noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
proportional representation
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
accurate
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It need not be an accurate representation but more of an expression of local features and history.
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The painting was not an accurate representation of the Falls but a kind of Platonic ideal.
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Is it a whitewash or an accurate representation of the result of a searching investigation?
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The material involved may go to show how accurate were the company's financial statements and how accurate were any representations made.
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The screen shows an accurate representation of how the composition will look as a printed score.
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The Cognitive-Behavioural approach encourages clients to check out how accurate their representation of a situation is.
direct
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These arrangements with established publishers also make it possible to reach bookshops through direct sales representation .
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What are the advantages of direct representation ? 4.
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Fingerspelling as it exists today consists of a direct alphabetic representation of the language as it would be written down.
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Analogue computing also allows the direct representation of nonlinear problems.
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The reader should note that direct representation in various countries only marginally reduces the need for correspondents.
equal
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They argue for a more equal representation of women and men among psychologists.
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The Democratic party's demands include equal representation on committees, but they have yet to win Republican agreement to this.
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Teaching material is scrutinised for equal representation of gender in illustrations and text.
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Riche told reporters that the samples will be taken in each county to ensure equal representation .
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We have a right to be represented in a women's magazine that's fighting for equal representation .
fair
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The choice looks clear: good government or fair representation ?
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The fact remains that because of election by constituency quota the odds are heavily against fair representation for a small party.
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This system ensured reasonably fair representation for each party, whilst preventing a large number of parties being elected to parliament.
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A democratic process of elections should ensure a fair level of representation .
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In addition, we will use government's powers of appointment to ensure fair representation of women on public bodies.
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It is in fact increased, in as much as their political choices are assured of fair parliamentary representation .
false
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She admitted four charges of making a false representation to obtain benefit and asked for 18 others to be taken into consideration.
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Other allegations against the latter suggested a breach of a contractual duty of care, false representations and undue influence.
legal
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Legal representation was not viewed as necessary, but rules prohibiting legal representation were considered undesirable.
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But a number of recent reports have questioned the quality of legal representation and other constitutional safeguards afforded Texas's capital defendants.
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Officials are given only two or three days between initial interviews and legal representations to make decisions.
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The group also provides counseling and legal representation for female service members.
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The question of management and legal representation for aspiring new-comers is just as valid in publishing as it is in recording.
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Two defendants in recent trials held in Kigali, the capital, had legal representation .
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In the event the proposed interview was postponed, to allow the applicant a change of legal representation .
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Schabas, who attended the Gikongoro trials, said that Gatorano, in particular, would have benefited from legal representation .
mental
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Here, insulated by repression from direct awareness, mental representations can live on unsuspected and unknown.
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Not until the second year of life do the first true forms of mental representation occur.
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However, it is often regarded as problematic whether or not animals have mental representations , or use symbolic systems or languages.
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My first task will be to say why the focus upon mental representation has muddied the waters.
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On the representational theory nothing can be prior to a mental representation - the bedrock of thought is representational.
parliamentary
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Making parliamentary representation conditional upon loyalty to the Emperor system, formally narrowed the freedom for party initiatives.
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They may now congratulate themselves on having obtained some parliamentary representation .
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Croydon is indeed a borough fortunate in its parliamentary representation .
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It is in fact increased, in as much as their political choices are assured of fair parliamentary representation .
pictorial
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It is, arguably, the finest pictorial representation of a seventeenth-century winding-sheet.
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That became the basis for all pictorial representations for the next sixty years.
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Icon - A pictorial representation of a program, file or window.
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Similarly pupils will often remember a pictorial representation which sums up an event or development.
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Graphs and pictorial representations Organise Systematically the collection and tabulation of simple data.
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In short, male dominance can be strongly suggested in pictorial representation without the patriarchal male being directly represented at all.
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If we are interested only in smoothing for pictorial representation , this does not matter.
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The earliest written records were simply pictorial representations of natural objects, such as birds and animals.
political
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They also measure the difference between the scores for the successive decades to capture the change in political representation .
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Blacks were demonstrating against employment discrimination and a lack of political representation .
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Unfortunately it gives rise to distortions of political representation too notorious to require here more than passing reference.
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Thus pluralistic political representation is a sham which masks the structural and ideological limits of reformist political action.
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One-third said political representation , 22 % said farming policy advice and 14 % legal advice.
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Fragmentation depends on factors such as the nature of political representation .
proportional
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A proportional representation system is to apply to future elections.
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Elections to a lower house of parliament would be by proportional representation and an upper house would be appointed by provincial governments.
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Mr Orton infers there is an inconsistency in my contention that, with proportional representation , Labour could achieve power.
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As the essential measure to secure and entrench lasting reform we will introduce fair votes by proportional representation for Parliamentary elections.
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But it will be no more than second-best representation , and certainly not proportional representation.
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Swapo was alone in its opposition to proportional representation and a bi-cameral system.
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I like several of his ideals, including, perhaps, the campaign for proportional representation .
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A lower house of parliament would be elected by a system of proportional representation on the basis of universal non-racial adult franchise.
social
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This chapter explores the points of contact between the theory of social representations and the rhetorical approach.
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In all three there is the implication that theorists of social representations must do more than study social representations.
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Theorists must also study what are not social representations .
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The universal conception envisages social representations as functioning through anchoring, but not necessarily through objectification.
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The particular conception sees both processes as necessary features of a social representation .
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However, they are necessary if the similarities between the rhetorical approach and the theory of social representations are to be demonstrated.
