noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
destroy sb’s reputation
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The scandal destroyed his reputation.
enhanced...reputation
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The publicity has enhanced his reputation .
gain a reputation
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He had gained a reputation as a crook.
have nothing to lose but your pride/reputation etc
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The working class has nothing to lose but its chains. disadvantages, restrictions etc .
salvage...reputation
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He fought to salvage the company’s reputation .
sb’s fame/reputation spreads
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Their musical fame has spread far beyond their native country.
solid reputation
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a solid reputation
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bad
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A later residence in Northamptonshire was licensed in 1673 for dissenter meetings, in spite of his earlier bad reputation there.
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It gives them a bad reputation , you realise.
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Hunt was acquiring something of a bad reputation: both for being accident-prone and for being excessively forthright.
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It was, in fact, the rapid inflation of the early 1970s that gave the system its bad reputation .
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He also played cricket, and had already earned himself a bad reputation by smashing two windows in the village.
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The people there not only had to cope with the incidents themselves but living down the bad reputation .
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As a father, the tom-cat has a bad reputation .
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A hundred years later there were 90,000 and the town had a bad reputation for strikes.
excellent
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The Alte Post has an excellent reputation for fine cuisine.
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The company had an excellent reputation .
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The resident proprietor has worked hard at maintaining an excellent reputation for service and comfort.
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Since then the excellent reputation it has earned among both teachers and learners alike has continued to grow.
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This hotel has an excellent reputation for its home cooking.
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Our insurer, Guardian Royal Exchange, has an excellent reputation for speedy settlement. 9.
good
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The Bellavista is a friendly hotel with a welcoming atmosphere and a good reputation for food and service.
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For one it might be a school with a good national reputation .
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As noted, eurobond issuers need to be of good reputation , whether in terms of credit quality or name recognition.
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Compaq Computer Corp. enjoys one of the best reputations for technical support in the computer business.
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The hotel has a good reputation for service, and all our clients have been made to feel very welcome.
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Napa Ridge wines, however, do have a good reputation for being inexpensive and accessible.
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Select two or three with a good reputation and go to see them.
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He had a good reputation , and he understood irrigation-a science few engineers were familiar with.
growing
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Dermot was then a respected reporter, with a growing reputation amongst the poor of Dublin.
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By the mid-1950s his growing reputation enabled him to concentrate on a literary career.
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As such it underlined Clinton's growing reputation for resilience and once again demonstrated his effectiveness as a campaigning politician.
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Since then he's acquired a growing reputation as a landscape photographer.
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And a Britain with a growing international reputation .
high
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Steel masters A. The high reputation of Sheffield cutlery is known all over the world.
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Holtby's forceful, witty articles and reviews soon gained her a high reputation as a journalist.
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There are several commercial sources, of which Hagaman of Westport, Washington State has the highest reputation .
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His work quickly gained him a high reputation .
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Eckford started up in business again as a shipbuilder and soon re-established his high reputation .
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Both Sir John and the Harwell Lab had the highest reputations , and so the confident media were unequivocal.
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He deserved a much higher reputation and Rain wished she could trust Joseph to help him acquire one.
international
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In these fields Edinburgh has established itself as a centre of excellence with an international reputation .
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Eventually, she forged an international reputation as a printmaker and etcher.
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By this time his international reputation was well established.
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Cantor, who was pushing sixty, had an international reputation as a cell biologist.
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Emma Kirkby's international reputation as a performer of Early Music is a unique achievement.
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A social scientist of great distinction and international reputation , Malinowski was a founder of modern social anthropology.
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Owen had an international reputation and close connections with political figures, but even he was subordinate to the principal librarian.
national
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The recipe for a national paper was thus a mixture of national reputation , geographical reach and breadth of content.
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Loeb, the newspaper publisher, gained a national reputation as a spiteful manipulator of politics.
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Magee College hosts a programme of special events that includes art exhibitions and concerts by folk musicians of local and national reputation .
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For one it might be a school with a good national reputation .
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Yet Shakespeare has more than a merely national reputation , kept in being by those who manipulate ideological power.
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The Studio City school has become the elite of the elite because of its national academic reputation .
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At international level, such local support is subordinated to the national reputation and hooligan fans from different clubs will join forces.
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Nor was Mrs Sutcliffe a national character or a character of national reputation .
