adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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Plumage of drakes predominantly black , of ducks mainly brown; tail short, pointed.
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So I became a shoe salesman in a department store that had a predominantly black clientele.
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It became widely accepted that the attackers were predominantly black , although there was little evidence for this belief.
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He said he was a member of the Congress of Racial Equality, a predominantly black civil rights group.
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Although predominantly black , the looters included people of all races.
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Ballard counted the number of students qualified to enroll at City in the 1968 graduating classes of two predominantly black high schools.
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Its predominantly black and brown members have virtually nothing to offer a united body other than themselves and their supporters.
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But none of them carries a show, and there are no drama series and few movies that feature predominantly black casts.
concerned
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And feminist psychologists are still predominantly concerned with making egalitarian corrections to traditional psychological theories, rather than working with their uncertainties.
female
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A predominantly female race, they have been known to take mortals to be their husbands.
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Co-workers have always been predominantly female , he promoted women to top levels from the get-go.
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The auditorium was comfortably full, and predominantly female .
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The workplaces embrace factors such as a closed shop environment, a multi-union situation and a predominantly female labour force.
male
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They also, to a greater or lesser extent, existed outside mainstream, predominantly male controlled, hierarchical structures.
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The largely southern based and predominantly male rambling clubs were bastions of class exclusivity.
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The principal feminist challenge to psychology's predominantly male subjects and masculine subject matter is, again, an egalitarian one.
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It was an aggressive assertion of a predominantly male , working-class integrity against incursions from middle-class intellectuals and foreign influence.
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First, they extend its existing range, studying female subjects in areas which have previously been researched using predominantly male samples.
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Therefore, the police, magistrates and judges, who are all predominantly male , will tend to leniency.
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And the predominantly male legal establishment is naturally reluctant to be dispossessed.
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However, in contrast to magistrates judges are not just predominantly male , they are almost exclusively so.
rural
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At a local scale, table 5.5 shows differences in tenure within Devon, an example of a predominantly rural county.
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Anglicans were still too heavily committed to an organization suited to a predominantly rural society.
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This model was intended to enhance the practical skills and productivity of predominantly rural populations.
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In predominantly rural areas these discrepancies are most marked, reflecting a low social valuation of education for girls.
white
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It is predominantly white , but the away strip is even more garish, a mix of red, white and blue.
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Clinton hammered away at campaign themes tailor-made to appeal to predominantly white swing voters who might otherwise vote for Republican Bob Dole.
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Colour: Its body is predominantly white and has horizontal blue stripes towards the underside which is yellow.
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The predominantly white jury, which ultimately rendered the verdict, was composed of six men and six women.
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It is predominantly white , with some red markings about the neck and cheeks in particular, and is a dual-purpose type.
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The best baseball was in the predominantly white neighborhoods.
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Like feminist psychologists in general, lesbian psychologists are predominantly white and middle class.
■ VERB
draw
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It is the first to be drawn predominantly from the left, with no fewer than nine ex-communists in the 21-member cabinet.
use
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They tend to forget these interests when using predominantly middle-class women psychologists' arguments, for example.
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Price promotions are predominantly used by fast-moving consumer goods producers, especially in the grocery trade.
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First, they extend its existing range, studying female subjects in areas which have previously been researched using predominantly male samples.
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These are the non-renewable sources of energy that have been used predominantly in the past.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a predominantly middle-class neighborhood
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As a civil engineer, Susan will be competing in a predominantly male profession.
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Our economy is predominantly capitalist.
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The character Shylock is a Jew living in a predominantly Christian society.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is the first to be drawn predominantly from the left, with no fewer than nine ex-communists in the 21-member cabinet.
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Price promotions are predominantly used by fast-moving consumer goods producers, especially in the grocery trade.
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Soho was predominantly a male environment: women, to be tolerated had to be either very beautiful, girlfriends or wives.
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The above discussion may give the impression that this is a predominantly quantitative study.
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The best baseball was in the predominantly white neighborhoods.
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The compensatory financing was designed to give temporary support to countries facing short-term fluctuations in export earnings, predominantly primary producing nations.
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These easterly areas cater predominantly for caravans, camping and chalets, offering the tourist many facilities and entertainment.
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They also, to a greater or lesser extent, existed outside mainstream, predominantly male controlled, hierarchical structures.