adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a new/recent migrant
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Some of the recent migrants have returned to their homes as the fighting finished.
a recent discovery
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the recent discovery of frozen water on the moon
a recent immigrant
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The majority of workers at the factory are recent immigrants.
a recent phenomenon
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Detailed food labelling is a fairly recent phenomenon.
a recent/new survey
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According to a recent survey, students buy an average of 11.33 books a year for their courses.
a recent/new trend
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He wrote an article attacking many recent trends in education.
current/recent estimates (= ones that are accepted now )
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According to current estimates, the country can expect 200,000 visitors in the next three years.
in recent months
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He had started to drink heavily in recent months.
in recent years
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The number of cases has risen dramatically in recent years.
latest/new/recent addition
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the latest addition to our designer range
of recent origin (= having started to exist only a short time ago )
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This particular theory is of very recent origin.
recent events
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Recent events in the country have caused great concern.
recent/modern/contemporary history
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The country’s recent history is powerfully told in this film.
the recent past
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The optimistic economic climate of the recent past has gone.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Since then those lines have been undergoing separate evolution, giving rise to yet further, more recent branches.
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The inference had been widely accepted, until a more recent experiment.
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Methodism is represented by a first building dated 1897 and a more recent and well-supported church, both in Willerby Square.
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What about physical understandings of more recent origin?
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Significantly, more recent housing in the same development has been constructed without either high-rise building or segregated traffic arrangements.
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Intricate workmanship is apparent in the examples of Hopi coiled baskets from about 1900 and more recent times.
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Two more recent bogus defectors were Oleg Bitov and Vitali Yurchenko.
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Even more recent statistics may be biased, she continues.
most
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AONBs have been designated since 1956, the most recent in 1983.
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The most recent road circuits the northern coast of the Applecross peninsula and branches from the Lochcarron road outside Shieldaig.
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Both companies reported strong financial results for their most recent quarter.
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The most recent attempt was made by the Labour government in the late Sixties.
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The Supreme Court, in its most recent decision, barred school officials from arranging prayers at graduation ceremonies.
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The most recent and comprehensive of these relationships was the Lib-Lab Pact of 1977-79.
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One of the most recent victims to be found was Ignacio Camacho, 43, a crewman aboard the Iliana.
relatively
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Mr Kinnock is a relatively recent convert to revisionism.
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The concept of walking around looking somewhere between medium-rare and well-done is relatively recent .
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The direct impact of improving health in later life has been relatively recent .
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That has been so, at least, until relatively recent times.
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It is only in relatively recent years that two sexes have been recognized in ammonoid species.
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In any event it seems likely that language is a relatively recent development in the human species.
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The concept of aggression, however, is of relatively recent origin.
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The relatively recent outbreak of street violence and protests largely reflect the frustration of young people unable to find jobs.
■ NOUN
addition
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It is our most recent addition to this popular range of disks which are being ordered by new users of Windows 3.1.
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Most recent addition , a full-size SE.5A was unveiled on August 11.
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Hopefully, the recent addition of a young Limousin bull will help us mop up stragglers next spring.
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The John Hewitt library and the Francis Stuart archive of literary manuscripts are recent additions .
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A recent addition to the locomotive working stud is Derby built Fowler Class 4F, No. 4422.
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The most recent addition is a beautiful Chapel of the Knights of the Thistle.
book
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Gilbey was the main source for the recent book on Diana.
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In her recent book , Gender Play.
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Beverley Halstead has admirably avoided these pitfalls in his most recent book , which I find delightful.
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As the joint author of a recent book on the regiment explains.
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Daddy Dearest Two daughters look at their less-than-stellar fathers in these recent books .
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Three recent books help shed some light on the centuries-long evolution of Mariology, the branch of theology that studies Mary.
case
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The commission referred to a recent case decided by the Law Lords.
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But three recent cases are piquing our interest, and analysts say they may signal new and more venal form of corruption.
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The need for the regulation of financial institutions is recognised, particularly given recent cases of fraud.
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More recent cases demonstrate how the courts generally point to a number of factors in deeming incompetency.
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One recent case provides a good example of unlawful appeal procedure.
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Consider a recent case involving Allstate Corp.
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A recent case , where a woman was murdered for her dowry, was registered by police as suicide.
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The other recent cases were also significant.
change
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This pattern has not been altered by recent changes in village life.
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The recent changes in Community Care are designed to give more people the chance to live independent lives.
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Or are they reflecting growing disaffection among scientists with recent changes in their profession?
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No recent change in status is apparent, except that some decline in autumn passage may have occurred.
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No recent change in status is apparent.
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Let's go through some of the more recent changes .
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There have been many recent changes in government intervention programmes causing damaging uncertainty.
