I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
accept an offer
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In the end I had to accept his offer of £4,500.
an offer of friendship
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He turned down the King's offer of friendship.
attractive offer/proposition/package etc
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I must say, it’s a very attractive offer.
decline an offer/invitation etc
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Mary declined Jay’s invitation to dinner.
express/offer (your) sympathy
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Everyone there expressed their sympathy.
firm offer (= offered to pay a particular amount )
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They made a firm offer on the house over the weekend.
generous offer/support/donation etc
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my employer’s generous offer to pay the bill
give sb/offer/provide a chance
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I was given the chance to play the main part in the play.
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Sport provides a chance for you to get outside with friends.
give/lend/offer etc sb a helping hand
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She’s been giving me a helping hand with the children.
give/offer credit (= allow customers to buy things on credit )
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A business may lose customers if it does not give credit.
give/offer hope
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The research has given hope to thousands of sufferers of the disease.
give/offer sb an incentive
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If you want people to change their behaviour, it's a good idea to offer them some kind of incentive.
give/offer sb an option
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Some employees were given the option of retiring early.
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Buyers will usually be offered the option of paying in instalments.
give/offer sb employment
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He was offered employment in the company’s main office.
give/offer/provide reassurance
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They are offering practical help and reassurance.
give/provide/offer an overview
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The report provides an overview of the recent policy changes.
kindly offer/agree/give etc
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Mr Nunn has kindly agreed to let us use his barn for the dance.
offer a bargain
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The Regency hotel is offering off-season bargains.
offer a concession
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The King was prepared to offer some concessions to France.
offer a course
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The course is offered on a part-time basis.
offer a menu
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The restaurant is offering a three-course menu for New Year’s Eve.
offer a perspective
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Bamford offers a fresh perspective on this ongoing historical debate.
offer a possibility (= make an opportunity available )
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Technology offers exciting possibilities to designers.
offer a prayer (= say a prayer in a formal way, often in a group )
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Special prayers were offered for the boys during a service yesterday.
offer a reward ( also put up a reward informal )
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The store has offered a £500 reward for information leading to a conviction.
offer advice
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They can offer advice to those who wish to quit drinking.
offer an apology
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We would like to offer our sincere apologies for the delay.
offer assistance
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I would be grateful for any assistance you can offer.
offer compensation
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The health authority offered compensation to the families.
offer delivery
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We offer free, next-day delivery on all orders.
offer encouragement
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My parents offered encouragement and support.
offer facilities
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A wide range of facilities is offered.
offer help
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We offer free help for people with debts.
offer resistance
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The demonstrators offered no resistance.
offer sb a bribe
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Some sportsmen have been offered bribes to perform badly.
offer (sb) a discount
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Lenders may offer a discount on larger loans.
offer sb a job
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Well, Miss Taylor, we’d like to offer you the job.
offer sb a position
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They offered me the position of store manager.
offer sb a post
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He was offered the post of Secretary of State for Wales.
offer sb a salary
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We offer competitive salaries to graduates.
offer (sb) comfort
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Volunteers are available to offer comfort and advice.
offer (your) help
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The taxi driver offered his help and we accepted.
offer your resignation ( also tender/submit your resignation formal )
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Claire apologized and offered her resignation.
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On the Monday afternoon, Sir John tendered his resignation to the Queen.
offered...a lift
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He very kindly offered me a lift .
offer/extend the hand of friendship (= officially say that you want a friendly relationship )
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America extended the hand of friendship, but it was rejected.
offer/extend your thanks to sb (= thank someone publicly )
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We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the medical staff at Broadgreen Hospital.
offer/provide an alternative
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If your first choice is not available, we always have alternatives to offer.
offer/put forward a suggestion
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A few suggestions were put forward.
offer...services
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Why don’t you offer your services as a tennis coach?
pass up a chance/opportunity/offer
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I don’t think you should pass up the opportunity to go to university.
peace offering
pledge/offer (your) support (= say that you will support someone or something )
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Both the opposition parties pledged full support for the new administration.
provide/offer a reminder
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The case has provided a chilling reminder of how violently some people react to foreigners.
provide/offer a service
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Datapost offers a delivery service to over 160 countries.