■ VERB
acquire
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Mr Customer Smith did however acquire a dubious reputation for dealing in prize goods.
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Before long, the firm acquired a reputation as a top provider of programming and debugging services.
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How was it, then, that Masailand acquired its reputation for corrupting those sent to rule over it?
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The elaborately staged conferences have acquired a reputation for issuing high-sounding communiques urging remedial economic or monetary action.
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Transcendental Meditation has never acquired the reputation of a sinister cult, but doubts are sometimes voiced about it.
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People will acquire reputations on how well-trained their computers are and how well-groomed their computational ecology is.
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We have acquired a reputation as the dumping ground with lightning speed.
build
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Entering Congress as a New Dealer in 1937, he had built a reputation as a supreme operator in congressional politics.
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If you do your present job well and build a fine reputation , your good work will be rewarded.
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A major company signed him up, and he had a series of top ten hits while building a serious reputation .
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Working out of his parents' house, he built a reputation for top quality and service.
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At Leyland, Preston and Chorley a skilled workforce has built up a reputation over many years for producing lorries and buses.
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As a coach, he has built a reputation on getting results from his work with defensive players.
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In each case the company has built up a reputation for reliability and high quality.
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Lawyer A resolved this problem by building up a reputation .
damage
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But stinting excessively would probably damage his reputation more than overspending.
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The Democrats had argued that the embarrassment of a shuttered government was damaging the reputation of the House.
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One must avoid publicity or anything that could damage the reputation of the hotel.
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You think you can damage my reputation by repeating the fantasies of some neurotic schoolteacher?
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He said the cancellation of the all-night concert damaged his reputation and would cost him future business.
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Companies A company may sue for defamation, but only in respect of statements which damage its business reputation .
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It can only be activated when a false statement actually damages a reputation .
destroy
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They can do many things, but they can not destroy a man's reputation .
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And it debunked and later destroyed the reputation of a great sea captain, a good friend of my father.
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This, it was claimed, had utterly destroyed Brooke's reputation .
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He proceeded to destroy her reputation and her relationship with Charles.
develop
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And London developed reputation and prestige to keep firms there.
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Tijuana in the late teens already was developing the reputation of a wide-open town.
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As many were at the Very Severe upper end of difficulty, he developed quite a reputation for fearlessness.
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On top of that, cable companies have developed a reputation over the years for less-than-stellar customer service.
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The company is committed developing its reputation for factual and reference books.
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She eventually developed a reputation for harboring adolescent runaways who were fleeing oppressive treatment by their captains.
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Bowhauliers developed a reputation for dishonesty and violence.
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As prosecutor, she developed a reputation as a tough and compassionate legal administrator.
earn
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Through lectures, articles, and letters, she earned a reputation as an expert on workhouses.
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Mudge had an earned reputation as a fine craftsman and a fair tradesman.
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He said he had earned an international reputation , particularly in his work on the transportation of dangerous chemicals.
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In his years on the beat, Cowgill earned a reputation for fearlessness.
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She eschews small fields and has earned a reputation for unearthing longshots in competitive races.
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He earned a reputation as a a first-rate draftsman.
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This habitual quietness had earned Deems the reputation for subtlety in his dealings.
enhance
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A well handled complaint can enhance the supplier's reputation .
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The excuse that enhances rather than harms reputation .
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It certainly helped to enhance the reputation of our province at this level.
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Such stunts, so typical of Ellet, not only enhanced his own reputation but also focused public attention on his project.
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Zahedi enhanced this reputation and London society had a taste of the party giving that was to hit Washington ten years later.
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When you help colleagues to produce more, you enhance your own reputation .
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It is an uncontrolled shot and one which will definitely not enhance your reputation in the clubhouse!
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Throughout most of those countries the universal view is that Britain should do more to enhance its reputation through the fund.
enjoy
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I see that I enjoy an exaggerated reputation for probity among my compatriots.
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Its line of traditional lagers, ales, stouts and porters enjoys a tasty reputation in the eastern United States.
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The New Courtyard Restaurant enjoys a fine reputation for international cuisine.
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It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration and enjoyed a sterling reputation among health professionals.
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Each of these artists enjoys a firm reputation in this country but wider international success has been elusive.
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The Alumni Club typically enjoys a reputation beyond reproach.
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In most organisations there are few people who enjoy reputations as good presenters, even at a senior level.
