verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a patient receives treatment/a drug
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Twelve of these patients were receiving treatment with a new drug.
accept/receive a delivery
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Someone must be at home to accept the delivery.
an accepted/received notion (= an idea that most people believe )
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These women challenged accepted notions of female roles in society.
be gratefully received
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All contributions will be gratefully received .
earn/get/receive a salary
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She’s now earning a good salary as an interpreter.
get/gain/receive a majority
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If no one gets an overall majority, the vote is repeated.
get/have/receive treatment
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Two boys received treatment for gunshot wounds.
get/receive a boost
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The community will get a boost from a new library and recreation center.
get/receive a compliment
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The exhibition has received a lot of compliments from the public.
get/receive a discount
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You get a discount if you book more than ten tickets.
get/receive a mention
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This type of research rarely gets a mention in the media.
get/receive a nomination
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The film got the nomination for Best Drama.
get/receive a pension
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They receive the basic state pension.
get/receive a sentence ( also be given a sentence )
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She was given a three-year prison sentence.
get/receive a welcome
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He received a warm welcome.
get/receive aid
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Ethiopia receives less foreign aid than any other developing country.
get/receive an answer
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She wrote to him but she never got an answer.
get/receive an apology
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He received a formal apology from the company.
get/receive an award
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He is the youngest person ever to receive the award.
get/receive an education
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Some children grow up without receiving any education.
get/receive an email
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Within seconds, I got an email confirming the booking.
get/receive an invitation
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Did you get an invitation to Janet's party?
get/receive an offer
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He received the offer of a place at Cambridge University.
get/receive assistance
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She got no assistance from her family.
get/receive help from sb
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You will be able to get confidential help from your doctor.
get/receive help
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She gets no help from her husband.
get/receive information
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It is vital that people receive the information they need.
get/receive mail
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Did we get any mail this morning?
get/receive your reward
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If you work hard, you will get your reward.
get/receive/obtain/win approval
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For over twenty years it was impossible for NASA to get approval for this mission.
give/seek/receive an assurance (that)
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He gave an assurance that the work would be completed by Wednesday.
have/get/receive a telephone call
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I had a telephone call from George this morning.
have/receive a visit from sb
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I've just had a visit from Lou Stacey.
have/receive notice
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If I’d had more notice, I could have done a better job.
receive a complaint ( also have a complaint )
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Our department has received a number of complaints from the public.
receive a donation
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The party received a £100,000 donation from a local businessman.
receive a gift
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He received a gift from his aunt.
receive a grant
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It is likely that you will receive a grant to cover your tuition.
receive (a) payment
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You will receive a cash payment on your 65th birthday.
receive a positive etc response (= get it )
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The proposal has received a positive response from most left-wing voters.
receive a punishment
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He received the maximum punishment.
receive a report
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Amnesty has received repeated reports of violation of detention procedures.
receive a request
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They had received two urgent requests for assistance.
receive a setback
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The islands’ economy had received a severe setback from the effects of hurricane Hugo.
receive an injection formal
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The boxer received an injection of the drug before the fight.
receive an inquiry formal:
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The television station has received several inquiries from viewers requesting a repeat of the programme.
receive an order
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The general says he received no order to withdraw.
receive an ultimatum
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We received an ultimatum from the army demanding our surrender.
receive care
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Every citizen has the right to receive health care.
receive comments
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It is very helpful to receive comments from the public.
receive compensation
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Some people have received compensation from the government for the loss of their homes.
receive consideration
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All applications for a university place receive consideration.
receive notification
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You should receive notification of the results within a week.
receive/be given/get recognition
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Younger women artists are now getting wider recognition.
received a...fillip
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British athletics received a tremendous fillip when Wells won the Gold.
Received Pronunciation
received...death sentence
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He received a death sentence .
receive/get/achieve/score a rating
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The Department of Computer Science received a top rating last year.
receive/get/have coverage
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The exhibition has received extensive coverage in the press.
receive/have/undergo training
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A small group would receive intensive training, and then would train others.
receive/obtain/get a mandate
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On this issue he does seem to have received a clear mandate from the electorate.
receive/pick up a signal
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The antenna that will pick up the signals is a 12-metre dish.
send/receive a copy of sth
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Could you send me a copy of the agreement?
suffer/receive a blow
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Our team suffered a blow when Paul was sent off the field.
suffer/receive a wound
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The victim had suffered multiple wounds to his back and stomach.
sustain/receive an injury formal (= suffer an injury )
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She sustained an injury to her hip.
win/draw/receive etc plaudits
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Her performance won plaudits from the critics.
win/earn/receive praise
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The trade deal won praise from the American business community.
win/receive/earn rave reviews
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The performance earned them rave reviews from critics.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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The winner will also receive £1,000 worth of Sainsbury's wine.