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For example, may consist of just and a the most recent changes in the short and long rates.
days
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The Lancaster County district attorney had been looking uncomfortable in recent days .
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Airline stocks also have been weak in recent days because of investor worries the East Coast blizzard will trim earnings.
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But nobody at Westminster in recent days has failed to notice Messrs Clarke and Heseltine looking very pleased with themselves.
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The war of nerves between police and the barricaded guerrillas has escalated in recent days .
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This is the question which, in recent days , has been preoccupying the Supreme Court.
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Darr insists, however, that his group lagged behind the opposition, Concerned Citizens for Metro Nashville, until recent days .
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And while the water has receded in recent days , some sections of the road remain flooded.
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Gore has been rehearsing his role as the Democrats' chief Republican critic during a series of public appearances in recent days .
decade
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I would like to end by asking what lessons can be drawn from the successes and the disappointments of recent decades .
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The basic education level of the general population has risen dramatically in recent decades .
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Solar changes were the main cause from 1750 to 1850, but the greenhouse effect has been dominant in recent decades .
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But despite all the advancements in recent decades , computers are only now beginning to realize their potential.
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First, the economic circumstances of poor families have worsened relative to the rest of the population in recent decades .
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Fundamentalist religious groups have increased their power in Ulster in recent decades , especially the free presbyterians.
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This is the approach on which most of the effort - and the money - has been spent in recent decades .
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Furthermore, food productivity has been buoyant throughout the recent decades .
development
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Many recent developments have resulted from the demands of large users wanting more from their fryers.
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And recent developments have stoked the fires of Cooperstown conversation.
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Assessment frameworks: recent developments An assessment framework is a structure to which any test item can be related.
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But the most recent development is Tel-me.
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Our resorts, in the quieter bays of the Bodrum Peninsula, are little affected by recent developments .
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It is this second period of affluence which sets the level against which recent developments have to be set.
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This idea of the service city is very well illustrated by recent developments in housing in and around North Shields.
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This would provide a summary of recent developments in the various branches of psychology and related fields.
event
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Given the recent events in Orkney and elsewhere, promoting social work as a caring profession must restore faith in its activities.
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You can not tell by recent events and prognostications.
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And recent events hadn't helped much, either.
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But recent events work against his goal.
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And recent events suggest that nonconformist borrowers are still being short-changed.
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But now, with recent events , this was what she could have instead.
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Was he hurt or ill or even, given recent events , overcome by grief and distress?
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The conquest of air by living organisms is a relatively recent event , and one not yet completed.
example
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A recent example is the termination of the B-1 bomber in favor of the cruise missile.
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For a recent example of a successful challenge see R. v. H.M.
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A recent example is the 11-month campaign against the banned spiritual sect, Falun Gong.
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The manifestations of the most recent example can be followed in the pages of the education press.
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Towards the end of each I will describe a recent example of a person who lived and suffered in such a way.
history
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Mori recent history is commemorated by the town's most prominent statue.
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If the Raiders were truly feeble, devoid of talent, then their recent history might be understandable.
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Here discoveries are exhibited which send back all recent history to the level of a prehistory.
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Bush was probably more upset by leaks than any president in recent history .
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It was natural enough that those who knew Smart's recent history should look for evidence of his recent condition.
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This destiny, however, is created entirely by recent history .
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Cultural predisposition Recognition that cultural pressures on women to diet contribute to anorexia nervosa has had a fairly recent history .
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The concluding part of the chapter reviews the recent history of management reform.
interview
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In a recent interview the rather eccentric group claimed to be the disciples of David Icke.
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Hamas leaders had said in recent interviews that they would claim victory if turnout was lower than 50 percent.
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She was also uncomfortable at times during recent interviews .
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Macias said in a recent interview from his new home in San Diego Country Estates.
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In recent interviews , representatives on each side claimed to have been outspent.
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Keller, in a recent interview , asserted that the work had been done, and by the people listed as participants.
memory
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The political campaign degenerated into the ugliest in recent memory .
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Just a plate of moist, fluffy eggs mixed with bits of some of the tastiest, juiciest ham of recent memory .
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This evening will be like none other in recent memory .
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Brown is the first mayor in recent memory to suggest cutting the General Assistance stipend.
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The fans chanted his name for the first time in recent memory .
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These two are destined for one another-and fated to deliver one of the worst scripts in recent memory .
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The caribou have left Maine within recent memory , and extensive spruce-fir forests remain only in northern Maine.
month
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In recent months they have begun to tear loose from this platform.
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His high profile in recent months and obvious bid for the party presidency have amounted to nothing.
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They've written several articles in recent months warning of Land Travel's plight.
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New stock - both antique and contemporary - has been purchased at auction and privately in recent months .
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Much attention has been given in recent months to the provision of accommodation for nurses.
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About 40 stags are reported to have disappeared in recent months .
