I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a chemical plant (= factory producing chemicals )
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There has been an explosion at a chemical plant in Germany.
a human/animal/plant cell
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the structure of plant cells
a plant eater (= an animal that only eats plants )
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Most insects are plant eaters.
a pond plant
bird/animal/plant species
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You can see many different bird species on the canal.
climbing rose/plant
organic/plant material
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Animals depend on plant material for food.
plant a bomb (= put a bomb somewhere )
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It is thought that right-wing extremists planted the bomb.
plant a crop
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Farmers burn their fields in preparation for planting crops.
plant a forest
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Large areas of forest have been planted.
plant a garden
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They planted a beautiful rose garden in her memory.
plant a kiss on sb's cheek/forehead etc (= to kiss someone on their cheek etc )
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Stephen planted a kiss on his daughter’s forehead.
plant evidence (= deliberately put evidence somewhere to make someone look guilty )
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He claims the evidence was planted there by the police.
plant/animal ecology (= the animals, plants etc that live in a particular place )
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a new book about the plant ecology of this fascinating area
plant/garden/industrial etc debris
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Clean the ventilation ducts to remove dust and insect debris.
plant/sow seeds (= put them in the soil )
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Sow the seeds in trays or pots.
pot plant
potted plant
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a potted plant
power plant
rubber plant
spray crops/plants etc (= cover them with liquid to protect them from insects or disease )
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The fruit is sprayed every four weeks.
the growing/planting etc season (= for growing or planting crops )
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The growing season is short in these mountainous areas.
vanilla/malt/plant etc extract
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Add one teaspoon of vanilla extract.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
aquatic
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A terrestrial plant will always be stunted in growth and assimilation and can never be a match for a true aquatic plant.
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Some aquatic plants develop seeds which germinate immediately after maturing.
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This tends to rob submerged aquatic plants of light and hinder their growth.
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It is a typical aquatic plant with a very short rhizome; stems are very thin, rooting or floating in water.
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It is easy to maintain and does not need either aquatic plant life, fish or snails.
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It will be more advantageous for the aquarist to acquire pre-cultivated seedlings or fully developed plants from aquatic plant shops.
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He has also experimented with aquatic plants .
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An aquarium two or three years old is an ideal environment for the growth and development of all species of aquatic plants .
large
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So does the vulnerability of people at work, or moving through the transport networks, or living near large industrial plants .
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The immediate cause of last week's blackouts was a large power plant suddenly going offline in Northern California.
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If you do desire greenery, it is best to use large plastic plants .
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All life is interdependent on the natural environment, from the smallest bacteria to the largest animal or plant - even man.
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For even larger plants use more than one Y-Stake.
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Microscopical details are not so well-preserved, and the fossil is, of course, only a fragment of a larger plant .
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With the Amazon Swords, there are lot of very good, very large plants becoming available at the moment.
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Shopfloor bargaining became standard in large plants and effective national negotiations became the norm.
new
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The tree does die, but a new plant springs up each season at the foot of each dead tree.
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Within a year as many as 60 new plants can develop from four to ten such inflorescences.
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Substantial investment programmes in information technology and new effluent treatment plant to meet the latest regulatory requirements were also initiated.
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Actually I was just starting to go over the new plant feasibility study when you called.
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These mate, fly away and the females find new plants to lay eggs on.
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Fourth, success requires the new consolidated plant to perform work previously assigned to five facilities.
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They cover the construction of new plants , waste reduction, energy and resource conservation and recycling.
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Fifth, Wireboard expects the new plant to reduce delivery times by a factor of three while simultaneously achieving zero defects.
nuclear
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During 1991, there were a total of 270 unplanned stoppages at nuclear plants .
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The findings could lead to improved seismic safety standards at nuclear plants .
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That the falsehoods concerned a nuclear power plant sharpened the dismay.
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Even if they keep within budget, nuclear plants are at least twice as expensive to build as coal stations.
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Military hardware and a nuclear power plant earn hard currency.
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Bush's scheme would brighten prospects for nuclear power by granting companies a single licence to build and operate nuclear plants .
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Another worry is that nuclear material from defunct nuclear power plants and dismantled nuclear weapons might end up in the wrong hands.
other
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Underplanting is another association with other plants that has its problems.
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The plant is very attractive, and provides excellent contrast to other plants.
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Possible foods include leaves from various trees and from other kinds of plant .
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Along with all the other indoor plants that fern received lavish treatment.
