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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
easily
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In one environment the reasons for behaving well are clear; in another they are easily overlooked and forgotten.
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This may be easily overlooked because the slowed thought processes and loss of interest may be wrongly attributed to the disease itself.
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But there are other consequences which are easily overlooked because they do not occur immediately.
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I also began to listen and probe in informal research settings-the everyday situations that are rich with easily overlooked details.
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Toolbar buttons are easily overlooked as they are less visible.
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Here, the percentage of the population involved is much larger and can not be easily overlooked .
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The lesion is known to be easily overlooked and unrecognised, rather than being rare.
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You might recognize her by her kind and open face, a simplicity which you could easily overlook .
largely
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And, in every presidential election, it is a neighborhood largely overlooked by pollsters, journalists and the candidates themselves.
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For one simple and largely overlooked reason.
often
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The important role of the referees in improving the quality of published science is often overlooked .
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This revolution is already happening, although it is often overlooked in the weekly tirades against the public schools.
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But in this tranquil, often overlooked part of the country, the signs of outside intervention are clear.
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The power of praise is often overlooked .
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Joseph is so often overlooked , or forgotten when we look upon the scene of the nativity.
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A proper floor plan for each room is often overlooked by residents.
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The importance of spirituality in the modern period, however, is both remarkable and quite often overlooked .
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Connors continued the preflight, showing me what he considered important and felt was often overlooked .
sometimes
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Thirdly, there are certain aspects of mass communication which are sometimes overlooked in media education.
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Clearly, then, extenuating factors such as the attraction of video stores and the ability to browse are sometimes overlooked .
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An obvious point, perhaps, but one that is sometimes overlooked for the sake of explanatory convenience.
■ NOUN
apartment
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I have an apartment that overlooks the Elbe.
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On this side of the street, where he was walking, was a cliff of elegant apartment houses overlooking the museum.
balcony
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The comfortable, traditionally furnished bedrooms all have a private balcony overlooking Positano.
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There was a private balcony that overlooked a wide bend in the river that runs through Minsk.
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Bedrooms are well-appointed and twins have a balcony overlooking the park.
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And it was charming, small and cozy looking, sunburnt pink stucco with a second-floor balcony overlooking the narrow street.
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Single rooms have no balcony and overlook the car park.
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A champagne theme is suggested and repeated in the elaborate pewter railing that edges the second-floor balcony overlooking the bar.
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The rooms are on two levels each with its own verandah or balcony overlooking the gardens and pool.
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Arriving in Honolulu, I spent a night in a hotel room that opened on to a balcony overlooking tall palm trees.
bay
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I have a beautiful house overlooking St Ives Bay .
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It was perched on a small promontory to the east of the town, overlooking the bay .
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The hotel is fully air-conditioned and boasts a terraced restaurant with views overlooking the bay .
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It is a luxurious 87-room hotel overlooking the bay and is currently undergoing a complete overhaul at considerable cost.
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Gorgeous location overlooking a quiet bay .
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Sunnycliffe Hotel Sunnycliffe is indeed an appropriate name for this small hotel perched on a cliff overlooking the pretty bay of Woolacombe.
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The restaurant overlooks the bay and in high season guests can dine on the terrace.
beach
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We gathered at Bev's house overlooking Medicine Beach .
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A lavish breakfast buffet, included in the room rate, is served on a patio overlooking the beach .
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Rooms are available with magnificent sea views overlooking the beach and pier.
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The comfortable lounge opens into the open plan bar area which overlooks the beach and sea, ideal for early evening drinks.
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It has a small patio garden overlooking a sandy beach and a very attentive and friendly proprietor, Lynne Glennie.
city
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Drunk enough to relax and be hungry, Riker and I got a table overlooking the city .
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Cranston was waiting for him at the small tavern just outside Aldgate in the Portsoken overlooking the stinking city ditch.
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The visitors were lodged in the Tower Hotel, located on a mountain overlooking the capital city .
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A two-hour bus tour takes in the main sites and ends at a peak overlooking the city .
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It was a stark and modern slab overlooking the city , sporting a salubrious entrance with a brass-topped stairwell.
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Gareth Morgan, his deputy and confidante, waited for him in the large office with windows overlooking the City .
cliff
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Sunnycliffe Hotel Sunnycliffe is indeed an appropriate name for this small hotel perched on a cliff overlooking the pretty bay of Woolacombe.
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He flew low back to the highest part of the cliff overlooking the cove and took stance to see what appeared.
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Perched high on a cliff overlooking the harbour.
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It was perched on a rocky cliff overlooking a stone path to the sea some 40 feet below.
fact
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However, we have tended to overlook the fact that they may in some circumstances be met in other ways.
