I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bewildering variety/array/range
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a bewildering variety of choices
a broad range
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Sport is a part of a broad range of activities that we call leisure.
a colour range/range of colours (= a number of colours that you can choose from )
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There’s a wide colour range to choose from.
a colour range/range of colours (= a number of colours that you can choose from )
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There’s a wide colour range to choose from.
a comprehensive range of sth
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The town has a comprehensive range of sporting facilities.
a huge range/variety/selection etc
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a huge range of issues
a mountain range/chain (= a number of mountains in a line )
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The Alps are the largest mountain range in Europe.
a product range/line (= the range of things that a company makes and sells )
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We want to broaden the company’s product line.
a range of ability/ability range
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There is a wide range of ability within the class.
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Disruptive behaviour is more prominent in the lower ability range.
a range of ability/ability range
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There is a wide range of ability within the class.
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Disruptive behaviour is more prominent in the lower ability range.
a range of backgrounds
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People from a wide range of backgrounds go to watch football.
a range of facilities
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The range of facilities offered by this hotel is superb.
a range of issues
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A range of issues were debated at the meeting.
a range of items (= different types of items )
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Clay was used to make an impressive range of items.
a range of options
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The council is considering a range of options for improving the city’s transport system.
a wide range/variety/choice etc (of sth)
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This year’s festival includes a wide range of entertainers.
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holidays to a wide choice of destinations
age range
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young people in the 15–18 age range
an age group/bracket/range
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Men in the 50–65 age group are most at risk from heart disease.
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The school takes in children from the seven to eleven age range.
driving range
estimates range/vary from ... to ...
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Estimates of the number of homeless people in the city range from 6,000 to 10,000.
frequency range
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the frequency range of the human ear
full range of
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The Health Centre offers a full range of services.
in the ... age range
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young people in the 15–18 age range
in/outside sb’s price range (= used when saying that someone can/cannot afford to pay for something )
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Unfortunately, there was nothing in our price range.
point-blank range
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The bullet was fired at point-blank range .
prices range from £30 to £65 etc
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Over 1,000 paintings will be shown with prices ranging from £50 to £5,000.
range of expertise
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The committee hopes to draw on a wide range of expertise from different institutions.
rifle range
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
broad
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It would have been easy enough to find a broader range of opinions for last week's meetings.
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It is imperative that this policy be created and enacted with the broadest conceivable range of applications in mind.
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This, in turn, allows the subject to make sense of a broader range of sensations.
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It was to its urban centers that those interested in a better education and a broader range of opportunities were drawn.
close
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Dark brown duck best distinguished by white wing-bar and at close range by purple speculum.
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Fornek got a second chance at close range as Gingrich was leaving the luncheon.
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He looked as if he'd taken both barrels into his chest at very close range .
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There at very close range he shot a man he had disarmed.
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The cause of death was a shotgun blast at close range , and police are now investigating the illegal killing.
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An hour later when the police left, three youths were dead; they had been shot at close range .
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The nature of the wound suggests a bullet of medium calibre fired at close range , under 60 centimetres.
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The bass and eels often feed at extremely close range .
free
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Many of you know that free range chickens are a very important part of Crediton.
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I also take billy kids for a pal near me and rear them free range with lots of love and cuddles.
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It may make you want to ask the caterer if the coronation chicken was free range .
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These same eggs end up at a supermarket as fresh free range !
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We began detailed evaluation of the potential for free range chickens two years ago.
great
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Indeed, they see incineration as a solution to toxic waste whose usefulness should be employed on a greater range of materials.
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Geologists have to time Earth processes that lie in a great range of time periods, or time scales.
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The prototype unit used a length of 5m but you may find that a greater range can be achieved.
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At a great enough range it is impossible to tell.
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From Superdrug comes a great new range of hairbrushes.
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Customers are offered a greater range of destinations and flight times, while carriers can reduce capacity and share costs.
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The great range of taped music currently available adds today's modern sounds and brings another dimension to the class.
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Motley, bustling city crowd. Great range of beers and whiskies.
huge
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Hotels and how we grade them Enterprise has a huge range of hotels with something to suit all tastes and budgets.
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Versions are available on a huge range of hardware, and the file formats are interchangeable.
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He disarmingly admitted his lack of preparation for the huge range of problems with which he had to grapple.
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It was hung with pots and pans, and a huge range was slowly burning coal.
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Both products do calculations and supply a huge range of built in statistical and engineering functions.
