noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hormone replacement therapy
nicotine replacement therapy
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
hip
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With 40,000 hip replacements a year, making joints is big business, now mostly done by multi-nationals companies.
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For those over 65, it is knee or hip replacement .
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One person's hip replacement operation certainly prevents the busy surgeon from doing something else at the same time.
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Just two months ago, he underwent bowel and hip replacement surgery that cost $ 120, 000.
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She's due to have a hip replacement operation in a few weeks time.
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She has undergone three hip replacement surgeries in the last three years.
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I had been having trouble with arthritis for years, and nine years ago had a hip replacement .
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A genetic disorder led to her using a cane and seeking a hip replacement .
joint
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Brian Tighe discusses polymers in ophthalmology and Peter Marquis describes the application of high performance ceramics in bone and joint replacements .
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A prosthesis used in a joint replacement costs between $ 5,000 and $ 10,000.
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More sophisticated computer-designed prostheses for joint replacements allow many more patients to benefit.
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Examples are hip joint replacement , cataract extraction, prostate resection, and cardiac pacemaker insertion.
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Thirty elderly patients are available for a study of hip joint replacement .
permanent
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But permanent replacements for the other posts took longer to fill.
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Library Commission President Steven Coulter said it would take at least six months to find a permanent replacement .
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Many strikers had lost their jobs, through permanent replacements .
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He waged a valiant fight against the permanent replacement of strikers.
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And a temporary skipper was placed in charge of the sub until a permanent replacement was named.
possible
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Normally, cowls require considerable maintenance and possible replacement every ten years - a costly consequence of owning an oast.
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Only text in the highlighted block will be searched for possible replacement .
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We are currently examining a possible replacement for the storage facility.
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Decisions relating to the possible rebuild or replacement of the aircraft have yet to be made.
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In the longer term, the company sees the tags as a possible replacement for barcodes, with a multitude of applications.
■ NOUN
cost
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This highly detailed yacht has been maintained to perfection and is for sale at less than half her replacement cost .
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Bovard estimated a minimum of 10,000 volumes were flooded, at a replacement cost of $ 10 million.
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Consultants undertook the highways valuation on a depreciated replacement cost basis.
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In the current cost version, capital is measured in terms of its current value, which in many cases is its replacement cost.
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Stocks are also most often shown at their replacement cost .
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In times of inflation the replacement cost of an asset may be much greater than its original cost.
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This is known as replacement cost accounting as opposed to historic cost accounting when the original cost is retained.
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The answers using historic cost , replacement cost and net realizable value basis are as follows.
hormone
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If they are elevated, you should consider alternative measures, such as hormone replacement , to prevent osteoporosis.
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The controls were 713 postmenopausal women aged 45-65 not taking hormone replacements .
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Some hormone replacement formulas now contain testosterone as well as estrogen and progesterone.
knee
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But under the Government's health reforms, routine surgery like a knee replacement , can easily be referred elsewhere.
level
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More realistic estimates are based on the assumption that fertility will gradually decline to around replacement level .
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Fertility in the vast majority of industrialized nations has now dipped to below replacement level .
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Fertility has dropped to below replacement level .
rate
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Economic evidence, then, confirms the more direct pointers to population changes such as the study of replacement rates .
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Does he realise that, given the present replacement rate , the average bus will be on the road for 30 years?
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Thus the presence of helpers increased the replacement rate of the jay family by a factor of 2 - 3.
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How these measures have affected the replacement rates can be seen in table 14.2.
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None the less, women married for the first time in the 1930s actually had family sizes only just below replacement rate .
therapy
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During the intervening seven years, he has become replacement therapy for little girls who have just donated their dolls to Oxfam.
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In this instance, with intact parathyroid and renal function, replacement therapy with vitamin D2 is the therapy of choice.
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The manometer readings provide the best guide to circulatory volume and thus allow fluid replacement therapy to be accurately calculated.
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It may reduce the accelerated bone loss of menopause, even in the absence of estrogen replacement therapy . 3.
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Clinical trials have shown nicotine replacement therapy is the only treatment which can effectively treat tobacco dependence.
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Only the benefits of estrogen replacement therapy have been clinically proven: It guards against heart disease and osteoporosis in post-menopausal women.
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If magnesium depletion is the cause of the hypocalcemia, replacement therapy with magnesium should be instituted.
window
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It could cost from £1,200 for professionally installed secondary windows , and from £3,500 for replacement windows in maintenance-free materials.
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Untraveledroadie: You listen not to the solicitations for replacement windows , with reasonable financing available.
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This product split is regarded as well balanced, mirroring the demand for replacement windows in the market.
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If yours are past their best, we offer help by taking a look at what's available in replacement windows .
worker
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It ended with replacement workers being hired.
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Giant started the week advertising for temporary replacement workers for its warehouses.
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Giant abruptly decided not to hire the temporary replacement workers .