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They overlook the fact that my colour will always be my badge.
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Odysseus, as can be readily believed, had not overlooked this fact .
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Some companies overlook the fact that the foreign exchange exposure arises when the sales contract is signed or the order accepted.
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But they overlook the fact that, to the cat, they are huge and therefore psychologically overwhelming.
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He was overlooking the fact that I had been living with Jean-Claude for more than three years.
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Any other author and I might overlook the fact but now he has augmented his idleness with bad taste.
floor
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It was a spacious room on the second floor of the house overlooking the garden.
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You were on the forty-third floor overlooking Water Street.
garden
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Adjacent to the hotel, guests may dine in the lively garden restaurant overlooking the river.
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It is an imposing hotel, set in extensive gardens and overlooking the lake and the Borromean islands.
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Here we ate a huge lunchtime bar meal in the garden , overlooking the dale and its daffodil fields.
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It stands in three acres of garden , and overlooks the picturesque valley of Looe.
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Round the back you would step out on to a paved patio, leading to a long garden overlooking a field.
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It has a small patio garden overlooking a sandy beach and a very attentive and friendly proprietor, Lynne Glennie.
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Rear rooms overlook the quiet gardens , front rooms overlook the lake and lively waterside cafés.
harbour
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Prices Rockley overlooks Poole harbour , renowned for windsurfing and sailing.
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Staff offer efficient, unobtrusive service at the restaurant which overlooks the harbour .
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It's bound to be in the fort, and that overlooks the harbour .
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Now, in her seventies, she lives in Poole, overlooking the Harbour and Brownsea Island.
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Perched high on a cliff overlooking the harbour .
hill
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It stretches up a steep hill and overlooks the rivers Tay and Earn.
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His imposing mausoleum on a hill overlooking Ankara is a shrine for newlyweds and vacationers.&038;.
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But the greatest threat hanging over the inhabitants of Cubatoa is in the hills that overlook their polluted plain.
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In a commanding position high on a hill overlooking the village stands the church of All Saints.
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The Church was built in 1845, outside Port Ellen, on a hill overlooking the village.
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That evening we camped on a hill overlooking Beni Abbes.
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He was sitting on a bench near the top of the hill , overlooking the throw-yourself-off bridge and the deep deep gorge.
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This has a fine site, surmounting a hill in a park overlooking the busy, central Piata Unirii.
hillside
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The Church of the Pantanassa is particularly fine, sited on a hillside ledge overlooking the valley.
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Thorn said that midsummer sunset was observed from a small platform on a steep hillside overlooking the stone.
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The Tatry is just a little further off the High Street, situated on a wooded hillside overlooking Zakopane.
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Some of the horses have been living wild on a hillside overlooking the farm.
hotel
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The hotel has a terrace overlooking the lake where you can enjoy delicious cakes and ice cream.
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They pulled in before the big hotel that overlooked the park.
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It is a luxurious 87-room hotel overlooking the bay and is currently undergoing a complete overhaul at considerable cost.
house
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Raeburn House A pleasant bar in a fine old house overlooking the Academy ground.
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The Glen-Gery New York offices are in a nineteenth-century brick house , overlooking a tree-shaded courtyard.
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I thought nothing of it, just that whoever closed the house up had overlooked it.
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The den was on the first floor at the rear of the house , with windows overlooking the garden.
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I have a beautiful house overlooking St Ives Bay.
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On this side of the street, where he was walking, was a cliff of elegant apartment houses overlooking the museum.
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The house overlooked Off-the-Wall, the break next door to Backdoor.
lake
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Brookes ALaCarte Restaurant overlooking the lake .
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The remote Sylvan Lake Lodge overlooks a striking man-made lake and spruce forest.
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The hotel features a lovely dining room overlooking the lake , where the view can truly be described as spectacular.
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The hotel has a terrace overlooking the lake where you can enjoy delicious cakes and ice cream.
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Instead we did the trail just south of Reykjahlid, climbing a lava mound overlooking the great lake .
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It is an imposing hotel, set in extensive gardens and overlooking the lake and the Borromean islands.
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Mungo reached the fence overlooking the lake and the barrow at 4.25.
need
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Another important consideration that should not be overlooked is the need to make a will.
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Nor should catechetical programmes overlook the need to teach children and adolescents a proper and responsible use of the media.
office
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And, with the library intact, we survived in our offices overlooking the Palace garden.
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Jim had forgotten to check his schedule yesterday before leaving the office and had overlooked the early-morning meeting.
