noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
seasoned traveller/observer etc
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Artie was by then a seasoned musician with six albums to his credit.
To the casual observer (= to someone who is not looking carefully )
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To the casual observer Mary seemed quite calm.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
casual
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To the casual observer , the tide may seem to be the only movement of water in the estuary.
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A casual observer on Van Ness the other day saw even younger adults have difficulty.
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To a casual observer water on a surface may appear to be in complete contact with it.
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But lately, to the casual observer , it would seem that the match is being interrupted, or at least expanded.
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This is the sight which stays with even the casual observer .
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Even for casual observers the clues to its presence are abundant.
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While the Macintosh still possess all the benefits it seems, to a casual observer , to be an incompatible system.
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This is mostly due to the almost universal lowering of expectations among diehard fans and casual observers .
close
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Moreover most close observers of nationalist communities in Northern Ireland believe the issue to be irrelevant.
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Because of the nature of oceanic impacts, close observers of large impacts can not survive.
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Although Mr McKinnell's style is more approachable than his predecessor's, close observers reckon his substance is just as strong.
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But close observers say the headlines may mask a more fundamental truth.
foreign
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The law also allowed for foreign observers to be present at elections, and set up a 20-member central election committee.
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The official figure for the whole of June was 42 police and demonstrators killed; some foreign observers estimated up to 70 deaths.
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That much must also have been clear to contemporary foreign observers .
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This might hamstring the government and its operation was sometimes confusing to foreign observers .
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They were celebrating, rightly as foreign observers believed, a major success story.
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Other opposition leaders called for foreign observers to monitor the elections.
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As that scandal unfolded during 1973 and 1974, foreign observers viewed the proceedings with some amazement.
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The elections were deemed by foreign observers to have been held without widescale irregularities, although cases were reported in a few localities.
human
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In the broken-wing performance, the realism is so remarkable that even human observers can be fooled when they first encounter it.
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Presumably human observers are themselves also built from minute quantum constituents!
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It is this last operation which is performed by the human observer , using only the equipment he was born with.
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A human observer may find the scene horrifying.
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Most human observers of these three sentences would also confirm this as the most likely choice.
independent
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This would accord with the general understanding of the word objective, i.e. independent of the observer .
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Counts were always performed by the same two independent observers .
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Some independent observers think that the true figure could be 10 times that number.
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The horrible sufferings and uproar which resulted are fully described by two independent observers , Osbern and Eadmer.
international
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The conduct of the elections was universally praised by international observers as free and fair.
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Hundreds of international election observers monitored the balloting.
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Mr Berisha promised before polling day to respect the verdict of the international observers .
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The delay will not affect the outcome of the vote, as the ballot-counting process continues to be monitored by international observers .
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On the ground, international observers will draw attention to any restoration work thought to be unsuitable or harmful.
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The ceasefire would be guaranteed by international observers , and outside military assistance to either side would be prohibited.
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However, international observers described the polling itself as generally fair and peaceful.
military
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They signed a protocol on interim measures to establish peacekeeping forces and military observers .
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On July 23 the remaining 47 military observers arrived.
outside
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As an outside observer drawn into the Statementing process by the professionals involved, I had a neutral but not disinterested role.
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Its history has come down to us only through oral traditions, archaeological research and the accounts of occasional outside observers .
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But it is not only the system's legitimacy with outside observers and the general public which is important.
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Although Bowman was nominal Captain on this phase of the mission, no outside observer could have deduced the fact.
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Two such distinct behaviours can at times be observed, either by the participant himself or by an outside observer .
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But outside observers have been sharply scaling back their estimates.
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At the Centre Mondial, it looks to the outside observer as if the problem is reversed.
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To the outside observer it offers every conceivable pattern of life, from the most archaic to the most modern and urban.
political
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But political observers know that it was ever thus.
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But Dole had little choice but to roll the dice in a way that surprised even the most astute political observers .
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For most of 1972 and early 1973, the eyes of political observers were focused as much on London as on Ulster.
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Holding him back, say political observers and the other candidates, is the narrow focus of his appeal.
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But several experienced political observers believe Forbes could falter in those key locations.
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Texas political observers said Forbes has not begun a campaign here.
western
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The western observer may well wonder how Falk could possibly have been condemned for formalism, as he was, in 1946/7.
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Security men seized him, disregarding western observers .
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There were various features of the role of the military in Soviet politics that are striking to the Western observer .
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The problem lies in how to account for this, to the Western observer , astonishing phenomenon.
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But Western observers may have grounds for scepticism.
■ NOUN
election
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Hundreds of international election observers monitored the balloting.
industry
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This could happen, argue industry observers , because film distribution is changing.
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At this early stage, the answer from many industry observers is a qualified no.
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Some industry observers are not convinced Mackenzie has other options.
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Some industry observers agree with Mr Zyman.
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Many industry observers say it is a declining brand.
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Most industry observers believe that there is a huge commercial momentum building up in multimedia development.
participant
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However, as noted earlier, the advocated stance of the participant observer is very much that of the stranger.
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Nevertheless there are initial considerations that all participant observers make to some extent prior to entering and during fieldwork.
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It is not unusual, for example, to find participant observers using interviews.
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Furthermore, it is difficult for the participant observer not to exert some influence on the events that are being observed.
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The participant observer in such a naturalistic framework really only observes.
■ VERB
accord
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But according to observers and officials familiar with the negotiations, they are not talking much.
allow
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The report also criticized the government for refusing to allow Amnesty observers into the territory.
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The regime refuses to allow observers from allegedly hostile countries and organisations to monitor the elections.
attend
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Anglican bishops were not asked to attend or to send observers .
lead
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More recent developments have led observers to question the inevitability of this trend.
note
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Even so, its improvement has been noted by rivals and observers alike.
send
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Anglican bishops were not asked to attend or to send observers .
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Reportedly, he wrote to all Heads of Commonwealth governments inviting them to send observers to check the conduct of the elections.
surprise
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The suddenness of this move surprised many observers .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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International observers criticized the use of military force in the region.
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Military observers have been allowed into the area to monitor the ceasefire.
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Most political observers believe that the president will now have to resign.
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Political observers say Ball could still win the election.
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She's been sent as an observer to the UN aid conference.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aesop must have been a keen observer of natural animal rhythms.
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But for a westward-going observer , the rightmost arrives first.
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Hundreds of astonished observers, including one with a movie camera, saw the fireball from Grand Teton and Yellowstone parks.
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Meehan and other observers give it little chance of making it out of Congress this year.
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The geography of Boiotia might to a shallow observer seem to suit her for naval hegemony.
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The official figure for the whole of June was 42 police and demonstrators killed; some foreign observers estimated up to 70 deaths.
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The remote observer measures time intervals to be dilated and light to be red shifted.