is very slight.
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It was very noticeable , the difference in their attitudes before and after operations.
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This is very noticeable with experienced pilots flying into cloud without the help of the instruments.
■ NOUN
change
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One of the major side effects of taking steroids is a noticeable change in body structure, changes in features.
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And she had made one much more noticeable change .
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The experiment resulted in some noticeable changes .
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Miriam saw a noticeable change in her daughter.
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The only noticeable change in the language in the Act of 1986 is the extension of that period to three years.
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The most noticeable change was in my brother, who had grown quite a bit and was now a third-grader.
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A noticeable change in the nature of protest has occurred in recent years.
difference
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After two weeks, there was a noticeable difference in the health and energy of all the children.
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The most noticeable difference is the look of the delegates.
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I could still purr it, bomb it, whatever, without any noticeable difference - other than the clarity.
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This is where the Steamatic can make a noticeable difference .
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The most noticeable difference is that the helmets are lower in the back than those intended strictly for cyclists.
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Yes, there will not be a noticeable difference physically - neither for me nor for Charles.
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A balance is possible for both music and speech and the right adjustment will make a noticeable difference .
effect
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As for Miss Kenton, I seem to remember the mounting tension of those days having a noticeable effect upon her.
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She also noticed that he drank five martinis, although they had no noticeable effect upon him.
feature
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The most noticeable feature of this session is that everybody is very anxious.
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The most noticeable feature of the past few decades however, has been the increasing instability of economic life.
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He minted coins and his patronage of continental missionary activity is a noticeable feature of his reign.
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Our overriding conclusion was that racially discriminatory behaviour was not an obvious or noticeable feature of court-room interactions.
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The most noticeable feature is that there is still little or no evidence of multi-culturalism.
increase
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In every case a noticeable increase in measurement occurred between the first and second measurement of each pot.
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The most noticeable increase in discharges as a result of liver cirrhosis occurred between 1986-89.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After two days there was a noticeable improvement in his health.
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Don't worry; the stain is hardly noticeable .
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It was noticeable that no one at the party was under 40.
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It was quite noticeable that everyone had been invited except for Gail.
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Most people are not affected by the chemical in any noticeable way.
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Stop worrying about your pimples; they're barely noticeable .
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The most noticeable change was in my younger brother, who had grown quite a bit and was now a third-grader.
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The new supermarket has had a noticeable effect on people's shopping habits.
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There has been a noticeable improvement in Jeremy's behaviour lately.
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We expect to see a noticeable improvement within three months.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the hand was held on the blazing ring, the stench of burning flesh was clearly noticeable in the hot air.
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He's noticeable now, being almost bald, but he was noticeable then, too.
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It also has an astringent effect which can tighten skin, making wrinkles less noticeable .
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It was most noticeable at the annual conferences, held in windswept seaside resorts in early October.
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The lateral and ventral arm plates have distinctive transverse ridges most noticeable in dry or nearly dry specimens.
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The most noticeable difference: a new portrait of Ben Franklin.
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This is where the Steamatic can make a noticeable difference.