noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a direct relationship
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We think having a direct relationship with customers is very important.
a personal relationship
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It’s important to establish a good personal relationship with the voters.
an uneasy alliance/relationship
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The government is based on an uneasy alliance between Christian Democrats and Socialists.
causal relationship/link/factor etc
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a causal relationship between unemployment and crime
cement a relationship/alliance
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They want to cement a good working relationship between the government and trade unions.
forge a relationship/alliance/link etc (with sb)
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In 1776 the United States forged an alliance with France.
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The two women had forged a close bond.
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Back in the 1980s, they were attempting to forge a new kind of rock music.
good/close/effective etc working relationship
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We have a close working relationship with other voluntary groups.
human relationships
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Trust is an essential ingredient in all human relationships.
love-hate relationship
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her love-hate relationship with professional golf
loveless marriage/childhood/relationship etc
reciprocal relationship
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He spoke of the necessity for a reciprocal relationship that would be useful for all sides.
strengthen a relationship
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Having counselling is a very positive step which could strengthen your relationship.
troubled marriage/relationship
trusting relationship
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a loving and trusting relationship
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
causal
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Nevertheless, in this two-way causal relationship , poverty is primarily a cause of illness and only secondarily its effect.
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The Synagogue and communal agencies, as has already been pointed out, should have a direct causal relationship .
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But the existence of a causal relationship is still debated.
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Clearly, then, a causal relationship would be plausible.
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The aspiration towards some sort of rational understanding of the causal relationship is probably the best we can achieve.
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Indeed, the two have a causal relationship .
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The first casts older people as being almost inevitably poor and this draws a causal relationship between income and later life.
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A word such as because makes an outright claim of a causal relationship between one idea and another.
close
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There was a close relationship between the two.
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Scott also began to form a few close relationships with other kids at school.
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It certainly illustrates the point that there is a close relationship between mind and body.
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These rudiments of space and close personal relationships grow out of the tasks set forth in the classroom.
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Because of the close relationship between anxiety and pain they will be considered together in the remainder of this chapter.
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As such he or she establishes a close working relationship with the chief executive officer.
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Reporting that George Kennan was the architect of the plan for a closer relationship , they implied that Bohlen had opposed it.
direct
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Blufton seemed trustworthy enough and had no direct relationship with Nicola.
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There is a positive or direct relationship between a change in demand and the resulting changes in equilibrium price and quantity.
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Compact is a separate initiative which has no direct relationship with any Examination Board.
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The Synagogue and communal agencies, as has already been pointed out, should have a direct causal relationship .
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Thus a direct relationship can be established between bidirectional reflectance and biomass for the grasses.
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It is a tradition in which each devotee must have a direct relationship with a Sufi sheikh.
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It is always difficult to establish any direct relationship between campaign contributions and specific legislation.
good
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Its size allows for good communication and good relationships .
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Work-inhibited children who enjoy good relationships with their parents are likely to find their own way.
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The assessment panels have contributed to a better working relationship between guidance staff and other members of staff.
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They want us to have it too, so we can continue our good relationship .
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There were good relationships between pupils and teachers in virtually all departments and a positive ethos in most.
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These girls are totally determined never to get fooled by a man and to have a good , decent relationship .
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It would not have been easy to build a good relationship in those circumstances.
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Al Gore, the vice-president, seems to have a good working relationship with the president.
human
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It was one of Baldwin's rare failures in human relationships .
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He fails in human relationships , just as marriages fail.
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To understand the workings of an organisation we need to impose the structure of human relationships on top of the formal structure.
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Brookner probes with scrupulous attention, keen irony and a profound appreciation of the endless ambivalences that beset human relationships .
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In such ways the devil wheedles his way into human relationships with highly damaging effects.
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It is rich with human relationships , regrets, fantasies and dreams.
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It considers the part that language plays in everyday life, in communicating information and in cementing human and social relationships .
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Therefore a leader must be concerned about tasks and human relationships .
new
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Other foster children with happy memories did the same, though distance and new relationships combined to make contact sporadic.
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One solution is to reach beyond the boundaries of the school by creating a new relationship between schools and employers.
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The theory is then not merely speculation, but is a composition of interrelated facts from which new relationships may be deduced.
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She was devastated by the breakup of her marriage and had no interest in seeking the solace of a new relationship .
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All new family relationships are delicate and need loving and thoughtful handling.
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Those new relationships define how much potential exists, which then leads to a new or revised set of options to consider.
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Here again perspectives changed with the passage of time and the new international relationships that occurred.
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Even so, the new relationship between government and the unions was unlikely to last, at least on the present basis.
personal
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Woman are more likely to be frank about the primacy of personal relationships .
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The rehabilitation staff, on the other hand, sought a more personal relationship with patients.
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At these times the strength of personal relationships and conviction will be tested.
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Weld, who developed a strong personal and professional relationship with Bulger, predicted that he would work equally well with Birmingham.
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Counselling is professional work, not merely a personal relationship .
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Such cells are almost certainly ad hoc and built upon personal relationships , sharing only a loose association with more formal organizations.
