noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a privileged position
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The public expects the Royal Family to earn its privileged position.
a privileged upbringing (= when someone has advantages because their family is wealthy )
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Due to his privileged upbringing, he finds it difficult to identify with ordinary people.
a privileged/wealthy background
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All the top jobs were taken by people from privileged backgrounds.
executive privilege
the privileged class (= people with advantages because of their wealth, social position etc )
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Holidays abroad used to be only for the rich and privileged classes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
absolute
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Difficulties have arisen as to whether letters written to Ministers by M.P.s in the course of their duties are covered by absolute privilege .
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Strauss alleged that this was an infringement of his absolute privilege of free speech and as such was a contempt of Parliament.
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Communications between a person and his legal advisor have absolute privilege which can only be waived by the client.
certain
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His sentence is for a civil matter, so he is entitled to certain privileges denied to inmates convicted of criminal offences.
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Here it fell upon certain privileges and joys.
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It is also true that he accorded certain privileges to the Roman Church, as well as to other religious institutions.
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If the government acted upon this report the Raika stood to gain certain privileges .
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Victory bestows upon the victors certain privileges .
executive
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This safeguard is required in the analogous area of executive claims of privilege for secrets of state.
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This is no time for waffling, hedging, or invoking executive privilege .
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The closely related executive privilege situation is treated similarly.
great
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It was a great privilege to become the Member for Worcester.
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With greater privilege comes greater responsibility.
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To have played with them then, and still to be in contact, is a great privilege and pleasure.
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Tradition dies hard in the Hebrides and to be one of the guga hunters was considered a great privilege in Hess.
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I have had the great privilege to know some very talented young people whose dreams did come true.
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Passing on life to another generation is seen as a great privilege and joy.
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It is a very great privilege to be chosen to represent this ward for the next three years.
legal
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The papers were entitled to legal professional privilege .
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The same principle may be applied in legal proceedings where privilege is claimed.
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There are exceptions in respect of legal professional privilege and banking confidentiality.
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Community law acknowledges the principle of legal privilege .
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The defendants objected to disclosure on ground that it was protected by legal professional privilege .
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The obligation of confidence is of wider ambit than legal professional privilege .
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It is not covered by legal professional privilege .
parliamentary
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It must have been a breach of Parliamentary privilege .
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In terms of both history and function, the chief feature of parliamentary privilege is freedom of speech.
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I agree that the House is not inhibited by any Parliamentary privilege in deciding this appeal.
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The final issue before the Court was whether, in looking at Parliamentary material, the Court breached Parliamentary privilege .
qualified
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The rule that qualified privilege protects bonafide responses to criticism assists newspapers which offer a right of reply.
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The freedom of speech protected by the law of qualified privilege may be availed of by all sorts and conditions of men.
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If it is found not to be true, the member may claim qualified privilege if he acted without malice.
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The defence of qualified privilege has been developed in accordance with social needs.
special
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He had received a special trading privilege from Rudolf in 1592 and became the richest man in Prague.
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The company car, the company plane, the special privileges will have to be justified.
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There were no special privileges for the Hollywood star.
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The problem is the special privileges that a group known as floor traders have, according to the mutual fund industry.
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Some one wrote in all capital letters that unqualified disabled workers were slacking off and getting special privileges .
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The old were regarded with respect and age had its special privilege and authority.
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Devote most of your time to reinforcing good behavior, with smiles, hugs, compliments or special privileges .
■ VERB
allow
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The man was one of several patients at Ashworth Hospital in Merseyside allowed the privilege .
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But Pertwee was allowed one privilege that was reserved for very, very few.
claim
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If he is able to claim privilege for the document, a copy may be admitted instead of the original.
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If only the rest of Mitford could claim that privilege .
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Landowners and others who claimed rights and privileges within the forest were summoned to attend, and to produce warrant therefor.
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If it is found not to be true, the member may claim qualified privilege if he acted without malice.
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To venture into such murky waters claiming scholarly privilege , the scholarship must be beyond reproach.
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I claim the privilege of age.
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Both Nina and Zadkine claim the privilege of introducing them.
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Rival churches had claimed tithes and privileges which belonged to Bec.
enjoy
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Until the physical appearance of puberty a girl enjoys the privilege of being regarded as an image of the great Goddess.