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Our aim is to provide the best service at the lowest price.
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the supply of goods and services
provide/offer a solution
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I don't think that tourism will provide a long-term solution to rural employment problems.
provide/offer an explanation
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This theory may provide an explanation for the origins of the universe.
provide/offer contrast
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The plant is very attractive, and provides excellent contrast to other plants.
provide/offer/create a safe haven (for sb)
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The prime minister wanted to create a safe haven for the refugees.
send/offer your condolences (= formally express your sympathy when someone has died )
special offer
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The hotel has a special offer of five nights for the price of three.
take sb up on an offer/a promise/a suggestion etc
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I’ll take you up on that offer of a drink, if it still stands.
thank you for your kind invitation/offer (= said when thanking someone very politely for their invitation or offer )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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These centres of production existed primarily to provide jobs, but also offered a social focus.
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They also offer parents the best controls over the content available to young children.
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It also offers perimeter weighting, greater face thickness than any steel driver and feel and sound comparable with persimmon.
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The center also offers tap and ballroom dance classes, yoga and Chairobics, which is a low-impact exercise program.
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Lenders want low-risk outlets for their money, which also offer attractive returns.
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Apple and several other computer and software firms also offer free conversion programs.
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The hotel also offers a three-lane bowling alley with a bar.
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Greystone will also offer happy hours.
■ NOUN
advantage
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New media offer many advantages over the magnetic tapes that they replace.
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On-line backup offers several advantages over removable storage systems.
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I stress that King's Cross would offer advantages even if no rail link were built.
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Hardened firewall hosts also offer specific advantages , for example: Concentration of security.
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Such unpredictability can offer advantages , however.
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To these group owners the brokered-time concept offers many advantages .
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They can offer little advantage over pressure jet cleaners, are sometimes dangerous and are generally more expensive to run.
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This does offer advantages , because other plant health problems can be monitored at the same time.
advice
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I was happy to offer advice by telephone while Moby was still a puppy - simple and, better still, free!
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He had started a company that offered clients marketing advice .
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Booze and babes May I offer a piece of advice to Carrie Schlegel and other precocious kids writing to your letters page?
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Lisa offered advice about points of law, suggestions for how to proceed.
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Their quality of work is excellent and they offer good, sound advice .
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When Julie had a home problem, her two best friends at work tried to offer advice based on their own experiences.
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He also offers the latest advice on how soon you should start training again.
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I've tried everything from ignoring them to offering advice and I don't know what to do anymore.
assistance
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Four pilot Workstart schemes will be started, offering financial assistance to employers who take on people who have been long-term unemployed.
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If the employer offers assistance towards housing costs, worries about living in a more expensive environment may be allayed.
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This generally proves useful when they interpret and offer technical assistance to officials approving the budget.
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They hurried there but the consulate could offer no assistance .
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For one thing, I went around the company offering expert assistance to people.
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If help is required you will probably be asked, although there is nothing wrong with offering your assistance .
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A: I agree that Resolve offers very important assistance to couples and individuals involved in fertility treatments.
chance
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Ormseby Hall club in Middlesbrough is offering the chance to play as is Newcastle University.
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He sent Meekins, the officer, to a secret administrative hearing that offered no chance of jail.
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Haywood High school is offering them the chance to attend weekly masterclasses, to stretch their minds that bit more.
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The company offers college students a chance to learn management of a company and earn money during their summer breaks.
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Why are we offering you the chance of such a fantastic windfall?
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If he had some sinister purpose, then why would he offer me a chance to escape?
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To be fair we have also been offered the chance of revising articles which attracted substantial justifiable criticism.