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It also received her welcoming smile, as did a beautiful goldfinch that came down and perched on her toes.
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The submitter also receives an additional mail message if the package has been denied, giving the reason for approval being denied.
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At participating resorts, guests also receive free extras such as breakfast or golf clinics.
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The beaches may also receive nutrients running off the land, especially near estuaries or sewage outfalls.
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Managers also receive a removal grant of £1290 and other staff receive £1135.
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In addition to these benefits, workers at Sumac Ashpa also receive some of the highest cash wages in the region.
■ NOUN
answer
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Both questions have to receive affirmative answers , and they are not mutually exclusive.
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Kate never received an answer to this letter, for it never reached Minnie.
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I've delivered the message, and I've received your answer .
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When Tabachnikov asked open-ended questions, she rarely received an answer .
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He thumped his hand on it twice and, receiving no answer , used his keys and entered.
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I asked, never receiving a satisfy-ing answer .
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Once all the tenders had been received , the answers were scored.
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You can also leave a question and receive an answer by mail or telephone call within a week.
apology
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A POLL-TAX payer has received an apology from Middlesbrough Council after an unexpected visit by the bailiffs.
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Brosnan said he did not receive an apology from the band.
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I called again on Tuesday and received an apology from a senior sales rep.
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Normally, any ordinary citizen subject to dropped charges would receive a stony-faced apology and the opportunity to leave via the public foyer.
approval
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Since 1979 when the Conservatives came to power Durham Constabulary has received approval for 40 extra officers, a three percent increase.
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Aztar Corp. received final approval in December to open a riverboat casino in Evansville.
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The draft had received Cabinet approval on Dec. 7.
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They worry about not receiving the approval of teachers, parents, and peers.
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The company hopes to receive approval to put the product on the market within the next few months.
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Newton and Marie Shank received final approval to build 10 single-family homes on 17.35 acres. 11.
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This, however, must have been a rare occurrence; most bishops will have received royal approval as canonically required.
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The agreement must still receive federal regulatory approval , which has been held up by the government shutdown.
attention
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Jones received medical attention on the canvas and spent the night in hospital for observation.
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Each has received her undivided attention .
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The Promenade track receiving the attention of a vigorous track gang near Central Pier.
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Maybe DWEMs received so much attention in the past because they deserved it.
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In contrast, it is the ergonomics of the hardware and the physical environment that have received most attention .
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My experience is that all the processes should be receiving attention , all the time.
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Although recognition of handwriting has received much less attention the task is simpler and promising results have been obtained.
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Indeed, traditionally, phrases and sentences have received more attention than the words that make them up.
award
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Underlying Mr Singh's campaign has been an implication that boys receiving awards and honours have not really been deserving of them.
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Indeed, by the time the whole hubbub had died down, he had received twenty-two such humanitarian awards .
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As a specialist in pathology, physiology and pharmacology, Mrs Coll received many teaching awards .
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In 1970 received a long service award and a gold watch from.
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To receive the award , he had to drink a full glass of straight lemon juice without grimacing.
benefit
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You may receive a reduction or benefit or both.
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Teamster drivers, meanwhile, had gone more than a month receiving only strike benefits of $ 55 a week.
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It wasn't until the early 1950s that ferreters began to receive the benefits of locator systems.
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Workers are paid in glass, receive their social benefits in glass and must sell the glass to stay alive.
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After I had been receiving workers' compensation benefits for a month, my employer laid me off.
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A person unwittingly cheated of his entitlement because of official error would receive backdated benefit when the error was discovered.
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All of the patients received the benefit of a multi-modal treatment program.
boost
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High note: A scanner appeal has hit a high note after receiving a boost from Cleveland police.
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In November 1993 the school district received an added boost when the Oregon Business Council selected it as a partner.
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Earlier in the day, bonds received a boost as the central bank said it would buy government bonds outright.
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The rundown remains of Liverpool Castle a replica of King John's famous fortress have received a £40,000 cash boost .
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It the technology takes off, Polaroid could receive a much needed boost .
call
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During the late afternoon I received another call summoning a further Cabinet meeting at 7.30 p.m.