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Dylan's voice has always been his greatest asset, carrying a huge range of emotions.
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They come in a huge range of colours and designs, often with matching inserts and border tiles.
large
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We sell dried flowers and herbs by the bunch and a large range of baskets.
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She tolerated such sensations as touch and a larger range of sound, and more frustration.
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Obviously, this large pitch range will make the model more difficult to fly in most other situations.
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Greenhouse gases are produced by a large range of natural and man-made processes throughout the woAd.
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People were using any of a large range of software products to perform what appeared to be the same basic tasks.
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Today, there is a large range of occupations open to women, which is very encouraging, but problems still remain.
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Hares that can not avoid areas with huge fields under monoculture compensate by establishing very large home ranges .
limited
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This happens only over a limited Reynolds number range .
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He was a Lord Chancellor with a limited range .
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This Lecture is open to the same objection in that it focuses on a very limited range of issues.
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Even tuning your radio can be done over a very limited range .
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How useful including this software is debatable since it has a limited range of file transfer protocols.
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Most clothes shops sell nothing we can wear, and specialist shops are expensive and offer a very limited range of images.
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They come with either a silvery anodised finish, or a factory-applied colour coating in a limited range of colours.
long
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The Helblaster has a strength of 5 at short range and 4 at long range.
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Even at long range , without the help of an on board computer, Earth could still supervise this operation.
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But boys have such a long range , Clelia, do pick up that crust.
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This means, of course, that each killing will have to take place at medium to long range .
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Generally speaking cannons have such a long range that it is pointless moving them about.
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Analysts also may project budget needs for long-range planning.
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Fishing for carp at long range is, on some waters, essential for success.
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The voters are capable of taking a long range outlook when they consider initiatives on the ballot.
narrow
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The northernmost zone has the least continuous plant cover, the most patterned ground exposed, and the narrowest range of communities.
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They hewed to a narrow ideological range , disdainful of progressives on the left and Patrick Buchanan on the right.
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However, while a narrow range of assets may maximise yield it also increases the exposure to risk.
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Specialised compartmentalization ensured that management was expert in the narrow range of financial services offered.
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Only a narrow range of speeds was viable.
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But the board provides only a narrow range of sensitivity on the variables under its own control.
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The black and white feeds in a narrow range of tree species and when none is fruiting it eats leaves.
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The girls, whose already narrow range of options and escape routes are limited still further, are the victims.
new
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Their new range includes patterned bodies, cycle shorts and wrap-around tops.
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The family of dinosaurs, faced with this vast new range of habitats, rose to greatness by exploiting it.
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Teachers can help to develop the ideas of any child by providing them with a new range of experiences.
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With the new sophisticated Finesse range you can be your own top hairdresser.
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Tesco has launched Body Blitz, a new range of toiletries specially designed for teenagers.
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The new ranges , Braemar, Rannoch and Royal Deeside, were welcomed by the trade.
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Bracken Twist is a stunning new Tufted range of 12 colours, manufactured in 50% wool, 50% polypropylene.
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Dunblane is a new giftware range from Edinburgh Crystal that features a delicate lace cut diamond pattern.
short
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The Helblaster has a strength of 5 at short range and 4 at long range.
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Most significantly in the short range , it could leave 49ers' offensive tackle Steve Wallace twisting in the wind.
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Morris claimed the third from short range .
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Normal saving throw modifiers apply: -2 at short range and -1 at long range.
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The heavy armament comprised 1,000 artillery pieces, but many were obsolete or short range .
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Viewed head-on from short range the animal is exceedingly hard to spot, provided it stands still.
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Another situation where I have been prepared to use a tube stem is for short range drifting.
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No need to be particularly careful at such short range .
whole
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Since about 1840 they had been expanding the scope of their products to include the whole range of cotton-processing machinery.
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C.. The microcomputer is the vanguard of a whole range of microprocessor based technologies.
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There were no Gee Bees from the past, but there were four replicas, covering virtually the whole range .
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Now there is a whole mountain range of chemical waste rising to the south along 1-80.
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Bristol, too, took in a whole range of seaborne food supplies.
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This could, of course, be extended to the whole range of non-personal tax allowances.
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It catches people's imagination, and becomes, as Harry wanted, a kind of pictogram to represent the whole range .
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A whole range of explanations might be available.
wide
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The merits of microwave digestion techniques for a wide range of matrices are stressed.
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Researcher Gordon Wells monitored closely the talk 20 children from a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds engaged in at home and school.