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The difference is that the 1920s offered far fewer chances for athletes to cash in big.
choice
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If you can not use the terms I have offered you, the choice of another is up to you.
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Employers will by law be required to offer employees a choice among at least three so-called Food Benefit Plans.
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That's what I call offering the reader a choice of endings; but you may find me quite unreasonably literal-minded.
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Of course, Tesoro offers plenty of choices for the beer drinker as well.
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They will lend against most types of property and offer a choice of capital repayment, endowment or pension linked mortgages.
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Tampa Bay has also shown interest, offering first and second-round choices , according to a league source.
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It must offer the choice of a devolved assembly, the statusquo and independence.
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Converse felt that he was being offered a choice of responses.
company
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Many companies offer a 30-day money back guarantee.
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Quackenbush polled 86 companies and groups offering homeowner policies in California.
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The company also offers an invaluable planning and advice service for people who would rather undertake to do the work themselves.
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The company also offers numerous canoeing and kayaking classes as well as river trips.
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Retraining Occasionally, companies offer departing executives assistance with retraining.
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All four companies offer them for certain employees, but it often depends on the job.
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Only the international campaign against the pharmaceutical companies forced them to offer drugs to developing countries at lower prices.
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Even silent company offers her a needed sense of security and caring.
course
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In addition there are 44 colleges, 11 of which offer full-time courses of at least three years.
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The schools might not have been able to offer courses that would pass muster.
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The centre also offers courses on Saturday nights to prepare newcomers to windsurfing, lifesaving and snorkelling.
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Experts said parents can ask schools to offer conflict resolution courses or peer mediation programs.
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The Department offers courses on all four campuses of the University.
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In 1965, Clark Center offered twenty-six courses .
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They can be attended individually but are also offered as a weekend course .
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Thirty-six different species of birds were recorded - a reflection of the varying habitats offered by the course .
discount
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Maybe I could have been offered a discount if I brought my wife next time.
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The move signals weak industry sales and will probably force other automakers to offer similar discounts .
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You can avoid the commissions by using independent financial advisers which offer a discount service.
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Magnanimously, I jumped in and offered to pay the discount difference so that my dining friend would not feel cheated.
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Bovis Homes P&O Group employees are offered a discount of 2% on the purchase of Bovis homes.
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Some resorts also offer promotional discounts if you pay with one specific credit card or another.
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In addition, Robert Adam: Architect of Genius is offered at a special discount price to all visitors to the exhibition.
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In recent weeks, Northwest and USAir began offering their own e-mail discounts on their Web sites.
explanation
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Each, in any event, offers explanations at a level deeper than prediction.
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Powell could offer no explanation for the militaristic style of the courtrooms.
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It seems that most chairmen do offer a brief explanation of the tribunal's procedures, though these may be rather perfunctory.
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Here again psychological factors are offered as an explanation .
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Marx's work offers a very different explanation for the inequalities within and between societies.
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He offered another explanation for why Sen.
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The biography by Julia Langdon, a well-connected political journalist, purported to offer some explanations .
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I tried to offer explanations , drawing on my brief legal experience.
firm
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The firm has already offered Coronation Street romeo Reg Holdsworth one for his honeymoon.
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Computer firms are expected to offer matches and other incentives to buy their equipment.
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To help them, firms usually offer some form of financial assistance.
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Apple and several other computer and software firms also offer free conversion programs.
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Now the car firm is offering a reward for information about the robbery.
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The 10-year-old San Francisco firm started offering pager service in May and Internet access last month.
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Specialised assignments were often given to smaller firms offering particular expertise in that sector, with generally good results.
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In 1995, the number of firms offering coverage to early retirees fell to 41 percent from 43 percent in 1994.
help
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Some museums will offer specialist help for this activity.
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I am worried about her, and my husband and I offer help .
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Friends have approached Susan and offered their help for fund raising projects.
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There are contrasting arguments as to whether McCree was offered any sort of help .