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The caller gets a recorded message that says you are not receiving blocked calls .
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Which reminded me: the night before leaving we received a call from Dave.
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Lieutenant Uhura keeps receiving obscene interstellar calls .
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I received a telephone call just before Question Time telling me that that enterprise will have to close.
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You receive a panicky call from a department head.
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Some months later I received an emotional telephone call from my happy former patient.
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Blue said her office had never received threatening phone calls and had not been the target of demonstrations.
complaint
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Most of the major services have received numerous complaints from users who have been conned into purchasing illegal software.
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The department occasionally receives complaints about health clubs, usually alleging a club did not fulfill promises about its facility or equipment.
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He eventually received a stack of complaints about adverse reactions, including cramps, nausea, heart palpitations, and severe diarrhea.
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The Press Complaints Commission had received only one complaint by last night.
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The Humane Society, Wright said, has received five complaints about the business since 1991.
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The authority, which received five complaints , concluded that the claim was not justified.
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The company routinely recalls tainted products, but usually after receiving complaints from customers.
copy
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He struck a deal with the International Postal Union and received a copy of every stamp issued anywhere in the world.
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You must also sign a written contract and receive a copy of it for the contract to be legally binding.
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Do governors automatically receive copies of all newsletters for parents and an invitation to school events?
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Swissair received a copy of a service bulletin from Boeing last week.
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Do mid-day supervisors, cooks, cleaners, caretaker and crossing patrol receive copies ?
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Every member receives a free copy and these directories are also supplied to contractors, agents and venues.
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You will receive a copy of the report and have the opportunity to discuss it in an interview.
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Poster Competition All members will have received their copies of Medau News by now.
education
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Are these the partnership circumstances in which we want children to receive nursery education ?
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Each young man displays high intelligence and receives an excellent education in colonial schools.
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In the school, children are expected to receive the education of the book.
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I received an extraordinary education from the public schools, but also from one other source-the New York Public Library.
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They had to be twenty-five years old, to have received at least secondary education , and to be substantial property-owners.
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I received an outstanding education , tuition free.
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In the mid-1920s only a little over 1 percent were receiving a formal education .
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City would have consisted instead of relatively successful graduates of the public schools and immigrants who had received a solid education abroad.
gift
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Everyone who enters the competition will receive a small gift ..
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I never learned why the Vanyas singled me out to receive this gift .
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The author of each issue's Letter of the Month will receive a special gift of art materials.
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Every child received a beautiful gift from the company.
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Demonstrators whoop and holler as colleagues receive gifts ... a Tupperware colander ... an Oriental rug.
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Members in three units receive gift certificates for meeting their goal four consecutive weeks.
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Right: Jeff Lowe receives a parting gift from Chris Bonington.
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Jacob must insist that Esau receives his gifts , because of what they represent.
information
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And fax machines that enable you to send and receive pages of information anywhere in the world - in seconds.
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Police said they arrested the Adkinsons Wednesday because they had received information that the couple might be leaving town.
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We use language in this country in order to understand each other, and to give and receive information .
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All freshmen who attend optional orientation sessions receive information on date rape.
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Unlike a computer the brain does more than receive information .
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One is technological, empowering individuals to receive and distribute the information they want when they want it.
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Did the teacher receive plenty of information about pupils' thoughts? 4.
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Communications is a process of. exchange-a giving and receiving of information .
invitation
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Every club in the country should be receiving an invitation to enter.
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The list includes such information as Social Security numbers, and how often a person has received White House social invitations .
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He won the Championship in September 1991, but received his invitation only a couple of months ago.
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Two of the Volunteers attended, even though they had not received the customary formal invitations .
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Since taking office, you have received many invitations to similar events hosted by the Conservative and Reform movements.
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He accepted and asked another member of the staff, who had received a similar invitation , to accompany him.
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Edgar Linton entered, his handsome face full of delight at receiving Catherine's unexpected invitation .
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At the end of two months she received no invitation to live at any of their houses.
letter
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There was no point now in telling Bartocci about the letter he had received .
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The letters were received by news organizations Thursday and were apparently mailed by Hamilton in the hours before the killings.
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Was the reservation letter received by him merely a promise as to the future or was it a statement of present fact?
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Molly often stayed in her office late into the night, responding by hand to the vast numbers of letters we received .
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I do not dare print some of the letters I have received due to the almost unbelievable implications.