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They were in-stalling trailers to house replacement workers , and getting helicopters and squads of guards to police the area.
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When they went back to their desks to collect their belongings, they found younger replacement workers already in their seats.
■ VERB
buy
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When his house burned down he bought a smaller four-bedroomed replacement .
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It will do so irrespective of whether the buyer actually used the opportunity to buy replacement nuts.
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I tried to get them repaired, but was told that it would be much cheaper to buy replacements .
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Wilko bought Rocky as a replacement for Strach, when he had his back operation.
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Sadly, this is a fact a lot of drivers seem to forget when they buy replacement parts.
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Manager Ian Porterfield is to buy a replacement after Beasant had another nightmare match in the 3-2 home defeat by Norwich.
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Sean had been bought a replacement knife by Wainfleet and had forgiven him the theft of the first.
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Tie up the valve, unscrew the float, and buy a matching replacement .
find
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He wasted little time in finding a replacement , choosing the widowed Mary of Guise.
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This was a thinly disguised device designed to give Harleston the opportunity to ease Jeffries out painlessly and to find a replacement .
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We had barely a week to find a replacement .
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The commission now has to find a replacement for Dowlin and deal with the budget gap.
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But as the search goes on to find a replacement for peat scientists are optimistic.
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Library Commission President Steven Coulter said it would take at least six months to find a permanent replacement .
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Unfortunately, Mr Clewes fell sick and could not find a replacement driver.
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The school district found a replacement before school started but maintained that Walker was still required to pay damages.
include
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His brief will include homelessness and the replacement for the poll tax.
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This is three times as long as the Canon's heads, so I haven't included replacements in the page costs.
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Several devices that have been successful in modern surgery include hip replacements , contact and intraocular lenses, heart pacemakers and so on.
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The work will include replacement of traction motors, interior lighting, seats and air-conditioning.
lead
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The incident has also led to the replacement of the Minister's deputy.
name
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Eventually a solid relationship emerged, and Mr Johnson was recently named as a replacement to his boss who was also promoted.
need
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To keep the example simple, assume that there is no depreciation so that we do not need to worry about replacement investment.
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Locomotives weighing thirty or forty tons caused havoc where wheel met rail, iron rails sometimes needing replacement every two years.
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Wednesday lost 2-1 at home to Coventry and convinced Francis that he needed a stop-gap replacement for his crocked goal ace.
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Kaiser hospitals in Northern California are about half full, and several of them need replacement or modernization.
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She says she knows people who need hip and elbow replacements .
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Once, recounted Charles Shartle, a gear broke and needed replacement .
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He was going to need a goodly few replacement parts if he ever hoped to restore it.
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Craddock in a year or two would be retiring and he would need a replacement .
provide
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They are the official repairers for most of the leading makes and can also provide original replacements for soles and midsoles.
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Since Shimano is providing the replacement crank free, there should be no charge for it.
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Thus, for example, when specific prices are rising, depreciating the historic cost of the asset will not provide for replacement .
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Under the policy we are only responsible for providing a replacement item and are not responsible for supplying matching items.
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Why is it unlikely that depreciation will provide for replacement of the fixed asset?
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These proposals provide for the replacement of the present local authorities in the area.
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To compensate for the inconvenience, the company will be providing two battery replacements .
require
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The pipes or cables must require repair or replacement due to accidental damage not due to wear and tear.
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Additionally, some of the chairs in use at workstations are not adjustable, and will require replacement .
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Underlay will most likely require replacement following water damage.
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Unfortunately the engine is beyond repair and requires a replacement .
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Such items are obviously subject to wear and require periodic replacement .
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Getting rid of PAHs requires the replacement of old cast iron mains lined with coal tar paper.
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To sort and tabulate data, the devices employed delicate metal parts that required constant replacement .
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He had lost blood during the operation and had required a replacement transfusion of 4 units of blood.
seek
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Did he really seek a replacement for his dead daughter, was he searching for comfort in his old age?
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It means offering existing customers the new model two weeks before they seek a replacement from your competitors.
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A genetic disorder led to her using a cane and seeking a hip replacement .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I'm just a temporary replacement for the receptionist.
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Steve just announced he was leaving, but the coach has already started looking around for a replacement .
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They asked Barbara to stay on until they could find a suitable replacement for her.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A little more than a week later, the Dodgers purchased the contract of Mike Busch, a former replacement player.
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And when her Ford Capri was in a crash the replacement was a diesel-powered Ford Sierra.
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At a surprise meeting before evening chow, he announced his retirement to Saigon and introduced his replacement , Major Williams.
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Consultants undertook the highways valuation on a depreciated replacement cost basis.
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If renal function is adequate, diuresis should be instituted after volume replacement , to induce urinary calcium losses.
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She wondered what his replacement would be like.
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Underlay will most likely require replacement following water damage.
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Your business would probably soon begin to struggle, as the search for a replacement proceeded.