noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a newspaper proprietor British English (= owner )
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Ultimately, it’s the newspaper proprietor who decides what goes into the newspaper.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
registered
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The form should name the registered proprietor in full.
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A person infringes by doing any of these acts without the licence of the registered proprietor .
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The registration of a notice is a friendly proceeding carried out, in general, with the co-operation of the registered proprietor .
sole
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On the facts, however, the accused was not the sole proprietor .
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With his broken-down truck and borrowed electricity, Carvel was the prototypical sole proprietor .
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By May 1797, when the paper was finally suppressed, they were its sole remaining proprietors .
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garage
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Did the garage proprietor also make a contract of sale in relation to the World Cup coins?
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First, they claimed that the garage proprietor made no contract at all with the customer in relation to the World Cup coins.
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There was not just one contract made between the garage proprietor and the customer.
newspaper
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Similarly the moral crusaders, newspaper proprietors and muck-raking journalists should be called off.
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But for the newspaper proprietors , outside competition is not always a problem.
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He has been in contact with Eddy Shah, the former national newspaper proprietor .
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Last weekend it was offered to Eddy Shah, the former national newspaper proprietor , for £16m.
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This may not have been very constructive, but, except towards the newspaper proprietors , it did not sound particularly bitter.
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Meanwhile the opinions of newspaper proprietors played a disproportionate role in determining politicians' views of what the public wanted.
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Eddy Shah, the former national newspaper proprietor , is one of his contacts.
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The same goes for certain other immigrants, such as newspaper proprietors .
■ VERB
ask
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I poked my head under the dripping awning of a newsstand and asked the proprietor .
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Ishmael then enters the public room and asks the proprietor , Peter Coffin, for a bed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Proprietor Ginny Gavin serves fresh croissants and fruit at breakfast to guests at her inn.
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As proprietors of the general store, Mr and Mrs Stacey knew everything that went on in the town.
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Dan Conrad, the proprietor of Conrad's Bookstore, says that small stores such as his offer service and convenience.
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Eddy Shah, the former national newspaper proprietor
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My father had fallen victim to an unscrupulous garage proprietor .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A bed and breakfast was booked solid for the dates I wanted, and the proprietor of it suggested the Ridgemount.
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Bogie, the beer-bellied proprietor , says he feels it's his duty to stay open.
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I knew the proprietor must be struggling to make a living, because we could no longer afford to extend him any credit.
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I poked my head under the dripping awning of a newsstand and asked the proprietor .
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The proprietors of Angels in Horden, near Peterlee, have been told they must follow a stringent set of conditions.
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The offer is made when the proprietor of the machine holds it out as being ready to receive the money.
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Unlike the owners of a corporation, sole proprietors and partners do not draw salaries as such.
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With his broken-down truck and borrowed electricity, Carvel was the prototypical sole proprietor .