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In recent months foreigners have accounted for almost half of daily trading.
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In recent months he accepted his increasing illness with an admirable fortitude and resignation.
months
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In recent months they have begun to tear loose from this platform.
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The most violent fighting of recent months flared in several West Bank areas.
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As the recent months had passed, and as Louise had sickened, he felt the guilt more frequently.
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In recent months , Milhoan has written lengthy rebuttals to senior Navy officials in hopes of overturning his dismissal.
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Perhaps the increase in inflation in recent months is merely a blip?
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Caesar Belli, a longtime partner in the firm, alleged in recent months that his father was incompetent.
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There have been clashes between republicans and loyalists in recent months .
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None the less, Viacom has suffered a few rocky moments in recent months .
past
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Both polar regions show evidence of more extensive glaciation in the recent past .
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No doubt, this decision was influenced by another event of the recent past , the Geneva Convention in 1954.
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Much of the interest in the recent past in job enrichment programmes has sprung from this and other work by Herzberg.
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But the pessimistic climate of the recent past is gone.
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In a number of instances, actual boundary stones remain, or have been recorded in the recent past .
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Salmonella poisoning has received considerable publicity in the recent past .
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Devlin confirms that story, adding he began looking at recent past orders from Scott Supply.
poll
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Two recent polls showed he would draw more than 20 percent of the vote in a national election.
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Two in five are dissatisfied with how much they weigh, according to a recent poll .
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Only 19% of western schoolchildren, according to a recent poll , want to make contacts with eastern pupils.
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He added that a recent poll by the Pew Research Center reported that 69 percent of parents found the new ratings helpful.
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During a recent poll , more than 80 percent said they were racist.
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The recent poll indicated that if retired Gen.
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If this measure could indeed alienate Latinos, why do several recent polls show overwhelming support from Latinos for dismantling bilingual education?
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A recent poll of Vanguard fund holders on their knowledge of mutual funds revealed that only 16 percent registered a passing score.
report
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In the nick of time: according to one recent report 80 out of 92 league clubs are technically insolvent.
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Hamilton who authored a recent report on international drug-industry investment.
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Copies of the most recent report for the year ending 31 March are in the Library.
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On the contrary, recent reports link such a diet to reduced risk of heart attack and colon cancer.
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Moreover, in contrast with a recent report , no cases of conversion to a high grade lymphoma were observed.
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The recent report that presynaptic mGlu receptors employ phosphoinositide-derived signals as a positive feedback mechanism to enhance glutamate release is particularly interesting.
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A recent report by Thamesdown Borough Council suggested there were at least 1800 homeless people in Swindon.
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Our results are consistent with a recent report that visual neglect can apply to the contralateral side of objects.
research
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Nevertheless, recent research indicates that the body is designed for at least one afternoon nap per day.
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The major thrust of this recent research has been in four directions.
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This atomistic, medical model of language is simply not supported by more recent research in language and cognition.
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If anything recent research suggests that lead isn't as horrid in its effects as the extremists in the anti-lead movement claim.
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We leave the more recent research which has challenged their findings to the following chapter.
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This has been borne out to an extent by recent research into teacher stress.
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The group's recent research has led to a general policy optimization framework for large macroeconomic models.
study
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In recent studies , however, we have shown that methane production is more important than previously believed.
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One recent study concluded: These days, some truckers are more inclined to sport white collars than tank tops.
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Furthermore, recent studies from this laboratory have shown that experimental ethanol administration increases the fragility of rat pancreatic lysosomes.
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Inherent musical sense Several recent studies have credited infants with an inherent musical sense, without measuring related brain development.
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Moreover. these strands have persisted through to more recent studies of policy-making.
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Neither he nor his aides refuted a recent study suggesting that the bill would push 2. 6 million people into poverty.
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In fact several recent studies have shown that up to 15% of defective items have passed unnoticed in a 100% inspection.
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The processes involved in the transformation of the earth sciences world-view are documented in recent studies by Legrand and Stewart.
survey
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According to a recent survey , one in four new borrowers takes out unemployment insurance, double the number of three years ago.
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A recent survey found only three out of ten women started a business of the same type they had worked in previously.
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In a recent survey , finance directors were asked what change they would most like to see in corporate governance.
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A recent survey marked the environment as voters' fourth priority, narrowly behind education, health and jobs.
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Wall Street expected 84 cents a share, according to a recent survey of 11 analysts by Zacks.
times
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One group took the same path as the sea slugs did in more recent times and lost their shells altogether.
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Such issues have paralyzed some Protestant churches in recent times .
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Until recent times cobbles ran down the main street.
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This submerged everything, until in recent times it was in turn submerged in the bitter and prolonged conflicts of decolonization.
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The parson's high social standing in the community remained until recent times .