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Celebration Remembering, and using people's names when talking to them pays dividends in personal relationships .
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Unavoidably, my personal relationships changed.
social
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It considers the part that language plays in everyday life, in communicating information and in cementing human and social relationships .
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Being passive, she can never crete the paternal law that orders social relationships .
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Nor does the setting up of separate households necessarily imply a weakening of social and caring relationships .
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If wielding phallic power involves defining social relationships , then it is time women wielded more of that power themselves.
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Satisfactory social relationships with adults thus have a heightened importance.
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But even so, in almost all kinds of social relationship , there is some degree of power flow.
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However, a much stronger negative association was found between neurotic symptoms and the perceived adequacy of social relationships .
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It was for them that the vision of a transformation in political, social and economic relationships held greatest appeal.
special
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The New Moon in your opposite sign of Sagittarius highlights a special relationship and a piece of news.
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Nicholson appeared to accept that it was possible, but no special relationship was formed between them.
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A special relationship goes back to normal So, John Major left Washington in triumph?
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The two countries had enjoyed a special relationship since the Methuen Treaty of 1703.
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You build a bond up with them, so that they see you as a friend with whom they have this special relationship .
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I still see his mum and we have a special relationship because of our bond with Peter.
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This episode demonstrated just how meaningless the special relationship could be.
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It is wise for the historian to be suspicious if claims for a special relationship are superimposed upon such alleged correlations.
strong
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They demonstrated the school's strong relationship with its environment.
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Even Berry Brazelton needed that in order to form strong relationships with his own children.
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There is not a strong relationship between the size of volunteering and the size of participation in a sport.
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For example, organizational buyers commonly have strong vertical vendor relationships based on prior purchases of previous versions of a particular product.
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Comparison with Table 5.4 shows a strong relationship with patterns of issuance by nationality.
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He instructed his officers to build strong relationships with churches, businesses, PTAs, and other community organizations.
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There is a strong relationship between syntactic category and coverage.
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Positive writing is an important way to create a strong relationship with your readers and deliver bad news as effectively as possible.
working
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It is these processes which provide the principles for staff management and enhance the quality of working relationships within the organisation.
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And yet the effective auditor needs to understand management and to have a close working relationship with the managers.
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Although the personal attitudes of the protagonists are unknown, it is clear that their working relationship was one of cooperation.
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Are working relationships defined and public?
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Once the bank is up and running, children learn how to deal with people and develop working relationships with each other.
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Al Gore, the vice-president, seems to have a good working relationship with the president.
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We found the key to good working relationships among the adults was to be found in the notion of school cultures.
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Unfortunately, we didn't have a very happy working relationship .
■ VERB
bear
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This chapter has reviewed a wide range of research which may bear on relationships between subjective risk and memory for driving situations.
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Why is life so unfair-whether you live or die bears no relationship to what kind of person you are.
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The available statistical evidence bears out this crude relationship between years of education and earnings.
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The symbols used in a language are arbitrary and bear no relationship to what they represent.
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Availability of resources and their actual use seem frequently to bear little relationship to each other.
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Expiatory punishment is arbitrary in character because it does not bear any relationship to the offense.
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They too complain of pain whose severity bears little or no relationship to the tissue destruction.
build
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Loyal workers build long-term relationships with their customers.
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She simply let her skills at building positive relationships with others speak for her.
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A telephone conversation allows the opportunity to build up a personal relationship .
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The challenge comes in building and maintaining these relationships to the benefit of all concerned.
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It would not have been easy to build a good relationship in those circumstances.
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He instructed his officers to build strong relationships with churches, businesses, PTAs, and other community organizations.
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In this chapter I have outlined some helpful techniques to help build relationships .
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These were the people with whom the new managers had to build effective relationships .
develop
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Once the bank is up and running, children learn how to deal with people and develop working relationships with each other.
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The outcome of the crisis will powerfully affect the developing parent-child relationship .
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Start by spending time on developing a relationship of mutual professional regard.
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At the other end of the spectrum, young lawyers joining prestigious firms often have little opportunity to develop close client relationships .
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A few wish the father to develop a relationship with the baby.
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The group had developed different relationships with different levels of supervision.
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This could take place only if the two developed a good working relationship .
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So we have to get there first and develop relationships directly with authors.
establish
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Wrangham found that by following chimpanzees daily, he could establish the ranging relationships of the animals.
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He even blamed them for his inability to make friends or establish ongoing relationships .
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Would the brain and the recipient body establish a harmonious relationship ?
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They also need tact, good judgment, and the ability to establish effective personal relationships to oversee staff.
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At Midland, we pride ourselves on establishing long term relationships with our customers.
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Your goal is to establish a calm relationship on his terms.
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The next task is to establish the relationships between all the layers on the site.
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It is always difficult to establish any direct relationship between campaign contributions and specific legislation.
form
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The others lack the faculties to stay in sport and so lose the option to form a stable relationship with the coach.
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Scott also began to form a few close relationships with other kids at school.
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Several in both groups were lesbian, some because they had formed such relationships in approved school or Borstal.
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Even Berry Brazelton needed that in order to form strong relationships with his own children.
