verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
possibility
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This begs many questions, and precludes many possibilities .
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The drenching rain would have precluded the possibility of sleep without this additional cause.
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Was it not too restrictive to preclude the possibility that forces of greater intensity had acted in the past?
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Previously scheduled tournaments precluded the possibility .
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Metaphors are essentially open ended because the interpreter can never preclude the possibility of discovering further analogical insight.
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In some instances the imperatives of lower order needs may preclude the possibility of following higher order needs. 4.
use
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While these could be used on the Promenade, their length and awkward entrances precluded their use around town.
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The occurence of acute hepatic impairment with intravenous amiodarone does not necessarily preclude the use of this drug by mouth.
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It obviously precluded its use in everyday transactions, such as buying loaves of bread.
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Paradoxically, the very accuracy of these scoring systems for assessing the severity of illness precludes their use for comparison and audit.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Lack of evidence may preclude a trial.
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These regulations may preclude newspapers from publishing details of politicians' private lives.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Blake returned to London a hero in the eyes of MI6 but the secret nature of his work precluded any official recognition.
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But while public provision does not preclude charitable giving, the existence of the profit motive in any service usually does.
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It must also dole out a level of punishment so severe that it precludes any further response.
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Jehovah's Witnesses' religious beliefs precludes them from undertaking compulsory national service.
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The many complications seem to preclude this even though the importance of success is as great as ever.
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The requirement under consideration precludes this, since there is no threat of violence towards another person involved in such conduct.
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The slow kinetics of antigen-antibody dissociation, unfortunately, precludes using antibodies in reversible sensors for continuous monitoring.
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While these could be used on the Promenade, their length and awkward entrances precluded their use around town.