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Only those groups, possessing objectified consciousness, can be said to anchor their thoughts and perceptions by social representations .
strong
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Several people - some of them will known to the Hon. Gentleman - have made strong representations to me.
symbolic
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They are symbolic representations , but there's nothing absolute about the type of symbols we use on them.
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Consider the variety of symbolic representations in the following: electrical circuit diagrams map of the London Underground medieval picture maps.
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Both maintain that there are symbolic representations of the Ultimate whether the Ultimate be depicted as Truth or as the Holy.
visual
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Although in theory Postscript could be viewed as a general purpose programming language, it is strongly biassed towards visual representation .
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Figure 8. 1 attempts to provide a visual representation of the relationship among these related concepts.
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Not only visual representation , but the written word, too, is not free of imperialism.
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They provide a visual representation of how performance is changing over time.
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Planning of the lesson sequence is important: what visual representations are required and what needs to be included on each transparency?
written
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Appeals can be by way of a hearing or by written representation .
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The appeal will be determined by way of written representations , which must be made by May 1st.
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Appeals can be decided either through a public inquiry or by written representations .
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The other parties then have two days after service to file written representations at court.
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We had numerous written and oral representations from hon. and right hon. Members and from members of the public.
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It may also invite all or any of the parties to make written representations before the hearing.
■ VERB
allow
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They were also angered at the time allowed for representations .
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Each individual hearing lasted only a few minutes and none of the accused was allowed legal representation .
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He was not allowed legal representation and the proceedings, held incamera, reportedly lasted only a few minutes.
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The parties are under no contractual obligation to allow each other to make representations to the auditor before he issues his certificate.
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Analogue computing also allows the direct representation of nonlinear problems.
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The method of lexical representation used was one which allowed efficient representation and search.
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These allow for the representation and control of causal relationships such as symptoms and failures.
ensure
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This system ensured reasonably fair representation for each party, whilst preventing a large number of parties being elected to parliament.
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Riche told reporters that the samples will be taken in each county to ensure equal representation .
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In addition, we will use government's powers of appointment to ensure fair representation of women on public bodies.
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I used a stratified sample technique in two stages to ensure an adequate representation of singlehanded and group practices.
include
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This group should include representation from Headteachers, Senior Education Officers and committed industrialists.
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Give two reasons for including a representation of semantic information in a grammar. 2.
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Indeed, the names themselves may not be included in the representation .
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The Democratic party's demands include equal representation on committees, but they have yet to win Republican agreement to this.
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It will clearly include such relatively ephemeral representations as placards and banners, as well as slogans daubed on walls.
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It includes representations of fact expressed as opinions.
increase
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The northern legislative position essentially hinged on the unfairness of increasing proslavery representation in Congress under the terms of the Three-fifths Compromise.
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The force will be renamed and restructured to increase its 8 % representation of Roman Catholics.
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To combat some of these problems, there should, argued Bell, be increased opportunities for representation before the tribunal.
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Although counting has not yet completed, the party is on course to increase its representation by two.
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There was increased military representation , reflecting the leadership's concern that economic reforms might lead to civil unrest.
make
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Several people - some of them will known to the Hon. Gentleman - have made strong representations to me.
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He had made official representations to many governments, but had received only two replies.
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Everyone - and anyone - is invited to make representations to us.
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To elaborate, business, like other interest groups, makes representations to government in order to influence government policy.
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Are there any special circumstances making legal representation desirable or would hardship follow if it was withheld?
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The debtor is entitled to attend when the report is being considered and make any representations he wishes.
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The trader has the right to make representations that the goods are safe and to have the notice revoked.
provide
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The nodes in the network provide both the knowledge representation and the process by which knowledge is applied.
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It is also provides an information representation scheme.
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No legal aid is available to provide representation for employees.
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Figure 8. 1 attempts to provide a visual representation of the relationship among these related concepts.
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Writing also provides a permanent representation , hence the writing may be manually edited, thereby simplifying the identification of false starts.
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The group also provides counseling and legal representation for female service members.
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They provide a visual representation of how performance is changing over time.
receive
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Mr. Sainsbury I have received a number of representations on that subject.
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Mr. Redwood I have received a number of representations from business men about the need to cut regulatory burdens.
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During the course of its consideration, the disputes committee did not invite, or receive , any representations from Mr. Cheall.
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I have certainly received representations from the farming industry in my constituency, whose members are worried about their income levels.
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Mr. Freeman I have received a number of representations recently about the Fenchurch Street line.
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Mr. Tom King I have received many such representations and I well understand the depth of feeling on the part of those expressing their concern.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Each state receives equal representation in the U.S. Senate.
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She received praise for her effective representation of Garcia during the trial.
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The clock in the painting is a symbolic representation of the passage of time.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a writer, your sovereign responsibility is to produce real food by making truthful representations.
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But a number of recent reports have questioned the quality of legal representation and other constitutional safeguards afforded Texas's capital defendants.
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It is important to have a clear understanding of the impact of legal aid on tribunal representation .
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Men must change sufficiently so that their representation of life and their political expression uphold humane values.
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Sir Hans Sloane, president of the Royal Society, rounded out the scientific representation at the meeting.
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The appeal will be determined by way of written representations, which must be made by May 1st.
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There is still much to learn: organization, features, structures, mechanisms, representations, behaviors.
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These phonemic transcriptions were then converted automatically to their corresponding mid-class representations.