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You may also find them on other kinds of plant .
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And what about the seeds of your other garden plants ?
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Therefore other plants should not be planted too near it.
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The economic consequences for food crops and other plants of the resulting increase in ultraviolet radiation have received less attention.
potted
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Katina puts out her best potted plant on a stand on the pavement in the summer.
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Suspend a cage from a strong hook in the ceiling and fill it with potted plants , preferably the trailing kind.
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Polling stations would be awash with coffee machines and potted plants .
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Patterned rugs adorned the floor and the walls. Potted jungle plants were everywhere.
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This obviously does not occur with well-grown potted plants .
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And they disappeared behind a potted plant .
small
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A tree is shown in the Niobid picture, trees and small plants in the vase illustrated in figs. 109 and 116.
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He moved to the far end of the living room and boiled a small young spider plant .
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A pronounced shift towards decentralized smaller plants , and towards non manufacturing activities in the economy, has already occurred.
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These four varieties are ideal small garden plants , as they grow on a single stem and don't need pruning.
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A few small plants will help provide shade and shelter for the animals, and food for some of them.
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Crops with smaller plants should be treated first.
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Grown in sand or clay alone, it will produce smaller , slow-growing plants .
■ NOUN
assembly
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He spent 18 years working for Ford, ending up as manager of its Dearborn assembly plant .
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The unions at Ford claimed the car giant is to shed 3,000 jobs at its main assembly plants .
garden
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Ants often farm colonies of aphids on garden plants , feeding off their honeydew, while protecting the aphids from predators.
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Translated into reality, it means a self-contained sewage treatment garden plant and a haven for Britain's natural flora.
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These four varieties are ideal small garden plants , as they grow on a single stem and don't need pruning.
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Firstly we need some seeds to grow our garden plants from.
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And what about the seeds of your other garden plants ?
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The project aims to sort out which garden plants can be harmful, and to define just how toxic they really are.
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Stocks of potatoes, apples, strawberries as well as an array of garden plants are produced in this way.
growth
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The fry drift with the current to the relative safety of plant growths .
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This highly engineered plumbing produced concentrated plant growth in cramped spaces.
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But, as every good gardener knows, healthy plant growth depends very much on the fertility and structure of the soil.
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F Fertiliser substrate Compound mixed with gravel to promote plant growth .
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It is known that, beyond a certain age, plant growth slows down.
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Grolux tubes are great for promoting plant growth , but they do give everything a pinkish tinge.
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The tank has all the mod. cons. for plant growth , including CO2 injection and undergravel heating.
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First we will give a brief overview of plant growth analysis.
life
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Even plant life has some intelligence, it's a matter of degree.
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She does not simply restore plant life , but teaches the secrets of agriculture, giving humans control over their food supply.
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It is easy to maintain and does not need either aquatic plant life , fish or snails.
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It is ideal for sighting rare arctic-alpine species of plant life .
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There's a great variety of bracken, ferns and other plant life .
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This kills the fish and plant life .
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Distressed by mindless vandalism that destroys trees and flowers they are keeping a watchful eye on plant life .
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Like the oceans in general, healthy reefs seem remarkably free of plant life .
material
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However, a real plant will be constrained by the amount of already existing plant material and its needs.
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Each time any plant material was harvested, it was laboriously weighed and recorded by the biospherians.
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Orfe are ideal inhabitants for a planted pond, as they only eat small amounts of plant material .
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York said that reconstituted tobacco is made by separating water-soluble elements, including nicotine, from the tobacco plant material .
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Another similar material is the partly rotted plant material in garden compost heaps.
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Most 14C ages are determined from the carbon in dead plant material .
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A second explanation is that antibiotic production is rooted in the plant material that is the food source.
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Gooey and black, the muck is full of decaying plant material .
pot
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Extra humidity can often be provided by the use of well watered pot plants .
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In the commercial horticultural field, the mass production of pot plants has been facilitated through cloning.
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The walls are splashed with blood, Ann's pot plants strewn everywhere.
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She had also had a pot plant on the chest called David.
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One of my patio pot plants suddenly wilted and died.
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The 14-watt windowsill tray base gently warms the compost and strengthens root growth of pot plants during cold weather.
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The competition for a healthy pot plant was won by A McClelland while S Coll was runner-up.
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Customs Offficers found the drugs hidden in a lorry load of pot plants at Sheerness Docks in January last year.
power
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That the falsehoods concerned a nuclear power plant sharpened the dismay.