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I read every message and carefully choose ones which will appeal to a wide range of your fellow readers.
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The revenue function also more nearly resembles a curve than a straight line over wide ranges of output.
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Correlations varied over a very wide range .
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Reality or unreality has to be established or argued on a much wider range of issues.
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The new financial management software is more powerful and flexible and is capable of providing a wide range of management information.
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The debate his book caused continues to rage around a wide range of interpretive schemes.
■ NOUN
age
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Special schools often take the full age range , including nursery and post-16.
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The useful age range may therefore be 20-300 ka, although its true limits have not been adequately explored.
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Internally the school is organized into separate departments, primary and secondary, which between them cover the entire school age range .
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Prevalence of deafness in the 50-55 age range is given by.
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It had been there for about a fortnight, and was in the right age range .
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Editorial Amicus is read by staff and pensioners, therefore the age range of the readership is wide.
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In theory the age range is in the order of a million years but in practice it may be less.
mountain
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These depths consist of vast mountain ranges , deep canyons, mighty steaming lava flows.
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The conversation could have loomed, a mountain range of awkwardnesses.
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To reach this desolate spot you set off at sun-up and head toward mountain ranges which scarcely ever get closer.
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They followed rivers for convenience, then struck out in a straight line, bisecting mountain ranges , cutting watersheds in half.
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Its mountain ranges , winding rivers, lush farmland and native bush sparkle beneath cloud-filled skies.
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The snow fell heavily, in a long pile like a sinking mountain range .
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The latest software can imitate the texture of flesh or the topography of a mountain range .
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A wash cuts the mountain range in half.
price
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This tells you how much you can borrow so that you can concentrate your search within a given price range .
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The company could not yet say what the retail price range would be.
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The 17 exhibitors at the fair had bought a mixed bag of drawings, spanning centuries and price ranges .
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What price range did I require?
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Available at Boots and usual stockists around the country, prices range from £1.05 to £3.15.
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It compares favorably with some of the tawny ports in the price range .
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Eating Out: Plenty of places in all price ranges - just look at the menu displayed and take your pick.
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A comprehensive, rather unusual wine list pushes diners into trying new wines in order to stay in an affordable price range .
product
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Each new financial futures exchange initially concentrates on local cash market instruments as a basis for its product range .
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You may hold or attend press conferences to announce news or show a product range .
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The product range includes finger wipes, shoe shine, shampoo, bath gels, shower caps, and sewing kits.
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New Fabric Backgrounds Colorama Photodisplay have extended their range of backgrounds by adding three new fabric materials to their product range.
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Briefly, this involves recasting the company into a number of operating divisions which take day-to-day decisions concerning particular product ranges .
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The foregoing analysis neglects the effects of firms' other competitive variables such as product quality, product range and product differentiation.
■ VERB
cover
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These schools will be selected to cover a range of criteria, but all will offer positive models of inter-adult practice.
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And they do not cover the full range of industries and occupations.
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Future agreements are intended to cover a wider range of industries.
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Notice that the three forms of power described cover an enormous range of processes.
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Even so they may also have difficulty in covering the full range of literature suggested, though not in understanding or enjoying it.
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They found that 50 economic appraisals had been published, covering a wide range of topics.
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An electronic publishing course for undergraduate computer scientists needs to cover a significantly wider range of topics.
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Occupation is the wider term which covers a range of jobs and the career of an individual in a community context.
develop
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The aim is to develop a wide range of office automation software.
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Mice can develop the full range of brain problems associated with the disease without any sign of the prions, they found.
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This is why Barclays has developed a range of insurance products and services designed to meet the needs of independent businesses.
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Serotec has developed a new range of unlabelled and conjugated monoclonal antibodies.
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They have since developed a wide range of contacts and membership to the group is now by election.
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The £750,000 raised will be used to develop the Tel-Me range of database access applications.
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The new software company will concentrate on the NextStep-on-Intel environment, but also plans to develop a range of surrounding software.
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We have also not mentioned the many different styles of analysis which have been developed for special parameter ranges .
extend
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Diverse printing and retouching techniques further extended the range of subjectivity to which photographers eagerly laid claim.
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Proposed new legislation will extend the range of exempt companies to include Manx-registered public companies.
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They will also be ideal in fog, twilight and dull weather, enhancing vague details and extending the range of visibility.
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The Hampshire-based iron-work firm has just extended its range of hammer-and-anvil pieces to include a selection of castings using original patterns.