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Do any offer help to the project manager in motivating the team?
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If somebody is sick, you offer the family help .
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All local authority social services departments offer different kinds of help and support.
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Many women have serious problems and deserve to be treated with respect and offered help that is to the point.
hope
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Science and reason seem now to offer mankind more hope of happiness and a decrease in suffering than is offered in religions.
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And a raft of prospective third-party saviors offered no hope .
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Yet the theory and practice of community development can offer some hope in the matter of the control of health care.
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But at first glance, his own might have seemed to offer little hope of withstanding its seventy-five-ton impact.
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Educational vocationalism does not seem to offer much hope for the reform either of education or of the labour market.
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Forbes is not simply selling a flat tax; he is offering hope and confidence.
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Results of well controlled studies offer considerable hope of an improvement in survival.
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At best, she guessed, it will result in a treatment that offers some hope to some people.
job
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Prisons offer hundreds of new jobs and an influx of capital to areas faced with stagnation and long-term decline.
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But a lot of the other talk about people being approached and people being offered the job was speculation and inaccurate speculation.
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I offered to do some jobs until the others returned.
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They offered me a job conducting classes in thirteen of their stores.
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After going to work in the Gulf states she was offered a job with the princesses.
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That old geezer was so impressed that he offered me a job on the spot.
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In middle age he was offered a job with the management of the factory and he took it.
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About 250 San Diegans were offered jobs in Tucson, but many more remain jobless or have moved away.
opportunity
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Chance, fate or whatever you want to call it was offering me the opportunity to finally get you out of my system.
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A motorcycle offers unlimited opportunities to make a fool of yourself, never mind dying.
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Anywhere within the walls to some one who really knows the place would offer many opportunities to elude you.
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The surrounding area also offered better opportunities for education.
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The Directors propose to offer shareholders the opportunity to receive fully paid ordinary shares in the Company in lieu of the cash dividend.
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I offered them an opportunity to correct my proposed model.
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The eruption itself offers interesting problems and opportunities in dating.
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The Faculty offers opportunities to study and conduct research in most branches of law and legal scholarship.
possibility
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Discussion Impedance planimetry is a novel technique offering possibilities to characterise biomechanical properties invivo of the gut wall.
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But soon they will be interactive, offering intriguing new possibilities .
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Just because the technology offers exciting possibilities , we can not assume that they will be realised.
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But a higher-ranking Navy officer overruled the recommendations, sending the officer to an administrative hearing offering no possibility of jail.
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The log-hyperbolic distribution offers the possibility of a range of curve fittings, one limiting case of which is the log-normal distribution.
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Their theory offers up the interesting possibility that these shallow quakes have their source in the deeper earth.
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Certainly the resulting curriculum looks rather dull compared with the initial considerations which offered the possibility of a refreshing new view.
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In general, integrated curricula offer possibilities that are impossible to create otherwise.
post
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The number of funded vacancies may be insufficient for all of them to be offered full-time posts .
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He returned to Hopkins after Blalock offered him a post in the art department.
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He was more interested in offering the post to John Lloyd, one of the most respected journalists on the Financial Times.
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He was offered the post of clerk to the Privy Council or of Ambassador to Savoy.
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Six seats would be allocated to Taylor, who was offered the post of Speaker and could make nominations for the cabinet.
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Following Bennett's withdrawal a number of other candidates had been unsuccessfully approached until Yeutter was offered the post on Jan. 3.
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Morris wrote endlessly and was even offered the post of poet laureate.
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It is understood that he would have liked to have been offered the post of Leader of the House.
range
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Two superb lace shops also offer a wide range of goods from souvenirs to wedding dresses!
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Customers are offered a greater range of destinations and flight times, while carriers can reduce capacity and share costs.
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Dorma offers a range of ready-made curtains, valances and tiebacks.
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They can help the reader to develop the appreciation and enjoyment of pictorial material by offering a range of rich visual experiences.