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The concern arises when a nuclear power plant is refueled.
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Commercial organisations such as Wartsila, a leading producer of diesel power plants , have already begun using the software.
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The utility defaulted on over $ 2 billion in borrowing, used to pay for nuclear power plants .
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The plant will initially reprocess irradiated fuels from the country's five existing nuclear power plants.
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In Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, gunmen reportedly seized 30 workers at an electrical power plant .
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Military hardware and a nuclear power plant earn hard currency.
treatment
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Substantial investment programmes in information technology and new effluent treatment plant to meet the latest regulatory requirements were also initiated.
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San Diego pulled out of that project last fall, saying it would build its own treatment plant in the valley.
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The mechanical and water-\#treatment plant is contained in the basement.
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Since incorporating in 1988, the city has connected fewer than half its residents and other users to its wastewater treatment plant .
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Nothing is maintained, sewer networks, water pipes, or treatment plants , so health hazards have flourished.
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Example: Diamond is supposed to provide the sewer lines and a treatment plant .
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In the North East the commissioning of treatment plants and other pollution control measures will lead to a drop in discharges.
■ VERB
build
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If you build a water plant in a desert using mediocre technology, you're a superstar.
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In the late seventies we conducted a pilot evaluation of video tele-conferencing for a group of engineers building a new manufacturing plant .
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It wants to increase this amount by building 20 new plants by 2010.
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San Diego pulled out of that project last fall, saying it would build its own treatment plant in the valley.
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Watertight had hoped to build a £3m plant , creating almost 90 jobs near a spring at Hendre Ddu.
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More than forty team rooms have been built in the plant for team meetings, briefings and debriefings, and work breaks.
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The company wanting to build the plant has reported massive pre-tax losses.
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It anticipated building another new plant every two years.
close
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The group is closing the St Austell plant despite recent capital investment and numerous employment initiatives.
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Should you close an antiquated plant , retool it, or sell it?
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Do firms close their branch plants before their headquarters?
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The engineering firm, Meco is to close its plant at Ashchurch near Tewkesbury, making around 350 staff redundant.
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Tavlin also speculated there may be cost savings from closing manufacturing plants .
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Anheuser-Busch even threatened to close its St Louis plant if the tax measure passed, though nobody believed that.
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They closed a few plants and decided to use the idle machinery to make plastic chips for cigarette filters.
grow
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Because of its specialist requirements it should be grown as a specimen plant on its own.
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The tube-type filter also has less chance of getting tangled in the growing roots of the plants .
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Now the Trust is appealing for gardening enthusiasts to grow plants and donate them in time for the Fair.
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The police were forced to grow mature plants from the seeds to prove they were a drug, she said.
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Though it's often debated, undergravels may not be a good choice for those who wish to grow plants .
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This is reason enough to grow the plant rather than buying it at the supermarket, after days of shipping and shelving.
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And I sowed seeds and grew plants and trees so that that place would be still more beautiful.
manufacture
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Lord McLuskey says they manufacture false confessions, plant evidence and commit perjury.
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Wireboard, by contrast, chose both to reengineer its manufacturing plants and to reorganize around process.
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The company said a small herd of goats can produce protein-based medicines less expensively than a giant manufacturing plant .
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In the late seventies we conducted a pilot evaluation of video tele-conferencing for a group of engineers building a new manufacturing plant .
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D., to visit two manufacturing plants .
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Its first drug is nearing approval and executives are optimistic enough about the future to plan a $ 100 million manufacturing plant .
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All the Republicans except Buchanan support global free trade and oppose direct measures to discourage companies from moving manufacturing plants overseas.
produce
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Alcohol can be produced from plants such as sugar cane and cassava by fermentation and distillation.
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One that also produces pollen can generate plants that spread far and wide.
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As Table 8.6 shows, two further plant attributes are being exploited to produce new crop plants.
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How do we get the plants to produce bananas?
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Unfortunately, much of the opium produced by the plants ends up in the bloodstreams of drug addicts.
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Yet even here annual plants prevail to grow and during the short dry period produce seeds.
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Both forms produce neat, firm-looking plants , with sturdy white roots.
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This highly engineered plumbing produced concentrated plant growth in cramped spaces.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the animal/plant/mineral kingdom
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It ignores the obvious discriminations which we make between similar treatment of different species within the animal kingdom .
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Its object was to show the comparative structure and functions of organs throughout the animal kingdom .