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Perhaps he put it to himself that she enjoyed so many privileges , what more did she want?
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Importantly, the Foundation does not enjoy the privileges of immunity of the Sovereign State.
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Sport enjoys peculiar privilege , sometimes acting in isolation if not oblivion from the real world.
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What we have at the moment is a hybrid system, whereby broadcasters enjoy exorbitant privileges .
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The detective enjoyed the sense of privilege imparted by being an insider.
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On the other hand, why is capital welcome to cross borders unhampered while people do not enjoy similar privileges ?
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Government policy was not to reduce the privileges of those who enjoyed privileges, but rather to make them pay.
give
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Its administrative monopoly gave it special privileges and preferential economic treatment.
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And that, of course, gave him the privilege of naming it.
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They did not give up their privileges easily.
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Who gave them the privilege not of working but of deciding how to?
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Nicholas was never given that privilege .
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In order to develop a hierarchy of users, certain users are given the privilege to create new users.
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Does it not give male human beings privilege within the religion?
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In this way the law ensured that the government was given no unfair privileges or advantages over its citizens.
grant
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Women too suffered the same fate unless granted the privilege of the sword.
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In return, major donors were granted various privileges , depending on how much they had given.
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If you can't see whether an obligation has been met, you can't readily grant a privilege .
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Young people are keen to be granted the privileges of being adult, while parents major on the responsibilities involved.
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This theory treats the company as an artificial entity whose separate legal personality is granted as a privilege by the state.
pay
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The Profitboss steers clear of such indulgence, for in the end everyone pays dearly for the privilege of the few.
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When he finished, I was prepared to pay him for the privilege of working at Salomon Brothers.
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Ken said that many performers ought to pay managements for the privilege of working on the stage.
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So there is a price to pay for the privilege of not paying an up front load.
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Sometimes he would be able to hire a premium artist, one who paid him for the privilege of playing.
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San Diegans will pay for the privilege .
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In short, you pay for the privilege of being a walking billboard for Lee's past and future films.
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He has paid for the privilege , he says, more dearly than most can understand.
protect
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The right hon. Bruce Millan is no longer a Member of this House and therefore is not protected by privilege here.
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The defendants objected to disclosure on ground that it was protected by legal professional privilege .
use
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Alison Jaggar, 1994 Every day terrible revenges are enacted on women who have dared to use their new privileges .
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And she used her limited telephone privileges to air her opinions live on a local radio talk show.
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Both are using the power of privilege and big corporate money to compensate for their mediocrity.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the (privileged/chosen) few
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A decade ago this was Checkpoint Charlie, one of the few gaps in an otherwise impenetrable barrier a hundred miles long.
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But then Jeffries said that that article was one of the few that had examined his ideas on the merits.
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Date palms are one of the few fruit trees that can be safely transplanted at full maturity.
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Hundreds of people could be seen walking along the roadside or waiting patiently for the few overcrowded buses.
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I had underlined the few shady connections which made it into the open.
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Stirling sensibly argued that it was illogical to form two new battalions when the few men he required were being denied him.
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The major drawback for all immigrant firms has been the difficulty in recruiting the few highly skilled key workers essential to production.
the privileged
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A good education should not just be a privilege of the rich.
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Compton grew up in an atmosphere of privilege in the best part of St. Louis.
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Countries within the European Community grant certain commercial privileges to each other.
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Foreign diplomats have all kinds of special privileges.
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If convicted, he could lose his diplomatic privileges.
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If prisoners behave well they are allowed the privilege of visiting their families at the weekend.
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If the chores aren't done by the time the timer goes off, the kids lose privileges such as TV time.
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Not everyone has the privilege of a private education.
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Why should famous people be given special privileges?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But he fought privilege rather than use it wisely.
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But surely she owed her beloved that honour at least, the honour of single combat, which is a dragon's privilege .
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Strauss alleged that this was an infringement of his absolute privilege of free speech and as such was a contempt of Parliament.
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The higher rate includes the privilege of reserving screening carrels in advance.
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They did not give up their privileges easily.
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Voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame is an enormous privilege , and it should be taken seriously by those involved.