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Together with a cash trust, Legal &038; General offers a range of index trusts that covers the world's main markets.
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As one of the world's leading banks, Midland can offer a full range of cash and cheque payment services.
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We will offer unemployed people a range of employment and training opportunities.
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Kielder offers a wide range of recreational opportunities.
rate
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Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee are offering their own rate-reduction measure during today's hearing.
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It will offer a fair rates policy that gives 100 percent. rates relief to people whom the present Government have abandoned.
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Various other packages are offered at comparable rates , ski tours being slightly more.
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Naturally the best rates are offered when interest rates are high and expected to rise even further.
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That allows some credit unions to offer interest rates at least 2 percent lower on loans than commercial banks.
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You will probably find that there are newer schemes offering much higher rates .
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The Institute is offering an introductory rate through May 18.
resistance
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It offered no resistance and Urquhart was almost thrown off balance when it slipped free.
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He offered no resistance and made no final statement, Kindel said.
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The animals here are at the command of mankind and offer no resistance to their own exploitation.
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Hoard and Graham plowed downfield, with the Raiders offering little resistance .
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She had remained quiet in his grasp, offering no active resistance , aware that it would be useless.
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The demonstrators offered no resistance and none were physically removed from the site.
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However, Wainwright offered stubborn resistance , and responded with some hard hitting from the baseline to level the score at 6-6.
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She took the wastebin and the book from his hands, and he could offer her no resistance .
service
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A chauffeuring service is offered using a dashing S-type Jaguar.
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The service also offers access to the products and services of important Journal advertisers.
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Upon referral, home-based services are offered to prevent placement of children out of the home.
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The service will be offered world-wide in multiple languages.
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School library loan services can offer a wide range of material.
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The National Foundation of Funeral Service offers a continuing education program designed for active practitioners in the field.
support
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Gold service will offer personal technical account support , on-site and phone support and extended coverage hours.
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Strangers patted their shoulders and offered words of support .
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Open-sprung and continuous-sprung mattresses are the cheaper type and have springs that link together, offering less precise support .
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Nor does anything in the history of the Amendment offer any support for such a shocking doctrine.
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A worship committee should be able to offer support as well as advice to the director.
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The Geocentrists, on the other hand, could offer convincing support for their system from a number of quarters.
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ThyssenKrupp, the steel group, offered some support as it gained 2.3 per cent.
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Most of them were offering support and expressing concern about the well-being of center Marcus Camby.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
burnt offering
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I've no wish to see the hungry rafters sitting down to plates of burnt offerings.
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We must sacrifice the most valued possession among us and make it a burnt offering.
extend/offer/hold out etc an olive branch (to sb)
hand/give/offer sb sth on a plate
introductory offer/price etc
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As an introductory offer the first 1,000 brochures to be sent will include a 10% discount voucher.
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Continental begins service to Lima on March 14 with an introductory offer of $ 558 for a round-trip ticket.
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Those looking for a low introductory offer that covers both purchases and transfers could consider the Nationwide Building Society and Marbles.
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Usually customers are encouraged to join by a special introductory offer of very cheap books or records.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Do you want me to look after the children next week?" "No, but thanks for offering."
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Can I offer you a ride?
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Chaldon was offered a huge salary to become team manager.
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He offered no explanation for his actions.
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I'd like to offer help if you need it.
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I've been offered the job!
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I offered to help her with the dishes.
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Police are offering a reward for information about the shooting.
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Sending goods by road offers greater speed and flexibility.
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She didn't even offer me a cup of tea.
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She was the kind of teacher who was always ready to offer advice and encouragement.
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Some guy offered me £2,000 for the car. I just laughed and hung up the phone.
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The booklet offers practical advice to new parents.
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The prison now offers inmates the chance to study and take exams.
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The shelter offers some protection from the icy winds.
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Unfortunately, they offered the contract to someone else.