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New Fabric Backgrounds Colorama Photodisplay have extended their range of backgrounds by adding three new fabric materials to their product range.
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These privileges extend across a wide range of positions even outside the core institutions of the establishment.
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So the less one has the less he is tempted to extend the range of his needs indefinitely.
offer
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They entered the pure search industry much more recently, and still offer their previous range of services.
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They offer a wide range of transactions under one roof.
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In the photographic chemicals market the company offers a range of intermediates and also chemicals for photo finishing.
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Customers are offered a greater range of destinations and flight times, while carriers can reduce capacity and share costs.
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They offered a wide range of services to the surrounding rural families.
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All the major players now offer a range of minimum price contracts, which will use options and futures indirectly.
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No single school-even a well-endowed public school-can offer a total range of subjects or kinds of teaching.
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A number of independent coach companies offer a range of departure points and times throughout the London area.
produce
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For anatomical reasons, chimps and gorillas can not produce a range of sounds sufficient for speech.
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The designers have produced a complete range , including shoes you wouldn't normally associate with Doc Martens.
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This maxim is also responsible for producing a large range of standard implicatures.
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Over its four years, the National Certificate Programme has produced a range of performers and technicians in this kind of music.
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We have for centuries harnessed yeast to produce a huge range of foodstuffs from bread to beer and wine.
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It is suited to large multi-divisional firms producing a wide range of products and/or operating across several countries.
provide
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It also provides for the range of tax payable for the bands.
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It will provide a range of high-technology treatment for skin diseases including dermatitis, skin cancer and psoriasis.
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We provide a comprehensive range of sizes to suit every yacht specification for leisure use or for the longest of passages.
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The evidence demonstrates that most small towns and even some villages provided a range of specialist goods and services.
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These were acute hospitals providing a full range of services to a population of about 100,000 - 150,000.
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Local authorities must provide a range and level of services appropriate to meet the need within their areas.
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Follow-ups - Henley can provide a range of follow-up services depending on the needs of the individual and the nominating organisation.
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They are open to students of all abilities, and provide a wide range of vocational and academic courses.
shoot
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Massenga pulled a Mini-Uzi from inside his overall and shot Sibele at point-blank range .
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An hour later when the police left, three youths were dead; they had been shot at close range .
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David Byrne fired in a cross from the right and Grant shrugged off Richard Gough to shoot home from close range .
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The sound of shooting from the firing range was frequent.
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The 18-year-old was shot at close range outside a post office in Exeter, Devon.
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Most of them were shot at close range .
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He traded gunfire with them for hours last April before they forced their way in and shot him at point-blank range .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a whole range/series/variety etc (of sth)
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A regular newsletter keeps people in touch and a whole series of social events are undertaken.
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Exercise, in addition to good nutrition, can guard against a whole range of serious ailments.
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I think it is going into your subconscious and picking up a whole series of signals.
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It is practical activity that is important; the handling of a whole range of materials.
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Knitters can choose from a whole range of techniques and their selection will be put on to a video, exclusive to them.
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Parks provide space for a whole range of events, from steam rallies to horse shows.
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Since then he had survived a whole series of setbacks.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a gas range
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a rifle range
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A typical radio signal has a range of about 100 miles.
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As soon as the tanks came within range , the soldiers opened fire.
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Sansui planned to broaden its product range to include video equipment.
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The demonstrators were hurling rocks but the police stayed out of range .
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The enemy were just out of range of our cannon.
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the Hajar mountain range
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The rockets have a range of 4000 km.
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What's the gun's range ?
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Williams is blessed with a 2¼ -octave range .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But his wedge shots continually left him in 2-putt range .
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If inputs are managed within some appropriate range , discrimination of inputs becomes feasible.
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It is a case history of a range of courses designed for teachers and involving the study of language and of languages.
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Many ranges like the Cuillin or Ben Nevis are barely used for sport.
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The age range of the study population will enormously influence the final estimated prevalence rate.
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The temperatures in your kitchen and around your picnic table range from 65 to 95 degrees.
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The voters are capable of taking a long range outlook when they consider initiatives on the ballot.
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Trevor Thompson says they are aiming to attract a vast range of customers - from charities to post offices.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
widely
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It is fair to say that the disposals ranged widely from the good to the very poor.
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The brownfields range widely in size, from half-acre former gas stations to 700-acre shuttered steel plants.
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Outside the breeding season, the terns are pelagic, ranging widely over the oceans.