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M enjoys a reputation of a different sort.
establish
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Yet he had somehow established a reputation in political circles as something out of the ordinary.
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Before the offshore operation was officially closed down last week, Scott Lithgow had established a reputation for completing contracts on schedule.
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To have work bought by one of the bigger private collectors could establish reputations , as could publication or exhibition abroad.
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Above all the farm worker could establish his reputation as a skilled and knowledgeable craftsman among his fellow workers.
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Stirling has already established an undoubted reputation for innovative teaching and offers its students an excellent learning environment.
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Although he never published the systematic economic treatise which might have established his reputation , Barton's closely argued pamphlets were influential.
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He quickly established its critical reputation and the Institute became the focal point of specialist dissent from the official line.
gain
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He gained a reputation as a practical joker, yet at the same time could be quite morose.
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Both were gaining reputations as the key entrepreneurs of their time.
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Vindicated by events, she gained a reputation for courage and devotion to principle.
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What they needed, they decided, was to set up a nursery themselves to gain a corporate reputation .
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A number of athletes have gained reputations for this uncanny ability.
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The authority has gained a reputation for innovative housing schemes.
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Joe quickly gained a reputation as a Washington host of verve and style.
live
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Even so-called tax havens may fail to live up to their privileged reputation .
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He has lived to make a reputation .
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November was living up to its reputation .
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Whether chocolate is an aphrodisiac or whether it lives up to its reputation as a substitute for love is moot.
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About 80 daredevils, most in their 70s and 80s, plan to live up to their reputation for unparalleled courage.
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The people there not only had to cope with the incidents themselves but living down the bad reputation .
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She lived up to her reputation and cruised to victory in the woman's event.
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In the courtroom he did not live up to his reputation as a man always raring for a fight.
protect
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He will protect his credit reputation 2.
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Because a respected brand name is a valuable asset, the producer has a tremendous incentive to protect the reputation .
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Nevertheless each member of the court held that the company could sue to protect its trading reputation .
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Ultimately the courts will have to rethink the perpetual compromise between freedom of speech and the right to protect your reputation .
tarnish
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What right had I to tarnish the reputation of an acknowledged war hero and needlessly distress his family?
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Duke Ellington and Count Basie also tarnished their reputations by recording brassy versions of Beatle tunes.
win
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Hello! has won a reputation as heralding disaster by featuring families apparently in bliss just before they hit the rocks.
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Indeed, they are likely to win him a new reputation as a man for whom the boom never ended.
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It was dedication of that order which had won her the reputation of one of the finest young actresses around.
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Tymoshenko is the most dynamic, and won a reputation as a reformer as energy minister.
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An interesting point here is that certain organisations have won a reputation for attracting and retaining senior management talent.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
besmirch sb's honour/reputation
blacken sb's name/character/reputation
harm sb's image/reputation
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The report has harmed the town's reputation as a health spa.
stain on sb's character/name/reputation etc
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Buy him eine kleine Knackwurst and toddle home without a stain on your character.
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Duran dominated Leonard physically that night, but five months later the New Orleans farce put a huge stain on his reputation.
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Robert Lopez is released without a stain on his character.
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The massacre has left an indelible stain on the name of Clan Campbell.
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Whatever the outcome, he not unnaturally regarded his time in gaol as a stigma, as a stain on his character.
stain sb's name/honour/reputation etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a brilliant director with a reputation for thoroughness
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Despite her reputation as a trouble-maker, she was promoted to department manager.
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I am surprised that a company with your good reputation would produce such poor quality goods.
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She found his terrible reputation one of his greatest attractions.
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The area has a really bad reputation but it isn't as bad as people think.
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The mill has the reputation of being one of the most energy-efficient in the world.
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The restaurant certainly lived up to its reputation ; the food was delicious.
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The school had an excellent academic reputation .
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The town's Dolphin Centre had gained a reputation as one of the best leisure complexes in the country.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A major company signed him up, and he had a series of top ten hits while building a serious reputation .
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Before this season, the Vikings had gained a reputation of collapsing against inferior opponents.
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His reputation was earned the hard way.
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Impressed, they passed him on to an agency with a good reputation for seeing young people.
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Then I read the opinion of one scholar whose reputation towered among Orientalists.
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You think you can damage my reputation by repeating the fantasies of some neurotic schoolteacher?