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Why don't you offer them a drink while I finish getting dinner ready?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At a rodeo in Billings, organizers offer literature defending their treatment of livestock to counter animal-rights objections.
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Better Schools signalled the government's intention to offer a further statement on the organisation and content of the 5-16 curriculum.
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In addition to the benefits conferred by Development Zone status, Tadchester has a good deal to offer the industrialist.
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Mr Bessen said he plans to offer the same deal again to customers starting Friday.
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The city will offer various leagues and instructional programs.
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The faint hope he had offered shrivelled and died in the heat of the hungry, leaping flames.
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Voters were offered real choices, within limits.
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Watch out ... Bathtime Bear offers no less than 10 different activities.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
firm
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Agree with the vendors the timetable of events following the meeting and the deadline for the revised firm offers .
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I got the script with a firm offer .
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If no firm offer has been made within three months the farmer is free to go ahead with his original plans.
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Now one firm offers a free guarantee that you won't lose out.
generous
▪
But the directors of the museum at that time were so insensitive that they actually discouraged her generous offer .
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He would allow them half a day to consider this generous offer , otherwise the fullest attacks would continue.
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With such a generous offer , it is easy to overlook the small print.
open
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And while that would seem to leave Jen open to offers , bear in mind that she can be a difficult customer.
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It's not that his parents weren't open to better offers .
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Accordingly, the open offer and clawback preserves the pre-emption rights of existing shareholders of the bidder.
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Pennine, with a £3.2m capitalisation, is raising £2.2m through an open offer to shareholders on a two-for-three basis at 70p.
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They've found that training with the Open Business School offers managers courses that fit their needs and their work experience.
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The second is the extent to which the offeror's shareholders will take up shares under the open offer .
special
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He was clever at finding bargains, reporting back to her about the special offers , the cheaper lines.
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The special offers two pancakes, two eggs, bacon and sausage for $ 1. 99.
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Unless it's a special offer , companies aren't obliged to stick to the prices they display in their ads.
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The special offers can also disappear without warning.
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This special offer price includes post and packing and is only available until the end of August.
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Borrowers are also informed about special customer offers such as fixed rate mortgages.
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You may be sent details of Silvervision special offers as a result of your entry.
tender
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The vendor or his agent may already have decided to sell the land by auction, tender or highest offer .
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Sherwin-Williams acquired Pratt &038; Lambert for $ 400 million through a tender offer for Pratt &038; Lambert stock.
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This sounds fine in theory but tender offers are rarely used in practice.
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Merrill Lynch &038; Co. is the exclusive dealer manager and solicitation agent for the tender offers and the consent solicitations.
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They might therefore be fearful of losing out if they accept a tender offer prematurely.
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This attempt is generally made via a tender offer .
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It also prescribed new regulations governing tender offers .
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The tender offer involves an offer to the public to bid for the shares but with a minimum subscription price.
■ NOUN
advice
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They will share hopes, problems, enthusiasms, trade knowledge, offer advice , relate their plans.
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If you are depressed, see your doctor, who will be able to discuss your difficulties with you and offer advice .
▪
Professional career counsellors can assess your strengths and weaknesses and offer advice .
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You can make suggestions, offer advice and give support but final decisions must be theirs.
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The social work staff visit and inspect and offer advice and guidance where necessary in the interests of the child.
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Help the Aged Community Alarms Department offers advice on alarms.
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They would be available to share expertise, offer advice and provide an informed focus for locally based educational advance.
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Whenever economists make predictions or offer advice they use principles.
document
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A partial offer document is, therefore, a more time-consuming document to prepare.
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Guinness was accused of bad faith, in particular for failing to adhere to promises made in the official offer documents .
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This should be explained in the offer document .
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Before the offer document is published, it must be submitted to the supervisory authority and the management of the target company.
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The supervisory authority may forbid the publication of an offer document that is incomplete or requires additional information.
job
▪
She turned down the job offer but wondered if she would regret it.