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Gareth Morgan, his deputy and confidante, waited for him in the large office with windows overlooking the City.
park
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I signed in; took the lift with a bored porter to my room, which was twin-bedded, overlooking the park .
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Bedrooms are well-appointed and twins have a balcony overlooking the park .
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Single rooms have no balcony and overlook the car park .
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He has found her house, which overlooks a park .
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They pulled in before the big hotel that overlooked the park .
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The sitting-room was on the first floor, above the garage, with a picture window overlooking a small park .
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The present Mr Richard Bethell now lives in the rectory sited behind the church, overlooking the park .
point
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However, this overlooks two points .
pool
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All rooms overlook the pool area.
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The rooms are on two levels each with its own verandah or balcony overlooking the gardens and pool .
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Styled on the popular Parisian boulevard cafes, this delightful family restaurant overlooks the exotic lagoon-style pool .
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Standard rooms have a mountain view but no balcony, while Superior rooms have a balcony overlooking the pool and garden.
restaurant
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Brookes ALaCarte Restaurant overlooking the lake.
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We ate a pair of greasy omelettes at a restaurant overlooking the water, then drove around the edge of the lake.
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Adjacent to the hotel, guests may dine in the lively garden restaurant overlooking the river.
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At two o'clock she seated herself at a window-table in a restaurant overlooking the Nile, near where the houseboat was moored.
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The hotel is fully air-conditioned and boasts a terraced restaurant with views overlooking the bay.
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There's greyhound racing at Hove's celebrated stadium where a restaurant overlooking the track gives diners a ring-side view.
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Staff offer efficient, unobtrusive service at the restaurant which overlooks the harbour.
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The restaurant overlooks the bay and in high season guests can dine on the terrace.
ridge
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The church of St Michael and all Angels is on a ridge overlooking the river and the old water mill.
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We climbed around on the ridge overlooking the canyon.
river
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It stretches up a steep hill and overlooks the rivers Tay and Earn.
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By 1995, the company had expanded into a $ 10.5 million facility overlooking the Mississippi River .
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Adjacent to the hotel, guests may dine in the lively garden restaurant overlooking the river .
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The site where Hugh Arbuthnot chose to build his house was a rise in the ground, overlooking the river .
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She lived in Putney, in a flat at the top of a mansion block overlooking the river .
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It is a stone-built structure of the early nineteenth century, and stands overlooking the river east of the town centre.
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Not exactly five star, but the food's okay and it's got a pretty terrace bar overlooking the river .
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The church of St Michael and all Angels is on a ridge overlooking the river and the old water mill.
road
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Twin rooms are at the front with lake view, singles overlook the main road .
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Standard rooms overlook a busy road but those with sea view are quieter.
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It was an end-of-terrace with rounded bays overlooking the road and a tiny patch of grass at the front.
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Standard rooms in the main building overlook a main road and have a side sea view but no air-conditioning.
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Singles overlook the road but have a sea view and terrace.
room
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The hotel features a lovely dining room overlooking the lake, where the view can truly be described as spectacular.
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A proper floor plan for each room is often overlooked by residents.
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The door closed behind Tweed as he scanned the luxuriously furnished double room which overlooked Albemarle Street.
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In the quiet of the beautiful room overlooking the perfumed courtyard, Maggie summed it all up.
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Lucy Lane and Shaw were at work in Francis's room which overlooked the street.
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But it is not an unpleasant place, low-rise, with most rooms in verandah-ed cottages overlooking garden courtyards.
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Standard rooms overlook a busy road but those with sea view are quieter.
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All rooms overlook the pool area.
sea
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Look closer and see a house tucked into a mountainside overlooking a stark blue sea .
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Most of these bungalows overlook the sea .
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Occasionally they give on to a wide balcony that overlooks the sea .
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It has a large terrace, a bar overlooking the sea , and a fourth-floor roof terrace.
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There is a restaurant for lunch and dinner, but breakfast is generally served out on the terrace overlooking the sea .
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When he is not looking over a sea of grain, is overlooking the sea!
site
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In densely populated areas, the chances of finding such obvious sites that have been overlooked by previous archaeologists are very small.
street
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Now thirty-five intrepid Lionisers were gazing at the outside of the small single-fronted cottage with its tiny parlour overlooking the street .
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And it was charming, small and cozy looking, sunburnt pink stucco with a second-floor balcony overlooking the narrow street .
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Lucy Lane and Shaw were at work in Francis's room which overlooked the street .
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You were on the forty-third floor overlooking Water Street .
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She ushered him into the living room, which overlooked the front street and had a large couch in the bay.
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At the front I had my sitting-room overlooking the street .