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Neighbors said in recent times Flor was becoming more forgetful.
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In recent times , the argument for determinism has been based on science.
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In recent times blondness has been associated with sexiness, wealth, fun, luxury and glamour.
trend
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The recent trend toward cognitive approaches to metaphor provides a means of formalizing such a conception.
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In Britain, for example, there is no excuse for not knowing recent trends in the cost of living.
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The focus on households with children reflects recent trends in economic welfare in Britain.
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It is more of a walk through the literature and recent trends .
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Historical documentation suggests that /a/ backing is a recent trend .
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However, recent trends in farming practice have made agriculture even more incompatible with uncontrolled recreation.
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The recent trend is to de-emphasize the classical dichotomy.
visit
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During a recent visit he was mobbed by autograph hunters.
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Oil a recent visit , I checked the undersides of the branches of five-hundred-year-old hemlock trees hanging across a creek.
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We are still drying them out from a recent visit to the laundry.
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My most recent visit produced a sloughed skin threaded through the turf.
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But Sadat did not let those memories paralyze her, she recalled in a recent visit here.
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The recent visit to the Smolensk station came from the 1992 budget.
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But be prepared to entertain yourself: The expensively appointed restaurant usually is subdued and was deathly quiet on a recent visit .
week
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It also serves as a useful means of relieving stress through review of recent weeks .
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Cambridge have slipped back in recent weeks .
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The Mirror has been beset in recent weeks with rumours and reports that it was about to be taken over.
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People noticed Chris's appearance had deteriorated in recent weeks .
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In recent weeks attacks on pensioners like mr bishop have escalated.
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In recent weeks , drugs squad officers have seized quantities of crack cocaine in Gloucester and Stroud.
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Twice in recent weeks I have asked John Bryan if he is having an affair with Fergie.
weeks
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It also serves as a useful means of relieving stress through review of recent weeks .
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Diplomatic pressure to remove Karadzic has been increasing in recent weeks out of fear that he could undermine the elections.
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In recent weeks attacks on pensioners like mr bishop have escalated.
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But Yeltsin has met with only a handful of people in recent weeks , including Chernomyrdin and chief of staff Anatoly Chubais.
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In recent weeks the two groups had buried their differences to stage joint armed protests across the country.
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Other candidates also have increased their criticism of Forbes in recent weeks .
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Signs that the economy is slowing after years of expansion has weighed on stocks in recent weeks .
work
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But recent work has revealed that adenosine is much more than mere cellular exhaust.
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Indeed, the results of very recent work reveal two interesting parallels with the conclusions reached about the psychotic illnesses themselves.
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He also shows more recent work which takes the form, somewhat unexpectedly, of meditations on the slatted window blind.
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Just as Batman had Robin, you may have an assistant who can manage something a little more advanced than recent work .
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The playing has a freedom and spontaneity sometimes lacking in his recent work .
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More muted in palette than Adam's recent work , they have yet the same characteristic richness of evocation.
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Those of the first category, including a recent work by the Carmelite monk Foscarini, were to be destroyed.
years
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Jean Packman concludes by showing that new policy embodied in future legislation owes something to child care research studies in recent years .
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Mr Schwartz has received considerable praise in recent years for his acumen in building Loral through a series of strategic acquisitions.
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In recent years the role of government establishments in defence research has declined and the involvement of industrial firms has increased.
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Too many times in recent years a handful of judges has manipulated interpretations and denied guarantees to all the citizens.
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In recent years , there is some evidence of decline in class identifications and in the correlation between class and party.
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They offer one of the most intriguing views of the earth to emerge in recent years .
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In recent years , especially since 1982, a number of countries have developed very serious international debt problems.
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There have been a number of large-scale inner-city riots in recent years .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
of recent vintage
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Most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. are of relatively recent vintage .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a recent poll of voters
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A recent report said that small amounts of alcohol are good for the health.
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A recent study of Open University graduates found that students aged 60 - 65 had better results than any other age group.
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Anything that happened after World War II is too recent to be considered "history."
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He hadn't completely recovered from his recent illness.
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The recent movie version of the book was not a big success.
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The team returned to a heroes' welcome after their recent success in the European Championships.
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There will be an exhibition of his most recent work at the Tate Gallery, starting this Saturday.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At Darthea Speyer until the end of next month the recent drawings of Lionel Guibout are on show.
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Doctors had advised Mrs Menzies not to attend the trial, following her recent release from hospital.
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Eccleshall also finds backing here from one of the recent histories of the late Victorian and Edwardian Conservative Party.
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In recent years, Hillcrest has become a center for festivals attracting people from throughout the region.
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It also asks about their work, their educational qualifications, and whether they have moved house in recent years.
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More recent bands are cashing in on the couch craze.
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Pessimistic early predictions seem to be confirmed by more recent data.