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Then as they look at careers or get job offers , they can weigh them against their list of values.
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He says no company of that size can be run without some bureaucracy, and turned down job offers in big corporations.
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Coming out of college, she turned down several lucrative job offers and made just $ 17, 000 two years ago.
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In general, you are on stronger ground once a job offer has been made and they have decided they want you.
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In many cases, applicants are so excited about the job offer that they grab it too quickly.
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A further 8 percent had received an acceptable job offer and would be commencing work shortly after the end of the course.
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One such twenty-two-year-old chemical engineering graduate had six job offers .
price
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This special offer price includes post and packing and is only available until the end of August.
▪
Our special offer price is £25.75.
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The special offer price is £93.40.
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At the initial offer price for the unit trust of 50p, the estimated gross yield is 6.25%.
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The shares jumped 5p to 215p, 5p above the July offer price .
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Tadpole Technology grabbed the limelight, up another 8p at 143p and nearly double its 75p offer price .
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Increased competition caused a narrowing of the margins between bid and offer price , and a reduction in commissions.
takeover
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Types of takeover offer General offer A general offer is an offer for the entire issued equity share capital of a company.
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A Court Scheme represents an alternative to a takeover offer as a method of acquiring control of a public company.
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Recommended offer A takeover offer which is recommended by the board of the target company.
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It may be used to acquire control of a target company as an alternative to a takeover offer .
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For this reason, by far the majority of takeovers proceed by way of a takeover offer .
▪
The form of the announcement, as with a takeover offer , will be governed by Rule 2.5 of the Code.
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Mandatory offer A takeover offer required to be made under Rule 9 of the City Code.
■ VERB
accept
▪
But I was too bloody scared to accept the offer .
▪
They would have liked Apple to accept the offer .
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He also said the chief would offer Small Star four horses for him, and that Small Star should accept the offer.
▪
Why hadn't she accepted Ben's offer ?
▪
When I asked Jasper what had stopped him from accepting these large offers , the question startled him.
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However, Richard Baxter was hesitant to accept this offer for other reasons also.
▪
If Barnett turns down the Bruins and accepts a reported 12-year offer from Northwestern, Dalis is expected to move quickly.
consider
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Lady Thatcher caused a storm by considering the lucrative offer .
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He was also reportedly considering several offers from private businesses.
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If the night passes without incident, I may consider the Archbishop's offer .
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Perhaps she is still considering the offer .
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They will then try to revive his spirits while they consider which offer of a new home is most suitable for him.
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When this happens it is time to celebrate and consider all the various offers raining in from the major labels.
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He would allow them half a day to consider this generous offer , otherwise the fullest attacks would continue.
decline
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Such inconvenience pre-disposes young and old alike to decline both the offer and acceptance of joint occupancy.
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Strangely, she declined my offer to send her a copy and said she would obtain one herself.
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Fenn declined the offer to buy with a bemused wave of his hand.
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Because he believes he can still play, Thompson declined the offer .
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Not surprisingly, the defendant declined this offer .
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Craig declined all job offers to coach or scout.
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I quickly declined his offer by shaking my head and putting my hands above my head in mock surrender.
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Citing security, officials have declined to offer specifics on how profiling would work.
make
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But she was sensitive enough to let those at the Mill believe that they were making a competitive offer .
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When he made me ajob offer , I accepted.
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At the very least he could have telephoned and explained that he'd been made a better offer .
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Decided to deal only with the sales manager, who has the power to make decisions about my offer .
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It was so hot and dry, another party on Gimer made us an offer we couldn't refuse.
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The Clinton administration last week made a new offer to the computer industry on the issue of data encryption.
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We made this offer on humanitarian grounds.
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Fazio denied making any such offer .
receive
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Responding to weekend press comment the company said yesterday that it had received offers for its Superdrug pharmacy chain.
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Freeman's received an offer of as-yet unspecified help from Rep.
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You may receive promotional offers after entering this contest.