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Molluscs Molluscs belong to the largest phylum in the animal kingdom and are a very varied group of animals.
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The circles were full up, and therefore man was not a part of the animal kingdom at all.
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They are the tanks of the animal kingdom , and they come in many forms.
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This we shall see to be as true of man as of any of his relatives in the animal kingdom .
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Upon the balance between them depends the enormous variety of societies seen in the animal kingdom .
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With man effort not often matched in the animal kingdom , he overcame that considerable obstacle.
the natural/animal/plant world
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He can live in and accept the natural world , yet his soul lofts upward.
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However we have seen that quantum theory places considerable restraint on a plain man's objectivist view of the natural world .
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In that casual gesture she trampled upon an awesome human achievement and upon great sacrifices contributed by the natural world .
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It is not true that the will to power alone characterises the animal world .
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Similarly, these continuing contests in the natural world were leading to areas which were specialised in their functions.
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The focus today is not the predicted disappearance of order but the abundance of it throughout the natural world .
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We must learn to accept it as a law of the natural world .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a KGB plant in the Washington establishment
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a tomato plant
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an aluminum plant
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Carlson swore to the police that the drugs were a plant .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He concluded by asking Miller for one little root of Ixia, or other bulbous plant from the Cape.
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In Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, gunmen reportedly seized 30 workers at an electrical power plant .
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Perhaps difficulty in obtaining natron through the traditionally established routes triggered the use of halophytic plants instead.
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The triumphant plant , a combination of lichen and cactus, certainly would look weird to the eyes of man.
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The usual amount of organic detritus produced by the fish and plants will be sufficient for its growth.
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They also tend to survive burial in conditions that destroy the rest of the plant .
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Unlike most land plants, aquatic plants are not dependent solely on nutrition obtained through the root system.
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When I do fertilize the plants you mention, I use a high-phosphorus fertilizer.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
firmly
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It seemed that he had a foot planted firmly on both sides of the generation gap.
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Norma darted back and forth between the oven and the table, a smile planted firmly on her face.
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When it comes to design, the Minipod has all three of its Sputnik feet planted firmly on the ground.
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He died a very old man, with both feet firmly planted on the ground.
■ NOUN
acre
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I appeal to farmers and cultivators to plant every possible acre during the coming planting season.
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His family planted six acres of garlic this year and sold it for over five thousand yuan.
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In September, he planted 2, 000 acres of wheat, an enterprise that cost about $ 180, 000.
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That increased his anxiety: having planted two acres of millet, he had been looking forward to a good harvest.
bomb
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In Northern Ireland the loyalist ceasefire is under scrutiny after bombs were planted at sports grounds.
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Was it some psychic time bomb long ago planted on Ludlow Street?
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Both bombs were planted in white vans.
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On Thursday, two bombs were planted at a highway interchange outside Birmingham.
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The idea was to show Crawford making a phone call to warn police that a bomb was planted there.
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The imprecise messages also suggested the bombs were planted by the same cell which targeted north London last week.
bulb
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Members also agreed to ask Darlington Borough Council to plant some more bulbs on the village green.
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If you missed planting your bulbs in the fall, you can still get color by planting them from 4-inch containers.
crop
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It is too late in the year now to plant a crop .
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Tempted by the exceptionally strong prices for durum, Arizona farmers planted the largest durum crop since the 1970s.
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Ripping out deep-rooted forest vegetation and planting shallow-rooted crops is causing groundwater to rise to the surface.
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In exchange, farmers would have wide latitude to plant almost any crop they wish.
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Farmers in Ovamboland were reported to be unable to plant crops and to be facing severe stock losses.
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Farmers whose fields test positive for the disease have the option of planting a different crop next year, he said.
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Encouraged by her new friend, Farnham resolved to stick with farming and to plant a crop again the following spring.
device
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Detectives think some one may have seen the bombers as they were planting the devices .
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Elsewhere his attempts to plant the devices had failed.
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Two accused, he alleged, were seen by witnesses planting the device at Primity Crescent, New Buildings.
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The lawyer said the defendants were all involved in a joint enterprise to plant a booby-trap device under the car.
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I took the liberty of planting a listening device in the jukebox you ... earned.
farmer
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None of the farmers were planting rubber or citrus.
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I appeal to farmers and cultivators to plant every possible acre during the coming planting season.
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Tempted by the exceptionally strong prices for durum, Arizona farmers planted the largest durum crop since the 1970s.
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The government has introduced several schemes to encourage farmers to plant up land.
