adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
one-man band
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The company is really a one-man band.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
band
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But as a one-man band , his overheads were similarly negligible.
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An impressive variety of practices is featured in the exhibition, from the one-man band to the big, quoted companies.
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Can a journalist ferret out the facts while operating as a one-man band ?
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Lunchtime on a day in June, cadenza in the rising wind: is there anything wrong with a one-man band ?
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Agencies can be one-man bands , small outfits, large public companies which may work internationally, or multinational companies.
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It is at this stage of the hob that the one-man band plays the best music.
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The best are the one-man bands who excel at all the things the large corporate consultancies pretend to.
show
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Producers may favour one-man shows for economic reasons, but that doesn't in itself mean that the audience is being short-changed.
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A.R. What was the one-man show about?
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At this stage, let me introduce the other players in this epic-because it was far from a one-man show .
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Grandage's production, however, is much more than a one-man show .
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Inside this flawed, and somehow centre-less, one-man show are some poignant questions.
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His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment.
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Modigliani's one-man show , scheduled to last throughout the month of December, closed on the day that it opened.
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For a brief moment the one-man show had seemed so promising and he had dared to hope.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a one-man crusade to ban the film
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a one-man show
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Car 638 was rebuilt for one-man operation in 1969, but was found unsuitable and subsequently scrapped.
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He'd go down a storm at hen nights as a one-man Chippendales.
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His one-man factory became a powerhouse.
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His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment.
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Many believe that the consultation process was manipulated to entrench one-man , one-party rule.
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Producers may favour one-man shows for economic reasons, but that doesn't in itself mean that the audience is being short-changed.
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The range of suppliers is also wide - from public agencies through major commercial operations to one-man consultancies.
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They entered traffic in 1982 after a series of teething troubles, and union resistance to one-man operation.