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The discussion began to range widely in the field of personal morals.
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In San Francisco, they range widely in size.
■ NOUN
activity
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At the trading level Heron's activities , ranging from Suzuki dealerships, petrol stations to housebuilding, broke even.
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Wolf Ridge offers activities ranging from learning about beavers and whitetail deer to nature hikes and rock climbing.
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He joined an athletic club in which there were a large number of activities ranging from yoga to judo.
age
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While it occurs most often in adolescence, the age of onset can range from pre-adolescence to middle age.
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Ormesby has a membership of just over 30 in ages ranging up to 84.
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The ages ranged from twenty-one to seventy-two, with 83 percent of the group falling between the ages of twenty-four and sixty-six.
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The 106-strong youth orchestra is made up of players from across Dorset, with ages ranging from 14 to 18.
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The group included 12 women and eight men, ages ranging from six to 84 years.
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Six women and 13 men with ages ranging from 14 to 66 years.
estimate
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Reductions were experienced in all of the towns, with the estimates of effect ranging from four to thirty percent.
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Clinton has opposed the system, whose cost estimates range up to $ 60 billion.
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Proceeds are expected to be in the region of £150,000 with estimates ranging from £200 to £7,000.
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But their estimates range between 9 and 16 billion years because different researchers feed different assumptions into their models.
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The present sale comprises 121 lots, with estimates ranging from £100-200 to £150,000-200,000.
level
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Offers a variety of courses, at management and other levels , ranging from one day to ten half-days.
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They were all healthy and had blood cholesterol levels ranging from 220 to 290 milligrams per deciliter.
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Autopsies showed levels of digoxin ranging from 16 to 39 times those expected from the doses prescribed.
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Some studies of portable cassette players found that test subjects used headphones at levels ranging from 65-112 decibels.
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The perceptions and attitudes are being analysed at various levels ranging from intellectual appreciation to popular stereotypes.
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Anxiety can be experienced at various levels ranging from mild feelings of uneasiness to the severe terror that accompanies panic attacks.
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The serum magnesium level usually ranges between 0. 3 and 1. 0 mmol / L when tetany occurs.
price
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Over 1,000 works will be shown with prices ranging from £50 to £5,000.
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Their wage and price systems ranged from subsidized wages to salaries or piece work rates.
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If 41 houses were built, the prices would range from £32,000 to £80,000.
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Lunch prices range from $ 5. 75 to $ 8. 50; dinner, $ 9 to $ 14.
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The price ranges from about $ 35 a night to $ 100.
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He installs about a half-dozen vault doors in homes each year at prices ranging from $ 6,000 to $ 12,000.
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With prices ranging from about $ 20 to $ 200, the units can be affordable and easy to obtain.
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Room prices range from $ 56 to $ 72 during high season to $ 29 to $ 46 during low.
size
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Those responding to the survey reported average class sizes ranging from 36 to special, one-on- one instruction.
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Lot sizes would range from 6, 000 to 30, 000 square feet.
subject
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It consists of nine subjects ranging from Business Communications to Supervisory Skills.
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Their subjects ranged from writers and actors to politicians and businessmen.
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La Tour was a master of light whose subjects ranged from con artists to saints.
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Although he often observed small numbers of children, his observations of the same subjects on occasion ranged over years.
temperature
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The winters are long and very cold, with temperatures ranging between -16°C and -48°C from October to March.
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The sun is becoming a factor as temperatures range between 69 to 78 degrees.
topic
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The World Around Us Fascinating topics for young learners ranging from blood banks to deserts.
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You can also buy additional video clips on topics ranging from sci-fi to nostalgia.
variety
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Besides these there is an enormous variety of miscellaneous applications ranging from architectural models through elegant furniture to engineering components.
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Sheet steel is used in a wide variety of applications ranging from pails to car hoods.
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It is also exercised in a variety of ways, ranging from a forthright presentation of data to outright deception.
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More than half will be birds; the rest will be the four-legged variety , ranging from rabbits to opossums.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All five kids, ranging in age from 10 to 19, were in this wedding.
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Bidets are scarcely inexpensive, ranging from $ 250 to $ 800 just for the fixture.
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Children are ranged in order of their performance in the last test.
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His animals were ranged around the room.
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Prices range from around £5 for a door in pine, to £7.50 in cherry.
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Rates range from $ 195 for a single room to $ 400 for two in a suite.
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The locations range from former weapons production facilities to fuel tanks to federal landfills.