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From the letters he's received and through talking to audiences, he knows the production is a popular one.
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She reads the sexy letters my sister has received from a lover during her marriage.
message
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He received the same message as Sir Ralph.
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As he expected, Manion received an e-mail message from Philippe Fontaine requesting a meeting on the following Tuesday.
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Army bomb disposal experts scoured the city for 5 hours, after receiving a coded telephone message .
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Move to Autonomy: Setting Limits Children who receive affection and messages of acceptance are likely to feel secure.
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The submitter also receives an additional mail message if the package has been denied, giving the reason for approval being denied.
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He began to receive messages purporting to come from his deceased friend, who had been a radio operator.
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They will then go to the nearest telephone and receive their message from the operator.
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I now receive a message that it will run out in a couple of weeks.
million
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Simply for completing the sequence ahead of schedule, Myriad received a $ 3 million bonus.
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He did receive another $ 1 million in salary payments, they said.
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He received £35 million net for his shares in Clarke Securities.
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Thanong received $ 10 million in cash for the marijuana shipments, the indictment alleges.
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The Duenas received $ 4 million in compensation.
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San Diego County received about $ 113 million from the tax in fiscal 1994-95.
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The balance is owned by Taylor &038; Mathis, an Atlanta real-estate concern, which will receive $ 13 million .
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Over the past fiscal year, the school received $ 250 million in federal dollars for 1, 600 projects.
money
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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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Allow church-related drug-rehabilitation programs to receive taxpayer money .
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As a married student he received extra money .
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Only Porter, Liddy and Magruder had received large amounts of money .
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The players, without whom there would be no World Cup, are not receiving any money .
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However, Redmond and Manschreck acknowledged that they had not billed for or received any money for the advance planning.
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Unacknowledged when it was received , the contra money was also unacknowledged when spent.
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In addition to endorsements, Dole has received more money from South Carolinians than his top three competitors combined.
patient
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The latter's research suggests that patients receiving clozapine may well cost services less over time by producing more positive clinical outcomes.
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This combination of acid-base disturbances may be seen in postoperative patients receiving nasogastric suction who are hyperventilating because of pain and stress.
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All five patients receiving oral cyclosporin had a remission but relapse occurred within three months of discontinuing the drug.
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The policies at Carville for patients receiving treatment at that institution would be liberalized.
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Instead of berths, patients were received from hospital ships in hanging cots.
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The patient is receiving nasal oxygen.
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These will be in effect, a statement of the treatment and care a patient should receive with associated standards attached.
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This summary is intended to be an Overview of the care a patient may receive whilst on a general surgical ward.
payment
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The purpose of the tax certificate is to permit a sub-contractor to receive payment from a builder without deduction of tax.
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Two days before the event, the campaign had received payment for only 750 tickets.
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The bowyer was hovering expectantly, his hand not quite extended to receive payment .
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It will be another five years before welfare recipients start becoming ineligible to receive welfare payments underwritten by the federal government.
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The solicitor guaranteed they would receive payment for their labours as though the Putts were still alive.
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Plaintiffs will need to inform the courts immediately if they receive payment from the defendant before the hearing.
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We may receive some payment in September 1994 if we achieve targets.
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By the end of 1922 many relatives of war casualties began to receive small social-welfare payments .
pension
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His salary at this time was £1,000, and upon leaving the service he received a pension of £600 p.a.
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Tsiolkovskii himself never received a kopek of government funding until he received a pension .
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He received a civil list pension in March 1930.
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In March, 1989, 40,000 teachers under statutory retirement age were receiving pensions .
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As a consequence women could until 1975 opt to pay a lower rate of national insurance and receive a lower retirement pension .
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Firstly, women can only receive a pension based on their husband's contributions if he himself is in receipt of a basic pension.
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In 1987, 52% of pensioners received an occupational pension .
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And she adds: But Alan Govier from Oxford hasn't received a penny in pension payments.
percent
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It receives an unprecedented 18 percent increase for this year.
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While Jeb Bush received a 56 percent grade, President Bush earned a 52 percent approval rating from respondents.
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There, Daf workers who are made redundant will receive 70 percent of their wages for the next four years.
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Dole received only 37 percent , and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot got 7 percent.
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Shamir received 46.4 percent of the total vote of Likud's 2,800-member central committee.
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Ed Schafer has received more than 95 percent of its financial support from North Dakotans.