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Sanborn said one of his students received an offer of $ 60, 000 to develop software.
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Candidates offering a range of subjects, rather than all Maths/Science subjects are more likely to receive offers for certain courses.
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The designation prevented him from receiving offers from other teams, and his exclusive rights belonged to the Cardinals.
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Eventually, there is a payment to be made when the would-be borrower receives an offer letter.
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They receive the lowest starting offers of any college-educated professionals.
refuse
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It was understood, however, that the Soviet government had refused the offer prior to Gorbachev's visit.
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Sammler had refused the offer of a key to her apartment.
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I must refuse the offer of a fortune, however.
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Debon, however, again refused the lunch offer .
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She refused the porter's offer to crack open the bottle, and settled herself for a long wait.
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If an employee refuses the offer of another identical job he loses redundancy entitlement.
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She refused the offer of alternative employment and presented a doctor's certificate.
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Afterwards, they parted awkwardly on the pavement, each refusing the other's offer of a lift.
reject
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He will then send both forms to the finance company which will either accept or reject both offers .
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Niedecker rejected the offer and reported the approach to his superiors.
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The Interfax news agency reported that Pope rejected Putin's offer , saying he preferred to wait for his own doctors.
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Grace has said it has already rejected the Baxter offer as it now stands and sees no reason to talk.
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Uncle Jack fell into the latter category, Ursula vehemently rejecting his offer to lend a hand.
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It says it rejected earlier offers of Fondiaria's shares as too expensive.
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For years they rejected all manner of offers from television for fear it would corrupt them.
turn
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She turned down Tracey's offer of another drink, and agreed to speak to him again that evening.
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Yet there are times when bureaucracies have turned down offers of money.
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I turned down the offer at first because I'd never made a roux sauce.
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After careful consideration, Jay turned down the offer .
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Although, to be honest, I'd understand if he turned down the offer of a return match.
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He never turned down an offer from Louise. life, but then she had gone and married some one else.
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I might have made a mistake to turn down offers when they were there.
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She'd turned down the offers of promotion because of Emily.
withdraw
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If Fred regrets offering his old car to Brian, can he withdraw his offer?
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Castle Square tenants association had submitted a petition calling on the council to withdraw the offer .
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Why had Mahoney withdrawn his offer to help so suddenly and unexpectedly?
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Mr Gubbay said that the appointment of a replacement was illegal, and withdrew his offer to take early retirement.
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Midland Life reserve the right to withdraw the offer at any time before the commencement of your Bond.
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Minton, by now tired of publicity and fuss, refused and the hotel withdrew its offer .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
burnt offering
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I've no wish to see the hungry rafters sitting down to plates of burnt offerings.
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We must sacrifice the most valued possession among us and make it a burnt offering.
extend/offer/hold out etc an olive branch (to sb)
introductory offer/price etc
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As an introductory offer the first 1,000 brochures to be sent will include a 10% discount voucher.
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Continental begins service to Lima on March 14 with an introductory offer of $ 558 for a round-trip ticket.
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Those looking for a low introductory offer that covers both purchases and transfers could consider the Nationwide Building Society and Marbles.
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Usually customers are encouraged to join by a special introductory offer of very cheap books or records.
top an offer/a bid etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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How could you refuse such a fantastic offer ?
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I'll sell the car if I get a good offer .
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Pan Am accepted an offer to sell its African and Asian routes.
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Since the story ran in local papers, the family has received several offers of help.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Candidates offering a range of subjects, rather than all Maths/Science subjects are more likely to receive offers for certain courses.
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He retired from the Navy in 1979 to accept an offer to be president of the Citadel military college in South Carolina.
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It was an offer which many women of good family in the area would have been delighted to accept.
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Our offer pack contains three of these hangers.
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Should people take advantage of this offer ?
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The management offer involves a lump sum payment of £300 and a pay rise of about £8 a week from next July.
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This time the offer is believed to have been advanced to £5m.