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He seemed incapable of forming any relationships .
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Although widely traveled in the company, he seemed to have formed few relationships with either his subordinates or superiors.
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At the end of the second year in the sixth form , Gedge formed his first proper relationship with a girl.
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The student had formed a relationship with the rabbits she could reach and accompanied their feeding with petting and talking to them.
maintain
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If so, the purr helps to establish and maintain a close relationship .
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The subordinates acknowledged that some conflicts would inevitably arise, no matter how well the manager maintained the web of relationships .
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Since then, they had maintained their relationship - a kind of teasing familiarity - but he had never proposed marriage again.
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But you also have to grow up and find a way of developing and maintaining good relationships .
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It would work through the current pooling arrangements and would maintain basically unaltered existing relationships between the institutions and their local authorities.
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Therefore, the better you become at maintaining relationships the fewer conflicts you will be forced to deal with. 2.
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Colleagues of Gilbey have always maintained that his relationship with the princess is strictly platonic.
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This chapter outlines practical techniques that will help you to build and maintain quality relationships effectively.
show
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Across occupations, pension ages vary arbitrarily and do not show any systematic relationship to individual skills or preferences.
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The presence of Bronze Age tumuli and neolithic trackways shows that the relationship between people and this landscape is incredibly ancient.
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She must also show the relationships of such a scale to the claims for detachment made within particular cultural conventions.
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Chap. 7, which is necessarily brief, shows the relationships between the mechanical and other properties of polymers.
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These were expressed in schematic diagrams showing the relationship between building development and open land.
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Thirdly, a crucial aim of the text is to show how the relationship between cultural and economic processes influences social development.
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The Carboniferous mineralisation shows no such relationship .
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A thesaurus offers terms for individual concepts and shows the relationships between those terms.
work
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The trust says it has good working relationships with staff.
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Did enough existing people in key jobs learn enough new skills, behaviors, and working relationships to make performance sustainable?
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They argue that it is in the interests of both powers to sustain a good working relationship .
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The extensive and cozy working relationships between the other government agencies and the various business sectors. 4.
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He and the tempestuous Chapman had an incredibly attuned working relationship which began m 1960.
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This is the reason why many experienced workers choose to keep their personal and working relationships separate.
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Restoring a damaged relationship with a superior Your most important working relationship is with your immediate superior.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
same-sex couple/relationship etc
steady relationship
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But what of courses which do not have such a steady relationship?
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Half are married or in steady relationships.
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The highest earners have the most confidence in themselves, while those currently without a steady relationship are relatively lacking in confidence.
strike up a friendship/relationship/conversation etc
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At that time Worsley, who is married to Moody, had also struck up a friendship with Nance.
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Besides, Anna had struck up a conversation with a young girl who'd been swimming in the pool.
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Demonstrators will attempt to surround the police, strike up conversations and present them with letters.
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Eleanor wrote back wittily and they struck up a friendship.
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He struck up a conversation, first asking his name.
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He and Matthew struck up a friendship - they had something in common; their attitude to life.
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Others prefer to strike up a conversation with table mates.
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Peggy and James strike up a friendship.
working relationship
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And yet the effective auditor needs to understand management and to have a close working relationship with the managers.
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Are working relationships defined and public?
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It is these processes which provide the principles for staff management and enhance the quality of working relationships within the organisation.
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Many observers expect Hutchison to endorse Dole because of her working relationship with the Senate majority leader.
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Relationship building with fellow-workers Your most important working relationship is with your immediate superior.
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The assessment panels have contributed to a better working relationship between guidance staff and other members of staff.
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This strategic transition required many people throughout the company to change specific skills, behaviors, and working relationships.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Relationships between people of different cultures are often extremely difficult.
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After her marriage broke up, she had a series of disastrous relationships.
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Even at 35, Bobby seemed unable to commit to a romantic relationship .
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His relationship with Amy wasn't going to last forever.
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His relationship with his parents had never been very good.
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I don't want to start a relationship with her, because I'm going back to South Africa.
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Interest rates and government spending are connected, but the relationship is quite a complex one.
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Professional relationships should not be affected by personal feelings.
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Several of the psychiatrists admitted to having sexual relationships with patients.
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She was worried that the company wouldn't see any relationship between her work experience and the job she was applying for.
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Successful companies know the importance of establishing good relationships with their customers.
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There has been a fundamental shift in the relationship between the U.S. and Russia.
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These accusations against me have no relationship to the truth.
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They'd known each other for years and had a very close relationship .
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Why are all the interesting men I meet already in relationships?
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Women are usually more interested in discussing relationships than men.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He dumped his beautician wife Jewel for her three years ago - but his relationship with Tessa has now ended.
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It is difficult to make progress in your career if you leave a trail of damaged relationships behind you.
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No such certainty blessed our relationship with Dad.
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The relationship between public investment and private development is important in considering how a canal would be financed.
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The courts will not, in general, specifically enforce an ordinary master-servant relationship .
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This, it is said, is the key factor governing the doctor-patient relationship .
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What relationship exists between the painting and the vision of reality that the artist has before his eyes?