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The successful competitor would also receive the usual 5 percent fees on the cost of the work.
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For that, he receives a mouth-watering 70 percent of his subsidy from the city.
prize
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Eight graduates received the Nobel Prize , a record for a public institution.
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The best tip of the year will receive a prize to the value of £500.
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The following year, Lee and Yang received the Nobel prize for their idea.
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Morgan received a Nobel prize in 1933, and Muller in 1946.
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The first 200 correct winners out of the postbag on Monday, September 14 will receive prizes .
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The winner will receive £1,500 from a prize fund of £7,700.
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The winning team will receive prizes of office equipment worth thousands of pounds to be used by its respective company.
publicity
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It is unlikely that other offers will be submitted, as the sale of the site Will not have received publicity .
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When that received bad publicity , he promoted the Texas Guinan fat reducer.
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It has been produced because of the telephone enquiries we are now receiving following publicity in the national press.
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The previous owners had never received any publicity .
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Finally let me record an item put out by Reuters News Agency which did not receive much publicity .
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In mid-June the Confederates made another move-not a major one but one that received major publicity .
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They next claimed that he had been responsible for a murder in Belfast which had received considerable publicity .
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Though it did not receive much publicity , it was a major achievement and long overdue.
reply
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He alleged that when he asked Scott about the planning, he received only an off-hand reply .
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She received no reply , but persisted in her efforts.
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They had both written to her in Cairo and also care of Trelawney and neither of them had received a reply .
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I received no reply to either letter.
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When they tried to question him they received unintelligible replies and realised he was drunk.
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Before we had received a reply , Fitzroy Maclean chanced to call at my office.
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They were not at all surprised when they didn't receive a single reply .
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I have written letters explaining the problem, but as before I still haven't received any reply .
report
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The chairman vacates the chair and a Speaker or Deputy Speaker takes it and receives a purely nominal report .
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He also routinely received numerous classified reports .
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I expect shortly to receive reports from the marine accident investigation branch of a number of recent fishing vessel accidents.
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We receive reports and advice from the State Board of Health twice a week.
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In May we received another referee's report and a letter from the new editor of the journal.
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We received a verbal report to say these were a start but needed more detail.
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They will receive written reports annually and their children's schools will be inspected every four years.
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I received a very comprehensive report - I think some one wanted to put the old boy's mind at rest.
review
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The campaign received mixed reviews inside and outside Hollywood, with some accusing Jackson of bad timing.
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It received universally ecstatic reviews , and deservedly so.
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Stock, who received good reviews from his Minnesota colleagues, will see his pay jump more than $ 17,000 initially.
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To ensure these papers receive the extra review they deserve we will post them on the e-print server.
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I had a tie on, too, but not the one that had received such good reviews at lunch.
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They also say she received a negative performance review from her supervisor.
sentence
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They received sentences of four to 13 years, provoking Western condemnation.
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She received a three-year prison sentence and was fined $ 1, 500.
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They certainly receive more custodial sentences than would normally be predicted from their presence in the population.
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Although the court found that she was not a militant member of the guerrilla group, she received a maximum sentence .
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He received a five-year suspended sentence .
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The crime was extremely brutal, as was Ferguson's treatment of his crew, and he received the death sentence .
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As a result, he said, he was convicted in 1982 and received a six-year sentence .
support
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Final regulations were only received in early December, and regulations for calculating transitional support were not received until mid-December.
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The nurturing and support they received in labor gave them a deep sense of accomplishment and trust in them-selves.
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This means that support which in-laws receive from each other is ambiguous in a way which does not apply to other relationships.
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Perhaps most important, the crucial support that California scientists received from both public and private sources is in danger.
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Additionally, those entitled to income support receive full help with their rent and up to 80 percent assistance with their community charge.
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The trade-off was the socializing and support received from the other patients and families.
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The resistance to labouring class poets is balanced in some respects by the support they received .
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Many thousands more who do not get income support receive some help towards their rent and/or community charge.
telephone
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Some time ago I received a frantic telephone call from Carol, who had undergone successful hypnotic treatment about two years earlier.
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The managers began to receive telephone calls from people in other parts of the company blaming them for their subordinates' behavior.
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The Northern has received telephone calls and letters from people who have contributed and want to know what is happening.
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Within hours of opening on Wednesday, the hotline had received 60 telephone calls, officials said.
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However, less than a month later, I received a telephone call from the home.
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Army bomb disposal experts scoured the city for 5 hours, after receiving a coded telephone message.
