adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
numerous occasions
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She has been late on numerous occasions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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The early hill forts have been studied by waves of archaeologists almost as numerous as their early invaders.
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The steps leading up to the launch of a new product or product line are just as numerous .
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As the inflation worsened and as numerous small private entrepreneurs found themselves discriminated against by government controls, they went on strike.
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A recent estimate suggests that members with farming and related experience are twice as numerous as those experienced in the park purposes.
more
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During the Second World War, when Sherif became a psychologist, women were much more numerous among psychological testers than experimenters.
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And if they are more numerous , then maybe the dead possess more spiritual power as well.
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The literature of the classical approach is much more numerous .
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What are the real hazards from these smaller, much more numerous impactors?
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These were more numerous and more complicated than the two groups of conformist and non-conformist boys identified by Willis.
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Far more numerous are those with nothing to do, with nowhere to go.
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Norse raids have become ever more numerous .
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However, highwaymen and armed guerrilla bands were becoming more numerous , especially along the roads from the seacoast to the capital.
most
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Of the three types of general body fur on the wild cat, the down hairs are the most numerous .
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Craters with diameters of twenty to one hundred kilometers are most numerous .
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The Bengal Tiger is the most numerous of the races that survive today.
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The most numerous were the rhynchosaurs.
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Winter visitors probably arrive in November, sometimes October, and are most numerous in November and December.
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Until their dissolution in 1832, the Militia was the most numerous body in the archipelago.
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Thus it seems clear that arctica is the most numerous species on spring passage.
so
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Well, but - so some readers may be saying or thinking - what about the content of these so numerous poems?
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The differ-ent interests involved are so numerous and so contradictory that no one could reasonably predict how present conflicts will turn out.
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Dragons so numerous that their wings darkened the sky descended on the Chaos Host.
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Frequently the visitors were so numerous they could not fit into the house, so Seymour began preaching from the porch.
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The subsystems they have to test are so numerous and varied that they may not even be able to locate them.
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The reasons are so numerous as to become seductive.
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Pheasants are so numerous in Norfolk that it's easy to take them for granted.
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The priests in Jerusalem were so numerous that they had to take turns in performing Temple ceremonies.
too
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The examples are too numerous to quote, so I shall confine myself to two.
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There are other examples, too numerous to list.
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Applications within pure mathematics other than those found in the text are far too numerous and diverse to mention here.
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The advantages are too numerous to mention.
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The program comes with many more features too numerous to mention.
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There were others, too numerous to mention, whose contributions where similarly phenomenal.
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The individuals who have contributed are far too numerous to mention.
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They are too numerous to record herewith, but I shall take just one or two to illustrate the point under discussion.
very
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Such feather stars are very numerous in some reef habitats today.
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Losers are often very numerous and lose large amounts of their income.
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The deer had become very numerous by this time in the New Forest, and there were numerous complaints about their depredations.
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The intensity of heating culminates at perihelion, when dust devils become very numerous .
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The paradoxes which then result are very numerous .
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As I have already said, the cases are very numerous .
■ NOUN
example
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There are numerous examples of ways in which schools have worked to establish an understanding and identity with the curriculum by parents.
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The circuitry was composed of electric eels, and there were colorful fish and liquid poisons and numerous examples of evil.
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There have been numerous examples of varying degrees of seriousness over the years.
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The numerous examples vary in importance and location.
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There are numerous examples too of the more general training that might be offered by humanities computing departments.
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On a lower level of importance there are numerous examples of the prevalence and occasional success of political espionage.
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There are numerous examples of tricks like this.
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There are numerous examples of the manner in which distorted religious teaching has done harm.
occasion
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He has been beaten, nearly drowned and jailed on numerous occasions - but never actually stopped.
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Jerry has been told on numerous occasions if he needs anything, all he has to do is ask.
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I have used this service for selling, although more so on the buying side, having been tempted on numerous occasions !
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Agents say they met on numerous occasions with Earp in his office in the boiler room.
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Since then, he has been late on numerous occasions and we believe his alcohol consumption has increased.
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Alan Harding, having worked with me on numerous occasions , knows my limitations and has allowed plenty of time.
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The staff had heard it before on numerous occasions but nothing as severe or as noisy as on this particular night.
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He was extremely good-looking, and extremely charming, generous to his scout, and to Mr Bullins on numerous occasions .
other
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One could cite numerous other passages where both terms are employed, but none is plainer than this one.
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But numerous other oil companies and oil-field service firms remain there.
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Possible fluctuations of cancer incidence due to sources of radiation are swamped statistically by the numerous other causes.
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J., and numerous other gaming properties.
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Soon Jedwabne and numerous other names steeped in blood disappeared from the map of permissible remembrance.
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We see numerous other tiny warts and also much swirling activity.
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It was the same in numerous other industries.
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They make numerous other trips as well, visiting Walden Pond and going on a fossil dig, for example.
people
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During the dispute, numerous people wrote letters protesting against the Diocese of London's behaviour.
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Since that time, numerous people have taken administration jobs despite similar lapses.
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The Sisters also visit the elderly and provide a place of quiet for numerous people inside and outside the Parish.
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She had been held in high esteem by numerous people who all wanted to pay their respect.
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We had now spent three weeks at Aubagne and had seen detachments move off to Castelnaudary, and numerous people rejected.
study
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The significance of attitude to work has been highlighted by numerous studies .
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The results of numerous studies from around the world clearly show that both genes and the environment influence drinking behavior.
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Since then, numerous studies have analysed the relation between serum cholesterol and large bowel cancer.
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Any suggestion that this level of care is diminishing is not borne out in the findings of numerous studies .
times
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I've also had the wiring checked numerous times and told it was fine.
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The elaborate cycle was repeated numerous times as the inaugural address neared.
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Coun Thomas said police had been called to the house numerous times .
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Simin Karimi, however, has returned to her native Tehran numerous times since the revolution.
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The windows of the Methodist Church adjoining the playing field have been broken numerous times .
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Peoples has been arrested numerous times since 1978 on drug and theft charges.
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The water is flushed through the sheds numerous times , becoming more concentrated with each pass.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Numerous books an movies have dealt with the issue of wife abuse.
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I've met Ron on numerous occasions.
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I want to thank all the people, too numerous to mention, who've helped me win this election.
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The advantages of the discount plan are numerous .
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The same problem has occurred before on numerous occasions.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was won numerous teaching awards.
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His diaries during the years after 1870 record numerous meetings with Sellers there.
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How do you privatise a business of numerous loss-makers?
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Jackson soon became involved with affirmative action, the November elections and numerous other controversies around the country.
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The numerous portraits of her attributed to St Luke show this to be the case.
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There are numerous cross-references in the book where apparently different problems reduce to the same theoretical form.
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There were numerous arrests and injuries, as well as unconfirmed stories of killings.