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There were twin beds and a pair of good-sized windows overlooking the street .
terrace
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The dining-room at the Lion d'Or had a modern, glass-walled extension which, like the terrace , overlooked the Mauzère.
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The hotel has a terrace overlooking the lake where you can enjoy delicious cakes and ice cream.
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Portia's family house was in one of the Nash terraces overlooking Regent's Park.
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A pleasant feature of the boardroom is the open terrace , overlooking the concourse, with its terracotta tiled floor.
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It has a large terrace , a bar overlooking the sea, and a fourth-floor roof terrace.
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Not exactly five star, but the food's okay and it's got a pretty terrace bar overlooking the river.
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There is a restaurant for lunch and dinner, but breakfast is generally served out on the terrace overlooking the sea.
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They ate outdoors, under a vine pergola on a wide terrace overlooking the sea.
town
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Neath Castle, built in 1284, overlooks the town and is presented being restored.
valley
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The Church of the Pantanassa is particularly fine, sited on a hillside ledge overlooking the valley .
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You might start with mountains carpeted in heather overlooking valleys and sparkling streams, lush meadows and forests.
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It stands in three acres of garden, and overlooks the picturesque valley of Looe.
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They were off the road, parked on a wide area of land that overlooked the next valley .
wall
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A wall of windows overlooked the motorway.
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Goldlettered verses of the Koran are etched into the walls , overlooking wooden arks whose velvet curtains conceal Torah scrolls.
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On my right, there was a waist-high wall overlooking an aerobics class in full swing one floor below.
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The parade was scheduled to proceed through the city and skirt round the walls overlooking the Bogside.
window
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Moving to the windows overlooking the dock, he watched his men work, a look of dismay on his face.
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Railroad apartment with windows on the street and windows in back that overlooked a courtyard.
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Now, at the Mirage, Ali stands and walks stiffly towards the picture windows overlooking Las Vegas.
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The den was on the first floor at the rear of the house, with windows overlooking the garden.
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She was lying near a window overlooking a garden full of sunshine and green.
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In between is a low coffee table; to the right, windows overlook the green Maryland countryside.
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He got up slowly from his chair to stretch himself and went to the window , overlooking the back car lot.
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The corridor was lined with windows overlooking a central quadrangle.
■ VERB
build
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Somebody wanted him to build a vast tavern overlooking the Horseshoe Falls.
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As she speaks she is sitting in her own spacious apartment, one floor up in an upscale building overlooking the Nile.
choose
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I chose a café overlooking the port.
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I chose to overlook the edge of sarcasm, and I relaxed ever so slightly.
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One point which we have chosen to overlook so far is highly relevant.
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The police therefore adopted a highly discretionary approach, often choosing to overlook technical infringements in the interest of public order.
seem
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For several reasons the normal justification thesis may seem to overlook some of the essential facts of political power.
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There is one obvious solution to slow play that seems to be overlooked: Distance tee-times to ease course overcrowding.
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The implications for the tribunal system of the change to a system of benefit based on entitlement seems to have been overlooked .
tend
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The people making decisions and the motives behind their actions tend to be overlooked .
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Often when determining the economic and financial feasibility of these projects, the additional costs of such programs tend to be overlooked .
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However, we have tended to overlook the fact that they may in some circumstances be met in other ways.
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We become obsessed with change and tend to overlook content.
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Historians have tended to overlook the possibilities of more rapid transit where the cargo concerned was profitable enough to merit it.
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In spite of the protection offered by equal opportunity laws, women tend to be overlooked and receive fewer promotions.
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Quite apart from whether this is true in practice, contemporary Marxists have tended to overlook this insight.
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Yet, not being enroute to anywhere, East Anglia tends to be overlooked by those living much beyond its boundaries.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Although this is a first offence it cannot be overlooked.
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I'll overlook your mistake this time.
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Make a list of what you need to bring so you don't overlook anything.
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Mrs Johnson tends to overlook any small faults the girls may have.
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Thaden's restored house overlooks an alpine valley.
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The clerk must have overlooked your name, because he said you weren't here.
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The Hotel les Tipaniers, practically hidden between two much larger hotels, is easy to overlook but worth finding.
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They found some important evidence that the police had overlooked.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Guessing that they had been overlooked, Murray senior tore up the one addressed to his father.
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He has moved into a new office in the Rayburn Building, one of the really nice second-floor ones overlooking the Capitol.
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I have an apartment that overlooks the Elbe.
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The check is often overlooked in surveys of the history of the piano.
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The Hapless family were placed in a room which was staff accommodation, overlooking the kitchens.
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The remote Sylvan Lake Lodge overlooks a striking man-made lake and spruce forest.
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We become obsessed with change and tend to overlook content.