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I received a telephone call just before Question Time telling me that that enterprise will have to close.
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Some months later I received an emotional telephone call from my happy former patient.
treatment
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The band were pleased with the excellent treatment they received from foreign promoters.
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It is, I suppose, divine retribution for the treatment your whiteness receives in certain doctors' surgeries.
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We appreciated that long months of solitary on top of the awful treatment he'd received before must have put incredible strains on him.
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The therapists and the interviewers who assessed treatment effect were blinded to the drug treatment the patients were receiving .
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If people want to prescribe unproved forms of treatment , or to receive them, that is their choice.
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He felt shamed and humiliated by the officious treatment he received at the hands of the pompous men at Immigration.
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They couldn't answer and became huffy that we weren't satisfied with the good treatment we were receiving .
vote
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Although the Council was to have only six members, it was to receive 17 votes .
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Perot did not receive even one electoral vote in his 1992 independent campaign for president.
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This arose as local businesses paid rates but did not receive a vote .
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All five, for better or worse, have received recent votes of confidence from their respective general managers or team presidents.
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They replied that their only concern was survival and whatever politician might help them with that would receive their vote .
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He received 52 votes while the Communist candidate, Thein pe, got only 33 votes.
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Gore received 338,000 more votes , according to the latest figures.
■ VERB
expect
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One in five had received no training in the Act and most were expecting to receive none during the next six months.
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As he expected , Manion received an e-mail message from Philippe Fontaine requesting a meeting on the following Tuesday.
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Selling forward means selling the foreign currency today for delivery at the time you expect to receive it from your customer.
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And we let him know we understood that and that we expected to receive a comparable benefit for ourselves in that regard.
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Often they had, and if so might expect to receive a polite reply.
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The Tigers are once again favored to win the sectional, but expect Warsaw to receive a huge challenge from Plymouth.
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I expect shortly to receive reports from the marine accident investigation branch of a number of recent fishing vessel accidents.
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In the end, however, injured individuals can expect to receive little.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(the) conventional/received/traditional etc wisdom
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Clear-thinking organizations rely on cost justification to reveal these truths, even if they run counter to current plans and conventional wisdom .
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Evidence introduced to bolster orthodoxy in one field frequently carried unforeseen implications for conventional wisdom in another.
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He set out a scenario which ran against the conventional wisdom at the time.
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Nothing is more completely accepted in the conventional wisdom than the cliche that economic life is endlessly and inherently uncertain.
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That is all as it should be: but there are some dangers in conventional wisdom .
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This pre-eminently is an occasion when we would expect the conventional wisdom to lose touch with the reality.
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Under the stress of circumstance, the conventional wisdom is rejected.
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We repudiated entirely customary morals, conventions and traditional wisdom .
get/receive your (just) deserts
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Even a low-cal concoction can make us feel that we're getting our just deserts .
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From Llewelyn he would get his deserts , and be grateful for them.
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He was not a spiteful man, but he had enjoyed the sight of Spatz getting his deserts .
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Now the rich and the proud would get their just deserts .
give/receive no quarter
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D'Arcy had opened her up, exposing her raw emotions, giving no quarter and taking none.
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He says you give no quarter .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Are you receiving me?" "Receiving you loud and clear."
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Are you still receiving financial aid?
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Did Caroline receive an invitation?
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He says he never received the fax from us.
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Hotel guests may not receive visitors after 10 p.m.
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I'm sorry I didn't call earlier, but I've only just received your message.
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Officials have received numerous complaints about airport noise.
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Police received calls from residents who heard the gunshots.
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Richardson received invitations to speak at all three universities.
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She received an honorary degree from Harvard in 1990.
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Three firefighters received minor injuries while fighting the blaze.
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We received your letter the 1st of March.
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When she received news of her father's death, she returned home.
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You will receive your credit card in approximately two weeks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He received the appointment, but Parker himself was never sworn into office.
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It not only receives, it picks and chooses and processes all it receives.
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Many favourable comments were received from teachers and pupils concerning the wide ranging applications and future work opportunities available in Chemistry.
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The airline received 14, 760 bids during the auction, which lasted 2 1 / 2 months.
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There is no central registry that ensures that only a tiny percentage of women will receive the label.
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Those who sneak in say conditions are physically improved but the children receive little of the love and attention they need.
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We have received 2, 200 telegrams and 4, 000 letters in response to your Mideast statements....