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Growers -- mostly peasant farmers -- planted agave in the late 1980s, then waited seven years for their crop to mature.
flower
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When she was about ten she had even started to plant flowers outside it.
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The restorers manually hacked back the brush each season and planted the choicest prairie flower seed they could find.
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Some of the people had little plots of their own where they planted flowers .
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This makes it unnecessary to fertilize when planting your flowers .
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He transformed the brown, empty lots into rows of trim homes with green lawns and freshly planted flowers .
foot
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It seemed that he had a foot planted firmly on both sides of the generation gap.
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I had my foot planted and some one fell on me.
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When it comes to design, the Minipod has all three of its Sputnik feet planted firmly on the ground.
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She freezes in place, feet planted on the floor, white-faced, disoriented.
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He died a very old man, with both feet firmly planted on the ground.
forest
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This would exclude land of scientific or ecological value and identify large areas where commercial growers could plant forests .
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Living in camps, they carried out conservation work, planting new forests and helping with flood control projects.
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We will plant a new national forest in the Midlands and community forests elsewhere.
garden
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The Physic Garden is planted with examples of herbs used in Medieval times for medicinal purposes.
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Clearing two acres of tree stumps so a garden could be planted in the spring.
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A garden is planted where the Garfinkel home once stood.
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On either side of the front path a knot garden had been planted with low hedges and tufts of tiny blossom.
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What about a garden planted in her honor?
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My garden needs to be planted .
ground
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For instance, by the summer solstice on 21 June, the crops should be long since planted in the ground .
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Some pots can be planted in the ground when the seedling is ready, reducing the risk of transplant shock.
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These can be planted in the ground after the soil dries out.
kiss
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She giggled, and shrugged Hugh off, as he tried to plant a kiss , and nip her arms.
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El Comandante bowed low and planted a kiss on her hand.
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Signe wrapped her yellow oilskin arms around my neck and planted a kiss on me.
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Claire offered her cheek and then planted a hard kiss on his.
land
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They encourage landowners and businesses to plant on their own land .
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His family members had planted chiles on land they had bought as an investment.
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In some areas he could plant his land with windmills.
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Later that day, Columbus's party planted on the land the flag of Catholic Castile, a green crowned cross.
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The government has introduced several schemes to encourage farmers to plant up land .
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Should you plant one on your land ?
pot
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This species can be planted in pots with a loam and sand mixture which can then be embedded in the gravel.
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It can be planted in a pot , and embedded in the gravel.
seed
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Athelstan knew it would make no immediate difference but a seed had been planted in his soul.
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The contamination does not pose any immediate public health threat because none of the seed has been planted .
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But the seed would have been planted .
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But, the seed planted , it begins to grow.
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The seeds you've planted are sprouting the tenderest of young green shoots.
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Tiny pebbles are the seeds that I am planting .
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You may begin to question whether the seed that was planted was alive or dead.
shrub
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It is a good time to plant hardy shrubs too.
tree
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The hedges are small trees that were planted very close together.
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Holman went to look at the three ficus trees Pimentel had planted along Greenfield Drive.
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Another serious problem for environmentalists is the type of tree and forest planted .
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I hated the way those rubber trees were planted: It was like looking at tombstones at Arlington.
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She recommends that they should be felled and new trees planted to preserve the environment.
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An offending tree may have been planted many years ago by a previous owner.
vine
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If the quota's exceeded, growers could be forced to stop planting new vines .
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Q: We planted grape vines more than 10 years ago.
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He planted a dead vine branch, then said a prayer for an early harvest.
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Better yet, we could start a vineyard, plant the vines ourselves, begin it from the ground.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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About a dozen school children helped plant trees in the park.
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Before you plant the seeds, prepare the soil carefully.
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He accused the police of planting evidence.
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It turned out the security services had planted the documents in his luggage.
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Someone planted the drugs on her before she left the country.
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The police found the stolen cameras in his flat, but he insisted they had been planted.
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They planted an oak tree in the middle of the field.
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Towards the end of March, the potatoes can be planted outside in the ground.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Delphiniums and hollyhocks are planted in the sun to give colour and height.
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He said the ground is planted with sensors that detect footsteps.
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How many large areas of coniferous forest have been planted?
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It seemed that he had a foot planted firmly on both sides of the generation gap.
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Perhaps the native rainbows outlasted their planted sisters and brothers, he argued.
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With planting season approaching, all sides agree that farmers need to know what government programs will be.